GOODNOISE OFFERS WORLD/FUSION CATALOG IN THE MP3 FORMAT
Signs Agreements with World/Fusion Music Labels - City of Tribes and Baraka
Foundation
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- GoodNoise Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: GDNO), the Internet's leading seller of downloadable music, has expanded its offering to include a collection of world/fusion music from leading independent labels. GoodNoise today announced it has signed agreements with City of Tribes, Inc., an innovative world/fusion label, and Baraka Foundation, which offers a catalog featuring projects in the realms of dub, hip hop, spoken-word, electronic, and world.
Albums and individual tracks from City of Tribes and Baraka Foundation are available today for download in the MP3 (MPEG1, Layer 3) format at www.goodnoise.com. Albums can be purchased for $8.99 and standard length tracks are available for $.99.
"The promise of the Internet for music fans is the ability to access a much wider variety of music than through existing physical channels," said Gene Hoffman, president and CEO, GoodNoise Corporation. "Over the past several years, there has been building momentum and demand for music that fuses multiple genres and cultures. We're thrilled to partner with some of the most innovative labels and artists in this category to offer Internet music fans an incredible collection of downloadable world/fusion tracks and albums."
GoodNoise is a premier destination for high-quality downloadable music in the MP3 format. GoodNoise offers an extensive catalog of more than 100 artists and 1,300 tracks in a variety of genres. Through license agreements with leading independent record labels such as Rykodisc, spinART, and Ubiquity Recordings, and relationships with artist such as Frank Black and They Might Be Giants, GoodNoise has become the leader in electronically distributed music.
About City of Tribes
City of Tribes (www.cot.com) is a rarity in the current climate of
the music business: a company built upon the creative vision of a
collective of musicians, artists, and producers. Originally conceived
in 1992 by worldbeat musician Patti Clemens to release her own work and
that of a small circle of primarily Bay-area based musicians creating
what Billboard described as "super-heated global fusions," City of
Tribes has since achieved an international reputation as one of a
handful of independents who consistently support leading edge "global
music" sensibility. Currently home to such fourth world luminaries as
Trance Mission, Stephen Kent, Ring (featuring Patti Clemens),
Stellamara, and Ali Khan, the label has challenged established notions
of world, electronic, and new music and has engendered a hybrid
atmosphere allowing musicians to blur the traditional and perceived
boundaries of their various styles. The results are stunning: enduring
music that URB recently praised for "expanding the boundaries of global
electronic music to extraordinary reaches."
"We've been looking for the right partner with whom to enter the download arena for some time now," said Pamela McCleave, COO, City of Tribes, Inc. "GoodNoise has allowed us the blended power of technology and representation alongside a number of peer labels exploring complementary sonic terrain. It's a healthy climate for all of us, and an absolute wonderland for the adventurous music seeker."
About Baraka Foundation
Baraka Foundation (www.baraka.net) is a collective of artists and
musicians from different parts of the world who have organically joined
together for the purpose of fusing the vast cultural and musical forms.
The label's initial releases offer the best and most interesting
projects in the realms of dub, hip hop, spoken-word, electronic, world,
and cutting-edge culture & media. Baraka strives to bridge the
artificial, man-made gaps between artist and label, music and visuals,
linear and non-local, science and magic. The label's growing ranks
include mystics, students, artists, musicians, pranksters, programmers,
immigrants, scholars, promoters, Sufi's, writers, and more.
Some of Baraka's highlights include "Jilala," a historic album of Moroccan Sufi trance, as recorded by Paul Bowles and Brion Gysin in 1965; "Pistel," a modern electronic classic featuring Mark Pistel (Meat Beat Manifesto, Consolidated) and Jack Dangers (Meat Beat Manifesto); "Harris," the experimental psychedelic hip-hop release by Mystic Fire filmmaker Morgan Harris, which features guest appearances by Ad Rock (Beastie Boys) and Mackie (Bad Brains); and Qaballa Steppers "Passage At Noon," a fusion of dub, hip-hop, jazz, and drum 'n bass featuring Sensational (Jungle Bros), Dr. Israel, and Marc Ribot. Baraka and GoodNoise plan to release more world music in the near future (Morocco, Cuba, Haiti, Persia, Philippines) as well as some of the best in underground hip-hop, including Jamalski (Boogie Down Productions) and Various Blends (Feat. DJ Apollo from Invisible Skratch Piklz and Peanut Butter Wolf).
About GoodNoise
Since it was founded in January 1998, GoodNoise Corporation has
established itself as a clear leader in the rapidly expanding market
for downloadable music. Through relationships with artists and license
agreements with leading independent record labels, GoodNoise has
emerged as the premier website for the sampling and purchasing music in
the MP3 format, which has become the de facto standard in the digital
distribution of music with millions of users around the world.
GoodNoise.com features a constantly expanding catalog of music and
offers music fans complete albums for $8.99 or the ability to purchase
individual tracks for $.99. GoodNoise recently completed the
acquisition of EMusic.com. In the near future, GoodNoise plans to
change the primary brand of its downloadable music website to
EMusic.com. GoodNoise is based in Redwood City, California.
GOODNOISE and EMusic are trademarks of GoodNoise Corporation.
NOTE: Any forward-looking statements contained in this release
involve a number of uncertainties, risks, and other factors which may
cause the actual results, performance, or achievements expressed or
implied by such forward- looking statements to materially differ.
Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially
include, among others, those set forth in the Company's S.E.C. report
on Form 10-SB, which may be accessed via the Internet from a link on
the following page: goodnoise.com.
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