As New Order join the Mute family, heres a piece originally published in the Face in August 1990, charting the labels American onslaught, with the help of Turbo Bastards Nitzer Ebb
Electronic. Teutonic. Independent. European. Regardless of the reality of its catalogue, Mute Records has a certain image. Like any record label with a desire to survive and a vested interest in the truth, Mute a British independent established in 1978 denies any image. But its there.
Even at its poppiest, with Erasure, Mute maintains an intellectual air. It has a lot to do with the artwork; a great deal to do with its perceived independent integrity, and everything to do with the long shadows thrown by performance artist Diamanda Galás and musicians such as Nick Cave and Wire. Serious people.
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by John McCready via Electronic music | The Guardian
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