Neofolk comps / Neofolk-Freakfolk crossover

[Manny]

I didn't mean physically getting up and going anywhere.

Music can be mail ordered and/or purchased via the internet, too. That 
was what I meant: The internet makes it so easy for people to discover 
new things, especially new things that would be of crossover interest 
to them (the common phrase being 'RIYL') but most people tend instead 
to continue to bury themselves further in specialization instead, in 
the modes to which they are already accustomed.

On Dec 13, 2007, at 12:23 AM, Sc'Eric ((aka sc'Que)) wrote:

> Great names to bring up, Manny.  ...And the only reason I didn't 
> mention Strange Fortune was because I figured Michael would probably 
> chime in here himself...  And CMI has dropped off the radar again 
> lately.  For a while they were sending out frequent (and beautifully 
> designed) promotional emails--still preaching to the choir, but they 
> worked.
>
> As for sniffing butts across the meadow... well, I'd blame a lot of 
> that on the current economic situation.  I used to visit Pgh about 6 
> or 8 times/yr, dropping as much as $120 at Eides each trip.  Lately, 
> I've only been able to afford about once or twice a year... with music 
> purchases dwindling similarly.  That's a huge lifestyle shift, in my 
> opinion.
>
> Patiently waiting for the tide to change,
>
> ~sc'eric
>
> Manny <manny at garfieldartworks.com> wrote: " I'm surprised how many 
> dark-alt community folk I've met who've never
> heard of CMI (Cold Meat Industry)."
>
> what can we say, sc'eric, despite the internet, a lot of people are as
> uninformed as ever. i think the super-specialized nature of the
> internet actually encourages many people to crawl further up their own
> butts rather than smell the flowers across the meadow :)
>
> also, maybe some neofolk people dont' know about ColdMeat because it 
> is still an obscure label that never promotes itself. i would more 
> easliy
> wonder why there isn't more crossover between dark folk/dark music and
> the very WELL promoted freak/psych folk scene that's in all the
> magazines. after all, there are some huge connections between them.
>
> for example, the same mid-size indie-oriented booking agency that
> handles famed freak-harpist Joanna Newsom also handles Current 93 and
> Nurse With Wound (as well as Neubauten and Nick Cave). another booking
> agency books both freak-folk star Devendra Banhart and Kid Congo Powers
> (Gun Club, Bad Seeds). you might want to look into cabaret-folk icons
> Antony & the Johnsons after knowing that C93's Durtro put out their
> first CD, and then check out their other ones on the Secretly Canadian
> label. magazines like The Wire and Arthur cover both David Tibet and
> Whitehouse and folkies like My Brightest Diamond and Vashti Bunyan.
> Staunch indie label Drag City is about to release a CD for
> folksinger/harpist Baby Dee, who's played on stage with both C93 and
> PTV. And so on.
>
> anyway, if you want to find some neo-folk/apocalyptic folk, look at the
> Middle Pillar and Strange Fortune catalogs.
> I just looked there, and while they don't have many comps right now,
> they do have a quite a decent sampling of
> individual artists in that genre that should keep you busy for quite a
> while.
>
> happy hunting
>
> -mt
>
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