Re: (313) Detroit arcadia: Exploring the post-American landscape

2007-07-27 Thread Generator Music
I saw an interview with her on our local PBS station a few weeks ago and was blown away by her story and was disappointed that I didn't know of her sooner, being Chinese myself an all. Thanks for the link though, -marina Greg Earle wrote: Does anyone subscribe to Harper's Magazine?

(313) Old vs. n.e.w.?

2007-07-27 Thread Wojtek
From a techno blog some may already be familiar with: http://testindustries.typepad.com/test/2007/07/past-mastered.html Past mastered This topic has been discussed in some of the forums recently, and it was something that I wanted to post about before I went away. The fact that I'm only

Re: (313) Old vs. n.e.w.?

2007-07-27 Thread m50
In response to this article (sorry, not sure who wrote it; credit seems unclear from the website. testindustries?)... At 19:08 2007.07.26, Wojtek wrote: From a techno blog some may already be familiar with: http://testindustries.typepad.com/test/2007/07/past-mastered.html Past mastered

RE: (313) badly cut records

2007-07-27 Thread m50
It may be worth noting that (at least in my experience) different record players like different records. I have the same belt-driven Dual at home that they have at the FatCat offices and it is very temperamental when it comes to playing loud pressings, but quite nice when it plays an LP. m50

(313) OT But...

2007-07-27 Thread Martin Dust
It makes me smile and it is Friday... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=86Ok0B9EvZg m

Re: (313) Old vs. n.e.w.?

2007-07-27 Thread J.T.
I'm not trying to diss the legal digital download sites - hey, I even work for one - but it seems like the opposite is now happening to what the gatekeepers of the digital revolution had originally predicted. It still comes down to dance music being a niche market, and one that took some pretty

(313) Lerosa

2007-07-27 Thread lakuti
Hi Everyone ! Just thought i would point people towards a few upcoming releases by Lerosa . i'm really excited by this artist at the moment . there is such a real craftsmanship in his work . Currently creating a buzz ,even in the fashionable quarters :i.e. Ricardo Villalobos crew . Omar S

Re: (313) Lerosa

2007-07-27 Thread robin
Just thought i would point people towards a few upcoming releases by Lerosa . i'm really excited by this artist at the moment . there is such a real craftsmanship in his work . Currently creating a buzz ,even in the fashionable quarters :i.e. Ricardo Villalobos crew . Omar S dropped a

Re: (313) OT But...

2007-07-27 Thread theREALmxyzptlk
Martin Dust wrote: It makes me smile and it is Friday... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=86Ok0B9EvZg m Quite OT as well, but funny. Kanye Mid-West ;-) (Bonnie Prince Billy Oldham is the sidekick) http://www.kanyewest.com/?content=video_cant_tell_alt

Re: (313) Lerosa

2007-07-27 Thread Tristan Watkins
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 3:48 PM Subject: (313) Lerosa Hi Everyone ! Just thought i would point people towards a few upcoming releases by Lerosa . i'm really excited by this artist at the moment . there is such a

Re: (313) Lerosa

2007-07-27 Thread Aidan O'Doherty
he's an italian who took up residence in dublin for a while. he has a live mix on the d1 website (don't know if it is still up there). his first release was on d1, afik On 27/07/07, Tristan Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: (313) Lerosa

2007-07-27 Thread The Archiver
The mix is still there http://www.d1.ie/mixes-tools.php he's an italian who took up residence in dublin for a while. he has a live mix on the d1 website (don't know if it is still up there). his first release was on d1, afik On 27/07/07, Tristan Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -

Re: (313) OT But...

2007-07-27 Thread Martin Dust
That's better than the thing he's done with Daft Punk, that's just so bad - proper childish use of a studio if you ask me. m On 27 Jul 2007, at 16:25, theREALmxyzptlk wrote: Martin Dust wrote: It makes me smile and it is Friday... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=86Ok0B9EvZg m Quite OT as

(313) Re : Lerosa

2007-07-27 Thread lakuti
He is living in Dublin . don't know if he is originally from italy or not . he is a really nice chap , who is not interested in the limelight at all . quite humble about the attention he is currently getting . suggested to him that maybe he should come and play live or dj, in london , when

Re: (313) Old vs. n.e.w.?

2007-07-27 Thread kent williams
This is an important point. Larger sites/distributors often use smaller distributors they trust to act as gatekeepers. Way back before the Distributor Apocalypse of the past few years, Dietrich Schoenemann at SG (Now Complete) Distribution picked up my two records, and the majority of his sales

Re: (313) OT But...

2007-07-27 Thread kent williams
Cheeky to use Funky Brother and Think breaks these days, but hey, he is trying to go 'old school.' Shades of 2 Bad Mice! On 7/27/07, Martin Dust [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It makes me smile and it is Friday... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=86Ok0B9EvZg m

Re: (313) Old vs. n.e.w.?

2007-07-27 Thread David Powers
But that relativism aside, I think a more pertinent question is: why do audiences / booking agents / clubs / mix cd listeners / labels tolerate or encourage filter for DJs who play a narrow style range in a narrow time period? (This, rather than trying to explain why there isn't anyone to play

Re: (313) Old vs. n.e.w.?

2007-07-27 Thread David Powers
http://testindustries.typepad.com/test/2007/07/past-mastered.html Anyway, enough excuses, here goes; has anyone noticed the way that the same limited set of releases are getting played and charted all the time? I'm not trying to diss the legal digital download sites - hey, I even work for

Re: (313) Old vs. n.e.w.?

2007-07-27 Thread Matt Kane's Brain
On Jul 27, 2007, at 1:55 PM, David Powers wrote: What might help is to have more of a social networking approach to tracks, where users, not the distributors, are connecting the dots, and you can get custom recommendations based on your past choices, rather than having premade choices selected

Re: (313) Old vs. n.e.w.?

2007-07-27 Thread David Powers
That's what my INDIE-HIPSTER-FILTER(patent-pending) is for... I envision it having three settings: 1. I'm a sheep, show me what's most popular! 2. I'm a wannabe scenester, take me a little off the beaten path! 3. I'm an uber-indie-hipster, show me the most obscure S#$% ! ~David On 7/27/07, Matt

Re: (313) Old vs. n.e.w.?

2007-07-27 Thread Wojtek
The third one should read: I'm an uber-indie-hipster, show me the most obscure S#$% that them popular so-called underground but really mainstream djs play ;o) On 7/27/07, David Powers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's what my INDIE-HIPSTER-FILTER(patent-pending) is for... I envision it having

RE: (313) Old vs. n.e.w.?

2007-07-27 Thread Tristan Watkins
-Original Message- From: David Powers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 July 2007 18:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 313 Subject: Re: (313) Old vs. n.e.w.? Well, I can definitely say that it's easy to confuse people by being too eclectic, whenever I throw something in a set

Re: (313) Old vs. n.e.w.?

2007-07-27 Thread m50
At 12:46 2007.07.27, you wrote: But that relativism aside, I think a more pertinent question is: why do audiences / booking agents / clubs / mix cd listeners / labels tolerate or encourage filter for DJs who play a narrow style range in a narrow time period? (This, rather than trying to

Re: (313) Old vs. n.e.w.?

2007-07-27 Thread Martin Dust
I'm betting there's an obvious answer, but perhaps it bears mentioning? m50 Well, I can definitely say that it's easy to confuse people by being too eclectic, whenever I throw something in a set that's a little bitting surprising and outside of the overall sound there are some people who