Who Are We?
Launched in November 2008, ThisIsOpenMusic! is an open source music label run by musicians. We operate from Brighton in the UK.
We don’t believe in the conventional record label. Our objective is to release great music and sound projects from around the world, in a free, share-friendly and re-distributable manner. We encourage you to redistribute individual tracks or whole releases via sharing links, Peer-to-Peer networks, MP3 Blogs and any other form you see fit, as long as you respect the rights of the respective Artists and follow the rules of the Creative Commons Sharing License.
ThisIsOpenMusic! is run by Barry Prendergast but is greatly helped by John Cohen & Leo Piggot.
News
All the news relating to ThisIsOpenMusic!, our friends, new music and live events, art and the wider open-source community (including Creative Commons)
Lorn release drops very soon…
I approached Lorn on a blag. Blown away by Running Ink on his myspace, I had hoped to snag it for the upcoming Primer 02. Little did we realise that he was down with a full length release, and just like that, the unbelievably slick 7&13 EP drop on our… Read More
Farewell to Autoplate
Image by Fubuki.
After nearly 8 years and 50 releases, old man free label Autoplate, the noise / ambient / non / other sub-label of renowned open sourcers Thinner, is sadly taking a permanent snooze. Roll through the archives for some quality musics and some pretty unque animated ‘covers’.… Read More
Open Music gets a great write up on INQ Mag
Mikel over at INQ, the authority on open source music labels in my opinion, gave us a great write-up on their blog. You can also find a feed on our home page collecting the best of net-label releases, as earmarked by INQ. Hopefully we’ll see Open releases listed there too.… Read More
Primer 01 is now live!
For some crazy reason, our forst Primer compilation was giving us lots of trouble, so I had to take down the release temporarily, fix the pack and reupload, which took much too long! It’s all safe again, repacked and tagged and tested for junk. Rush over and grab it, like,… Read More
Join us on MySpace!
Personally, I’m sick of myspace’s slow clunky nature as compared with, well, pretty much any social space that exists. But at last, it seems, Tom & company have decided to up the ante, launching
[ACP032] Ex-Relics, New Release from The Last Sound
While uncovering a series of increasingly exquisite relics, the mouth of an enormous ancient well is discovered, barely visible at first through the dense vegetation. Peering down, the shaft begins to rotate slowly and far below a collection of unidentified stones create a constantly shifting display of coloured patterns on… Read More
An Interview With Decal
Based in Dublin city, Ireland, Decal has been making electronic music since 1993. Originally a duo, Decal released their debut album ‘Ultramack 004′ on their own Ultramack label in 1994. Since their debut Decal have released an impressive catalogue of music on a whole host of labels including Rotters… Read MoreWelcome to Open Music
Hello and welcome to Open Music.
Open is a UK-based Net Label, focused on presenting new artists who are exploring new sounds. Our aim is to release music and audio projects for free [without ad-support for as long as we can afford to!].