tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post494779408038969838..comments2024-02-27T20:40:32.034+00:00Comments on Electronic Music Stuff with Fat Roland: We need a new Mercury Music Prize for people that give a crap about electronic musicFat Rolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11374906684948810408noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post-78013972245378998242009-07-27T23:02:09.180+01:002009-07-27T23:02:09.180+01:00I'm not too fussed, but if you tied me up with...I'm not too fussed, but if you tied me up with razor wire and threatened to smother me with a disappointed bunny if I didn't give you an answer, then I would plump for the slight melacholia of Bat For Lashes. She reminds me a bit of Suzanne Vega.Fat Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374906684948810408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post-75974054752069040202009-07-27T22:16:11.662+01:002009-07-27T22:16:11.662+01:00When I think of the Mercury Prize (and that isn...When I think of the Mercury Prize (and that isn't very often), I think of it as a dog that has been taken out into the backyard to be shot. But once the trigger has been pulled, it reveals itself to be a hell-beast that can't be killed by any human means and mauls its executioner to death. Our only defence is, as you say, an electronic Mercury Prize, but better.<br /><br />Squarepusher might have been your favourite, but who would you pick as your winner Mr Roland?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post-37062414112147208002009-07-25T10:36:26.809+01:002009-07-25T10:36:26.809+01:00I made someone listen to Squarepusher. My work her...I made someone listen to Squarepusher. My work here is done.<br /><br />*sage-like, walks out of room*Fat Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374906684948810408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post-39596895843438992922009-07-25T09:21:11.617+01:002009-07-25T09:21:11.617+01:00You know, on your recommendation I listened to the...You know, on your recommendation I listened to the Squarepusher album. Now, its not my beverage of choice, but I will say it is rather striking. <br /><br />And definitely more interesting than Kasabian or the Horrors...9/10ths Full of Penguinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380841087786085974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post-26515644263917513102009-07-23T23:38:33.241+01:002009-07-23T23:38:33.241+01:00Yeah, Isaac, I tipped Burial for the win on this v...Yeah, Isaac, I tipped Burial for the win on this very site. <br /><br />I think there is a proper electronica influence with people like La Roux, and it's good to hear some proper synths in the charts, but the actual artists they owe a debt to are ignored. <br /><br />I didn't touch upon this in the article, but I'm staggered Autechre have been passed over.Fat Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374906684948810408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post-68304900244041862482009-07-23T20:11:13.339+01:002009-07-23T20:11:13.339+01:00I do agree with you, Mr Roland. There should at le...I do agree with you, Mr Roland. There should at least be a token electronica inclusion, as there always is for folk, jazz and hippety hop.<br />That said, a lot of the artists nominated straddle genres - have you heard The Invisible, which has definite electronic influences?<br />If you haven't, I recommend you do, mainly because it's a good album anyway.<br />But La Roux, Bat For Lashes, Kasabian, Sweet Billy No Mates, they all have a huge debt to electronica - and wasn't Burial the favourite to win last year?Isaac Ashehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06789634577138046268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post-20257224619592831232009-07-23T16:47:16.813+01:002009-07-23T16:47:16.813+01:00Who would you choose for an alternative winner, St...Who would you choose for an alternative winner, Steve?Fat Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374906684948810408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post-1752959121359910862009-07-23T04:58:02.286+01:002009-07-23T04:58:02.286+01:00All I can say to that is amen brotha.All I can say to that is amen brotha.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08302940112403120398noreply@blogger.com