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Written by John James
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Tuesday, 10 April 2001 18:00 |
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• The Canadian indie label Fony Records has just released a two-CD retrospective of one of alternative art-rock’s seminal architects, John Oswald, the original sampling poltergeist and plunderphonician. Oswald’s 25-year history as a composer, audio agitator, and media deconstructionist rose highest above the radar when he produced his legendary Plunderphonics experiment in the early 1980s.
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Tuesday, 03 April 2001 18:00 |
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• This Tuesday the Blue Note label furthers its commitment to jazz-flavored hip hop with the new DJ Smash album Phonography: A Blue Note Mix. This fantastic new collaborative puts Smash Hunter in the chef’s seat, concocting a groovy streetwise cake in 14 intriguing slices.
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Written by John James
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Tuesday, 27 March 2001 18:00 |
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• As the record industry watches Napster weave and bob through another round of legal rulings, the bottom line is that once the file-sharing cat’s out of the bag, there’s no way to stuff the screeching, clawing beast back in.
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Written by John James
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Tuesday, 20 March 2001 18:00 |
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• The Black Crowes have announced that they will follow Pearl Jam in the spirit of making every concert from their upcoming summer tour available to fans. This beat-the-bootleggers-to the-punch attitude might prove to be the norm of the future as bands and plantation bosses try to wrestle artistic and commercial control of their art.
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Tuesday, 13 March 2001 18:00 |
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• Kung Fu Records has just released the first in its new independent feature-length film series, That Darn Punk, on home video. The movie is a truly homegrown project, recorded on film – not video – with a bare-bones budget of $20,000.
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