Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Calling Time

As mentioned in my last post, changes are afoot at the ill-ec-tro-nic and the news is that Langer and I have decided to close the blog down.

Over the four and a bit years we’ve been running the site, we’ve enjoyed ourselves immensely and while we never really had a goal for the blog, its primary aim in providing us with a vehicle with which we could share our music tastes with a wider audience has been well and truly met and in fact had we been pushed to baseline our expectations at the start we would certainly have exceeded them as we never expected to achieve the hit rates we did or be sent so much great music (we also got sent an unbelievably large pile of dross too though!).

The most frequent comment we’ve received has been a 'thank you' for unveiling a new artist, track or label to someone and we can honestly say we’ve had great pleasure in helping to expose people to the music that we’re so passionate about. We’ve never seen ourselves as anything special for writing about and posting such music and in essence, the blog has only ever been an extension of the enthusiasm we show each other and our circle of friends when we find something exciting and new and share it with them.

So, given that electronic music is very much alive and well, why the decision to close the blog down? No single reason really, although running out of relevant and interesting things to say, a general lack of time and the fact that doing posts with any kind of worthwhile regularity became almost like a chore that felt like it needed to be done rather than something that we looked forward to like at the start - clearly not a good situation for bloggers to be in!

From a personal perspective, I also want to focus on producing music under my Nanorhythm guise as the blog has undoubtedly resulted in a reduction in my studio time over the years. Despite being given offers of releases on two occasions, both offers have failed to materialise thus far, although at the time of writing, there’s also possibility that some of my music may finally get a release as part of the forthcoming Broken20 schedule (a new label headed up by TVO so no doubt an interesting project to keep an eye on regardless). However, given my previous experiences with anticipated releases and the fact that it’s very early days for the label, I’m trying not to raise my expectations too high and will believe my release cherry has been popped if / when it finally happens.

Anyhow, enough of my ramblings, other than to say it’s definitely been a blast and to give a big shout out to all the artists that inspired us to write about them, the kind folks that have sent (decent) music our way plus of course the people who have bothered to read our pages over the years.

As I write this, I'm not sure whether it will be the very final post for the site or not. Langer has suggested he may write a few words at some stage or it may be that we use the site to let you know of any parties or other relevant musical adventures we’re involved with so maybe pop back every now and then for a quick check.

So before I go, it seems appropriate to leave you with just "one more tune!" - one of my all time favourite records and something that seems fitting for the occasion.

Underground Resistance - Journey of the Dragons // Underground Resistance

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Bye RAW!!

Thaks & Respect !!

Kareem from France ..
 
Thanks for the music guys, this was one of the few reliable music blogs out there!
 
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Sad news
 
Very sorry to hear this, thanks for all the words and music. Hope the extra studio time bears fruit.
 
Just another post to say thanks and good luck. As a dubstep and techno DJ, I enjoyed (and used) many of your recommendations.

All the best.
Skippy le B
 
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and music with us.
I wish you success in your future project!
 
always solid this blog
all the best for ya
woody nz
 
Thank You
 
I'm sorry to see you go. I've linked to you on my blogroll for years over @ http://music-bloggers.blogspot.com I was hoping that you would be willing to help me out by recommending blogs similar to your own that would be worth adding to help fill the void. A large percentage of the blogs that I had originally listed have decided to call it quits. I would estimate the number to be as high as one third of all the blogs. It was a pleasure following you. If you ever have an interest in promoting your own music, feel free to stop by my own music blog, Digital Meltd0wn (link in my profile). Take care guys.

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Never posted here before although I've visited hundreds of times. You guys have introduced me to so much good tunes. Good luck with the music. On a last note since you guys are kind of leaving a lot of us hanging, any other recommended sites for Electronic Music?
 
Thanks to everyone for the kind words.

In terms of recommended sites for similar musical tastes here's some to keep you going:

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FACT

Resident Advisor

Little White Earbuds

Modyfier

The Futurist

Sonic Router

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