this list is just a pile of steaming shxt lately, sad to say.... greg: not directed at you btw :)
---- Greg Earle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 22, 2005, at 10:26 AM, Wojtek <wojtek.t.k> wrote: > > > On Nov 22, 2005, at 8:50 AM, dave cronin wrote: > > > >> hey now. no one says you have to love the music, but > >> that's a bit out of order. no reason to take potshots > >> at the kontrol peeps just for following a couple > >> techno conventions/cliches. > > > > I don't have anything personal against the promoters, but if you > > advertise your company as booking "Minimal techno and avant house" > > talent, then you should do that, and not limit yourself to producers > > who happen to be > > trendy/popular at the moment and associated with Hawtin, or his label > > as the two shows in a row that Kontrol will be putting on after Dan > > Bell are. If that's not riding the trend as opposed being really > > dedicated to the overall "minimal" techno genre, then I don't know > > what is. > > I don't ordinarily jump in to idiotic arguments like this but when > my homeboys are attacked, I gotta represent. > > I showed this post to John Tejada (via the elists.Resynthesize site) > and he said "Who is this Wojtek retard? I have nothing to do with > Hawtin or his label, I'm not some trendy/popular producer, and there > were 500 people there loving it and it looks like the 4 that didn't > just had to rush to their computers to diss it." 'Nuff said. > > And as to your later comment: > > > It's not like apendics.shuffle (or however you spell his name) and > > Orac had albums out more than a year ago (or that large of a body of > > work for that matter) > > [a]pendics.shuffle is Kenneth Gibson, a.k.a. Eight Frozen Modules, > and he's been around here (LA) for many years now - his first 8fm > album on City Slang was released 'way back in 1997. Get your facts > straight before you spout off, dude. > > - Greg
