Greatest It is a collection of favorites from six innovative labels, those being Upitup, Proot, Ego Twister, WM, Cock Rock Disco and yours truly. We're all releasing this at the same time in order to bring each other new blood, new fans, new admirers, new enemies, as we're all in the habit of putting out top-notch free music on a regular basis. So it seemed natural to go through our back catalogues and show off some of our weirdness, collectively. We hope you enjoy!
1. Vernon LeNoir
Crane Stance In The Stench Of Gore (Ego Twister)
2. Silencide
3. Amnesie
Lapin Numéro Un (Ego Twister)
4. Roglok
5. Tracky Birthday feat. Dragan
6. Candlestickmaker
7. Happy Elf
8. The Rabbits
Quick Make It Stop (WM Recordings)
9. Manuele Atzeni
10. Okapi
Mammal Interpreter (Ituri-Mix) (Proot)
11. Thiaz Itch
12. Katapulto
13. DJ Donna Summer
Rock Rock Rock (Aaron Spectre Remix) (Cock Rock Disco)
14. Captain Ahab
Feel Anymore (Cock Rock Disco)
15. Dev/Null
Zombie Sunset (Cock Rock Disco)
16. Bakers at Dawn
17. Rafter
Long Ago, A Rodent As Big As A Bull Lurked In South America (Peppermill)
18. Le Rok
Cover art by Amandine Urruty
"Six of the world's raddest netlabels -- UpItUp (Italy, Germany, U.K.), Ego Twister (France), Peppermill (Canada), Proot (France), Cock Rock Disco (Germany) and WM Recordings (Netherlands) -- have teamed up for a collaborative greatest hits compilation.
Their reasoning? Well, it's a similar reason to why we started the Free Music Archive: in this era of infinite free music at our fingertips, we need curators like these fine netlabels to help us discover the good stuff.
Each label picked three favorites for this 18-track compilation, titled "Greatest It". Many of these tracks were already on the FMA, but even if some of the labels, artists, or tracks are familiar, there are bound to be some new sounds here as well, and it's a nice bridge introduction to some of the leading lights of the netaudio world for anyone who has yet to delve in.
Though the sound is extremely varied -- from Rafter's vocoder & cowbell-laden smoov jam to Roglok's future disco to The Rabbits' squeeky jazz -- Greatest It maintains a cohesively playful vibe throughout. It's definitely inspired by early netlabel pioneers like Comfort Stand, and sounds of the demoscene.
I'd love to hear some other likeminded netlabels join forces for their own Greatest It-style release. There's a lot of great music out there and the more bridges we can build, the better!"
- FMA
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