The Worst Artist Or Record Label Decisions Ever Made

  On 8/5/2011 at 6:41 PM, patternoverlap said:

  On 8/5/2011 at 6:36 PM, KY said:

  On 8/5/2011 at 6:05 PM, patternoverlap said:

I think that's the biggest misconception: a lot of these electronic labels never really made much money, and some of the ones now that people think have so much money to throw around are actually just struggling to break even.

who actually has that misconception? i thought the advent of mp3 sharing made side-effects on small labels like this especially apparent to the music-listening public.

 

I can't recall any specific examples, more just general comments made in various threads about labels like Rephlex having lots of cash to throw around and actually having a big staff of people running the label. Or maybe all of those comments were in jest. Hard to tell sometimes.

I wonder if this reason caused release delays at WARP too

Richard D James not releasing an Aphex Twin full length in 10 years

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I was supposed to give them two or three more albums – I can’t remember. Before I gave them this album I said to them: „If I give you another album I have to be not be signed to another label.“ (laughs). I thought they were just going to go: „No way! We’re going to sue you.“

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I hadn’t give them a record for like three years. And I said to them: „Alright I’ll give you like a double album but you have let me do my own label afterwards.“ And they just said „Yes“! I tried to do it with Warner Brothers (Aphex Twins record com- pany in the US and Japan) as well but they are more hard to convince. I said like: „I want to do

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Aphex Twin on Rephlex“. And they were just going like: „No way, we’ve bought you, we own you.“ It was going back and forth. I was going: „If you don’t say yes, you will never get anything.“ And then they were like: „Well ok, then we won’t get anything.“ I’m allowed to use AFX on Rephlex so I’ll just have to go back to that.

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Is the name Aphex Twin important to you?

It is really. I mean I could just use other names but I wanted to do Aphex Twin and then just do like very experimental stuff. There are lots of people who are going to buy my (Aphex Twin) album who are not really into my stuff at all, I reckon. And I’m quite into the idea of them buying something very experimental.

this interview is from 2001, seems like he's saying simultaneously that he doesnt want to release something rushed or archived as Aphex Twin, instead he wants to be experimental but the dilemma is the aphex twin name is owned by a major record label that probably wouldnt release something unless they approved of it. Yes i understand that analord and The Tuss are technically RDJ, but even here he admits the name Aphex Twin is important to him, which contradicts his earlier statements that it makes no difference to him which pseudonym he releases under. A proper Aphex Twin album on Rephlex would amazing

  On 8/5/2011 at 8:05 PM, Awepittance said:

Richard D James not releasing an Aphex Twin full length in 10 years

 

 

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I was supposed to give them two or three more albums – I can’t remember. Before I gave them this album I said to them: „If I give you another album I have to be not be signed to another label.“ (laughs). I thought they were just going to go: „No way! We’re going to sue you.“

 

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I hadn’t give them a record for like three years. And I said to them: „Alright I’ll give you like a double album but you have let me do my own label afterwards.“ And they just said „Yes“! I tried to do it with Warner Brothers (Aphex Twins record com- pany in the US and Japan) as well but they are more hard to convince. I said like: „I want to do

2

Aphex Twin on Rephlex“. And they were just going like: „No way, we’ve bought you, we own you.“ It was going back and forth. I was going: „If you don’t say yes, you will never get anything.“ And then they were like: „Well ok, then we won’t get anything.“ I’m allowed to use AFX on Rephlex so I’ll just have to go back to that.

 

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Is the name Aphex Twin important to you?

It is really. I mean I could just use other names but I wanted to do Aphex Twin and then just do like very experimental stuff. There are lots of people who are going to buy my (Aphex Twin) album who are not really into my stuff at all, I reckon. And I’m quite into the idea of them buying something very experimental.

 

this interview is from 2001, seems like he's saying simultaneously that he doesnt want to release something rushed or archived as Aphex Twin, instead he wants to be experimental but the dilemma is the aphex twin name is owned by a major record label that probably wouldnt release something unless they approved of it. Yes i understand that analord and The Tuss are technically RDJ, but even here he admits the name Aphex Twin is important to him, which contradicts his earlier statements that it makes no difference to him which pseudonym he releases under. A proper Aphex Twin album on Rephlex would amazing

That was really enlightening! Now I hate Warner Bros. more than I ever have, and I am excited that he should be able to release as Aphex once more soon.

Actually i think it's funny how they put him in check.

  On 8/5/2011 at 11:44 PM, ganus said:

  On 8/5/2011 at 8:05 PM, Awepittance said:

Richard D James not releasing an Aphex Twin full length in 10 years

 

 

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I was supposed to give them two or three more albums – I can’t remember. Before I gave them this album I said to them: „If I give you another album I have to be not be signed to another label.“ (laughs). I thought they were just going to go: „No way! We’re going to sue you.“

 

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I hadn’t give them a record for like three years. And I said to them: „Alright I’ll give you like a double album but you have let me do my own label afterwards.“ And they just said „Yes“! I tried to do it with Warner Brothers (Aphex Twins record com- pany in the US and Japan) as well but they are more hard to convince. I said like: „I want to do

2

Aphex Twin on Rephlex“. And they were just going like: „No way, we’ve bought you, we own you.“ It was going back and forth. I was going: „If you don’t say yes, you will never get anything.“ And then they were like: „Well ok, then we won’t get anything.“ I’m allowed to use AFX on Rephlex so I’ll just have to go back to that.

 

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Is the name Aphex Twin important to you?

It is really. I mean I could just use other names but I wanted to do Aphex Twin and then just do like very experimental stuff. There are lots of people who are going to buy my (Aphex Twin) album who are not really into my stuff at all, I reckon. And I’m quite into the idea of them buying something very experimental.

 

this interview is from 2001, seems like he's saying simultaneously that he doesnt want to release something rushed or archived as Aphex Twin, instead he wants to be experimental but the dilemma is the aphex twin name is owned by a major record label that probably wouldnt release something unless they approved of it. Yes i understand that analord and The Tuss are technically RDJ, but even here he admits the name Aphex Twin is important to him, which contradicts his earlier statements that it makes no difference to him which pseudonym he releases under. A proper Aphex Twin album on Rephlex would amazing

That was really enlightening! Now I hate Warner Bros. more than I ever have, and I am excited that he should be able to release as Aphex once more soon.

then he should flip the script and release some meltphace wank as aphex twin and release the next aphex twin album as afx. if he hands an aphex twin album to them, they will release it, no doubt in my mind.

They should release endless greatest hits records over and over again w/ the same tracks on them.

  On 8/4/2011 at 2:46 PM, o00o said:

 

Perlence subrange 6-36 could be the bonus CD in the binder

This, sir, is a fantastic idea. Warp - read this and take note!

  On 8/5/2011 at 8:05 PM, Awepittance said:

Richard D James not releasing an Aphex Twin full length in 10 years

 

 

  Quote

I was supposed to give them two or three more albums – I can’t remember. Before I gave them this album I said to them: „If I give you another album I have to be not be signed to another label.“ (laughs). I thought they were just going to go: „No way! We’re going to sue you.“

 

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I hadn’t give them a record for like three years. And I said to them: „Alright I’ll give you like a double album but you have let me do my own label afterwards.“ And they just said „Yes“! I tried to do it with Warner Brothers (Aphex Twins record com- pany in the US and Japan) as well but they are more hard to convince. I said like: „I want to do

2

Aphex Twin on Rephlex“. And they were just going like: „No way, we’ve bought you, we own you.“ It was going back and forth. I was going: „If you don’t say yes, you will never get anything.“ And then they were like: „Well ok, then we won’t get anything.“ I’m allowed to use AFX on Rephlex so I’ll just have to go back to that.

 

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Is the name Aphex Twin important to you?

It is really. I mean I could just use other names but I wanted to do Aphex Twin and then just do like very experimental stuff. There are lots of people who are going to buy my (Aphex Twin) album who are not really into my stuff at all, I reckon. And I’m quite into the idea of them buying something very experimental.

 

this interview is from 2001, seems like he's saying simultaneously that he doesnt want to release something rushed or archived as Aphex Twin, instead he wants to be experimental but the dilemma is the aphex twin name is owned by a major record label that probably wouldnt release something unless they approved of it. Yes i understand that analord and The Tuss are technically RDJ, but even here he admits the name Aphex Twin is important to him, which contradicts his earlier statements that it makes no difference to him which pseudonym he releases under. A proper Aphex Twin album on Rephlex would amazing

At the same time he still sneaks the best tracks out as aphex twin (analord 10) putting even more value into it. I am sure he knows its value as gateway for the mainstream / first contact listener into his back cataloge. The major deal is one of his most precious achivements that seperates him from the mortal idm musician besides being on warp in terms of exposure

  On 8/4/2011 at 1:32 PM, Enter a new display name said:

I'm impressed nobody mentioned Planet µ's juke direction.

that horse has already been beaten, buried, and fossilized.

  On 8/6/2011 at 12:42 PM, o00o said:

  On 8/5/2011 at 8:05 PM, Awepittance said:

Richard D James not releasing an Aphex Twin full length in 10 years

 

 

  Quote

I was supposed to give them two or three more albums – I can’t remember. Before I gave them this album I said to them: „If I give you another album I have to be not be signed to another label.“ (laughs). I thought they were just going to go: „No way! We’re going to sue you.“

 

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I hadn’t give them a record for like three years. And I said to them: „Alright I’ll give you like a double album but you have let me do my own label afterwards.“ And they just said „Yes“! I tried to do it with Warner Brothers (Aphex Twins record com- pany in the US and Japan) as well but they are more hard to convince. I said like: „I want to do

2

Aphex Twin on Rephlex“. And they were just going like: „No way, we’ve bought you, we own you.“ It was going back and forth. I was going: „If you don’t say yes, you will never get anything.“ And then they were like: „Well ok, then we won’t get anything.“ I’m allowed to use AFX on Rephlex so I’ll just have to go back to that.

 

  Quote

Is the name Aphex Twin important to you?

It is really. I mean I could just use other names but I wanted to do Aphex Twin and then just do like very experimental stuff. There are lots of people who are going to buy my (Aphex Twin) album who are not really into my stuff at all, I reckon. And I’m quite into the idea of them buying something very experimental.

 

this interview is from 2001, seems like he's saying simultaneously that he doesnt want to release something rushed or archived as Aphex Twin, instead he wants to be experimental but the dilemma is the aphex twin name is owned by a major record label that probably wouldnt release something unless they approved of it. Yes i understand that analord and The Tuss are technically RDJ, but even here he admits the name Aphex Twin is important to him, which contradicts his earlier statements that it makes no difference to him which pseudonym he releases under. A proper Aphex Twin album on Rephlex would amazing

 

At the same time he still sneaks the best tracks out as aphex twin (analord 10) putting even more value into it. I am sure he knows its value as gateway for the mainstream / first contact listener into his back cataloge. The major deal is one of his most precious achivements that seperates him from the mortal idm musician besides being on warp in terms of exposure

schizophrenia or cunning business sense, answers on a postcard?

whilst were here what was that story about Mr RDJ fucking off with some advance he got for making an album on the back of Windowlicker?

  On 8/6/2011 at 2:41 PM, soundwave said:

schizophrenia or cunning business sense

i smell a successful poll in the aphex twin subforum.

mille plateaux issues, flying lotus lack of continuity since 'los angeles', jacaszek before 'treny'

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surgeon's artworks for 'breaking the frame lp'

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the surgeon looks like a split collab with carcass circa 1988

I am currently unsure if I should like or hate ghostlys way of shitting out binders on a daily basis. most of them look a bit rushed and I wonder if the music they contain can hold up to the glamorous packing

shitting out binders?

I think Ghostly has gone up in quality overall in the past few years. Pale Sketcher, Shigeto, Gold Panda, Mux Mool, Com Truise, The Sight Below, SMM: Context, all solid releases with (imo) really nice artwork. I like Michael Cina.

  On 8/4/2011 at 2:43 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

Autechre: A hundred mixes for cash

 

Release this and take my money

I'd pay for a collection of Autechre remixes

  On 8/10/2011 at 7:11 AM, ghOsty said:

  On 8/4/2011 at 2:43 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

Autechre: A hundred mixes for cash

 

Release this and take my money

 

I'd pay for a collection of Autechre remixes

+1

  On 8/10/2011 at 7:06 PM, patternoverlap said:

  On 8/10/2011 at 7:11 AM, ghOsty said:

  On 8/4/2011 at 2:43 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

Autechre: A hundred mixes for cash

 

Release this and take my money

 

I'd pay for a collection of Autechre remixes

 

+1

+ many thousand

i'm upset at myself for giving as much attention to anticon and mush records as i did—the whole lo-fi white angst avant garde folk-hop was a big mistake as far as my music-listening tendencies go.

The Clouddead s/t is still an excellent album.

venetian Snares not doing another Winter In The Belly Of A Snake with real instruments

BoC not showing any sign of life and making fanboys insane in the process.

  On 8/10/2011 at 8:52 PM, azatoth said:

BoC not showing any sign of life and making fanboys insane in the process.

lol I was about to type this but then I stopped and went snares instead. Its weird as if they where suffering some kind of perfectionism loophole or something. since the news of the burnt down facility emerged yesterday I lost all hopes for any warp release in the near future to be honest

rye rye not releasing an album/uffie and kid sister releasing an album (after the peak of their popularity, to boot)

weezer not breaking up after pinkerton

lil b and jay electronica not coming out with legit full-length debuts yet

james ferraro not releasing any of his trademark long-form hypnogogic drone this year (excluding the frkwys collab)

kreayshawn in general

v/vm kind of just disappearing

dam funk not releasing any full-band music yet

eric copeland's most recent (and imo most accomplished) release coming out on a domestically-near-unreachable label from europe

blank dogs oversaturating the music scene with his too-numerous, too-one-note releases

ok go discovering youtube instead of unemployment checks

joe meek killing himself and his cleaning lady, wtf dude

j dilla getting lupus

justice releasing a second album (it just doesn't feel...right. maybe it's the whole collapse of the french touch trend)

and where is the fucking john carpenter movie soundtrack boxset on vinyl? seriously, people would buy that shit. i'm looking at you, random record label.

Liam Howlett of The Prodigy refusing to let go of the 90's big beat sound and try something new... Always Outnumbered never Outgunned had some good ones but ultimately flopped, Invaders Must Die sucked