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Friends Or Whatever The Burns We Earn (2010) (192kbs)

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Since deciding on releasing original albums, the primary objective has been about releasing high-quality music... period. blocSonic is not a label that only releases hip-hop. With this Friends or Whatever single blocSonic has taken another step towards this objective. FoW's brand of indie-pop explores both the analog and the digital, the sound defies categorization. FoW pulls from the past and the future... it's both melodic and noisy... it's lo-fi and hi-fi. If you're a fan of Guided by Voices and Lifter Puller you'll feel right at home with FoW.



The Burns We Earn is the perfect introduction to the debut album which is set to drop Tuesday, May 25th. It contains within it all the elements of the FoW sound - subtle melody accompanied by distortion, bass, guitars and synths. In addition to the fantastic album version, we've got a great set of remixes supplied by names both familiar and new to blocSonic listeners. Thanks to the great group of remixers who participated... you turned out some terrific adaptations!



Thanks to Adam Ferris for the use of his photograph. Be sure to visit his sites - http://www.adamferriss.com, http://adamferriss.blogspot.com.



As always... thank you for giving blocSonic a shot and taking the time to download and listen. Remember... keep the music movin'... share it... blog it... podcast it... broadcast it.



Thanks

Mike Gregoire

Founder/Curator blocSonic.com





Want high-resolution album art, liner-notes or lossless FLAC audio? Check out the blocSonic release page!



This maxBloc release is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. We explicitly authorize the use of all our maxBloc releases during for-profit DJ performances, radio broadcasts and in online DJ mixes. We do ask that you notify us of your use for our own curiosity and that blocSonic and the album artist are attributed and linked to where possible.



About blocSonic



For the past decade an alternative culture of music has been sprouting up outside the wastelands of the increasingly formulaic and compartmentalized mainstream music business. This world of "Netaudio" is generally released freely, either independently or through Netlabels. As this culture continues to grow, the amount of available music grows exponentially making it increasingly difficult for folks who are new to the culture to filter the good from the bad. Each of our free releases, in one way or another, are an attempt to shine the spotlight on what we think is the best of what this world has to offer.



Consider blocSonic a filter through which you can discover this vibrant, global culture! Currently there are three ways which we spotlight what the netaudio world has to offer:



Originals



During our travels through the wide-world of netaudio culture, we find artists who stand out and who we feel would be perfect to spotlight independently in original blocSonic album releases. Each Original features:



Available in a choice of three high-quality audio formats — Lossless FLAC, 320kbs MP3 and 192kbs MP3.

Complete album art is available in three formats — EPS, PDF and TIF.

40+ page PDF booklet with complete liner-notes, lyrics, photos and album credits.



Xtended Editions



Each of our Xtended Edition (XE) series is essentially a re-release. A re-release of an album that blocSonic found to be an exceptional example of the quality that the netaudio world is capable of producing. These re-releases contain the original album as well as at least a bonus disc worth of material (remixes, demos, outtakes, new material and/or other unreleased material). They also feature fresh album art and as with all our releases an extensive PDF booklet. Each Xtended Edition features:



At least 1 disc worth of bonus material

Available in a choice of three high-quality audio formats — Lossless FLAC, 320kbs MP3 and 192kbs MP3.

Complete new album art is available in three formats — EPS, PDF and TIF.

40+ page PDF booklet with complete liner-notes, lyrics, photos and album credits.



netBlocs



Each of these eclectic releases shine a spotlight on ten or so international audio gems culled from the Netaudio culture. Each netBloc features:



Available in a choice of three high-quality audio formats — Lossless FLAC, 320kbs MP3 and 192kbs MP3.

Complete album art is available in three formats — EPS, PDF and TIF.

30+ page PDF booklet with complete liner-notes, track credits and artist photos.



maxBlocs



These fantastic releases are blocSonic’s brand of promotional maxi-single. As with traditional maxis, each of our maxBlocs feature 3-6 previously unreleased exclusive tracks! You can expect us to release 2 singles per Original/Xtended Edition release. The first will lead up to the release it’s promoting and the second will be released following the release. Each maxBloc features:



Available in a choice of four high-quality audio formats — Lossless FLAC, OGG, 320kbs MP3 and 192kbs MP3.

Complete art is available in three formats — EPS, PDF and TIF.

PDF booklet



Xtras



These special collections feature Creative Commons licensed tracks that for one reason or another blocSonic couldn't acquire official permission to use but find them worthy of extra attention. Since no formal permission has been acquired, links to the original files are provided rather than compiling them into a proper release. However, a cover and a tracklisting is provided in order for you to burn them to disc, if you'd like.



Why do we do what we do? We love music, we love netaudio and have found that the quality and variety of what’s coming out of this culture is superior to that of much of what’s coming out of the mainstream music industry. We feel more secure donating to netaudio artists/labels then we do purchasing formulaic music-product from the majors. We’d like you to also feel that way toward the netaudio culture. We realize that most people don’t have the time and/or patience to filter through it all to find the good stuff, so we invest the time to find the gems in the ruff and deliver them to you in our releases.



In between releases, you can also look forward to blog posts about netaudio news or topics relating to DRM and online music.



So subscribe to our feed and discover great new openly-licensed music every month. Be sure to spread the word!