Field notes/ Lizzy Mercier Descloux

The following are observations regarding a ilx thread from around the time of Lizzy's death.

here is a link to the thread for those who are curious
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=11788

Around the time of Lizzy Mercier Descloux's death, there were a whole slew of reissues on ZE records of her discography. AMG also released a greatest hits compilation around this time.

Many of the comments center around debates over which Lizzy album is best. Many people seem to like Mambo Nassau a lot, and another album called Fire.

There also seems to be a group of commenters who listened to her albums and tried to like them, but couldn't. These people don't give too much background in terms of which other artists they listen to, or whether they are fans of other ZE records artists, but this is interesting to me. What makes someone try to like something? Does it have to do with criticism, or cultural cache? how do the two interrelate? Many of the commenters who expressed dislike of what they had heard so far from her were still eager to hear more.

At one point someone cited her as having recorded a version of the song "La Poupee qui fait non", which was pointed out by a later poster as having been by Cristina. This mistake is humorous, but understandable since both Lizzy and Cristina were dance music performers with french heritage to some degree, who were married to (seperate) ZE founders, and put out albums on ZE.

One poster refers to her as his favorite of the "white-people-who-make-records-about-Africa" genre, which points to questions of cultural appropriation in her music.

Another user says he "Def. could see this being more known in the current NYC electroclash/nowave/disco/fashionbullshit climate,". This is a pretty cynical analysis, but it raises the question of the relevance of this music to a more contemporary music culture. This is an issues that could be looked at regarding nearly all artists who released records on ZE.

It seems as though there is still an active number of Lizzy MD fans out there. information about a memorial service for her was posted