Soulstrut's Melting Pot Music LP
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Where can I get one of these besides the UK?
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You're on that record too aren't you?
[late-pass]You're Devil McDoom? Nice track, I just bought the record yesterday. Sweden represent!![/late-pass]
And yes that Imperial Breed is nice too. Big ups to Hawkeye for that one. And DJ Day. And A-Ko, I wish I had bought the 7" before it sold out
i've seen some copies left at jazzman last week (or was it two weeks? just give it a try...).
As already explained this comp is a comp of stuff that I've been put out on MPM over the last three years plus some unreleased stuff. There are tracks from fellow strutters A-Ko, McDee, Hawkeye (=Imperial Breed), Dreskie Boogie (Queen Eve) and Day on it.
But it's not the BREAKBEATRAER SOUL STRUT album that's coming early next year!!!
We first released the MPM comp in Japan last summer. The release date for the rest of the world was early November and it is in the shops in Germany, UK and the rest of Europe.
US distro has ben a nightmare so far. Groove were supposed to carry it but never came up with any real orders. Now we have switched to Traffic but they will only give it a real release in January 06. That means at the moment TTL is once again the only place in the USA where you can get it. I shipped their order on monday (cd + vinyl) so it should be in stock soon.
We tried to hook-up with other shops and distros like Dusty Groove and Kashmere Sound Distribution but they were not interested.
That's one reason why I am working hard at the moment to improve distro in the USA so that the SOUL STRUT comp will be all over the place.
You can also mailorder all MPM stuff from our site directly. The CD and LP is 12 Euro plus shipping (7 Euro USA, 6 Euro Europe, 4,50 Euro Germany).
TTL and DGA are different animals because they post reviews and people buy based on those reviews...
Gotta love the madlib (no stonesthrow) style DGA reviews.
Its a great ________ record with a touch of ___________ .
----------------genre------------------------------------adjective
Yeah that's true. New releases are minimal this time of the year.
The MPM Comp is not a U.S. release, it's a German release.
German release? Are you sure? So it was pressed in Germany?
I'm on it, so yes.
This is the link to the section where you can submit the things.
http://www.dustygroove.com/missed.htm
The same goes for other online shops and distirbutors. If we all bomb them dudes with the idea to get those records it could work.
It reminds me on the MTV campaign back in the 80s where you should call your cable company and tell them to broadcast MTV.
Peace
Hawkeye
Btw, the only Soulstrut connection with that is the cover art by Mike 2600 and a few songs on there are by some "strutters". There's an entire Soulstrut album coming out on that label next year following the single that's out now.
But that CD/LP is a compilation of the label Melting Pot Music, which is in Germany.
Im sure were enough people on here to make it happen...
Thanks for the suggestion!
You suggested:
Artist Title Label Catalog # Format
1:Various This is melting pot music MPM MPM020 CD/LP
I know you're on it and that's one of the reasons I want that record. That beat you submitted was dope as is the other stuff on there. So it's legit then?? Just maiking sure cause I ain't out to buy boots.
I want that 12" too.
I wouldn't consider the stuff I release indie/inst hip-hop but that's not the point here. As a small European label getting your stuff into US shops is hard because of the high Euro/low dollar. It's hard because US distros are more concerned about selling their stuff overseas than buying overseas stuff. I worked at Groove Attack (one of the biggest hip-hop distributors in Europe) and they are one of the biggest Fat Beats overseas accounts but Fat Beats never buys any of their releases. Which are not even all European, the do p&d for US based labels like BUKA too.
I can't talk bad about TTL. They buy as much copies of my single releases as Groove or Traffic and they are just one shop.
But I'm not complaining. I believe that people will eventually pick up your stuff as long as you release quality music and don't expect sucess to come overnight. And due to the internet you have possiblities to sell and promote your stuff that I'd never dreamt about 10 years ago. Before you start burning money with hiring publicists, doing ads (the official price for a one page ad in WaxPo is 5688 $) and sending out 100s of promos you have to build a fan-base on the grassroots level. If you do yourthing that way you can even make some money from 1.000 12"s.