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Kodak To Graph Shares Isa Digital Box Set
The debut album from producer Mikey Maleki gets a BitTorrent Bundle reissue: featuring the original ten track album, video, art, and an exclusive new digital zine. Iranian-American producer Mikey Maleki records as Kodak To Graph: capturing the sound and stillness of life as it unfolds around us; ambient sound as autobiography. His debut album, Isa, was released…
Staff Picks: On The Road With Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Since 2009, the ten-piece indie folk circus that is Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have shared songs of community, compassion and self-exploration with fans around the world. The group’s live shows are as much of a collaboration with the audience as they are a performance, where frontman Alex Ebert routinely finds each and every opportunity to…
Palooza Report: March 2015
Every couple of months, BitTorrent’s staff spends two days in a company-wide hackathon. The goal: to come up with an innovative project that embraces the company’s mission of distributed technology, user control, and sustaining an open internet. We call these a Palooza. Here’s the results of what happened at our latest event.
Bundle Premiere: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros’ Live In No Particular Order: 2009 – 2014
‘Live In No Particular Order: 2009-2014’ is out today for a minimum $5 pay what you want contribution to Big Sun Foundation.
The BitTorrent Interview: ‘Spring’ Filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
Richard Linklater meets H.P. Lovecraft in the upcoming scifi/romance/horror mashup from filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, available on BitTorrent Bundle. Don’t fall for the soft lighting, the flowers, or the violins. Love is a scary thing. Nobody gets that like indie filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, whose new film Spring is beauty and…
SXSW Preview: Hot Sugar’s Cold World
The new documentary, premiering March 16 at SXSW, follows producer Nick Koenig’s search for sound. Your first look is here. Nick Koenig is always listening. In his hands, the sound of the wind over a gravestone becomes something like a hook. Underneath each song, you can hear the sample: a dollhouse burning, a girl blowing out…
GRiZ Announces New Album ‘Say It Loud’ Out March 31st via BitTorrent Bundle
The Detroit producer/musician announces his latest studio album, available on his own All Good Records via BitTorrent Bundle, March 31st. Since his debut release in 2011, producer/DJ/musician GRiZ has been lighting up clubs and theaters around the US with his sax-infused “electro-soul”. On March 31st, GRiZ has announced the release of his fourth album Say…
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Release ‘If I Were Free’ @ GOTR Daytrotter Session Music Video
“And here is an album that spans that time. 20 songs from that 7 year frame, as a tip of the hat to that time we shared with you – our of appreciators, our co-conspirators, our people.” – Alex Ebert Last week Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, announced the release of Live In No…
Staff Picks: STS9 – ONE / ONE: Live From The Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO
Download the ONE/ONE Bundle to unlock the STS9’s all-improv New Year’s Day set and 2014 live archive, available today exclusively via BitTorrent Bundle. On January 1st, live electronic music pioneers STS9 ushered in the new year with an all-improv set from the floor of The Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, CO. The performance put the finishing…
Friday Download: Five Knives – Savages
The Red Bull Records act drops their brand new single and a remix content via BitTorrent Bundle.