What Momus stuff can you download?

[imomus]

Hello, I'm Momus and apart from being a blogger, an artist and a journalist, I'm a musician who's made umpteen albums and is making the humpty flipth right at this very moment. Now, I've been hearing that Momus albums are finally appearing on iTunes music store, but I gather that iTunes gives different results depending on where you are in the world. This is what I get when I search iTunes for Momus:



Perhaps because of a previous cookie, I seem to be getting the German iTunes store even though I'm now in Japan. So could anyone in any country who uses iTunes check what Momus material is available, and leave a comment here telling me what records of mine are up there? I'd also be interested to know what Momus stuff is available on eMusic or other services you know about for downloading music, and what comes up on any free p2p services you use.

Don't worry, I'm in favour of a "mixed economy" of online music, ie I'm quite happy that some stuff should be free and some should be for sale. Post anonymously if you have draconian persecution of music downloaders going on in your country.

Comments

[hetlir.livejournal.com]

Someone on soulseek under the name ritrok2 has pretty much every album you've ever done.

[lightfromlight.livejournal.com]

USA:



I'll assume you're not in the Trombone Quartet.

I'm behind a nasty firewall at the moment, so I can't really check p2p services.

[hetlir.livejournal.com]

Including The Happy Family

[ukreeduk.livejournal.com]

ive pretty much gotten everything off soulseek through various people. the newer stuff is easier to find... i had a hard time finding voyager and timelord.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Ah, interesting, thank you! I see I flipped between the genres of electronica and rock in the space of two years (Stars Forever in 1999 and Folktronic in 2001)! And that previously I'd worked in the alternative and pop genres too! What a flip-flopper!

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Questions: why on earth would anyone buy my albums on iTunes when they're all on Soulseek free? Do people have moral qualms about using the p2p services? Is it a hassle? Are you scared to get caught and fined or jailed?

By the way, if anyone feels guilty about using p2p, there's a donate button on my website (http://www.imomus.com). But seeing from this blog what a nice life I lead, I'm sure that not many people feel terribly sorry for me! And that's fine...

[theophile.livejournal.com]

just about every album ever released is available through p2p. that's why I'm such a big fan of the system. well, that and the fact that it's not a thin layer of sugary bile coating the half-digested souls of artists (http://www.downhillbattle.org/itunes/).

I found the following albums of yours through various filesharing methods a few years back.

        1981 (the happy family) the man on your street       |    12 | 45.9Mb |  50:10 |  MP3 | 128 C  
        1987 the poison boyfriend (128, 160)                 |    11 | 55.0Mb |  57:21 |  MP3 | 133 ~  
        1989 don't stop the night                            |    11 | 68.3Mb |  49:41 |  MP3 | 192 C  
        1991 hippopotamomus                                  |    10 | 38.6Mb |  33:44 |  MP3 | 160 C  
        1992 the ultraconformist                             |    10 | 47.1Mb |  41:09 |  MP3 | 160 C  
        1992 voyager (128, 160)                              |    10 | 44.7Mb |  41:57 |  MP3 | 148 ~  
        1993 timelord                                        |     7 | 43.8Mb |  31:54 |  MP3 | 192 C  
        1995 slender sherbert                                |    17 | 73.5Mb |  75:55 |  MP3 | 135 V  
        1996 stop this (audio from CD-ROM)                   |    11 | 27.5Mb |  38:10 |  MP3 | 100 V  

the albums not listed are that way because I have the CDs. I'm sure they're easy to find, too, at this point-- particularly the newer ones.

incidentally, one of the best things about the black free market economy is that banned tracks stay very much alive. I have IRC to thank for "Michelin Man" and "Walter Carlos."

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Neither of them very good songs, I'm afraid.

CANADA

[birdflew.livejournal.com]

Folktronic, 20 Vodka Jellies, Stars Forever

[masnomas.livejournal.com]

The quality of your songs I got from WinMX was often terrible. Which I guess is good for you, as i ended up buying them.

I haven't run P2P in something like 18 months. So I am uncertain how it still goes.

As this seems to interest you today. I was making a mix CD for my friend playing on national identies (we're both americans, he's of irish/german decent, and me of canadian/french canadian). As it was, I was going very deep and at that time was looking for songs w/ protestant in the name or themes. Protestant art came up. Finnegan the folk hero was then tested for it's possible irishness.

I don't remember if Prot art made it onto the mixes (came out as 2 cds) but I've been a huge fan ever after.

Re: CANADA

[birdflew.livejournal.com]

Oh wait, and Ping Pong, and The Little Red Songbook

I clearly don't know how to work the iTunes music store since I only steal music.

[cutup.livejournal.com]

People like helping you.

You should hold your next album ransom until you get a certain amount of donations - then release it through your blog and bypass plastic, itunes, and a record company.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

As for the page critiquing iTunes (http://www.downhillbattle.org/itunes/), I should say that most of my US iTunes albums are handled by Le Grand Magistery. These albums are recouped, and LGM has promised to pay 50% of all iTunes revenues directly to me. So yes, as the article says, the situation with indie labels is better... in theory. I haven't yet had an account from LGM, and I don't know when one is due. Guess I should find out.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

I kind of did that with the last one, although it wasn't held to ransom, and it was later released by record labels. The labels didn't utter a single peep of protest that the whole album had come out as free mp3s on my blog before being pressed on plastic and released by them. I don't think they read this blog, actually.

[lord-whimsy.livejournal.com]

Designing a Music Lovers album for Matthew at the moment. Like me to ask him to contact you?

(Got the same results as snarkivist.)

[pintele.livejournal.com]

Well, it looks like the US iTunes and p2p programs have been covered, but! I would like to add that whilst checking just now on Limewire to see what came up, your cover of "Orgasm Addict" was listed under the genre "Porn Groove", which I find really funny for some reason. Is that an actual recognized genre now?

[aienn.livejournal.com]

my, my
for semi-pirate Russian site it's like this:

Momus - Tender Pervert (UK)
Momus - The Little Red Songbook (US Version)
Momus - Forbidden Software Timemachine (2 CD)
Momus - 20 Vodka Jellies
Momus - Oskar Tennis Champion

* * *

and no +Laplantine album, which is quite odd

[dehumidifier.livejournal.com]

Upon typing your name into acquisition (for those of us unable to use soulseek, i.e. mac users) had the following songs:

Mnemorex, Adam Green, First Communist, It's Important to Be Trendy, Lolitapop Dollhouse, Lucky Like St. Sebastian (live), Natsuko Tayama, Nikon 2, Ping Pong with Hong Kong, Robocowboys, Superstars of Bollywood, The Gatecrasher, The Madness of Lee Scratch Perry, Girlish Boy, Mountain Music and a Stereo Total remix titled The Other Side Of You (momus remix).

Seeing as it was songs and not albums, acquisition users are not faring so well on the Momus front.

Oh, and is there is any significance whatsoever of these particular songs showing up in one grouping? It seems like such a completely random sampling...

[theophile.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on "Michelin Man," but my enthusiasm on hearing it, after hearing about it for years, predisposed me to liking it.

"Walter Carlos," on the other hand, is a really excellent track. I think the trick is that the song's conceit was so fundamentally ludicrous that you were able to write it straight. it's really quite sweet and heartfelt, in my opinion.

[stanleylieber.livejournal.com]

This program (http://nicotine-app.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl) might make your day.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

You can gently prod him with a walking cane if you like, but I'll e mail him about it. I'm not saying he's done anything untoward, this iTunes thing is new-fangled and it's probably too soon to expect accounts. No doubt he'll be in touch with me when Apple sends him a check.

[(Anonymous)]

Do people have moral qualms about using the p2p services? Is it a hassle? Are you scared to get caught and fined or jailed?

(A) Some, (B) absolutely, and (C) not really but it does nothing to encourage the continuing of good music. Which I consider different from moral qualms. I don't feel guilt about buying used records or CDs, either. I have frequently bought recordings of things I have samples of from friends or online.

Are you familiar with emusic.com?

[sleepyworm.livejournal.com]

Personally, I use soulseek to find out if I'm going to like an album. If after downloading, I find that I really like it, I'll go buy the cd. But I don't think I could ever bring myself to spend ten dollars to purchase a mass of ones and zeros, no matter how catchy or clever. I need the physical component the cd provides.

I used to feel bad about downloading, until I realized how few cd's I can realistically afford on my meager paycheck. I buy what I can and I don't feel guilty about enjoying the music I can't afford.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Are you familiar with emusic.com?

I've never looked further than the front page. I just know that Cherry Red has done a deal with them and has put some of my records up there. The royalty rate I get through that is the one I get on the physical records, ie 13% (I think).

[lord-whimsy.livejournal.com]

I agree about Walter Carlos. I always chuckle to myself at the part where Nick crams the temporal limits of general relativity into a few bars.