Warp vs all its spawn labels

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i.e. Rephlex, Planet Mu, Skam.

I ARE BORED.

― Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 06:56 (twenty-three years ago)

all have released a quality record or 2.

i particularly liked that Weaver001 single on Planet Mu.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 07:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Warp haven't released a whole lot of good things recently have they? Although there was a spurt about two years ago when they seemed to be releasing a quality record every month: Chris Clark, Double Figure, Prefuse73, Confield, it was mental! It's still my favourite label and I must say I haven't really checked out many of it's competitors. Rephlex I have dismissed as being a bit too cheeky, relying on tacky 80s spoofs and jokey-electro but not much else. Planet-µ was like that for a bit but it really has improved with great hardcore acts like Venetian Snares and Hellfish alongside people like Hrvatski and Tim Tetlow etc.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:32 (twenty-three years ago)

anyone heard the Beans album? wassit like?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:39 (twenty-three years ago)

it sucks

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 11:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Stevem, reviews have been quite bad but I LOVE it. There's a few duds on there (the preachery Booga Suga) but all in all I love the album. Electro, dub, hip hop (hah!),...

― nathalie (nathalie), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 12:20 (twenty-three years ago)

New Beans is okay. Not Mind blowing of course. Enjoyable.

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 06:42 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm going to plump for Skam for the nonce: having BoC's debut real label release (i.e. not Music 70) and the odd Gescom EP must mean something good.

― Leee (Leee), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 06:46 (twenty-three years ago)

warp hasn't quite found its footing in a world it so completely changed

― jess (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 06:49 (twenty-three years ago)

there was a period there where you couldn't get a ditribution deal unless you sounded like autechre...

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 06:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Planet Mu releases most of Hellfish and Producer and Venetian Snares stuff and both are sick as fuck so Planet Mu is therefore classic and kicks all sorts of ass on Warp these days (even though I dug the two things that Antipop released on them.) Warp has basically become another Matador Records.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 07:07 (twenty-three years ago)

(Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it basically concedes that you are distributing or re-releasing music which were discovered elsewhere and which don't necessarily bear any particular sonic imprint.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 07:09 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

revive-o

― dang man listen to you all cock of the walk! (fandango), Friday, 29 September 2006 09:46 (nineteen years ago)

maximo park you say

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Friday, 29 September 2006 09:51 (nineteen years ago)

was OTM in 2003 - haven't gone out and bought a Warp release in a few years now but it used to be you could pretty much guarantee what was on there was going to be good. I still don't see the point in Anti Pop Consortium even thoguh I have several of their releases.

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Friday, 29 September 2006 09:58 (nineteen years ago)

Very excited about the new Chris Clark album. Clark is crazy underrated, "Diesel Raven" is one of the best things Warp has ever put out.

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Friday, 29 September 2006 10:01 (nineteen years ago)

Also kind of curious about the Born Ruffians EP Warp US is releasing soon.

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Friday, 29 September 2006 10:02 (nineteen years ago)

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