“music” News
Producers... 'beat' music magazine remix contest
The German music magazine beat is hosting a remix contest of ZOE.LEELA’s track “Destroy She Says” from the rec72 release “Queendom Come”. Visit rec72 for more details.… Read “Producers... 'beat' music magazine remix contest”
The evolution of blocSonic continues with “Songs About Something XE”
We set things off in 2007 with our premiere release, “netBloc Vol. 1: The Opening Salvo”. Even at that early stage, I knew that I wanted blocSonic to be a bit more than your standard “netlabel”. I didn’t want blocSonic to be completely self-serving… it was to be a promotional vehicle for netlabels…… Read “The evolution of blocSonic continues with “Songs About Something XE””
Netwaves’ blocSonic special
This is just a quick reminder to check out the blocSonic special on netwaves. You can download it directly from archive.org or you can catch it on the podcast via iTunes.… Read “Netwaves’ blocSonic special”
Introducing ETHX “Boom To Bloom”
This fantastic release has been in the works since ETHX first contacted blocSonic back in May. In it you’ll find a few high-profile peeps he’s managed to connect with – folks like Boots Riley who you may know from The Coup, Zumbi from Zion-I and Myron Glasper who’s sung background vocals for every…… Read “Introducing ETHX “Boom To Bloom””
What are your favorite music magazines?
I just got finished reading Phlow Magazine’s excellent interview with the editor of German magazine Beat, Thomas Raukamp. It got me thinking about what I do to promote blocSonic releases. Thomas is quite correct when he states the following: …most people who run a netlabel forget that their work sh…… Read “What are your favorite music magazines?”
A testament to the importance of Creative Commons licensing
It all started back in March when Marco Kalnenek first posted about a track he’d been working on called “Life On Ceres”. I fell in love with it instantly and requested to include it on a then upcoming netBloc release. That developed into making it the title track of said netBloc release and also inc…… Read “A testament to the importance of Creative Commons licensing”