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Joost Grows Indie Music Catalog
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) NEW YORK, NY and LONDON, December 16 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Joost today announced it has added
nine independent music labels and aggregators to its ever increasing
content library. There are now more than 18,000 music assets -- including
music videos, interviews and live performances -- available in the Music
section of Joost.com.
"The internet has redefined music and made it possible for a more diverse
range of artists -- discovered and fostered by independent labels -- to
find commercial success and make it big," said Danny Passman, global head
of programming, Joost. "Our goal is to reflect this new musical landscape
by bringing the best independent music out there today to our great music
offering on Joost."
Aggregators that have joined Joost include:
KOCH Entertainment Distribution: Koch Entertainment Distribution is a
leading independent aggregator of digital audio and video content. The
company operates its own labels and hosts the largest distribution roster
of any independent, which includes Koch Records, Suburban Noize, Fat Beats
Records, Taang!, Fat Boy Records, and many more.
[PIAS] DIGITAL: Established in January 2004, [PIAS] Digital provides over
200 leading independent labels with a professionally managed route into the
ever-growing number of opportunities for digital distribution. [PIAS]
Digital specializes in the supply and sales of audio and audio-visual
entertainment content across multiple global services with particular
emphasis on Online and Mobile and in-home entertainment platforms. [PIAS]
Digital distributed labels include Big Brother, Dirtee Stank, Fabric,
Independiente, Ninja Tune, Southern Fried, Union Square and Wall of Sound;
artists include Funeral For A Friend, Grace Jones, Mogwai, Neon Neon,
Oasis, Soulwax and Travis.
The new independent music labels that have joined Joost include:
Defected: For the past 10 years, Defected has been leading the
international dance music scene, attracting some of the greatest talents
working in the industry, including Banda Sonorra , DJ Chus, Bob Sinclar, DJ
Gregory, Junior Jack, Martin Solveig, Dubtribe Sound System and Sandy
Rivera. Watch at http://www.joost.com/365lk0x/t/Defected-TV.
Domino: Fifteen years since its inception, Domino Recording Company is now
established as one of the UK's leading independents. Domino has long
championed and nurtured the outsider whilst enjoying both critical and
commercial success with artists such as Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys,
The Kills, The Last Shadow Puppets, Animal Collective, Lightspeed Champion,
and The Count & Sinden. Watch at http://www.joost.com/35wa879/t/Video-Domino.
Epitaph: Epitaph Records is one of the most respected independent labels of
all time, featuring a diverse roster from punk to post-hardcore, powerpop
to hip hop. Started by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, the Epitaph
Records Channel on Joost features music videos from Bad Religion, The
Offspring, Story of the Year, Atmosphere and Sage Francis. Watch at
http://www.joost.com/082jnao/t/Epitaph-Records-Channel.
ESL Music: ESL Music is a record label founded by Rob Garza and Eric
Hilton, the international DJ and Production duo Thievery Corporation.
Originally established to deliver the sounds of Thievery Corporation to the
world, ESL Music quickly expanded its artist roster to encompass the duo's
globally oriented tastes, with artists such as Ursula 1000, Chris Joss,
Thunderball, The Karminsky Experience, Blue States, Sofa Surfers, Federico
Aubele, Joe Bataan and Ocote Soul Sounds. ESL Music comes to Joost through
a partnership with INgrooves, and can be found at
http://www.joost.com/373ehq0/t/ESL-Music.
Fearless: Fearless Records is an alternative rock-oriented record label
best known for their punk, punkpop, ska and post-hardcore acts, including
Plain White Ts, The Maine, Funeral Party, Artist Vs. Poet, A Static
Lullabuy and The Morning Light. Watch at
http://www.joost.com/082l71v/t/Fearless-Records-Channel.
Hopeless: Hopeless Records' punk rock label features pop punk, emo,
alternative rock, and metal performers including All Time Low, There For
Tomorrow, Anarbor, Avenged Sevenfold and The Human Abstract. Watch at
http://www.joost.com/082kqib/t/Hopeless-&-Sub-City-Records-Channel.
Sarathan Records: Sarathan is an eclectic label with a roster that
demonstrates not only an emphasis on quality regardless of genre, but also
a breadth of backgrounds ranging from music industry legends to budding DIY
talent. The Sarathan Channel on Joost includes videos from GRAMMY(TM)
nominee Abra Moore; the soon-to-explode LA post-punk doom-pop band War
Tapes; and the Airpushers, a genre-bending project from GRAMMY-winning
Printz Board and Tim Izo Orindgreff of the Black Eyed Peas band; and
others! All can be viewed at http://www.joost.com/38ejcii/t/Sarathan-Records.
Stones Throw: Stones Throw Records is an independent hip hop record label
based in California. Stones Throw is home to Madlib and many of his
projects: Madvillain, Jaylib, Yesterdays New Quintet, Quasimoto, Sound
Directions and Lootpack. Other notable artists on the Stones Throw's past
and present roster include James Pants, Gary Wilson, The Turntablist (aka
DJ Babu), Rob Swift, Rasco, Breakestra, Oh No, Dudley Perkins, J Dilla (aka
Jay Dee), and Koushik. Stones Throw comes to Joost through a partnership
with INgrooves, and can be found at http://www.joost.com/373mcq2/t/Stones-Throw-Records.
Victory Records: Victory Records focuses on the world of independent
alternative, metal, hardcore, emo and punk music. The Victory Records
channel on Joost features videos from the label's current and former
artists, including Aiden, Taking Back Sunday, Hawthorne Heights,
Silverstein and Thursday, and can be found at
http://www.joost.com/08202ji/t/VictoryV-Channel.
In addition, Joost features behind-the-scenes interviews, insider access
and live concert footage of indie artists courtesy of partnerships with
Last.fm (http://www.joost.com/34w8r6d/t/Last-fm-Presents), 88HIPHOP
(http://www.joost.com/1020001/t/88HIPHOP) and Uncensored Interview
(http://www.joost.com/33571oo/t/Uncensored-Interview).
Music entertainment from 88HIPHOP, Defected, Domino, ESL, Koch, [PIAS],
Sarathan and Uncensored Interview will be available on Joost globally.
Epitaph, Fearless, Hopeless, LAST.fm and Victory have music entertainment
available on Joost in the U.S.
Joost launched its Flash-based web video service in October and features a
number of social tools that are designed to help people communicate with
each other, to navigate through more than 57,000 video assets and to
integrate user expression directly into the service. A Joost application is
also available for the iPhone and iPod touch.
About Joost
Founded by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, Joost brings video and social
interaction together online. All of the video on Joost is professionally
produced and streams on-demand to people around the world for free in a
high-quality format. Today, Joost has more than 57,000 program elements,
including more than 400 television series and 1,200 movie and short film
titles. For more information, visit www.joost.com.
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