Saturday, November 17, 2007
Free Justice x Mos Def x Spank Rock remix from the RCRD LBL
Is RCRD LBL the future of the music industry? Plenty of debate amongst my Grindin' crew on that question. But at the very least, this is gonna be an interesting experiment trying to reinvent the record label model for a rapidly-changing marketplace. About RCRD LBL:
"Well, we'd like to welcome you to RCRD LBL, a brand new music site where all of the downloads are both free AND legal. In a world where many people get their music for free, we wanted to create a site where bands we loved could put their music out there for free AND get paid for it. RCRD LBL is a new model and an experiment, putting great music out there for free and with absolutely no DRM. We hope you enjoy the music and support what we're doing by making RCRD LBL part of your daily music diet.
In some ways we're a music blog, written by people who want to bring you cool new music day in, day out. In other ways, we're a record label, championing, signing and partnering with bands we believe in. We'll have tons of exclusive tracks from everyone from Mos Def to Switch to Dirty on Purpose to Cold War Kids, but we're also working with an amazing roster of partner labels (see below) who will also be blogging and giving away music on the site. And since we're a blog, we'll also be pointing you to best of what else is out there on the web.
Here are our label partners:
* Warp
* Modular
* Dim Mak
* Downtown
* Drowned In Sound
* dirtybird
* Ghostly International
* SEEN
* Kompakt
* Turntable Lab
(with more labels to come!)"
More online: Wall Street Journal | Wired
Free download: Justice - "D.A.N.C.E." (Benny Blanco rmx feat. Mos Def & Spank Rock) [link to RCRD LBL to access the mp3]
BTW: I know - Spank Rock twice in a row??! No, this site is not turning into Discobelle.....
Labels: Mos Def, RCRD LBL, Spank Rock
