About True Chip Till Death
herr_professor on 06/30/2009 at 07:45AM
With Wings Unfurled
For artists on the top, the creative commons route can be a bold political statement, but for less widespread artistic voices, it can be the linchpin of their distribution model. This no less true for many in the chip music community. Label mp3Death is perhaps one of the more eclectic in the scene, with various lofo-fi and no-fi electronic recordings, all available with a liberal CC and a spartan easy to use single page design. Even in the chip community, the releases can be considered difficult listening, but through the keen curational eye of its founder, the songs often impress as much as they challenge.
The goal of the label is not merely fame for its artists, but rather it seems built for the long haul with its archive.org hosting and its focus on spreading content versus controlling it. One of the more accessible artists on its roster has to be Multifaros, another one of many Swedish teen wunderkins who seemingly come out of nowhere to express extreme skill at mashing the bits. Must be something in the water.
mp3death founder Starpause (one of dozens of artist names he goes by) is himself a interesting artist, and we will have more about him in next weeks installment. Have fun engorging yourself on patriotism and see you then!
