It's middle-class Guardian-reading electronic music - it'll go on the shelf with all those Zero 7 and Massive Attack CDs
Rob Taylor VT Librarian x8599 Hatch Desk x1088 VT Library Users' Guide -----Original Message----- From: Emile Facey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 November 2007 16:32 To: kent williams Cc: list 313 Subject: Re: (313) OT -- something actually new, I think I think you're being a bit hard on yourself here Kent, Burial is just as popular with dubstep/garage heads here as it is with people who don't follow the scene from what I can tell, as Toby pointed out the album helped Burial cross over. On 8 Nov 2007, at 15:57, kent williams wrote: > Interesting to watch a discussion like this blow up. I see everyone's > points in the whole matter. I think I would react differently if I'd > grown up in the UK and heard more of the good and the bad, and been > exposed to the culture surrounding various genres, I'd hear the music > differently. > > The context in the US is different. Unless you spend a lot of time > watching the UK scene, you only hear what bubbles to the top of the > pile. What I find interesting is how many Indie rock types in the US > picked up on Burial. Probably looks like poor misguided Yanks getting > it wrong again to people in the UK. OTOH to us, it looks like you > drive on the wrong side of the road and add an extra syllable to > aluminum to sound posh. > ##################################################################################### Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank You. Channel Four Television Corporation, created by statute under English law, is at 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2TX . 4 Ventures Limited (Company No. 04106849), incorporated in England and Wales has its registered office at 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX. VAT no: GB 626475817 #####################################################################################
