Re: [microsound] Marc Behrens / Paulo Raposo / @c [

[paulo raposo || sirr <sirr-ecords@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I took the text, or part of it,  from the press-release of the label. But
googling a little bit is easy to find the following text:


""
The year 2009, looks set to be the final turn in the long standing vinyl
revolution. 

A June 2003 press release from The Institute of Chemical Engineering,
advised that key by- products of the current petroleum refining process
would no longer be generated by 2009, due to deadlines agreed, in principle,
with the chemical industry back in 1992. These deadlines were however, only
finalised in 1999, in the face of increasing environmental concerns and
lobbying. 

the institute of chemical engineering (iChemE) went on to advise that a
voluntary co-funded research and development program to seek a green
alternative, possibly a polycarbonate based compound had been proposed in
the 1999 summary. However no members of the industry wide syndicate had been
able to substantiate a sufficiently high market demand for a replacement for
the petroleum by-product, which is the primary base for vinyl record albums.
""

http://members4.boardhost.com/culturama/msg/3281.html
http://www.tvaus.com/viewtopic.php?t=7122


Anyway, I tend to agree with John about being more a rumour than anything
else. But nevertheless is symbolic of a part of audio culture that is about
to disappear, if not completely, or not due to global agreements, at least
because it turned culturally (and of course, economically) residual.

Paulo raposo


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