Deep Medi singles going digital

[cygh]

Would it open up their music to piracy though? Obviously I'm aware that people can rip MP3s from a vinyl, but surely this would just augment the problem.

We'll just see loads of wasters on YouTube posting tunes with fucking download links.

Making music more accessable is defo not a bad thing, it's just what those people do with it.

Being that all the Deep Medi releases get leaked I don't think it will open it up more to piracy. Those that buy vinyl will still buy vinyl, they may also buy the digital too. I will buy all the releases on digital while I pick and choose the vinyl ones I buy. I know I am only one but still.

[dopocc]

I think this was bound to happen. In every recent Mala interview he mentions that while DMZ doesn't advertise, send out promos, press releases and release tunes on digital, DEEP MEDi MUSIK on the other hand needs to do more because there are other artists involved and he doesn't want them to go back to a 9-5 job because it makes him happy if they can just concentrate on their music. If this is helping artists such as Silkie, Quest, Mizz Beats, Vivek, Harry Craze, Clouds, Truth, Tunnidge and all the others on the roster then this is only a good thing. I say big up Mala!

+plus Deep Medi has such quality control.. I really don't care even if I still prefer to buy and spin vinyl. Future releases will still be immaculate so let more people enjoy them.

[LA_Boxers]

as much as i have a personal liking to the pure vinyl ethos thats promoted by deep medi, it makes sense to eventually put releases out onto other platforms simply because not everyone has the equipment to play vinyl.

This x100

and + a couple more!

[poax]

Or maybe there are some parts of the world where it is ridiculously difficult /expensive to buy vinyl and people in those parts who actually want to support the artists and pay for the music rather then steal it. Maybe.

[1017_duck]

Good on them. All it's going to do is make artists and their tunes more accessible which is what they deserve. Moaners.

[Skullbussa]

First up, that release is quality....Wind Tunnel is sick.

Secondly, you always know how to smoke out the poseurs by bringing up digital releases. Vinyl whores are in it so they can feel "elite", the memories, and simply nostalgia. It isn't about the music for them. Fuck 'em. It's funny, a year ago or so there was a huge thread on Dogs on Acid forum and we called all these people out there too. People who try to hold out against the logical progression of technology are always remembered for being idiots. Just pick up a history book.

[Ptrn]

First up, that release is quality....Wind Tunnel is sick.

Secondly, you always know how to smoke out the poseurs by bringing up digital releases. Vinyl whores are in it so they can feel "elite", the memories, and simply nostalgia. It isn't about the music for them. Fuck 'em. It's funny, a year ago or so there was a huge thread on Dogs on Acid forum and we called all these people out there too. People who try to hold out against the logical progression of technology are always remembered for being idiots. Just pick up a history book.

The posers are the ones who spend 5/6 quid on an amazing quality vinyl release again and again???? not sure i agree with that mate, id say the posers are the ones who turn up with the shitty quality mp3's they've often just bumped off their mates hard drive. i was a bit miffed that it had gone digital at first but i guess if your needing to support other artists on the label its only fair and respect to them.

Oh and why don't you tell this to mala then,

Vinyl whores are in it so they can feel "elite", the memories, and simply nostalgia. It isn't about the music for them. Fuck 'em.

[SketchyDub]

GREAT NOW I CAN PLAY HIGH QUALITY DEEP MEDI TUNES ON MY CD'JS THEN MIX MY OWN TUNES IN WITH THEM, FUCKING AWESOME NEWS.

Analogue is brilliant however get over digital eltists please.

[collige]

Would it open up their music to piracy though? Obviously I'm aware that people can rip MP3s from a vinyl, but surely this would just augment the problem.

We'll just see loads of wasters on YouTube posting tunes with fucking download links.

Making music more accessable is defo not a bad thing, it's just what those people do with it.

I doubt that'll happen simply because the people who listen to Deep Medi tend not to pirate. Anyway, vinyl only stuff gets ripped and posted online all the time (RIIS was online the day it came out) and people have posted up the entire Deep Medi and DMZ back catalogue since day 1. I've been rinsing the Fatman on youtube waiting for this day or news about Releases Vol. 3.

Or maybe there are some parts of the world where it is ridiculously difficult /expensive to buy vinyl and people in those parts who actually want to support the artists and pay for the music rather then steal it. Maybe.

This. Bringing good music to more people is never a bad thing. Now if only the DMZ back catalogue would get put back up online.....

[cosby]

Vinyl elitists eat a dick. Don't you think it would benefit the label to reach the widest possible audience? I know you want to keep Deep Medi in your precious little box of trinkets, but why would you be against a label becoming bigger? Because other people will be able to play their tunes now?

[collige]

Oh and fyi, Deep Medi releases up to about 10 or so were available digitally when they came out, but they all got taken offline about a year ago so it's not like this is some sort of shocking move on Mala's part.

EDIT: It appears as though it's only Quest tracks. All of the Quest releases have been bundled up with their own artwork on Juno. Oh well, beggars can't be choosers. Big up Mala and Deep Medi!

[elibomyekip]

I think this was bound to happen. In every recent Mala interview he mentions that while DMZ doesn't advertise, send out promos, press releases and release tunes on digital, DEEP MEDi MUSIK on the other hand needs to do more because there are other artists involved and he doesn't want them to go back to a 9-5 job because it makes him happy if they can just concentrate on their music. If this is helping artists such as Silkie, Quest, Mizz Beats, Vivek, Harry Craze, Clouds, Truth, Tunnidge and all the others on the roster then this is only a good thing. I say big up Mala!

+plus Deep Medi has such quality control.. I really don't care even if I still prefer to buy and spin vinyl. Future releases will still be immaculate so let more people enjoy them.

Pretty much this
Quest did recently say he was rather disillusioned with the whole scene, so it'll be nice for his music to be more accessible. As much as I only buy vinyl, I'm all for releasing stuff on digital too. It'd be a shame for an artist to have to stop doing what they love because it's not financially viable over a standard 9-5 job.

[Pada]

Serato is amazing this helps the serato heads save money so not a problem.

I buy vinyl because that's how I want to listen to my music - it makes sense for me to just use the same format for DJing.

It's up to the individual labels/artists on if they want a digital release not the consumer.

[NilsFG]

This news surprises me, even though I knew this day would come. Somewhere, we all knew that didn't we?

I think it's a good thing, but I still have mixed feelings about it. Deep Medi has been one of those "vinyl only" labels, which made them very special.
That and the fact that it was run by Mala (and had super releases ofcourse ) It's a bit sad that this "vinyl only" thing will disappear...
It made the label a bit more, well, "exclusive" to put it in that way. It gave the tunes and releases a bit more power.

But truth is, a lot more people are going digital (I'm going to buy Serato myself too soon) and Deep Medi has to keep up with that!
It's a big thing that Mala, a real vinyl-addict, actually goes digital, respect for that! And I'm happy too now, because I can have high quality copies
of the releases on my PC now, and I don't have to listen to the crappy vinyl rips I made.

Still going to buy the vinyls though, since I collect them. And I hope DM will give priority to the vinyl releases.

Also yes the fact that Deep Medi is going to release singles digital now means that piracy will be easier. The internet is already full of vinyl rips, so there
already was piracy, it's just going to be faster now. A real music lover buys the music anyways.

[promo]

'Wind Tunnel' is huge .... reminds me of the sort of epicness of Unknown.

[a.paul]

this just means ill get to support the label and artists twice as much! buy the vinyl and buy the mp3 releases.

[dopocc]

all haters just read recent Mala interviews and his feelings on the DMZ vs DEEP MEDi ethos and different ways of music promotion.

DMZ = vinyl
DEEP = vinyl, CD and now WAV & MP3

otherwise all these colorful discobags would have a DMZ logo printed instead

OR

you WOULDN'T be enjoying DEEP tunes by: Hijak, Kromestar, Goth-Trad, Silkie, Quest, Calibre, Tunnidge, Truth, Mizz Beats, Clouds, Skream, Vivek, Harry Craze & Mark Pritchard

beacause it woudn't be valuable for him to release their tunes and probably the artists wouldn't even sign their tunes in the first place

I would ONLY complain if RIIS was released on digital before 2012, and still just because of the way it was promoted in these pages and NOT because of a stupid vinyl vs digi debate. (Although I L O V E V I N Y L and 95% of the tunes I buy are on wax)

elitism sucks..

[wolf89]

I thought it showed balls to be a vinyl only label in times like these.

Well, maybe we'll hear more deep medi tunes played out. Which is good. It's a solid label.

[J-R]

Are you sure all of them are going digital? Only see the Releases Vol.1 & 2 + Quests tunes up at the moment?

[wolf89]

I kind of hope they're delayed till a bit after the vinyl release. So people who would have got it on vinyl but are lazy have to either get the vinyl or wait.

I mean. I'm not being a format snob. It's just it would be a shame for the digital releases to cause the subsidence of vinyl sales.