Documentary Evidence www.documentaryevidence.co.uk

About Documentary Evidence








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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