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I'd heard of dubmood before this; I'd say he was one of the less obscure people in that scene, but that might just be because he's done work in other styles I'm more interested in too. And looking at pouet I'd say he is more pissed off than anyone would pretend to be for a hoax.
I don't know why this in particular is news in non-chipmusic circles, but chipmusic and ex-tracker people are tightknit scenes that like to check out the newcomers and every so often there's an uproar about somebody "ripping" part of a track, so I don't know how this guy thought they might not go crazy at a whole album of entire songs.
But I guess this stuff has never been nearly as big a deal in the US as in mainland Europe, and suddenly chip/game music is supposed to be "cool" to a new audience who's not aware of any history and/or "scene", which might make it seem tempting to a kid just starting out on some live shows or putting demos out locally. Which doesn't begin to explain why someone a bit older (I'm guessing? he's married, looks late 20s) would think it was a good idea to carry on even to the point of an album deal, etc, but it seems to have worked until now if the guy's done a tour of US venues, been played by mainstream DJs, and been written up in CMJ, because that doesn't tend to happen for the original artists.
― a passing spacecadet, Friday, 4 April 2008 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
if it's a hoax, it's news to me. i only brought it here because it was on cmj. i felt that dissolved it from any connection i had. good grief. culture of fear and suspicion. what motivates the ilm shark pit?
anyway, laromlab had two things going for him a) he puts on a show. b) he's making electronic music in the midwest (he's a small town kentucky boy) which is novelty, etc. less to drown in. easier to play shows where most people's experience with electronic music is moby or the chemical brothers. put on a synth beat electroclash party and everybody's yr friend. "yay this music's like the 80s give me beers!"
i guess that's how it worked out... until he really started moving up a bit...
― msp, Friday, 4 April 2008 22:25 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't give a shit about chiptunes or classical piano concertos tbh. the hatto thing was more entertaining because OH NOES ITUNES GRACENOTE DB ATE MY FRAUD
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 6 April 2008 13:38 (sixteen years ago) link
I suppose it was smarter/more likely to succeed. This just seems like a publicity stunt to me, anyway.
― Bodrick III, Sunday, 6 April 2008 13:48 (sixteen years ago) link