jay haze vs me

so, i wrote this review of anthea & alex celler's 'playmaker' 12" and, as you can see if you read the comments, jay haze took a dislike to it. i never got involved. unlike anthea, who, under a pseudonym, made the first post in response to my words, pointing people towards positive reviews. if you look at all her pseudonym's comments it seems it's something she does a lot.

anyway, on friday, i tweeted this. jay then saw that, and contacted me through my blog. here's the short exchanged which ensued...

hey man [jay to me],

saw you tweeted about me railing you?

i wouldnt take it soo seriously, and anyway what i was railing on was the writing. shall i break it down for you?

the reason why i made that comment is because in the first paragraph you go out of way to make points about the fact that anthea works at phonica, which is where hector works...

then you go out of your way to point out anthea charted her own record 3 times... which is what everyone does as she is excited about her new record.

also you make it sound strange when you add this is how she probably got into production scene etc..

if you cant see that the way you write that comes off jealous, then you are not looking at it closely enough.

i dont claim to be perfect, and i never meant to insult you personally, as of course i dont know you.

also contrary to anything you might have ever read about me, im much more a lover than a fighter.

u just happened to write that review about my friends, and i did anything a friend would do..

ez?

thanks bro
h a z e

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love is the answer
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hey dude,

how are you?

like i said in my tweet, good work on the fabric mix and, despite what everyone else thought, i actually pretty enjoyed 'love and beyond,' too.

so, you been searching for yourself on twitter, hey? nice.

if anyone's taking it too seriously, surely it's you - i wrote the review, stand by it, and moved on without getting involved on the message board. you and the others over at ra are entitled to their opinion, so am i, and that's why ra gave me the voice to do so. incidentally, they score releases in house, so someone there agreed with me, too.

i was actually excited about hearing anthea's tune, i've heard a lot about her so wanted to see what the fuss was about. it's just a shame i was disappointed. as for being jealous - i still don't see where that comes from. i'm happy to get behind artists i enjoy: just read the interviews on my blog, or my recent review of stacey pullen's 2020 - i'm not jealous of talent. that would be silly. but i won't get behind something just because everyone else has, which is surely fair enough?

re anthea charting her record 3 times - once cool, twice maybe, thrice not cool.

re mentioning phonica - dude, i was framing the review, adding a little back story, that's how it works. and, if you read it again, you'll see i attribute her getting into production not through working at phonica, but rather offer it as a reason for why her name is popping up all over the place.

i'd love for you to review the release so i can post it on my blog - a right to reply if you like ;)

i'm glad you're a lover not a fighter. wanna hug?

take it easy.

kc

hi kristan.

everyone has a right to their opinion...

i cant force you to see the way you wrote the review has a facetious tone.

why? because thats my opinion.

thanks for your kind words on the love and beyond album.

happy you enjoy the fabric mix.

have a splendid weekend...

j