> true. but how many other huge media entities have > released records from Jeff Mills, Derrick May, Juan > Atkins and Kevin Saunderson? > > Sony Japan is at least blessed with some taste.
Oh I'm not discounting Sony, I'm discounting the idea that releasing a CD via Sony Japan will somehow bring attention to artists local to Japan. The only benefit I see to that is getting paid (certainly no shame in that, just don't try to make it out to be more than it really is). A far more productive route would have been to collaborate with those artists and/or feature them on your imprint. As an example I would point you to the work Dan Curtin did with the cats at Sublime. Another route would be to feature those artists on your tour, in your mix, etc., etc. Lastly, will it ever amount to much anyways unless 'techno' makes some real in-roads here in the U.S? We could go off on that tip for weeks on end (gear up 313 search & rescue party). - George
