Minotaur Shock - Amateur Dramatics Out Today
11 August 08
It's a crazy world this business we call music; we've had the Radiohead pay what you want, the Prince stick it on a newspaper, the NIN give it away and even the Cliff Richard bid-up.tv model and now make way for the most honest, lovely way of releasing a record in the world... ever:
The "price at what the artist thinks it's worth" - the 'Minotaur Shock'!
Minotaur Shock, aka Bristolian David Edwards, purveyor of memorable electronic tunes, has painstakingly rated each track on his third album Amateur Dramatics and you pay what he reckons each track is worth - measured on technical difficulty, musical difficulty, extra musicians, computer crashing and other considerations.
You can pick and choose from tracks ranging from 33p to 75p, or even buy the whole thing for (the accumulative) £6.41.
It's all here: www.minotaurshock.com
And there's an extensive and rib-tickling run-down through each tracks rating. We hope you enjoy it as much as we here at 4AD do.
While you can buy direct from www.minotaurshock.com, the album is also available from iTunes and Boomkat.com (who sell high quality MP3s (320kbps) and FLAC/lossless files)
Should you need further encouragement, here are some press quotes to encourage the more traditional of you to take Amateur Dramatics seriously...
"The fun/replay rating of David's strident, soulful, toyshop electronica is pretty high throughout."
The Fader
"Such utilitarian valuing belies his music's beauty."
NME
"A rare beauty from the bargain basement."
Metro
"A mature, playful album which flits between genres with aplomb."
Music Week
"A world we approve of - or, at least, Minotaur Shock's version of it."
Artrocker
David has since taken his scoring system idea to other aspects of his life and is currently working out which child of his he should save first in the event of a fire.
