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It would seem that bass overlord Si Begg is somewhat disillusioned with the music industry as it is today. So, rather than the usual avenues, he has chosen to give away his new four track EP in full 24 bit wav quality - which, as I'm sure you'll agree, is rather nice of him.
See the following quote from his
website:
"This E.P. Is free. Yes that's right, free. (You can buy the limited edition "hand-made in Hackney" box set, but that's not compulsory) All tracks are yours to download and distribute as you see fit. You can copy them, burn them on a CD, blog them, host them yourself, give them to your mum, whatever you want. Music in the public domain. Or put another way: Make. Upload. Share. Inspire. Crisps.
Major labels and the bodies that represent them, such as the BPI in the UK and the RIAA in the USA would have us believe that sharing music is destroying music and the musicians that create it. We contend that the truth is, this cartel of major record companies, distributors and publishers have been systematically fucking musicians and the people that love and buy music for about 50 years. Creating, amongst other things, huge profits for shareholders, a rigorous, brutally industrialised method of music production, Hannah Montana and an inherently average, uninspiring, mainstream music scene. This traditional industry model is so close to death that we dare not entertain it here. Instead we leave it up to you to help determine how far this E.P. travels."
Some might say that is controversial. What do you think? Let me know via the comments.
So, yeah. Four free fresh Si Begg tracks via this link. You really can't say fairer than that.
Hold tight for an exclusive bmb interview with Mr Begg, and hopefully if he has the time an exclusive DJ mix as well...
J.
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