'Filter' online music distribution pose material independently and free in the alleged reaction of the industry myopia
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articulo/463865 / Mexico City (November 6, 2004) .- The netlabel catalog has a new name in Mexico: Filter (
www.filtro.com.mx ), a label specializing experimental electronic music genres Intelligent Dance Music (IDM), minimal techno, microhouse, ambient and dub. Filter is proposed to break the commercial scheme to publish material only "attractive" in t é Financial Terms, so also edited remixes, extended plays (EP) and live sessions, recordings which are usually disregarded by considered uncommercial.
But what is a netlabel? "A netlabel is a means of distributing music over the Internet, either profit or free. There is a list of mp3 or a site that just get music, is a curatorial ; infrastructure ae equal to those of a normal stamp, "said Plug (Cristian Cardenas), director of the project. With four production line by Zofa, Manrico Montero, Subnor and Sleight of Abolipop record, and own Plug, Filter is the tendencyC http://delete.tv/netaudio
).
Llegarána "replace traditional record labels netlabels? Plug
thinks so. "Each format has its own market, so that the labels 'normal' to be displaced only have to sell CD's, which does not happen, they are already generating their own MP3 store." Plug Ilich matches, but believes that they must first be profitable for producers. "A netlabel, working certain styles and full albums may be more attractive to audiences. The p2p, streaming (online radio) and MP3 models have changed Producció n disones have always been able to absorb the innovative work for their own benefit. This is a risk and an opportunity for netlabels, a double-edged sword that hopefully we can use to our advantage. "