Documentary
Evidence is a website devoted to providing reviews and biographies
of artists appearing on Mute Records and its various sub-labels
since its launch by Daniel Miller in the late seventies. From time
to time, we will also publish interviews with Mute artists or key
personalities connected to the label.
Why Mute?
Mute Records have proven to be the longest-running,
most important and successful of the UK's independent record labels.
Their roster has been consistently varied and engaging, spanning
pop, rock, noise, dance and all the various points inbetween. All
that, plus the fact that they are my favourite label, my hobby and
my obsession. I am, plain and simple, a sycophantic fan.
Why Documentary Evidence?
For a while in the late '80s and '90s, Mute used
to issue 12" square pamphlets with vinyl releases. These were
called 'Documentary Evidence'. They featured text on the label's
history and its releases by NME/Wire contributor Biba Kopf. They
included photos and back catalogue information - lists of catalogue
numbers, artist names, titles and available formats. To a fourteen
year old with obsessive tendencies and a growing dispassion for
mainstream pop, the 'Documentary Evidence' brochures were like an
indie music bible, an eye-opening, epiphanic experience.
About the content
All articles and reviews are personal statements
of opinion and recollection of facts, and are copyright 2003 - 2006
Documentary Evidence. The Doc.Ev / Documentary Evidence logo is
copyright 2003 - 2006 Documentary Evidence. All other logos and
images are the copyright of their respective record labels.
This site represents an information resource for
Mute and affiliated label music and artists. This site will not
contain or link to illegal sound or video files which breach generally
accepted copyright principles. Links will only be provided to sites
holding legitimate content. From time to time I may make reference
to personally-recorded or downloaded non-available material. Please
do not, however, ask me to provide copies or the source location
of this material.
About the author
Mat Smith lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife
Michelle and daughter Seren, their cat, and a impossible-to-accommodate
collection of music. He works for a major investment management
business in London, and - in addition to www.documentaryevidence.co.uk
- writes the weekly blog The
Final Days Of My Twenties.
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