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I’d take a bet it was more Keith into the postcard side of things, what with his Edinburgh history. Postcard is a much more praised label than I can understand – as much as I do like Josef K and Aztec (especially JK), I have never been a big fan of Orange Juice, or really of the Go Betweens...

I agree pretty much with Paul's calculations, though the Poland route isn't without its difficulties. I actually think the price for Poland may be a bit low compared to the prices I used to get in the Czech Republic. It sounds (off the vinyl) likely that a lot of them use Eastern Europe. They...

The thing with the 500 copies angle is misleading. Most of these 500 copies are sold from about five or ten shops - distribution is only just starting to span out a little with boomkat showing some records. Secondly, it is strictly vinyl, which encourages all those people who look for CDs more...

An interesting thread, but one which leaves me with the feeling that this could be summarised brutaly. "MIA is to those that are passionate about dancehall as Lady Sovereign is to those who are passionate about grime" Fair?

The whole problem is that when they say some band, and you say "I don't listen to them", you are immediately (by effect) saying it isn't good. I just don't think it is a constructive thing to say, and also suggests you see yourself as the doyenne of taste. Plus, if good is subjective, it would...

A disasterous policy - it immediately comes across as being superior and a music snob. Which, of course, most people on here (self included) are. But you don't really want the world to see you that way... not unless you are sure you are dealing with likeminded folk. My housemate for one...

I was going to drop down and say hi but didn't know what time she was going on at. You're right though, she is very good at working a crowd and getting things going. What time did she go on (he asks hoping it was after his last train back).

Maybe this comes from Squarepusher having had a ten album career, and Sov having had four 12"s, and MIA about the same. Regardless, MPC, I applaud the nonsensical nature of this observation. hmmm...point made elsewhere.

Up until one month ago I lived in Edinburgh, and my friend who has probably more records than me lives in Glasgow. I'm wholly aware of the difficulties faced, and had to swallow it. There is Rhythm Division, Uptown, Dubplate, Blackmarket - all do mail order. Yeah, I have been on the back end...

This is heading down into the traditional problem of the mp3 - people claim "it was going to happen anyway, so learn to deal with it" - like it or not, you are talking about theft here, alongwith copyright issues. As b/v and logan rightly point out, the matter is different with Roll Deep or...

There is a huge difference here. Dizzee had an advance, Beggars Banquet's money behind him and support. 95% of grime tunes doing the round are from people who have paid for their own studio time, pressing and everything, and are distributing it by carting the records to the shop themselves. I...

I suppose this is revenge for the early 80s and Chicago house from us!

I'll go for my slightly fascist stance on this. There is no situation where you cannot by vinyl - a record deck can be acquired for £50/£100 easy. If you won't buy vinyl then you should take what comes with it - in this case, you cannot get these records. If the artist agreed to a leak by mp3...

To put kano on at a night like that is inspired to the point of bizarre. I really can't expect it to go down that well, especially looking at who else has been on in recent months - a complete departure.

New picture of Sov? That picture is about a year or so old, for what it is worth. All the same, I can't really see the point of that side of things.

I think the biting is more that she has signed to Island. She had an agreement with Casual for four twelves, "Random" is the fourth. Then she is Island's.

This thread seems to be moving pretty fast, and I would like to get my thoughts in. Having put Sov on live, over the past few weeks I have begun to think of the matter of whether she is actually grime. I like her work, I think she spits well, I think she copes very well with the backlash that...

Yeah, Merk is John E Cash if the stands at Uptown are anything to go by.

I can see this really being a successful white label in indicating that this isn't the direction dizzee should be going in. It was getting a wide-scale slating in Uptown at the weekend. Logan's point above that you'd be annoyed if the leading light did this is exactly right. On checking a...

Aha - the history of the Babelmix now makes a lot of sense. It was passed our way due to the two nights this weekend. If all works out OK (and someone remembers a minidisc) I could have a recording of the Edinburgh night next week.