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Altruism you can groove to

No, we're not being pretentious. The title isn't ironic either. We are dead serious about it: every song on this album is going to make sure that you will be listening to the most remarkable album on this entire planet. Right, you say. How could this possibly work?

This is our recipe: take two creative individuals. Experienced craftsmanship, thought, humor and love. Intricate rhythms. Rube-Goldberg machines. Mad scientists. Monks who know kung fu. Meaningful lyrics, great acoustic contributions from friends and a secret ingredient. Put it all into a studio in Hamburg, Germany, stir and let it simmer for three months.

The main course: an open and free album, released on the web. The dessert: a professionally produced audio CD in a beautifully designed casing for collectors to commemorate the occasion.

The Most Open Album On This Entire Planet

We believe that everyone should have the right to share, use and remix the music he loves. Therefore we will contribute this album to the public treasure of free cultural works.

The album will be released under a Creative Commons license, which gives you the right to use our music in any kind of production, royalty-free, period.

We will release all source files, recorded tracks, lyrics and samples (read: everything) at ccmixter.org and Freesound, so you can do whatever you like with our sounds.

When will the album be released?

The official release date is January 20th, 2011.

How will the album be made?

In order to produce a truly open album, we will be using the Linux Audio infrastructure. Here is a list of our tools: