the anticipation is better than the arrival of the moment itself, because its perfection exists only within your mind and has not yet been sullied by reality.
therefore, i would like to state on record that i only like artists who haven't actually released any music yet. On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 9:43 AM, kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't really think it's here nor there. I'm a fan of the music, and > getting too caught up in the 'legend' gets in the way, which from his > blog post, was precisely why he gave it up. > > Drexciya's identity was kept under wraps for two reasons -- the people > that knew were asked to keep quiet and did, and because Drexciya were > famous to at most a couple thousand people world wide - whatever > prominence they achieved, they achieved it inside the dance music > scene, with a penumbra of renown amongst the chinstrokers who read The > Wire.. > > Thanks to Pitchfork et al, Burial is a pop star to a load of kids who > don't know two-step from happy hardcore. Not necessarily a bad thing, > but like rich Americans appropriating indigenous music from around the > world to make a buck, any time something breaks out to a larger > audience, it loses its context, and becomes devalued artistically even > as its value as a commodity increases. > > Plus, blowing up is a two-edged sword. Being the flavor of the month > means next month you won't be. While it's a good thing when artists > can make a living from their art, once they become ubiquitous they > have to deal with living in a hall of mirrors -- their detractors, > their imitators, their record labels demands of duplicating past > success. When a bazillion people have glommed onto your art as > something they regard as 'theirs' your own worst competition is what > you did yourself a few years back. > > It's not any big prognostication to say that no matter what he > actually release next, some people will say he's fallen off. > > > On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:50 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> it's a bummer that his anonymity became an issue - wouldn't have been that >> big of a deal back in '96 when half the techno producers were in the >> shadows >> >> MEK >> >> "1-11" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/06/2008 02:44:01 PM: >> >>> http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php? >>> option=com_content&task=view&id=824&Itemid=26 >>> >>> ...or is it (and do you care anyway)? >>> >> >> > -- "Play more things that make me dance around and less things that make me sit and look miserable in a plastic chair" - Brian Eno Blind faith in bad leadership is not "Patriotism".
