The Sound of a Bubble Bursting
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Rubin collected Fot-only material from everyone from underground cult heroes Daevid Allen (once of Gong) and Hugh Hopper (once of the Soft Machine) to more regional bands carrying on similarly unconventional missions: From Chicago alone he handled Maestro, multiinstrumentalist Winston Damon, and the genre-blending dance band Las Toallitas. After years of long stretches between releases,
But Rubin died two weeks ago at 31, of stomach cancer. “He really wanted to do nothing but the best for people,” says Ton. “He was a tough little businessperson, but he really wanted to help people. He really believed in all that. His number-one concern was for the artists, maybe to a fault sometimes.” Pink Bob, who bought the label’s assets and will continue it under the name Ponk, concurs. “If he had a choice between sending a check to an artist or paying his gas bill, he’d pay the artist.”
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