That Thinnerism site is quite a nice one - I haven't seen that before but it's definitely one that I'd say is an example of a label site I like.
A lot of techno labels have sites that annoy me for several reasons: the main ones being overly dependent on style over content (ie, you arrive at the site and it opens up a full-screen window with an overdesigned, bulky bit of Flash gimmickry), and being too keen to make noise straight away (ie, you arrive at the site and suddenly it starts playing a low-fi rendition of one of the label's releases - I hate that as I'm usually listening to music on my PC when looking at sites, and the last thing I need is a sudden blast of choppy sound blaring over what I'm listening to). I like the opportunity to listen to sound clips from releases, to buy those releases (either mail-order the vinyl or pay for mp3s), to view comprehensive discographies, to look at any relevant info about artists on the label (links to interviews on other sites etc) and various other stuff. I'm also more inclined to like a site that looks as if it gets updated regularly - nothing says "this label is defunct" more than a website saying "our next release is due for release in February 2002!" and nothing more recent than that. That's my two pence, for what it's worth :) Brendan > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Lees [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 January 2004 14:03 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (313) websites (not warp!, or axis!) > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > are there any particular techno labels that have a really > good site do you > > think? > > > > What makes it really good - any particular features? > > > > No contest > > http://www.thinnerism.com/main.php > > Great design, Great music and of course FREE! > > other than that I think the UR site is nice, lots of clips > and informative. > > > -- > Mike > > >
