WM105: Various Artists - Greatest It
released 7 march 2010
Over the last decade, the free music scene has brought out numerous
big names. Thanks to them the fact that there's an endless amount of
incredibly "good" music available for free on the internet has
become obvious to everybody. But of course there's also an even
greater amount of incredibly shite music out there...
The good stuff isn't always easiest to find, and most users don't
have time to browse through every artist's discography in order to
discover the gems among their droppings. As the downfall of MySpace
continues curatorship is regaining importance. Instead of plowing
through songs on MySpace or Soundcloud today's users prefer sharing
YouTube videos on Facebook. They just seem more interested in
selected content.
Netlabels experience some kind of Indian summer, receiving a lot of
attention as if they were all new. They retrieve relevance as a
source for presenting the hot. Berlin held a Netaudio Festival last
year. New York's WFMU has created the Free Music Archive, "a social
music website built around a curated library of free, legal audio."
Fuck me sideways, the scene is a scene again!
That's why six of the most original netlabels have teamed up for one
release – each label presenting three of their favorite tracks from
their own catalog – to celebrate the idea of free music, and to
simply bring you the shit de la shit!
Up it up,
Ego Twister,
Peppermill,
Proot,
Cock Rock
Disco, and WM Recordings
share similar backgrounds and philosophies, and they are proud to
present their "Greatest it". You might happen to know all of the 18
smash hits but if you don't you better catch up, Mr. caveman. This
might indeed be the flyest compilation on the internet.
The labels' idea was also to share audiences by introducing /
pointing out each other. It's understood that it's ridiculously
difficult choosing your 3 favorite tracks from a whole catalog so
consider this the tip of the iceberg.
We love giving away our music because we believe the best things in
life should be free – like the air you breathe or sunlight or sex
(ideally). Please share this release with your friends or blog about
it.
Artwork by
Amandine
Urruty
Download options:
download complete album
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audio stream
WM105 @ Last.fm
WM105 @ LegalTorrents
WM105 @ Free Music Archive
Greatest It by
Various Artists is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Netherlands License.
