M_nus 53 - Nothing Much 2xCDmix by Richie Hawtin/Troy Pierce

svenlito · Post by **svenlito** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:05 pm

MicrominiKev wrote: ... when there's a Run Stop Restore 20th anniversary reunion tour, we can all moan and point to the time before we'd completely lost the plot.

perik · Post by **perik** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:44 pm

brianc wrote:
beepee wrote:i can't really say that i see the point of this...most of these tracks are and have been available for a really long time, m_nus certainly doesn't need the "promotional exposure", blah blah...i'm not trying to bash the label here, i have and have played most all of these tracks at one point or another, the release just seems superfluous to me.
i used to not see the point of things like this, but i've realized that they are really good first steps for people who don't scour all the message boards and maybe don't have all that much exposure to this kind of music. sure, we've all heard these tracks, but there are tons who haven't.

good point!

grave · Post by **grave** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:24 pm

what a boring,pointless cd

grave · Post by **grave** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:26 pm

most of the minus stuff is nothing but fodder. i think hawtin has taken a big step backwards with all this

fader · Post by **fader** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:26 pm

5th of April... still going strong

beat theory · Post by **beat theory** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:15 am

I just got the promo flyer for this release today.

The CD will release on April 27th and there will be a minus party on the 28th in Tokyo.

bürokrat · Post by **bürokrat** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:48 am

cd 1 is unmixed

Silky · Post by **Silky** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:44 pm

MicrominiKev wrote:
beepee wrote:i can't really say that i see the point of this...most of these tracks are and have been available for a really long time, m_nus certainly doesn't need the "promotional exposure", blah blah...i'm not trying to bash the label here, i have and have played most all of these tracks at one point or another, the release just seems superfluous to me.
One thing to remember, Ben, is that there are a lot of people who don't buy 12" records, don't download tracks, but who really know these records.

They know the tracks in the context of where and how it's played. I'd almost say this is the better way to experience music. The rest of us know it from "behind the curtain." But if you're actively engaged in presenting music to people, you don't know it the same way they do.

I think it's cool that the label is reaching beyond the fans who would know about tracks a month before it comes out, and engaging listeners beyond the inner circles.

I also don't think it's a bad thing for a label to put a marker down saying "this is where we were in 2007" for posterity. That way, when there's a Run Stop Restore 20th anniversary reunion tour, we can all moan and point to the time before we'd completely lost the plot.

good point, still a pointless cd though

and

at "Now thats what i call minimal vol 1". so true