Steve Albini: Serve The Servants
Jun 18, 2018 18:27:31 GMT -5
Post by boscy on Jun 18, 2018 18:27:31 GMT -5
May 29, 2018
Steve Albini: Serve The Servants
by Robert Baird
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Notoriously opinionated and obstinate Steve Albini, a guy ever vigilant and vocal about the wicked ways of the music business, showing up in Austin, Texas, at the annual South by Southwest festival? This I had to see. After a near-miss at his Austin hotel, we spoke the next morning on the phone.
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"Bear in mind that I come from a punk-rock background where capitalism is sort of an awkward associate, and South by Southwest was always about naked exploitation. People who desperately want to make it, and then people who want to sell the fantasy of making it—those are the two classes of people that were there when it was more music centered. Now it's virtual reality, podcasting, interconnectivity, film, comedy, linoleum tile, so there's even less of a reason to tolerate it."
A virtuoso of curmudgeonly invective, the Chicago-based Albini is one of the leading audio engineers of his generation to support capturing natural sound, no matter how dense or delicate the music he's recording. He's also a resolute fan of analog recording and playback.
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Steve Albini is a world famous producer and champion poker player.
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