hey all,
just thought ppl might be interested that, according to a post by Emusic's
Electronica Editor, Robert Phoenix, on the emusic-discussion Yahoo Group,
they've signed Force Inc. for digital distribution (and, I would presume,
sublabels like Force Tracks, Mille Plateaux, etc), and will start putting
them online on emusic.com over the next month or two. i'll shout on-list
when they do.
coming soon after emusic signed Matador, this is seriously good news. sure,
as mentioned, the mp3s are 128kbps, but $10 a month for downloading as much
as you like over 200,000 mp3s in multiple genres? totally worth it,
especially for trying stuff you wouldn't normally, like the tonnes of new
material they just put up from Blue Room's ethno sublabel, Melt 2000, the
famous Russian classical label, Olympia, totallygood ragga action from
Jamdown, and so on.
haven't updated in a while (need to reflect the new stuff like Blue Room,
Matador, etc..) but my emusic electronica/hiphop guide is a pretty good
starting point:
http://www.mono211.com/emusic
i'm not affiliated with emusic, but even post-Universal take-over, i've been
impressed with how much they listen. sure, it could have been coincidental,
but i actually mailed them and asked for a bunch of labels a while back,
with Force Inc. being a first choice of me and some other people on the
Yahoo group, and it looks like they actually took notice. and as an
alternative to all this devilish Pressplay encrypted nonsense (albeit run by
the same company now - work THAT one out!), emusic is _totally_ worth
supporting.
regards,
h0l.
(
http://www.monotonik.com)
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