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i can't seem to find a searchable billboard charts database |
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"Aphex Twin doesn't need RRSP's. "I reckon," he says, "I'll probably sell more albums as things go on, but I'm still surprised to sell one hundred. I can't comprehend people actually buying my records anyway. So when you sell worldwide like a hundred thousand records, I just can't imagine it -- like a hundred thousand people buying my records. It's pretty bizarre. I wouldn't care if they didn't buy my music anyway."" Taken from |
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I bet he would care if people didn't buy his records and he had to get a shitty job to fund his living, which left him with only a few hours a week spare time to make music :) |
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Nah, he'd sponge off his parents! |
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i wouldn't read too much into an off the cuff remark made in an interview by someone notorious for talking shit! |
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He has been known to let loose nuggets of truth though. But you're right. I wouldn't take that as 100% truth. |
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Those numbers look a little haphazard. I've been looking for a dependable sales resource for IDM albums for years (I think it was one of the first topics I ever made), and to no avail. 200,000 for Drukqs is pretty badass though, more than I thought. I've got the only copy I've ever seen in my province of 1 million people. |
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korben dallas, Goddam Radiohead name dropping Aphex wont make any difference to sales. Goddam Aphex was around before Radiohead. And has always had an exceptionally strong fan base. What a load of bull. |
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Radiohead got me into Aphex by namedropping him. But in the big picture, yeah, the sales spike because of that was probably pretty tiny. |
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vatican nitez sold 3000 copies |
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I believe Aphex does 100,000 plus on record sales for sure. I mean come on that is fudge all really. I mean the Orb back in their day did a million apparently. And God knows what FSOL have done in the past with Lifeforms etc. They must have done at least a million. Thing is there are too many artists nowadays. Lots of serious quality but just so many people making music. |
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any idea which was the best selling release on rephlex? there was a thread saying they sold over a million records so far...any many of their releases were in limited edition |
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promo, at least i know i'm talking out of my ass ;) |
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I think FSOL were generally shifting about 100,000 units back in the 90's - Although I could be wrong - They actually talk about it somewhere on their website - I think it's in the shop on the ISDN album... They talk of 100,000 being THE milestone for them - Although Papua New Guinea sold millions I think. IDM's sales figures are actually pretty stunning for a DIY scene!! Just think about that! I work in the punk scene a lot - Most punk records seem to sell in similar numbers to typical IDM releases - The problem is they have to pay £thousands for studio time and the profits are split between the band and often a manager too... So it's much harder to get by on record sales. Techno, Drum&Bass, House, etc... don't sell as well as people would think - I was speaking to Larry Heard (Mr Fingers) not long ago about this - He's upset that people just aren't buying records these days - The scene is huge but yeah, there's too many artists to keep up with and it's too fragmented - So people just buy compilations and download music... So yeah, one of house musics' greatest pioneers is still having to work a day job. When I used to make regular dance music it was generally accepted that singles don't make money - Even for the big names in the scene - The only real money is from remixing big artists - So you just use singles more to gain recognition. But yeah - IDM is incredibly healthy for a totally self-sufficient DIY scene! And it has been consistantly healthy for over a decade now and only seems to be growing as people get bored of regular dance music which has been standing still since the 90's. |
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