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Great to see that electronic music magazine RA has finally discovered Russ Gabriel after only 16 years and a seminal back catalogue ('Future Funk' is my favourite). Welcome to the world of techno, guys, better late than never...
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wow, not sure if the writer should be considered brave for admitting to just finding out about Russ Garbiel last week or should be looked upon as someone writing about a style of music they do not fully understand. "in order to understand, you have to go back..."
Posted by: kuri | February 29, 2008 at 11:21 AM
hahaha, that is pretty funny. oh well, at least they gave him some love!
Posted by: tom/pipecock | February 29, 2008 at 04:20 PM
writing about techno and not knowing about Russ Gabriel is like being a food critic and not knowing about the Roux brothers or Michelin. Enough said:)
Posted by: Brophy | March 01, 2008 at 04:09 AM
"it made sense to just ignore the whole country." haha. quality.
Im sure I saw another comment put up about this here post hehe. ;)
Posted by: kenny | March 01, 2008 at 01:06 PM
awesome! there's potential for a fight about Ireland in the British Isles too. I might just get drunk later and do that ;P
Posted by: gmos | March 03, 2008 at 05:41 AM
awesome! there's potential for a fight about Ireland in the British Isles too. I might just get drunk later and do that ;P
Posted by: gmos | March 03, 2008 at 05:42 AM
Yeah, honesty sucks.
Posted by: Stef | March 04, 2008 at 03:47 AM
Yeah, honesty sucks. - it's right up there with having a limited and blinkered knowledge of the subject matter you're writing about
Posted by: Brophy | March 04, 2008 at 04:47 AM
no reason to be such a smug cock about it.
i liked the reviewer's honesty, and the review of the music itself.
do we all need to have advanced PhD degrees in the "History of Techno" to be qualified enough to write one's impressions of a release? who made you techno's Dean, Don, and Emperor?
Posted by: russ | March 04, 2008 at 09:04 AM
Dear 'Russ', I don't think I'm being smug - just pointing out that for a business (and I would imagine RA is run as such) to say that you have never heard of one of the main producers in a style of music your business is based on writing about is, well, a bit cringy. I don;t think I ever suggested anyone needed to get a degree or PhD - but a little bit of knowledge does go a long way. What do you graduate in yourself? BA in internet abuse?
Posted by: Brophy | March 04, 2008 at 09:16 AM