On Jun 16, 2004, at 10:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I brought that issue up also, about a month ago I think. Transmat
seems to
have some deal with Cisco records in Japan to distribute their music
(at
least the CDs).
However, that means that they get released primarily in Japan or
imported
to the US/UK with huge import fees added. Is the Japanese fanbase
bigger or
more likely to buy?
Well they're pretty nuts about detroit techno (any Japanese listmembers
on 313 want to chime in?)
It's all about money for the label, and the distribution.. and wait,
before I get jumped: I don't mean that in a bad or insulting way
either. i mean in the past with Detroit Techno getting global
exposure, it was the UK and Belgium (Network & Buzz labels
respectively, later R&S too, also Tresor/Hardwax) who worked deals to
license or publish or distribute Detroit artists that were outside of
Detroit. Now Japan is taking interest.. and actually has for some
time now. If you are a detroit label and someone wanted to help you
put out a whole mess of your music and pay you nicely for it... I can
see it's an attractive model to someone like Transmat who has a really
great reputation for music but not always the best mechanisms for stock
dissemination, exposure, pressings, CDs, etc. etc.
I'm just happy there's so much new music coming out... looking forward
to that Microworld too.. Also what were some of the other artists I
remember seeing at the Cisco tent at Movement? There were a couple of
names I didn't immediately recognize... but I didn't want to get the
CDs without hearing them first actually.
peace
--
Matt MacQueen
http://SonicSunset.com
