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A scathing attack from the legendary Steve Albini on his opinion on modern dance music can now be seen on a massive billboard in London.
The words were written in a email responding to a request from XL's Powell, who was asking Albini if he could use a vocal sample of Albini from time with Big Black - which he was in, before going to form the likes of Shellac and produce legendary records for Pixies, Nirvana, Fugazi, PJ Harvey, Bush, Manic Street Preachers and more.
He gave nonchalant permission. When asked if his words could be used to promote the record, Albini replied 'still don't care' - and here they are on a massive billboard Commercial Street in London (see above)."
"I am absolutely the wrong audience for this kind of music. I've always detested mechanized dance music, its stupid simplicity, the clubs where it was played, the people who went to those clubs, the drugs they took, the shit they liked to talk about, the clothes they wore, the battles they fought amongst each other," wrote Albini.
"Basically all of it: 100 percent hated every scrap.
"The electronic music I liked was radical and different, shit like the White Noise, Xenakis, Suicide, Kraftwerk, and the earliest stuff form Cabaret Voltaire, SPK and DAF. When that scene and those people got co-opted by dance/club music I felt like we'd lost a war. I detest club culture as deeply as I detest anything on earth. So I am against what you're into, and an enemy of where you come from but I have no problem with what you're doing...
"In other words, you're welcome to do whatever you like with whatever of mine you've gotten your hands on. Don't care. Enjoy yourself."
"Steve"
What a guy.
