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Lately I discovered this amazing label, but I can't believe why they limit most of their releases to 1000 copies, any ideas? The new Proem also will be on Merck records and is going to be released on the 30th of January And why isnt this label in the Xlt discography? |
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i think it's pretty new label, and many other labels seem to be missing in discography...but surely that will change. i got two merck samplers few weeks ago and i like them a lot, nice stuff, i haven't had the time to check them properly but i plan on doing that some time soon. |
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Merck is awesome. Pick up "Showcase" by Lackluster and "Now You Know" by Machine Drum if you haven't sampled the label yet. Awesome albums. |
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They can only afford to release 1000 copies. |
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Great label. I picked up Secede's Bye Bye Gridlock Traffic from Warpmart recently.. AMAZING release. |
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the xlt discography is shady at best |
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i just heard tiki obmar (on merck) for the first time, a mix of live guitar, bass & drums in various quantities with electronics. check three of their tracks at also just got adam johnson's album "chigliak," which is a mix of old school artificial intelligence style techno, a strong black dog influence, and even flavors from minimal techno berlinstyle. very good but not great. check the two recent mix cd's, available for cheap, 2003 mix one spring, and 2003 mix two fall. tasteful mix, great tracks and a nice introduction to the label. merck is a good label but the limited editions give you an idea of how much independent electronic music sells: not a lot. |
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Every post you make is like "Jerry's final thought" |
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every post you make is like a guest on jerry springer. |
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Good one |
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yeah, i heard good things about lackluster, and last year i bought "my mines" of morris nightingale and ???? I don't know, anyway Morris Nightingale is nickname of Jimmy Edgar. Great detroit detroit techno - prefuse 73 hip hop mixture! |
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yeh that album is wicked,,,,,,but the best has to be pistachio island or urban biology . or the machine drum remixes. |
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why are they limited to 1000? because some of the records released 2 or 3 years ago still havent sold out. why? because people dont buy records. its a big risk to make a run of 2000, they might never sell out. so, thank mp3groups, soulseek and no support for the community. also, the fact is that there are literally hundreds of labels that nobody wants to listen to, or, more to the point, buy. perhaps the music just isnt good enough. the distribution of merck records has improved a great deal, but it doesnt matter how many stores they're available at if no-one gives a shit. in the meanwhile, listen to merck radio. http://radio.m3rck.net:8000/listen.pls |
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I reckon they don't sell many because they're not good enough. I've seen some of the acts on Merck and they're not great live either. |
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ooo, which ones? i reckon machinedrum and adamjohnson have played in uk |
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i have a a few merck releases..and they are a good....with good stuff on it..its just not many ppl seem to know about them....better promotion would be good..but that costs money....so..meh,, |
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haha never heard of them before but they've got a cd what's called "appelsap" what means applejuice, they don't seem dutch to me; where are they from? |
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merck label = miami,florida MD, who put out 'appelsap', is jaakko manninen from finland, who has lived in usa, denmark, netherlands, belgium, uk etc. |
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that explains his title: what kind of music is it? |
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like this: http://www.m3rck.net/html/discog/003.html here's a mp3 he put out around after appelsap http://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp50.html the whole record is also on emusic. http://www.emusic.com/cd/10604/10604946.html he's also released as KSCHZT on www.blaserecords.com |
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