Doing Promotion | Last November I sent a little promotion package to one of the leading computer magazines in Germany called c't magazin. It included a CD-ROM with our most successful compilations and an info-sheet about Phlow-Magazine.com and the Creative Commons Movement. The delicious music gift was successful and they wrote about us. Now we want to do it again with other magazines, with your help!

Before I sent the little promo-package to c't magazine, I asked them if they would like to receive a "gift". Fortunately I knew one of the editors of c't magazin, because I write for them about web technologies from time to time. With this little extra credit, I got the chance and some more attention than usually. And even though the editor didn't dig our music style so much, he wrote a nice review about us empasizing the interesting creative commons music culture. The review wasn't only printed in the magazine itself, you can read the german review also online.

Afterwards a lot of my friends congratulated me, that Phlow-Magazine.com made it into a print magazine. I was amazed, that still so many people read link tips. One of my girl friends said: "Yeah, this column about other websites is an excellent read on the toilet." Hopefully, we convinced her and others to return from the shit house to dig some free music on our site later on... ;)

Where you can help us!

Of course, there are several ways to support the magazine to reach new readers. You can write a review on Stumble Upon or bookmark our articles on websites like Delicious.com or Mister Wong... But to reach new reader- and listenerships for your netlabel or blog you have to make good promotion not only on the web. And that's the point, where you come in!

I would like to send some more promotion material to magazines worldwide to get more attention for the artists, netlabels and of course Phlow-Magazine.com. Do you know interesting magazines who write also reviews about websites? I am thinking for example about magazines for instruments like the german Keys, keyboards or Beat.

Unfortunately music magazines in general in Germany don't write about netlabels and free music at all. A horrible desaster, if you ask me. That's why I want to twist it into the other way.

Can you name me some really interesting computer-, live style- or similiar magazines you like to read and think they are worth some promo material?

And while we talk about promotion: If you have some stickers or buttons left, sent them to M. Sauer, Cranachstraße 25, 50733 Köln, Germany, and I will put them into the package.

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Well- talking about sound, "Crash Symbols" is far apart from the lo-fi Folk of "The Infra-Ordinary EP" and the follow-up split EP with A Thousand Fuegos. Carefully mixed and mastered, every instrument is in place, filling the room, filling your head. Central to the Liger muzak now and then: Dino Spiluttini's trembling bass-baritone, full of strength and failure, sex and melody.

Every now and then, the music menaces to collapse like a house of carts under a dozen of instruments and the band's emotional ingenuousness. But Dino holds tight the strings of his compositions, supported by former live drummer Prince Gernot Scheithauer XIII. (left) of Mimi Secue-fame as a distinct band  member for the first time. On some tracks Liger are joined by label mates Br'er, the Dust Covered Carpets and famous friends like Trouble of Tokyo or Gustav.

Liger shifted from their "Post Folk" implosions to a sound more Pop. You might want to name Xiu Xiu and Final Fantasy for comparison, maybe Patrick Wolf, that's fair. But Dino and Gernot sound unique, brighten their ideas of (Avantgarde) Pop with chamber musical instrumentation and burst of Rock energy that come fresh and raw. In a way, Liger sounds very Vienna.

What makes "Crash Symbols" outstanding in spite of everything is Dino's talent to write touching melodies. Hop over to last.fm and listen to "Split Yourself Lilith", "All Caps" or "You Are An Engineer Too". On the album, there is much more awesomeness to find. I'm an addict, hella goth!

The Phlow CD Raffle

Beatismurder is a record- and a Netlabel. "Crash Symbols" is available on CD for 14€. We managed to convince the label guy (which is, by the way, Dino Spiluttini) to give out three Liger CDs for the first official Phlow Raffle. What does this mean? Easy:

The first three people who write a StumbleUpon Review about Phlow-Magazine.com and tag us with "free, mp3, music, netlabel, magazine" get a "Crash Symbols" CD delivered for free! If you're done let us know and write a comment!

CD Pop Music Purchase

Release: Liger - "Crash Symbols"
Label: www.beatismurder.com
Artist-Website: www.myspace.com/postfolk
Microsite: www.crashsymbols.com
MP3 Purchase via iTunes soon...

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Three tracks are already online at the Nexsound-website and set high standards for the full-length release. His online debut "When I'm Not" from late 2006 has already been a masterpiece of Pop-influenced electronic music and atypical Indietronica. But it seems Bluermutt will be able to do even better. For his new tunes he makes extensive use of vocals, singing, speaking, filtered and pure. The production is advanced and in-depth yet subtle enough to let the catchy melodies unfold. Consider Zoot Woman, Dani Siciliano and dear Zavoloka for reference. The artwork is done by Andrea Calisi (Mattotti, huh?). High hopes for 2008!

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