On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Elizabeth Stark <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is awesome. > > > http://mashable.com/2009/03/11/music-youtube-generation/ > > > "On top of today’s front page of Reddit there’s an > entry<http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/83p89/you_cant_even_begin_to_imagine_how_awesome_this/>that > says: “ > *You can’t even begin to imagine how awesome this is. Nothing I can write > here will do it justice.*” > > This time, it’s not a hyperbole. Israeli musician Kutiman has taken > hundreds of YouTube samples - often non-musical ones - and turned them into > an album that’s awesome on so many levels that it leaves you stunned. First > of all, the music is good; really good, especially if you’re a fan of Ninja > Tune’s catalog. Secondly, it’s amazing to see all those unrelated YouTube > bits and pieces fit together so perfectly. Kutiman, whose self-titled debut > received high praise from sites such as Pitchfork > Magazine<http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11159-kutiman/>, > proves that any sound can be music if you know what to do with it. > > Finally, the album is interesting from the perspective of distribution. It > is freely available at thru-you.com; it is released in the form of 7 songs > which are at the same time all singles and videos. The videos can be freely > embedded and shared everywhere. No record labels, no distribution costs, > almost no production costs. Welcome to the future of music. > > Check out the first song from the album below." > Thanks for the recommendation, Elizabeth. I had seen that page in passing but hadn't taken the time to listen. I'm very glad that I finally did! For anybody who wants hard drive copies of the videos, I'm seeding them here: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4764661 Cheers, Ryan Prior
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