I came across this story while following TPB’s Peter:
ENGLISH PRESS RELEASE: Advance Patrol <3 The Pirate Bay
The hiphop group known as Advance Patrol will release its new album on The Pirate Bay today. They will do so to spread their music to as many as possible, and at the same time discredit the prosecution against The Pirate Bay, a prosecution where Advanced Patrol has been used as a scapegoat in the circus around the court proceedings.
- We’re both proud and happy that we’re about to cooperate with Advanced Patrol concerning the distribution of their latest album, says Peter Sunde from The Pirate Bay.
The name “El Futuro” origins from the Spanish word for “the future”, which feels like a direct hit, and suits us “like a glove”.Advance Patrols latest album, El Futuro, will be released during the Sunday through the worlds largest service for file sharing, namely The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay has, as we speak, approximately twenty million simultaneous users, whom all with this is experiencing a digital release party with internet as its stage.
Advanced Patrol is also the group, who’s album “Aposteln”, is one of others included in the
prosecution of The Pirate Bay. With the release of their new album by Sunday, the group explains that they do not wish to be part of the prosecution against the large.- We never asked to be plaintiffs in this case, Gonza from Advance Patrol explains, they used us as scapegoats in a fight in which we don’t wish to participate. We refuse to be used in a war against our fans.
- You cannot legislate away file sharing, Gonza says. Those who fileshares our music are also those who appreciate it the most. They are my friends, and friendship is something to be valued highly. That’s why we’re giving away El Futuro to the internet, to our friends.
El Futuro can be downloaded for free from The Pirate Bay. If you wish to show Gonza your appreciation you can always donate what you feel is appropriate via Paypal. Its not a demand, naturally.
For more info, contact Gonza at gonza@globalgonza.com
Also, read more at Gonzas homepage: http://www.globalgonza.com
The Pirate Bay: http://www.thepiratebay.org
Gonzas Paypalaccount: paypal@globalgonza.com
I love this. I think it was a fabulous idea and I am thrilled to have another example of musicians supporting file downloads. I downloaded the Advance Patrol album as soon as I heard about it. As I write this, another 50 people are downloading the CD and over 700 are online sharing the files.
According to Google’s translation of Wikipedia’s swedish, Advance Patrol is a group from Sweden who raps in Spanish, Swedish, and English. All of it’s members are originally from Latin America. They sound a bit like Winsin y Yandel to me, but thankfully they make more than just reggaeton. Next time guys, leave the airhorns off the CD altogether!
I can’t say this is my new favorite album, but now I have heard of Advance Patrol, and I am listening to their music. Great marketing, file-sharers!
