a free halloween treat mp3 EP!

I've spent the last few weeks producing this hallowe'en EP with some friends.

You can download the songs here (right click, save as...):

Random Creature Generator "Its hallowe'en"
Mussaver "Momma Frankenstein"
Elliot Maude "R.R.Hood"

The credits are as follows:

Random Creature Generator (Me, Tyler) - It's Hallowe'en (Featuring Ruby, Mussaver and Dishwasher)

Mussaver (Telefauna's own Katherine Peacock) - Momma Frankenstein (featuring Ruby and Random Creature Generator)

and

Elliot Maude - R.R.Hood (featuring Random Creature Generator, Ruby, and a barely audible Dishwasher)

Go check out Mussaver's myspace too!

Please share these mp3s.

Happy Hallowe'en!

The world's most comprehensive private music library shut down

Users of popular, membership-only music Torrent-tracker website OiNK.CD were met with a heart-breaking, if not threatening front-page today:



Luckily I had just finished downloading some rare Raymond Scott and Edgar Varese that I probably won't ever be able to find elsewhere.

We had actually pre-released some of our own material on OiNK, simply because it was a good way to get people to hear our songs (Our Under the Underground Water/Bamboo Shoot single is still available for free here.

This is a huge blow to independent artists, who rely on services like this to popularize their music, and it is up to debate as to whether or not it will harm or hinder the Major Label's sales (I know that the threat of being sued certainly doesn't turn me on).

But this was also probably one of the largest, and most comprehensive, collections of the world's recorded music to have ever existed. Shouldn't a website like OiNK be applauded for collecting so thorough a catalog of recorded material?

For further reading:

Torrentfreak.com has a good, informative article on the subject:
http://torrentfreak.com/oink-investigation-seeks-identities-and-activities-of-users-071023/

DJ Rupture has an interesting and honest take on the fall of OiNK. He is aware of the economic problem for artists, but even more aware of the benefits to fans and lovers of music:
http://www.negrophonic.com/2007/defending-the-pig-oink-croaks

A much less balanced point of view comes from the official IFPI (The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) website. They attempt to paint OiNK users as theives and criminals by misleading, and sometimes outright lying:
http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20071023.html

A merry Montreal Mixmas!

THIS IS A MIX that I made to give to non-Montrealers at Christmas.
It is 21 songs, all by Montreal-based bands, and they are either really good, or made by a member of Telefauna. It is not Christmas music.

You may or may not know some of the songs or bands, so listen up!

This is the track list:
01 the diskettes - 1,2,3,4,5
02 think about life - serious chords
03
04 duchess says - (babies got the)rabies (a cover of six finger satellite)
05
06 thunderheist - anthem
07 omnicrom - achete moi
08 tel quel - aint no thang
09 malajube - la russe
10 random creature generator - piece of shit
11 gizelle numba one - crazee bitch
12 lil pip - close to ju
13
14 dishwasher - again and again
15 sunset rubdown - snakes got a leg
16 goodman goodman - tears of st.laurent
17 dorian hatchet - fast runner
18
20
21 telefauna - some of your love
22
23 random creature generator - ice crystals, big and small
24 land of talk - summer special
25 miracle fortress - diseronto
26 adam waito - marguerita eyes
27 donkey heart - put it on me baby

END!