MMP IS A MEDIUM THAT AIMS TO SUMMARISE AND BROADCAST INNER THOUGHTS AND BELIEFS OF LIKEMINDED RATHER THAN FOLLOWING STYLES AND GENRES OF PROFANE.
THE FORTY-EIGHT CHAPTER IS WRITTEN BY THE LABEL @ENFANTTERRIBLENL

ABOUT LABEL:
ACTIVE SINCE 2004 ENFANT TERRIBLE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST LABELS TO GIVE RECOGNITION AND ATTENTION TO THE PIONEERS OF MINIMAL ELECTRONICS / PROTO-ELEKTRO / AVANT-GARDE POP / EXPERIMENTAL POP FROM THE EARLY 1980'S. IT IS ALSO ONE OF FEW LABELS IN THIS FIELD OF MUSIC THAT TRULY INVESTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TALENTS. WITH SINGLE EDITIONS ON VINYL ONLY AND A SELECTION OF SOUNDS RANGING FROM ELEKTRO-WAVE AND DARK TECHNO TO AMBIENT, POST-INDUSTRIAL AND NOISE-POP. NEXT TO THAT LABEL BOSS M. HAS BEEN ORGANIZING EVENTS AND SPINNING RECORDS SINCE 1999.
THE OBVIOUS INSPIRATION IS, OF COURSE, THE ORIGINAL POST-PUNK SCENE FROM THE LATE 1970’S TO THE EARLY 1980’S. THERE WAS A LOT OF CREATIVITY AND OPEN-MINDEDNESS BACK THEN. ALSO, IT WAS IN A CREATIVE WAY VERY “ANTI”… ANTI ROCK, ANTI COMMERCIAL, ANTI ESTABLISHMENT… THIS SHOWED ITSELF IN A MAJOR DIY SCENE WITH A TRUE INDEPENDENT WAY OF WORKING.
MUSICALLY NOT EVERYTHING IS EVIDENTLY AN INFLUENCE ON MY LABEL ACTIVITY… IT IS MAINLY THE EARLY ELECTRONIC (POP) MUSIC, FIRST WAVE OF INDUSTRIAL MUSIC AND THE DARKER SIDE OF GUITAR MUSIC FROM BACK THEN WHICH IS A REFERENCE POINT FOR MY LABEL WORK…
ALSO ON THE “BUSINESS” SIDE OF THINGS, THIS IS THE ERA THAT INSPIRED ME A LOT FOR MY LABEL… IT IS THIS ALREADY MENTIONED DIY, INDEPENDENT AND ANTI COMMERCIAL ATTITUDE THAT IS ALSO MY OWN MODUS OPERANDI. FACTORY RECORDS IS IN THAT POINT A MAJOR INFLUENCE. I JUST ADORE THEIR WAY OF WORKING AND THINKING… AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE CREDITS FOR BEING SPOT ON SEVERAL TIMES… I MEAN JOY DIVISION, HAPPY MONDAYS AND THE HACIENDA CLUB/DANCE MUSIC CULTURE HAVE ALL HAD A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON MUSIC CULTURE…
FACTORY RECORDS TOOK THEIR NAME FROM THE EARLY 1960’S ART SCENE AROUND ANDY WARHOL… AN ECOSYSTEM ON THEIR OWN THAT I AM FASCINATED WITH FOR MANY YEARS TOO… HIS FACTORY WORKSPACE/LIVING SPACE/ART SPACE IS LEGENDARY OF COURSE… AND I ALWAYS LISTEN A LOT TO THE VELVET UNDERGROUND… FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS… AND THEN THERE IS OF COURSE NICO… HER MUSIC IS SOMETHING LIKE TRUE LOVE TO ME… INFLUENCES OF HER WORK CAN BE TRACED BACK IN SOME OF THE RELEASES I DID ON MY VRYSTAETE LABEL…
WHAT IS BENEATH ALL OF THIS IS WHAT YOU COULD CALL RADICAL POP CULTURE OR EXTREME POP CULTURE… POP CULTURE WHICH IS NEITHER TRUE POP CULTURE NOR HIGH CULTURE… IT IS AGAINST HIGH CULTURE AND IT IS AGAINST POP CULTURE… IT IS IN-BETWEEN… IT IS AGAINST A DOGMATIC VIEW ON CULTURE AND AGAINST A DOGMATIC VIEW ON REALITY IF YOU WISH… BUT IT IS ALSO IN SOME WAYS AN ELITIST ENDEAVOR… A PLAYGROUND FOR BOHEMIANS, ARTISTS, INTELLECTUALS… I AM QUITE AWARE OF THIS… AND I LIKE CONTRADICTIONS AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT CLEAR… THAT CAN BE EVERYTHING AND NOTHING… THINGS THAT ARE IN-BETWEEN… BUT THAT ARE NEVER A CONCESSION OR CONFORMATION… “NOT PLAYING THEIR GAME” AS KEN KESEY PUT IT QUITE RIGHT…
MY ELITIST POP CULTURE IDEA IS BORN FROM THIS… THE ELITEPOP MANIFESTO I WROTE IS THE BASIS OF MY LABEL ACTIVITIES… ALWAYS… BUT OFTEN IN DIFFERENT WAYS…

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