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Pint sized pop star Prince says the days of the Internet dominating pop culture are over”¦

In a break from common trends Prince”™s latest album 20Ten, out later this summer, will not be available for download, but a physical copy will be given away free with classy tabloids the Daily Mirror and Daily Record.

Not alone in his opinion, Jack White is also dedicating himself to physical formats, Prince explained in an interview to the NME “The Internet”™s completely over, I don”™t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won”™t pay me an advance for it, and then they get angry when they can”™t get it.”

And here was us thinking that all these people wanted to do was make a living creating music and sharing it with the world. What do you guys think? Technophobia? Short-sightedness? Discuss.

And now for something light hearted”¦Â 

For some reason, I”™m not surprised at Trent Reznor”™s involment with “The Social Network” (aka The Facebook Movie) due for release on American territory on 1st October. What I am surprised about is that someone felt that we needed a movie about Facebook. I”™m trying hard to reserve judgement on this until we see more about it and to be honest, the fact that Reznor is attached to the project gives me some hope. After all, his work with iD software on Quake and Doom 3 was pretty good, wasn”™t it?

How do you score a movie about a social networking website, anyway? Anyone have anything to say about this, please do so.

Sean Parker must be pretty happy. After his sucess with Napster and later Facebook, he is going to be portrayed in “The Social Network” by Justin Timberlake. I mean, wow. Just, wow.

Next up, David Bowie does Myspace – The Musical.

Ninja Tune are releasing a limited edition box set of works entitled “Ninja Tune XX” (ZENCD160X) and it can be yours for a mere £80.00.

Okay, that might sound steep. That is until you see just what this box set contains. 6x CDs, 6x 7”, 2x posters, 20x stickers and a copy of “Ninja Tune: 20 Years Of Beats And Pieces”. The box set is released on September 20, however you can pre-order right here. Click below to find out exactly what is on this box set.

Tracklisting (Courtesy of Ninja Tune). “*” indicates exclusive new tracks.

CD1:

1. Two Fingers ”˜Fools”™ *
2. Roots Manuva ”˜It”™s On”™ *
3. Toddla T ”˜Want U Now”™ (feat. Ms Dynamite) *
4. Dorian Concept ”˜Her Tears Taste Like Pears”™ *
5. Zomby ”˜The Forest”™ *
6. Offshore ”˜Jen At The Station”™ *
7. Emika ”˜Double Edge”™
8. DELS ”˜Eating Clouds”™ *
9. Big Dada Sound ”˜Signs”™ *
10. Eric B & Rakim ”˜Paid In Full”™ (Switch meets Coldcut Remix) *
11. Andreya Triana ”˜Lost Where I Belong”™ (Flying Lotus Remix)
12. The Bug ”˜Catch A Fire”™ *
13. Eskmo ”˜Cloudlight”™ *
14. Daedelus ”˜LA Nocturn”™

CD2 :

1. Roots Manuva ”˜Dub Styles”™ (Micachu Remix) *
2. Diplo ”˜Summer”™s Gonna Hurt You”™ (Diplo 2010 Remix) *
3. The Heavy ”˜How You Like Me Now?”™ (Joker Remix)
4. Stateless ”˜Ariel”™ (Rustie Remix) *
5. Diplo ”˜Newsflash”™ (Metronomy Remix) *
6. PRDCTV ”˜Metropolis”™ (Dan Le Sac Remix) *
7. Dark Sky ”˜Leave”™ *
8. The Long Lost ”˜Woebegone”™ (Flying Lotus”™ Like Woe Remix)
9. Spank Rock ”˜Tell It What It Look Like”™ (Todd Edwards Remix) *
10. Shuttle ”˜Lion”™ *
11. Poirier ”˜Get Crazy”™ (Mark Pritchard Remix) *
12. Jammer ”˜One Over Me”™ *
13. Fink ”˜This Is The Thing”™ (EL-B Remix) *
14. Amon Tobin ”˜Lost & Found”™ *

CD3 :

1. Lou Rhodes & The Cinematic Orchestra ”˜One Good Thing”™ (Version) *
2. Bonobo & Speech Debelle ”˜Sun Will Rise”™ *
3. Grasscut ”˜Blink In The Night”™ *
4. Bonobo & Andreya Triana ”˜Wonder When”™
5. Quincy & Xen Cuts Allstars ”˜I Hear The Drummer”™ (Tunng Edit) *
6. Yppah ”˜Never Mess With Sunday”™ *
7. DJ Food (Title TBC) *
8. Jaga Jazzist ”˜Endless Galaxy”™ *
9. Cougar ”˜$64k Rainbow”™ *
10. Amon Tobin ”˜Eight Sum”™ *
11. DJ Vadim ”˜Terrorist”™ (Gaslamp Computer Killer Remix) *
12. Roots Manuva ”˜Witness”™ (Slugabed Remix) *
13. Andreya Triana ”˜A Town Called Obsolete”™ (Mala Remix) *
14. Coldcut ”˜Man In A Garage”™ (King Jammy Dub) *
15. Jono McCleery ”˜Tomorrow”™ (Edit)
16. Floating Points Ensemble ”˜Post Suite”™ *

CD4:

1. Eskamon ”˜Fine Objects”™
2. The Bug ”˜Skeng”™ (Autechre Remix) *
3. King Cannibal ”˜The Grind & Crawl”™ *
4. Emika ”˜Drop The Other”™ (Daedelus Remix) *
5. Amon Tobin ”˜Foley Versions”™ (Kronos Quartet Interpretation) *
6. Antipop Consortium ”˜Volcano”™ (Four Tet Remix)
7. Mr Scruff ”˜Pickled Spider”™
8. Jaga Jazzist ”˜Toccata”™ (Grasscut Remix) *
9. The Death Set ”˜Impossible”™ (Shuttle Remix)
10. Daedelus ”˜Trouble With A Capital D”™ *
11. Roots Manuva ”˜Let The Spirit”™ (Hot Chip Remix)
12. Mr Scruff ”˜Believe”™ *
13. Bonobo ”˜Eyesdown”™ feat. Andreya Triana (Floating Points Remix)
14. Shuttle ”˜Tunnel”™

THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE (IN ANY FORMAT) IN THE BOX SET , EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED:

CD 5:

1. The Cinematic Orchestra (Title TBC) *
2. Coldcut ”˜Autumn Leaves”™ (2010 Budapest Mix) *
3. Floating Points Ensemble (No.2 title TBC) (released on 12” single also) *
4. Jaga Jazzist ”˜Synchronise Your Watches”™ *
5. Coldcut ”˜True Skool”™ (Zomby Remix) *
6. Bonobo ”˜Eyesdown”™ (feat. DELS) *
7. Clifford Gilberto ”˜Deliver The Weird”™ (Dorian Concept Remix)
8. The Bug ”˜Poison Dart”™ (Prefuse 73 Broke Moog Version) *
9. Fink ”˜See It All”™ (Scuba Remix) *
10. Roots Manuva ”˜Shake Your Money Maker”™ *
11. cLOUDEAD vs Fat Possum (Title TBC) *
12. The Heavy (Title TBC) *
13. Blockhead ”˜Ugly Brown”™ *

CD 6:

1. Roots Manuva ”˜Witness”™ (Modeselektor Remix) *
2. Toddla T ”˜Sky Surfing”™ (Benga Remix) (to be released on 12” single also)
3. Roots Manuva ”˜Join The Dots”™ (Cut Chemist Remix) *
4. Kid Koala ”˜3 Bit Blues”™ *
5. Pop Levi ”˜Blue Honey”™ (Amorphous Androgenous Remix Edit)
6. Blockhead ”˜The Music Scene”™ (EL-P Remix) *
7. Coldcut & Hexstatic ”˜Timber”™ (The Orb Remix) *
8. DJ Kentaro ”˜Paid In Full”™ *
9. Coldcut ”˜This Island Earth”™ (Joe Goddard Remix) *
10. Qemists ”˜Don”™t Lose It”™ *
11. DJ Food ”˜African Rhythms”™ (Tom Middleton Remix) *
12. DJ Food ”˜Dark Lady”™ (808 State Remix) *
13. Herbaliser ”˜Something Wicked”™ (Roots Manuva Dub) *

6 x 7” single:

1.

1. Bogus Order ”˜Chillin With My Zen”™
2. Bogus Order ”˜Zen Bones”™

2.

1. Mr Scruff ”˜Wriggle”™ *
2. Coldcut ”˜Boogieman”™ (King Jammy Dub) *

3.

1. King Geedorah ”˜Snakecharmer”™ (feat. Kurious as Biolante)
2. Daedelus ”˜Impending Doom”™ (Rustie Remix) *

4.

1. Two Fingers ”˜Bad Girl”™ (The Bug Dub) *
2. Spank Rock ”˜Sweet Talk”™ (Matthew Herbert Remix) *

5.

1. DJ Vadim ”˜Bang it Out”™ *
2. Toddla T ”˜Pum Pum”™ *

6.

1. Wagon Christ ”˜Sloth Gets Paid”™
2. Shuttle ”˜Rotten Guts”™ (Gold Panda Remix)

History repeating?

Ten years after the tragedy at the Roskilde Festival, where nine Pearl Jam fans were trampled and suffocated after a crowd surge, the band halted their performance at the Heineken Open-er Festival in Poland following fears for the crowds safety. Just six songs into their nearly two hour set, lead singer Eddie Vedder implored the crowd to stop pushing and only continued playing after the crowd calmed down a little.

Earlier today it transpired that the BBC Trust have opted not to axe digital radio station 6 Music. How this news couldn”™t be dear to the heart of the Spotisfaction fan, I do not know.

6 Music was launched in 2002 and provides an alternative to more mainstream stations such as Radio 1. It was a bold step, with the BBC seeming to take note of the growing demand for new music and championing musical creativity and development just as the late great John Peel once had.

Earlier this year, 6 Music was marked for potential closure in February”™s BBC Strategy Review which caused a backlash of angry fans and angry DJs. The BBC had cited poor listening figures as one of the reasons for the closure of 6 Music as well as the need to give commercial rivals more room in the market to broadcast similar endeavours.

However, 5 months later it would seem that the BBC Trust aren”™t convinced that 6 Music is ready for the chop just yet. In fact, they went on record saying 6 Music is “well-liked by its listeners, was highly distinctive and made an important contribution” which is the exact kind of thinking we need when it comes to important matters such as these.

The full statement from the BBC Trust can be read here.

School of Seven Bells are set to release their sophomore album on July 13 but are giving everyone the chance to stream it from their Myspace as I type. Head over and give it the once over and let us know what you think.

They”™ll be touring the UK to support this album, so if you have a chance why not go see them?

07/07 Brighton, Resident Records
08/07 London, Pure Groove at The Drop, Stoke Newington
17/07 Latitude Festival
18/07 Bristol, Thekla
19/07 Manchester, Ruby Lounge
20/07 London, Scala

Whilst on the subject of School of Seven Bells, download and listen to their remix of The Depreciation Guild”™s My Chariot. [megaupload]

Some very very good news for unsigned and indie artists this morning. Spotify have signed a deal with TuneCore, the preeminent digital distribution site.

TuneCore”™s model is designed to help unsigned artists. With a small fee per track, anyone can upload their songs to TuneCore and have them distributed to some of the biggest stores on the ”˜net (iTunes, Amazon MP3, Napster and Rhapsody, to name a few). These artists then keep 100% of the royalties and maintain the rights to their own work.

This deal with Spotify now means that these artists will be able to get their work onto Spotify”™s streaming servers, and will allow much larger audiences to access their music whilst generating streaming royalty revenue for the artists. Fantastic news all round, really.

Do you think this is a good idea, and would this deal make you more likely to use TuneCore”™s services if you were an unsigned artist? Let us know in the comments.

For further info, please read here: http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1041624&c=1

[David]