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I enjoyed completing the questionnaire that is a pre-requirement for obtaining the new Libbe Matz Gang \/ Degenerate Waves “Victory Through Voltage” release<\/a>. But I never guessed that this would be the only enjoyment I would get out of it.<\/p>\n

Shortly after submitting my entry, I received a brief email directing me to a secret blog for an “update”. The only contents of said blog were an animated pink\/black gif flashing with the words “Your application has been REJECTED. Sincerest apologies, Libertatia Overseas Trading”.<\/p>\n

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It’s hard to express how I feel about this. It is certainly a very confusing business model and I am pissed off that a label I have helped over the last few years has now made it impossible for me to keep up with their output. I guess this could<\/em> be for my own safety, but come on. On the other hand it is very amusing-\u00a0 to me, and much more for others I’ve talked to about it. Most of the people I’ve discussed this with haven’t had this sort of aggro, but there are a select few of us who are denied hearing “630v HEX ATTACK”.<\/p>\n

I’ve had quite a strange relationship with Libertatia Overseas Trading since they came to my attention two years ago and it looks like things are set to get even stranger…<\/p>\n

Other things, which I will actually be able to get hold of, probably:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hacker Farm \/ Libbe Matz Gang<\/strong> film “Witches” (which I organised a London showing<\/a> for last year) is nearing an official DVD (and maybe other formats) release. A “teaser-trailer”<\/a> has been uploaded to YouTube, which is characteristically sinister, but oddly doesn’t actually feature any footage from the film:<\/p>\n