Creative Commons News
New release: Setting the mood with netBloc Volume 30: aldartea
Love of music is what the netBloc series is about. It’s not about hatred of the mainstream music industry, even though it may seem so sometimes (no matter how much I am against everything that the music industry represents these days). The fact of the matter is that there are artists, worldwide, w…… Read “New release: Setting the mood with netBloc Volume 30: aldartea”
New release: The Swedish pop sound of Garmisch "Glimmer"
Everytime I come across incredible pop music from Sweden, I wonder if there’s something in the water that makes such a large of number of that nation’s songwriters and musicians have such a firm grasp on what it is that makes tasty pop music. Back in 2007 while putting together a netBloc release,…… Read “New release: The Swedish pop sound of Garmisch "Glimmer"”
New release: Just Plain Ant “Rumble, Young Man, Rumble” with guest appearance by Chuck D!
Just Plain Ant is back with another fresh collection of his unique brand of hip-hop — beats, jazzy samples and a host of guests who each add their own flavor to the mix. Among the guests we’ve got blocSonic regulars such as Joey Ripps, Ohbliv and Sleaze. We’ve also got some new names — BlackLiq, B…… Read “New release: Just Plain Ant “Rumble, Young Man, Rumble” with guest appearance by Chuck D!”
Announcement: Free! Music! Contest 2010
To promote Creative Commons-licensed music and the musicians behind them, this year Musikpiraten e.V. once again launches the Free! Music! Contest. We are happy to present famous Cory Doctorow as the contest’s patron! Until the end of July musicians and bands releasing their art under a Creative…… Read “Announcement: Free! Music! Contest 2010”
New release: CM aka Creative’s back in full effect! Complete your Classic Material collection
There was once this funky little UK netlabel named Random Flow that put out a total of 12 releases. It was the first netlabel that I knew of that was solely focused on hip-hop. Among the many gems that they released were CM aka Creative’s 2 volumes of Classic Material. These gems were instant favo…… Read “New release: CM aka Creative’s back in full effect! Complete your Classic Material collection”
New release: Don’t sleep on CM aka Creative and his Classic Material
Back in ‘07 I first got wind of a funky, funky little UK netlabel called Random Flow. They came out swinging with a series of fantastic hip-hop releases that proved to me that hip-hop was finally making itself known in the netaudio world. For me, one of their standout acts was this NYC born, Maryl…… Read “New release: Don’t sleep on CM aka Creative and his Classic Material”