- LOCA Records
Loca Records is an independent
electronica andpost rock record label based inBrighton , UK. All the music, artwork and videos are released undercopyleft licenses and distributed physically onVinyl , CD, and cassette. Inspired by thefree software movement, Loca Records allows similar freedoms as theGNU 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 EFFOpen Audio License . Loca is now releasing all work under theCreative 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 Memeee also
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Open source record label
*Calvados Beam Trio
*Copyleft
*List of record labels References
External links
* [http://www.locarecords.com Loca Records website]
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