emusic.com

[Statto]

just been checking what I've downloaded and it's this...

complete albums:

ambre - enclave / le mensonge
amon düül 2 - phallus dei
angus maclise - the cloud doctrine
axiome - archive one
bay b kane - the guardian of ruff
daniel menche - hope and prey / crawling towards the sun / field of skin / static burn
david rosenboom - suitable for framing
eliane radigue - songs of milarepa / trilogie de la mort / chry-ptus
gilbert & lewis - 8 time
ground zero - revolutionary pekinese opera version 1.28
henry grimes trio - the call
holger czukay - canaxis 5
iannis xenakis - complete percussion works
imminent starvation - north / archive one
iszoloscope - les gorges des limbes / the audient void
james plotkin & mick harris - collapse
john cage - three constructions
jorgen plaetner - electronic music
klaus schulze - irrlicht / mirage / picture music / cyborg / blackdance
machinefabriek - dauw
monolake - polygon cities / interstate / hongkong remastered
natsuki tamura - in krakow in november
ou moins - anti matter of fact
painkiller - execution ground
panacea - low profile darkness
phil niblock - works for hurdy gurdy and voice
prometheus burning - beyond repair
rarer and bench - imaginary friends
robert henke - signal to noise
scanner - scanner / accretions / echo ricochet / reason by heart / mass observation / lauwarm instrumentals / the crystalline address / audiosphere
synapscape - archive one / archive two
todd terry - todd terry's greatest hits
toumani diabaté - the mandé variations
vladislav delay - the four quartets / whistleblower / multila / anima
xhol - motherfuckers
yoshikazu iwamoto - traditional japanese music

plus various tracks by:

adam f, alexander scriabin, annea lockwood, arpanet, art ensemble of chicago, bauhaus, camberwell now, cecil taylor, charles ives, chop suey, claude debussy, david toop, democustico, dj trax, ectomorph, eddie costa trio, elisabeth lutyens, elizabeth maconchy, elliott sharp, eluvium, faust, francois poulenc, harrison birtwistle, incredible string band, john cage, jon hassell, june tabor, k, karlheinz stockhausen, lemon d, leo brouwer, lili boulanger, lindsay cooper, lizzy mercier descloux, luciano berio, mauricio kagel, mccoy tyner, neotropic, nicola lefanu, olivier messiaen, palestrina, pieter k, pilote, popol vuh, rufige kru, satoko fujii, scorn, skinny puppy, sofia gubaidulina, soft machine, somatik, steve reich, television personalities, thea musgrave, the master musicians of jajouka, the undertones, thomas tallis, tim curry

there's so much good stuff up there

what's their back catalog of dnb like?

talkin pre-99 here

Do you have to subscribe or is it possible to pay per track/album?

[Statto]

what's their back catalog of dnb like?

talkin pre-99 here

there's some:

Basement
Certificate 18
Droppin' Science
Metalheadz
Partisan
Position Chrome
Reinforced

and so forth

[Statto]

Do you have to subscribe or is it possible to pay per track/album?

it's subscription

I'm on 50 downloads a month for £12
which works out at 24p each

they're variable bit rate mp3s, mostly in the 192-256 range
but that's fine for me

yeah - I've been a subscriber for nearly 2 years now I think.

Got LOTS of good stuff on there.

some of my favourite finds are people like :

Antonelli,
Ø (Mika Vainio)
AM / PM
Paradroid
Arpanet
Abstract Groove
Jake Mandell

and that's just a quick list of some of the people I hadn't heard of before joining that I have now.


Subtle Audio catalogue is on there too, in case you didn't know

[Statto]

Subtle Audio catalogue is on there too, in case you didn't know

I knew that

Do you have to subscribe or is it possible to pay per track/album?

it's subscription

I'm on 50 downloads a month for £12
which works out at 24p each

they're variable bit rate mp3s, mostly in the 192-256 range
but that's fine for me

Are very long tracks counted as 1 download? I mean, is Pauline Oliveros' 4 Elecronic Pieces only 4 downloads compared to a Nasum album with 38 downloads?

[Statto]

are very long tracks counted as 1 download?

i just downloaded klaus schulze - timewind
track lengths 30:32, 28:38, 38:48, 12:44, 4:57 = 5 downloads

i'd guess that lps with 30 second tracks don't get downloaded very much

are very long tracks counted as 1 download?

i just downloaded klaus schulze - timewind
track lengths 30:32, 28:38, 38:48, 12:44, 4:57 = 5 downloads

i'd guess that lps with 30 second tracks don't get downloaded very much

yeah emusic is great for this!

i downloaded steve reich's "music for 18 musicians" and it's one track running at 56:31........ total bargain for 35p!

love emusic, superb!

I downloaded Steve Reich's "Music For 18 Musicians" and it's one track running at 56:31........ total bargain for 35p!

I guess I'll try out the 25 downloads for free.

Only thing about EMusic was some of the tracks I got a while back seemed to be sold at lowish bit rates... like at 180 kbs VBR mp3. But I notice that in the last few months, the bit rates are generally much higher than that. Often 320's and usually at least 224.


Dunno if the older stuff on the catalogue will be bumped up in bit-rate though ?

[Statto]

Only thing about EMusic was some of the tracks I got a while back seemed to be sold at lowish bit rates... like at 180 kbs VBR mp3.

a lot of mine are
but I don't care about that

[denaris]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, VBR you have no choice over bitrate. If a tune can be compressed further to a lower bitrate I believe VBR does just that. Some tunes need to be at a higher rate due to the way MP3 deals with getting rid of data (lossy compression). Unless you use CVBR which allows a high er bitrate to be specified.

That might be why some are low Conor. Then again I may be talking drivel.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, VBR you have no choice over bitrate. If a tune can be compressed further to a lower bitrate I believe VBR does just that. Some tunes need to be at a higher rate due to the way MP3 deals with getting rid of data (lossy compression). Unless you use CVBR which allows a high er bitrate to be specified.

That might be why some are low Conor. Then again I may be talking drivel.

possible I'm sure...

anyway - there was low constant bit rate examples too - but the general quality seems to be improving (unless I've just got lucky with the last few months worth of downloads)

[Statto]

plus

merzbow - antimonument / cycle / electric dress / oersted
pink floyd - london 1966/1967

Im confused......So is this right E-music put other peoples music on a site and charge people to download it but don`t pay any money to the artists??? Im just asking as Statto mentioned me and ive never heard anything about them? Where do they get these tracks from?? bit torrent sites? Like i said im confused.Anyone got any info Thanks

pretty sure ithey get the tracks from the labels; Code put Subtle Audio stuff on there

Statto.
Your next album off there should be Tarentel - we move through weather
here is my list of downloaded artists,
74 Artists Begins With:

* 4 Hero
* Adam F
* Aethenor
* Alexander Tucker
* Ben Sharpa
* Boxcutter
* C.R.A.C.
* Califone
* Clutchy Hopkins
* Colin Meloy
* Cul De Sac / Damo Suzuki
* Daedelus
* Danny Breaks
* Declaime
* Deerhunter
* Democustico
* Digital
* DJ Adlib
* DJ Crystl
* Doc Scott
* Dub Trio
* Earth
* Ed Rush
* Eluvium
* Explosions In The Sky
* F*** Buttons
* G-Force & Seiji
* godspeed you! black emperor
* Hitchcockgohome!
* Hudson Mohawke
* Idaho
* Isis
* Isis (2)
* Jay Reatard
* Joker & Rustie
* Jonny L
* Kidz In The Hall
* Low
* Melvins
* Milanese
* Mogwai
* Mouse On Mars
* Mr. Lif
* Nobody Presents Blank Blue
* Nomo
* Nookie
* Ohmega Watts
* Orgone
* Panda Bear
* Paul White
* Peter Broderick
* Porcelain
* Qua
* Quantic
* Seba
* St. Vincent
* Steve Reich/Alarm Will Sound
* Sufjan Stevens
* Sun Ra
* Sunken Foal
* Tarentel
* Terminal Sound System
* The Chameleons
* The Dillinger Escape Plan
* The Drift
* The North Sea
* The Sea And Cake
* Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
* Tom Carter
* Tortoise
* Unsane
* Various Artists
* Windy & Carl
* Zach Hill (Hella

[Statto]

pretty sure ithey get the tracks from the labels; code put subtle audio stuff on there

that would be correct, yes

pretty sure ithey get the tracks from the labels; Code put Subtle Audio stuff on there

yep - they are a legit site.

I got the Subtle Audio stuff up there through a Digital distributor - Tunecore.


Right - I just used up this months worth of downloads, got a dubstep / techno-y / electronica gig next week, so got some :


Kode 9 ("Black Sun" on Hyperdub!!! So good!)
Quarta 330 (also Hyperdub stuff)
Jack Sparrow (on Earwax)
LayerZ,
Arne Weinberg,
69 db - nice varied album called "Dragoon Dub" and another collection of old 12"s called "In Dub Technic"

few other bits too

statto.
your next album off there should be tarentel - we move through weather

they are one of my favourite bands ever, and this album is a cornerstone in their discography.

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I love it - get 75 tracks a month!

statto.
your next album off there should be tarentel - we move through weather

they are one of my favourite bands ever, and this album is a cornerstone in their discography.

probably their best work, although i haven't heard the latest 'live' album.
would be a pretty great band to see live, i think they just do improv stuff.

[Statto]

ok I'm downloading it