CORRESPONDENCE

INDEX

This is what you said...

Our philosophy is clear: Nothing goes to waste. Our articles, news and reviews are as interesting and important as whatever you may have said at any given time. Therefore, here you have the correspondence index that has been published in our pages.

As usual, remember that our E-Mail address for this section is

 

 

-Robert Strovers. Stumbled across your page and enjoyed the format - was specifically looking for background info on 3rd Force - would like to find music of a similar style. Any referrals?...suggestions? Any help would be appreciated...

Someone could help?

-Deftly-D. I understand that it is difficult to be aware of all the worlds generas of experimental music, but it is a misguided travesty to call "Industrial Music" a sub-category of techno... Industrial music has a history dating back to the 70's with Throbbing Gristle, William S. Burroughs, Cabaret Voltaire, Einstruzende Neubauten, Monte Cazzazza, Boyd Rice, etc. that is rooted in punk, experimental classical music, found sound, cut up theory, performance art, psychedelic rock, da da, avant garde, and has expanded and INFLUENCED techno, metal, modern alternative rock, ambient, and most forms of electronic experimental music. Pre-industrial influences include John Cage, Steve Reich & Stockhauzen. There are hundreds of artists in industrial music who want nothing to do with techno or metal, and hundreds who are involved in both scenes. This is a genera that is at least as complicated and multifaceted as (and very possibly more complicated than) Alternative Rock.

-Wes Jester. I like the page you have put together. It looks like it will be a good place to find some of the music I enjoy. One CD you should include, in my opinion, is "Songs from a Secret Garden". Very refreshing and lovely. The producer is Rolf Lovland and features Fionnnuala Sherry. Also appearing on the CD are, Davey Spillane, Asa Jinder, Des Moore, and Andrea Marlish. The music on this CD help find that "secret garden .. where we can seek refuge when times are rough, or retire in joy and contemplation".

-Bernard Argent. This is visually beautiful, and very interesting. But I didn't find any sound bytes. Surely a magazine devoted to sound should have lots of sound? Talking about it rather than showing it, is a pre-internet approach.

Thanks, Bernard. Sure, we will look into this in the near future. We're just in the process of identifying all possible new services which we can include within the magazine. And sound bytes are certainly one of them. As a free magazine for the reader, we will try to get support for this from the people who sponsor us.

-Ingrid Hartmann, Berlin. Congrats on your initiative! By the way, are you planning an article on women electronic composers? That would be nice!

-Edward García, Boston. Tangerine-Dream've fallen into a spin, guys. Someone oughta tell'em. It'd do no harm if you could write a little article 'bout them, specially on their early years. Yeah, I know, that's nostalgia, but you see, the people must know how good they used to be, and how far they've changed.

-David Quintero, Barcelona. I want to wish you luck in this new adventure that now you are engaged in. I also want to ask you what the name of the record label that has released in Spain the record Baraka, by Michael Stearns, is.

Thanks for your support, David. The record you refer to, the movie soundtrack of a magnificient film, has been distributed in Spain by BMG France, its record label being Milan Entertainment.

-Lionel Lardier, Paris. Not bad, to start with, but don't overdo it with graphics, my modem can't handle too much, OK?

-Stefan Shorts, Cambridge. Are you going to keep us informed about future concerts and tours by the different artists? I think it would be very interesting indeed.

We intend just this. We've just started, therefore we still have a long way to go, but this and many other things are part of our plans. What happens is, this is a big world (what a revelation! :-) ), so this kind of information (which changes and gets out of date much faster than it seems), applied to a great deal of countries, will have to be integrated little by little, as we get in touch with the different sponsors and tour organizers in each country. Watch for novelties in this sense.

 




linea

Main Page | What's All This! | What's New | Features/News | Reviews

Services | Industry | Galleries | Sources | Hot Links | Correspondence | Free Newsletter