New music highlight: ALTered Zero

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:28 am

From the torrent Release Aaron has posted on isoHunt:

Aaron (ColdmaN5) wrote:

ALTered Zero's debut album, "Untitled" is a collection of twelve tracks that range from unpredictable, to confrontational, to strangely beautiful. This is an album for those fed-up with the mind-numbing sameness of most bands, who are either making music solely for the money, or following in the footsteps of such an act, trying to emulate their successes while the music plays second fiddle to fame.

They are releasing their music under Creative Commons, and using a similar "pay what you will" model for their music as that pioneered by Magnatune, Radiohead and Trent. I strongly believe that this is one way to go for making internet distribution viable. There are estimates that Radiohead may have made up to $10M from their name-your-cost album In Rainbows, and it shows that if there's art fans appreciate, it's not necessary to resort to draconian and anti-consumer tactics like DRM or even set a price. With extra perks, many fans have shown willingness to pay above cost of a normal CD.

So check out ALTered Zero's latest album and support this model of distribution.