The singer of “Radiohead” Thom Yorke has released an album by surprise which will distribute it directly through the download service BitTorrent, announced today.
Thus, “Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes”, his first album since 2006 and has eight topics will be offered to the public at a price of 3.68 pounds (or 4.67 euros), half of the nearly 8 pounds (more than 10 euros) which typically cost albums in digital stores like iTunes.
In a statement, Yorke and producer Nigel Godrich, explained that the use of BitTorrent, which for years was used for music and movies pirateadas- is “an experiment.”
“If it works, could be an effective way to give some control over internet commerce to the creators of the works,” they assert.
Yorke has been pioneered earlier alternative sales techniques, and in 2007 “Radiohead” featured album “In Rainbows” for the price that each buyer would pay.
In addition, it has been critical of the service Spotify live broadcasts by low incomes who moves to the artists.
The release of their new album comes two weeks after the Irish band “U2″ give away his album “Songs of Innocence” to 500 million iTunes accounts with followers-through an agreement with Apple, receive money for Downloads- as bait ahead of an upcoming tour.
Along with the release on the internet, Yorke also sell version of “Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes” on vinyl, accompanied by a digital copy for a price of 30 pounds (38 euros).
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