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Label Watch: Satellites Records

There was a period of time in the mid-’80s when guitarist Ryo Kawasaki fell deeply under the spell of computers. He became so immersed in exploring the potential of MIDI technology, working 12 to 16 hours a day writing music software programs for the Commodore computer, that his guitar sat in the corner untouched, collecting … Read More

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Label Watch: ACT Records

Bill Milkowski

During his 17 years as a top executive at Warners—10 years as head of WEA’s affiliate in Germany and seven more as WEA’s European President—Siegfried Loch was suppressing a hidden urge to produce records. “If you run such a complex organization you just can’t,” he says. “That’s the downside of such a job and that’s … Read More

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