Electronica artist and music blogger Mark Mosher sends word of a free music download at his site, They Walk Among Us. Here’s what Mark has to say about the track: This song has an interesting story. You see – I traveled back in time with my music production laptop and a pile of virtual synthesizers… Read More Free Electronica Download Features 50’s Sci-Fi Sound
Polyfuse’s One Quiet Moment is an extended dark ambient track, available for free download as an MP3 or in Apple lossless format. It’s free to use for non-commercial purposes, via a Creative Commons license. via Trash_Audio
Digg founder Kevin Rose sat down, in front of a wall of modular synthesizers, with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails (NIN) and poses the most popular questions as submitted and voted upon by users of the popular social bookmarking site. It’s a great interview, with lots of discussion around Nine Inch Nails’ approach to… Read More Trent Reznor Digg Interview
Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig appeared on the Colbert Report last Thursday talking about his latest book, REMIX. Colbert challenged the audience to not remix the interview “with some great dance beat, and then it starts showing up in clubs across America.” Lessig pointed out on air that because he didn’t waive his joint… Read More Lessig vs. Colbert Remixes
Need a reminder that the Internet has changed the economics of music? Nine Inch Nails‘ Creative Commons licensed Ghosts I-IV, which was released as a free download, is ranked the best selling MP3 album of 2008 on Amazon’s MP3 store. Despite the fact that you could download Ghosts legally from file-sharing networks, and despite the fact… Read More Free Album From Nine Inch Nails The Best Selling Album Of 2008
team9, an Australian based electro act fronted by producer Neil Mason, has released their latest album We Don’t Disco as a free download. From team9: I’ve spent the last few months neck deep on an original album – the first since 2003. ‘We Dont Disco’ is an electronic soundtrack to the days of my life. A little bit ambient, a… Read More Free Electro Album From team9
This week, the Grammy Awards nominations were announced – and, for the first time, a Creative Commons-licensed track and album are on the list. Nine Inch Nails’ 34 Ghosts IV is nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, while the album that track appears on, Ghosts I-IV, is up for Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package. Creative Commons… Read More Nine Inch Nails’ CC-Licensed Ghosts I-IV Nominated For A Grammy Award
Robo-Bot Records has release a free album of Nine Inch Nails covers by 8-bit chiptune artists, Nine Chip Nails. The compilation was organized at the 8 Bit Collective forum. Tracks: Little-scale: The day the world went away SCSI: Down In It Microchip: Survivalism Kyotosapian: Heresy Subway Sonicbeat: Eraser Hartfelt: Hurt The download is available from… Read More Free Album Of 8-Bit Nine Inch Nails Covers
Weepr is a new free music application that is sort of like a software Tenori-On. Not much information is available yet, and the site is in Italian, but you can download and try Weepr out here. Adobe’s Air is required. It’s limited in terms of what sounds are available, and timing is a little shaky,… Read More Weepr – A Software Alternative To The Tenori-On
Nine Inch Nails is riding high on the publicity of its heavily hyped Ghosts I-IV release and is capitalizing on that buzz with a new free album release, The Slip. It’s available exclusively as a free download, but physical releases are in the works. There’s a 2008 Nine Inch Nails Tour coming up this fall,… Read More First Review Of Nine Inch Nails’ The Slip
