LOCA Records

Loca Records is an independent electronica and post rock record label based in Brighton, UK. All the music, artwork and videos are released under copyleft licenses and distributed physically on Vinyl, CD, and cassette. Inspired by the free software movement, Loca Records allows similar freedoms as the GNU General Public License on their releases, including copying, re-release, modification, and sampling, with the requirement that the new work uses the same license [ [http://www.intelligentagent.com/archive/Vol4_No2_copyright_eyebeam.htm Copyright Eyebeam ] ] .

Artists

There is a growing roster of artists releasing work on LOCA Records [ [http://www.locarecords.com/discography.html Loca Records // Discography ] ] including the following;
* Dot
* Meme
* Maz Plant Out
* ML
* OJN "(currently released on Arkward Silence)"
* Snø
* Ward "(also released on Static Caravan)"
* Xan.

Licencing

Loca's first and second release in 1999, "Kinematic" and the "Mandibles EP", were released under the GNU General Public License [ [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2005/04/04/cclicenseinUK.html O'Reilly Network - Some Rights Reserved ] ] and subsequent releases have been on the EFF Open Audio License. Loca is now releasing all work under the Creative Commons license known as the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License] . [ [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan05/articles/creative.htm Creative Commons, Copyright & The Independent Musician ] ]

One notable difference between the Creative Commons license and free/open source licenses, such as the GPL, is that it does not require making the raw unmixed tracks available, whereas free/open source software has the underlying source code available. Loca is planning a true free content/open source release with the new ML album which will contain a selection of samples used to make the track along with the music on a computer-readable data section of the CD.

Finance

Loca receives money from selling CDs and Records. Following the example of free and open source software distributors, this money is reinvested in new talent and to encourage more experimentation.

Discography

Albums

* "Eudaimonia" Meme (2001)
* "It's Not Necessarily Your Height It Could Be Your Feet" Ward (2002)
* "Affectivity" Meme (2003)
* "It Might Be Useful For Us To Know" Ward (2005)

Singles and Extended Players

* "Kinematic EP" Meme (1999)
* "Mandibles EP" Meme (2001)
* "ML" ML (2003)
* "Chansons Pour Pendus EP" Maz Plant Out (2004)
* "24 EP" Meme versus Xan (2004)

Music videos

* " [http://www.archive.org/details/Meme_Invisible Invisible (Meme)] . 2002. Directed by Dan Knight
* " [http://www.locarecords.com/video/meme-beautiful.mov Beautiful (Meme)] . 2003 Directed by Laurent King
* " [http://www.locarecords.com/video/ml-heavyartillery.mov Heavy Artillery (ML)] . 2003. Directed by Pedro Inoue
* " [http://www.locarecords.com/video/ML-automotive.mov Automtive Hydraulic (ML)] . 2003. Directed by Matthias Hilner
* " [http://www.archive.org/details/Ward-GenCivilSociety Generating Civil Society (Ward)] . 2005. Directed by David Meme

ee also

* Open source record label
* Calvados Beam Trio
* Copyleft
* List of record labels

References

External links

* [http://www.locarecords.com Loca Records website]