Free Music Friday: The Experimental Music Studio at the University of Illinois

The Experimental Music Studios of the School Of Music at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign released a 50th anniversary CD of experimental music that is available as a free download. The MP3s are provided for “auditioning purposes – composer contact information is provided so that you may get in touch with the composer directly to… Read More Free Music Friday: The Experimental Music Studio at the University of Illinois

February 20, 2009February 20, 2009Leave a comment

Free Music From Little Boots

Little Boots caught the synth world’s attention in the last year with her combination of looks, talent and gear. Here’s the Baron von Luxxury remix of Little Boot’s Meddle. Get it why you still can! Image: Guy Martin, via Fader

November 24, 2008Leave a comment

Free Music From Taiga

Taiga is a solo project of Denis Taiga from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Bitter Tragic Joke is a collection of previously unreleased tracks, recorded in a period of six years, from 2002-2008. Description: Sampladelic experience and ethnic eclectic jazz are the basic lines of Taiga: we can hear a lot of samples from Soviet movie pictures and… Read More Free Music From Taiga

June 3, 20081 Comment

The Music Industry Gets Desperate & Bets On Napster

This is almost to ridiculous to be true. The major music labels are so concerned about Apple’s dominance in the world of digital music that they are betting their future on Napster. The major labels have teamed up with Napster to offer what they are calling “the world’s largest and most comprehensive MP3 store.” Yep… Read More The Music Industry Gets Desperate & Bets On Napster

May 20, 20082 Comments

Nine Inch Nails Offers Latest Album, Ghosts, As Free Download

Nine Inch Nails is offering its latest CD, Ghosts I, as a free download from its site. The collection is a teaser to promote their Ghosts I-IV, a new collection of instrumental tracks.The official download requires email registration at the site to get a download link. You can also download the collection officially via BitTorrent.… Read More Nine Inch Nails Offers Latest Album, Ghosts, As Free Download

March 3, 2008April 7, 20082 Comments

Free Music From Microscopics

Paul at Microscopics, a new UK net label, sent word about their first (re)release. Microscopics is the label of Mat Jarvis, aka “Gas”, who had a cult electronic music hit with his CD Gas 0095, on the EM:T label. Here’s info from the label on Gas 0095: This first release on the new Microscopics label… Read More Free Music From Microscopics

June 21, 2007June 26, 20071 Comment

Free EP From Mirrorman

A Synthtopia reader sent us word about some cool free electronica MP3s. Mirrorman, the new solo project by Lights of Euphoria frontman J. Machon, has released a free 7-track EP, Follow Your Leader. “If you’re into bands like Depeche Mode, or musicstyles like FuturePop, EBM, Gothic, Industrial and SynthPop, then you will love this music,”… Read More Free EP From Mirrorman

May 20, 2007May 20, 2007Leave a comment

Amazon Announces iTunes-Killer MP3 Store

Amazon.com today announced it will launch a digital music store later this year offering millions of songs in the DRM-free MP3 format from more than 12,000 record labels, including EMI. Every song and album in the Amazon.com digital music store will be available exclusively in the MP3 format without digital rights management (DRM) software.Amazon’s announcement… Read More Amazon Announces iTunes-Killer MP3 Store

May 16, 2007Leave a comment

The Good, The Bad & The Queen First DRM-Free Album Release

EMI has beat Apple to the punch, releasing The Good, The Bad & The Queen, an album by Gorillaz’ Damon Albarn’s latest supergroup as a DRM-free download. It’s the first EMI album to be offered for legal download in mp3 format, free of copy protection. For the first time, downloads by EMI artists purchased from… Read More The Good, The Bad & The Queen First DRM-Free Album Release

April 5, 2007April 5, 2007Leave a comment

iTunes Introduces Complete My Album

Apple today announced Complete My Album, a new iTunes service that lets you turn individual track purchase into a complete album purchase at a reduced price by giving you a full 99 cent credit for every track they have previously purchased from that album. “Music fans can now round out their music collections by upgrading… Read More iTunes Introduces Complete My Album

March 29, 2007Leave a comment