Is Donnie James the hip hop guy who samples No UFOs? If so, he's pretty damn good- Mike and the guys dropped off a CD at Rubadub when they were over in July and we often get asked what it is when we're playing it in the shop.
I definitely have a nostalgia for the days before I knew what every record was before I'd even heard it- it was defintely more fun not knowing all the details. Jason 2008/8/13 U&I Design <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Brillian!! Nice Statement Mark!! > > I personally have a favorite producer named Waj, based out of the > Northwest of UK... most brilliant producer I've ever heard... never > released... or there's Donnie James based out of Detroit... also > never released, but made thousands of tracks and very very talented... > > oops... I guess my saying their names puts them into the > stratosphere... maybe I shouldn't have said anything... > > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 2:36 PM, [mark ] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 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". >
