Ministry Australia's July ed is carrying a really nice introductory article on Detroit Techno by sometime Cabaret Voltaire member Stephen Mallinder (now based in Perth). The new Jockey Slut - with The Neptunes on the cover - has a bonus CD with a Rob Hood track (Upon A Millennial Moment) and Carl Craig's remix of Francois De Roubaix. Nice!
---------- >From: Michael Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: (313) Muzik (was 7 Magazine) >Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 9:36 PM > > >> Magazines like NME and Mojo aren't just getting readers from older >> ex-dance-music people, though, I don't think - rock music as a whole is >> being pushed by the majors as the "hot new thing" and so I wouldn't >> underestimate the amount of 17 or 18-year-olds who are buying them, and >> who probably see electronic/dance music as a bit of an old person's >> thing! (I have certain opinions on this whole rock-renaissance thing >> too, which I won't bother to share with this list ;) >> > > Completely, if you look at kids (in the UK anyhow) between the ages > 13-16 how many are wearing linkin park, sum 41 etc. t-shirts? > > I think for kids in the UK there are two broad categories you fall into > at the moment. Either you're an R&B, Hip Hop, Garage kid or you're a > rocker (Marilyn Manson, linkin park etc.) There just isn't any room for > dance music at the moment. > > Even when the sales of the music magazines (mixmag,ministry in > particular) were high, I'd say the majority of people buying them were > interested in trance. They were also bought by people I'd class as not > really 'interested' in dance music more into the scence drugs 'n all. > > I can't remember which mag it was (ministry I think) but around 98-99 > the front cover was a picture of a pill and the magazine was pretty much > all about drugs. This shows the supposed music magazines we more > fashion/style mags. > > Some magazines are okay for night listings and record reviews but > generally the interviews and articles are of no interest. > > -- > Mike > >
