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2007 - Albume notabile
E deja 2008, si noutatile apar cu o viteza demna de un crawler, nu de doi ametiti ca noi. Ne-am zbatut, am amanat, ne-am ciondanit, am cerut sfatul amicilor si, in cele din urma, am compilat un fel de top al albumelor aparute in 2007 care s-au insinuat persistent in playlisturile noastre. Nu e un top bazat pe pozitii ci vom arunca albumele in ordinea in care ne vin in cap si pe mail.
Asadar: The absolute winner - Burial - Untrue [Hyperdub Rec.] - Overhyped, iubit, detestat, tot tacamul la un asemenea produs. Dincolo de recenzii si controverse - e un album seminal, ce va fi ascultat si peste 3, 5 sau 10 ani.
Postrockul e mainstream in 2007. Si se vede in top. Metalcore-ul a murit, long live the metal! Prog?… Think again!
3 - The End Is Begun [Metal Blade]
Explosions In The Sky -All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone [Temporary Residence]
Between The Buried And Me - Colors [Victory Records]
Darkest Hour - Deliver Us [Victory Records]
A Whisper In The Noise - Dry Land [Exile On Mainstream]
Amiina - Kurr [Ever Records]
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?[Polyvinyl]
Do Make Say Think - You, You’re A History In Rust [Constellation]
Neurosis - Given To The Rising [Neurot Recordings]
The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal [Metal Blade]
Devildriver - The Last Kind Words [Roadrunner]
Divine Heresy - Bleed the Fifth [Century Media]
Fear My Thoughts - Vulcanus [Century Media]
As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us [Relapse]
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works [Relapse]
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omnisicent [Inside Out Music]
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos [Roadrunner]
Monstrosity - Spiritual Apocalypse [Metal Blade]
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet [Atlantic/Wea]
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero [Interscope]
Saul Williams - Niggy Tardust [selfproduced, web-only distributed]
Skinny Puppy - Mythmaker [SPV]
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun [Jester Records]
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup [Ba Da Bing!]
Dodheimsgard - Supervillain Outcast [The End Records]
Rosetta - Wake/Lift [Translation Loss]
Rishloo - Eidolon
Life Without Buildings - Live at the Annandale Hotel [Gargleblast/Absolutely Kosher]
Candlestickmaker - Seeds [upitup.com]
Satanochio - Vagrant Matter Heritage [Twilight 13 Media]
The Ocean - Precambrian [Metal Blade]
Lustmord and King Buzzo - Juggernaut [Hydra Head]
Iron and Wine - The Sepherd’s Dog [Sub Pop]
F.S. Blumm Meets Luca Fadda [Ahornfelder Records]
Lights Out Asia - Tanks and Recognizers [n5MD Records]
Amon Tobin - The Foley Room [Ninja Tune]
Gui Boratto - Chromophobia [Kompakt]
Robert Wyatt - Comicopera [Domino]
Feist - The Reminder [Cherrytree/Interscope]
Dizzee Rascal - Maths And English [XL Recordings]
The Tuss - Rushup Edge EP [Rephlex]
Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline [Kranky]
DJ Mayonnaise - Still Alive [Anticon]
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime [Kompakt]
Human Action Network - Welcome To Chicago: The Acid Anthology [Alphabasic]
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible [Merge]
The Flashbulb - That Missing Week EP [Alphabasic]
Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release [Wichita]
Venetian Snares - My Downfall (Original Soundtrack) [Planet Mu]
Gescom - C1 - D1 + Gescom - A1 - B1 [Skam]
Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks [Fiction]
Prefuse 73 - Preparations - Interregnums [Warp]
Kazi Ploae - Gorgone [Hades Records]
Dosh - Triple Rock [Anticon]
Simone White - I Am The Man [Honest Jon’s Records/EMI]
Apparat - Walls [Shitkatapult]
Destroyer Destroyer -Littered With Arrows [Goodfellow Records]
The Fucking Wrath - Season Of Evil[Goodfellow Records]
Pilote - Pop Will Make Us Free [Exalt Records]
Municipal Waste - The Art Of Partying [Earache]
Air - Pocket Symphony [Astralwerks]
Pelican - City Of Echoes [Hydra Head]
Coblestone Jazz - 23 Seconds [Studio !K7]
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha [Fat Possum]
Murcof - Cosmos [The Leaf Label]
Odd Nosdam - Level Live Wires [Anticon]
Sole & The Skyrider Band - Sole & The Skyrider Band [Anticon]
El-P - I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead [Definitive Jux]
Buck 65 - Situation [Strangefamousrecords]
Fake Shark-Real Zombie! - Zebra! Zebra! [autoprodus/independent]
Poison The Well - Versions [Ferret Music]
Ra - Wxfdswxc2 [Sublight Records]
Dntel - Dumb Luck [Sub Pop]
65daysofstatic - The Destruction Of Small Ideas [Monotreme]
Venetian Snares - Pink + Green [Sublight Records]
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OiNK a murit. Traiasca hidra! - Partea I – scurta introducere
OiNK a murit. Traiasca hidra! - Despre decesul industriei fonografice – asa cum o stim
Partea I – scurta introducere
Pe data de 23 octombrie 2007, presa de pretutindeni a consemnat sec o stire. Vom cita de pe site-ul BBC :
“A Teesside man arrested in connection with a hugely-popular website providing music for illegal downloads has been released on police bail.
Officers questioned the 24-year-old on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and infringement of copyright after raiding a flat in Middlesbrough’s Grange Road. His arrest was part of an Interpol-led inquiry into the website OiNK, which was closed by police on Tuesday. The home of the IT worker’s father, in Greater Manchester, was also searched. Officers seized computer equipment and documents from the Cheadle property, as well as from the 24-year-old’s employer - a large multi-national company based on Teesside. Raids were also carried out in Amsterdam, where the website’s servers are based. The arrest followed a two-year investigation by music industry bodies the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The IFPI said the site had leaked 60 major pre-release albums this year alone. Cleveland Police said the man had been released on bail while seized equipment was examined and further inquiries were carried out.”
Si site-ul Digital Media Wire consemneaza, in aceeasi zi:
Middlesbrough, England – OiNK, reportedly one of the world’s largest sources of pre-release pirated music according to Breitbart, was shut down yesterday by British and Dutch police. The site had a reputation for distributing music weeks ahead of the official launch, with 60 such albums being released online this year.
OiNK, run by an unnamed 24-year-old in northeast England town Middlesbrough, had approximately 180,000 members. To join one had to prove they had music to offer, and were required to continuously post music to maintain membership, said the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The site’s Amsterdam-based servers were seized last week.
Two organizations had spent two years investigating OiNK, the British Phonographic Industry and the IFPI. “OiNK was central to the illegal distribution of pre-release music online,” said Jeremy Banks, head of IFPI’s Internet anti-piracy unit. “This was not a case of friends sharing music for pleasure. This was a worldwide network that got hold of music they did not own the rights to and posted it online.”
Ne vom concentra pe declaratia domnului Jeremy Banks, presedintele Federatiei Internationale a Industriei Fonografice: “OiNK reprezinta centrul distributiei ilegale de muzica – muzica neaparuta inca pe piata. OiNK nu este un grup de prieteni care partajeaza muzica pentru simpla lor placere. OiNK reprezinta o retea globala care si-a insusit muzica ce nu-i apartine si a partajat-o on-line”.
Declaratia de mai sus este simbolul prapastiei intre industria muzicala si target-ul acesteia: ascultatorii si cumparatorii de muzica. Domnul Banks, in mod clar, nu are nici cea mai mica idee despre ce vorbeste. OiNK NU a fost un «centru » al distribuitiei ilegale de muzica – a fost doar o componenta a unui trend major al ultimilor ani : distributia ilegala de muzica pe internet. OiNK A FOST un grup de indivizi, nu neaparat prieteni – care partajau muzica pentru 1. Propria placere, 2. Pentru «prestigiu » in randul comunitatii, 3. Datorita faptului ca erau constienti ca partajand vor avea la randu-le acces la din ce in ce mai multa muzica. OiNK NU si-a insusit muzica ce nu-i apartine si nu a partajat-o on-line. Fara utilizatorii sai, acest tracker nu ar fi existat. Ei sunt cei care au partajat, in mod ilegal, fara discutie, muzica si aplicatii software si au facut-o disponibila pe internet, celorlalti utilizatori ai site-ului. Citeste restul articolului »
Marcus Miller - “Free”
Recomandare de weekend: Marcus Miller - “Free”/2007/Sony Music.
Funk/jazz/bass… slap tap & whatever you want.
Sa va faceti o idee - “Power” - la Montreux Jazz Festival:
