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EMI is in perfect stature as the Culture Industry in this case of an artist being turned into a commodity. Releasing music from an artist because they can and because they can't release anything new or original. The turning of music into a commodity, through which mass production kills the aura, now has the final 'nail in the coffin' as it is rearranged and reformated against the artists wishes.
It seems as though a likely move for the record label to release their most commodity-based tactics on the artist just as they try to loosen the grip of the Culture Industry. As the article noted, artists that stay signed forever do not have to endure a forced Greatest Hits compilation because they are still producing commodities for the label.
In regards to my last blog on Radiohead and their ability to defy the Mechanical Age of Reproduction, it seems as though the aura killing beast is revealed as the Culture Industry. Art is not disgraced by the machine, but those who use the machine. The media is only a mechanism of engagement if it has people to engage with it.
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