Downliners Sekt et. al.
Kyle Wallace and his team of bloggers over at Analog Scene (and by team I mean me) have found a little tidbit that’s worth repeating here. Downliners Sekt is a Creative Commons licensed band/website that encourages you to share and torrent all their music. Kyle calls it “Radiohead one step further” (without the messy material backlash.)
Although a group making suave electronic beats for free is totally cool, I realize they’re not Radiohead. It’s always good to see polished bands doing this kind of thing, but can we really fault Radiohead for wanting to release some materials with their music?
When I like an artist’s music, I buy the vinyl and go see the artist live. I hope you do the same. I wasn’t a huge fan of In Rainbows, but I don’t blame them for releasing a physical product. We humans like to touch and hold and see without a screen in our faces, so while I still can’t understand why more bands don’t do what Downliners Sekt do, I don’t think the record will ever die.
