I dunno about this whole thing here. I've spoken with Kai and Theo about them boots and the way I understood it, the edits series was more of a tribute to those records he feels are especially influential and hard to trak down, but are personally important as well. Theo is a genuine music lover in the deepest sense of the word and the edits are pored over laboriously and worked in ways that display the affection he feels for the originals. I think that comes through in the finished product (albeit still with theo's trademark). This in mind, I can see why he might object to some guy who doesn't give the boots half a thought ripping him off. Now to be clear, I'm talking about ripping off someones ideas JUST to capitalise (which I don't think is/was theo's intentions) and not just the appropriation of a product in the copywrite sense (which he's obviously guilty of). Dunno really, there's a fine line there and I really can't tell which side I stand on. I will say this however, ! If I were an old disco artist, I'd much rather theo/moxie crew/etc. do a tribute and release it on white than the label realising my "one hit wonder" is a classic and hire out a bunch of trance monkeys to do remixes and make a ton of cash off it. And I can tell you honestly, he ain't making THAT much off these anyway. Aight I've prolly said more than I should've, ain't gonna piss nobody off.
Kamal K. Stoddard Turner Broadcasting Systems "Bebop was about change, about evolution. It wasn't about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change." > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt MacQueen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 4:38 PM > To: Michael Lees > Cc: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (313) ugly edits (full detail) > > > On Nov 22, 2004, at 1:08 PM, Michael Lees wrote: > > > Thanks this is useful. > > > > I wondered why my #2 sounded so bad. > > I have most of the Ugly Edits, some i bought in a rush and > others really thought about, they're certainly not ALL > knockouts but the better ones do have their moments (the Jill > Scott one is probably still my favorite). But as for sound > quality, boots or no boots, i think the sound quality on most > of them is fair to poor... they're not "mastered" > as such... sounds quiet, muffled, sorta muddy... they're > edits so you have to forgive that a little, but I mean it's > not like any of them have *that* great of sound quality to > begin with... > > peace > > -- > Matt MacQueen > http://SonicSunset.com >
