9080 VÅGQuoteThe follow-up magazine to PERSONAL BEST (ten issues, 2011-2024). This new publication follows the same formula – long in-depth interviews with a wide range of great artists, as well as photos and artwork – but the design is new, there
are written pieces, no ads, and it will follow a regular annual publication schedule. 88 pages offset printed CMYK (with Pantone on cover), sewn-glued binding with a 9mm spine, and folded flaps cover – a slightly more deluxe upgrade from
PERSONAL BEST. It is also printed in a smaller edition. Produced, edited and designed by Lasse Marhaug.
Issue 1 has interviews with: Government Alpha • Ronny Wærnes • Mental Overdrive • Fredrik Nilsen
• Stina Stjern • Jérôme Noetinger • Jim O'Rourke • Ralf Wehowsky • Michèle Bokanowski
– and a lengthy survey on Metamkine's 1990's Cinéma Pour L'Oreille 3"CD-series.
Got this one and really liked it! I stopped buying Personal Best, since I was sort of annoyed to having noise guys talk about anything else but noise and then some other guys talking about whatever. I have so many times talked about the dislike of "lets go deep into.." -approach, where its not deep at all. More like shallowest possible stories a'la unimportant childhood memories that seems to have no connection to what we are interested in.
Therefore, Great thing about 9080 VÅG is, that those things I am most interested in, like Government Alpha, Jérôme Noetinger and Metamkine related Michele, Ralf and Jim shorties, they are all great. Picking up particular topic and what is their art, or directly related to it, and discussing about it.
It is curious that they talk about 3"s and saying nobody is doing them anymore or asking who is doing 3"CDs anymore? Well, you just got to look into noise scene. Lets say, Finland. Of course full size CD dominates, but Satatuhatta and Freak Animal alone has put out quite many in recent years. There are other international labels too. Its curious that Lasse mentions that back in the day, this format was so neat and people being exited, but now people won't take them even if they were free. Hmm... Well, I would think it displays there are differences in what side of these one operates.
Like funny story Jérôme Noetinger tells about old French electro-acoustic/musique concrete is when he discovered this stuff in 80's, and tried to get the LP's, all of the old classics were sitting in storage at GRM warehouse, not distributed by anyone. He says in interview "I had to fight to be able to buy and sell them, because they didn't understand why. They just had them in a warehouse". Haha... I remember years ago when I was at Fylkingen (sweden) and was watching their CD albums. Meter and meter of digipaks of contemporary art music. I asked do these sell, and guy said NO. Just have to do them to spend the funding and if money is not spend, funding is cut. So indeed. There might be a lot of experimental audio, that nobody wants even for free. I feel NOISE and POWER ELECTRONICS 3"CD is not among that. People still actually want good releases.
Magazine looks like real deal art magazine. Not "zine".
Strongly recommended!!
