Le label Sub Pop (label de Seattle qui lança Nirvana, Soundgarden, et Mudhoney, mais aussi plus récemment les Postal service ou les Shins) a lancé 2 initiatives très intéressantes et malheureusement assez méconnues jusqu'à aujourd'hui...
La première c'est que pour tout achat d'un album Sub Pop en format vinyle vous trouverez à l'intérieur un code vous permettant de télécharger gratuitement l'album en format mp3: plutôt logique mais cool puisque pour le moment ce n'était pas le cas....
Here’s the deal:
Starting with our first release in 2007 (the new Shins record) and
continuing on until such time as we lose interest or forget,
if/when you buy a Sub Pop
release in the vinyl format, you will find a coupon enclosed.
And on this coupon will be instructions, a url and a unique code
for you to download the mp3s for the album you’ve
purchased.
Pretty simple.
Please note that these coupons, and their associated access to free mp3s, will not magically (or otherwise) appear in albums released before January of 2007.
La deuxième initiative est encore plus sympathique puisqu'elle vous permet moyennant 90 dollars de recevoir chaque mois un 45 tours (l'ancêtre du cd 2 titres) avec des titres inédits d'artistes tels les Notwist, black Mountain ou Black lips qui auront composé un titre pour l'occasion. Et ce qui est important c'est que chacun de ces 45T sera édité à 1500 exemplaires seulement.... alors dépêchez-vous !!!!!
The Sub Pop Singles Club: The Return of the Return of Khan
The Sub Pop Singles Club is back, all tan and rested after a shockingly long sabbatical. It is a somewhat louche, world-weary thing with its eye on your wallet. And, for a price, The Sub Pop Singles Club is ready and willing to satisfy you aurally in ways you never dreamed possible.
Without further pandering, here are the facts!
Fact 1!
This run of The Sub Pop Singles Club will run for 1 year only,
before returning to its secret island vacation spot for eternity
(or until we here at Sub Pop feel masochistic enough to take on
coordinating this debacle again.)
Fact 2!
This year’s Sub Pop Singles Club will include records (of the
7” variety) with music from such artists as Om, Unnatural
Helpers, Tyvek, Black Mountain, Black Lips, Arthur & Yu, Mika
Miko, Blues Control, Notwist, plus some stuff we’re not yet
at liberty to divulge. And they won’t come out in that
particular order, necessarily.
Fact 3!
We will mail you 1 record per month, every month for an entire year
beginning on August 15th with a fantastic pair of songs from
Om.
Fact 4!
For shipments to North America, you will pay us $75 in exchange for
receiving this monthly boon from us. If you live elsewhere, in
places outside of North America, we will require $90 from you.
Fact 5!
We will be pressing 1,500 copies of each single and so the number
of subscriptions available for sale will be correspondingly
limited. When these subscriptions are gone, that’s it!
Fact 6!
In addition to the singles themselves, each subscriber will receive
a coupon enabling the download of high-quality MP3s of each record.
No need to worry about how you’ll jam that 7” into your
disk drive, we’ve got all you technophiliacs with your
new-fangled gadgets covered.
Fact 7!
Subscriptions will be limited to 5 per person.
So here’s your chance to join the throngs of assholes selling their collectibles on eBay for ridiculous sums! All you have to do is: SEND US YOUR MONEY!
