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now click on any of the links to find out more
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submit your product for distribution or licensing consideration. Over
the past few months we
have been unvailing some great new services and programs which
offer many different products directly from
IDC and
from our retail accounts all over the USA including our
"Turn-Key"
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"one-click" direct purchase
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years, our hundreds of retail accounts will be
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IDC Presents Our Round 32 "New Music"
Solicitation 11 New Releases
featuring some great new CDs spanning Roots Reggae, Rap, Hip Hop,
Hyphy, Alt Pop, Indie Rock, R&B, Funk and even a little bit of Jazz
too. For Immediate
Release: July 7th, 2010
Independent
Distribution Collective presents it's 32nd Round Solicitation just in
time for placement for the Mid-Summer of 2010. We are excited about
many of these new releases as this marks our 32nd full solicitation in
almost 6 years of operation. Check out the overview of these new titles
below. IDC proudly welcomes these 11 new titles:
Toots and the Maytals - Flip and Twist CD
One of reggae’s founding fathers, Toots
Hibbert has been one of the genre’s leading figures for over four
decades. Rising to prominence in the ’60s alongside greats like
Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, Toots’ soulful voice has
earned him comparisons to Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye and Wilson Pickett
making him one of the most respected and versatile
artists in these genres. On Flip & Twist, Toots delves into his
soul and R&B influences, creating a record that’s as much
Kingston, Jamaica as it is 1960s Detroit.
The Beautiful
Losers - Four Corners of a Tiny Planet CD
“Four Corners of a Tiny Planet” is
the brand new full-length release from The Beautiful Losers. TBL are an
"Indian influenced acoustic rock" act that formed in Tokyo, Japan by
Indo-Canadian Raj Ramayya and San Francisco native Brett Boyd. As
successful professional songwriters and session musicians in the
Japanese music scene Ramayya and Boyd have collectively penned tunes
for anime classics such as “Cowboy Bebop” and
“Wolf’s Rain”, punk rock legends Hi Standard and Ken
Yokoyama, games such as Biohazard, TV commercials for Toyota bb and
Asahi beer as well as club music tracks for itunes chart toppers Studio
Apartment, Captain Funk and many others.
Big Omeezy - The
Great Communicator CD
Big Omeezy with his Debut Album T.G.C. (The
Great Communicator) 2010 is prepped for a huge summer release.
Big Omeezy is a longtime artist, ASCAP Song Writer and member of the
Northern California based powerhouse record label, Sick Wid It Records.
Owned by his Mentor, West Coast Multi-Platinum Artist and Hip Hop
Legend E-40. In 2009, Big Omeezy was also a Myspace Music featured
artist. Currently Big Omeezy’s songs are being played on Internet
and radio stations across the U.S. and overseas, gaining a strong fan
base.
The Grouch -
Three Eyes off the Time CD
In today’s maniacally fast paced and highly interconnected
digital world filled with 140 character updates, constant availability,
and staggering voyeurism it is easy to become overwhelmed. However,
this winter, The Grouch is taking his eyes off the rat race and urges
his listeners to join him as he unplugs and reconnects himself to the
physical and spiritual worlds. Enlisting his tour DJ, DJ Fresh to
handle production, The Grouch invites you to partake in his latest
project, “Three Eyes Off The Time”.
Jazz Mafia
Symphony - Brass, Bows and Beats CD
With Brass, Bows & Beats, Adam Theis
(principle composer/arranger) has brought together a fearless group of
musical innovators at the top of their game delivering a major
contribution to the constantly evolving American and global art form
known as jazz. Rick Marianetti of The San Francisco Examiner calls
Brass, Bows & Beats “one of the most exciting new works of
American music in years--a seamless fusion of jazz, funk, hip-hop,
electronica, and digital turntable that deserves to be heard world
wide.”
A_Rival
“8-Bit Pimp” CD
Hailing from California's Bay Area, producer
and artist A_Rival takes a cue from the cultural potpourri lifestyle
native to San Francisco and applies it directly to his signature style
of 8-bit infused “chip-hop” sound. This style blends not
only Hip-Hop and Nintendo Entertainment System audio synthesis, but
also mixes in high-energy electronic genres such as
Electro-house and Drum & Bass. The lyrical content he
provides in his tracks ranges from tumultuous, rapid-fire nerd rhyming
to covers of well-known Hip-Hop icons such as Busta Rhymes and Onyx.
Yella Yezz
“Yella Gold” CD
Yella Yezz is a hot new artist coming out of
the Bay Area. His debut album, “Yella Paidgez,” was a hard
album with both an old and new school flavor. His latest
offering, “Yella Gold,” continues in that vein. The
lyrics of “Yella Gold” are definitely street life and real
to the core. The album covers every aspect of the hip-hop world
and is going to put him on a national stage for sure in 2010. Yella
gives his audience a little bit of everything. “Yella
Gold” is a sure town slap!
Jonah
“This is the Year” CD
With a lot of hard work and artistic evolution, Jonah, supported by his
roster of SoTimeless entertainment artists have released “This Is
The Year,” which has been met with much praise by die-hard
SoTimeless fans and new audiences a like. Since the release of
the album he and SoTimeless’ have been sought after for a variety
of live performance such as Yoshi’s SF, and TV opportunities such
as ABC’s View form the Bay, The Warriors Roundtable, and the
California Music Channel.
E.G. Bailey
“American Afrikan” CD
You’d be forgiven for thinking that an
hour-long spoken word album wouldn’t be much fun to listen to;
many aren’t. But as Umar Bin Hassan says in the album’s
liner notes, “The sounds on this album are just as important as
the words.” Through bailey’s voice, through the Igbo nuns
on ‘Oracles of Equiano’, through Aimee Bryant’s
rendition of ‘Motherless Child’ and through the
album’s diverse sonic palette, AMERICAN AFRIKAN succeeds not just
as a piece of literature or poetry, but as a cohesive musical journey.
Eightfourseven
“Lossless” CD
EIGHTFOURSEVEN'S second full-length album
LOSSLESS fuses electronica with warm organic rock for a sound that's as
ponderous as it is pacifying. Ever since their emergence in 2002,
the Sacramento quartet have been following a local
tradition of not only "thinking outside the box," but musically
rebuilding the box itself. The NorCal town has fostered a legacy of
truly alternative music—most notably Deftones and Far—and
EIGHTFOURSEVEN proudly continue that tradition blending dark electronic
textures a la Portishead with an undeniable sense of melody reminiscent
of The Smashing Pumpkins.
Eric Bolvin
“No Boundaries” CD
Award-winning composer & arranger, Eric
Bolvin serves up some very tasty trumpet on his newest release
“Late Night Call” from his forthcoming album, No
Boundaries. This romantic and sexy track has everything solid urban
jazz needs these days to race to the top of the charts: an easy
flowing, bubbling bassline, a thoughtful and graceful melody, soaring
horn textures behind the lead melody line and sweet synth atmospheres.
The gently charming “Late Night Call” is smack dab in
the middle of a unique palette of musical pleasures that will challenge
fans of this vibe to explore new musical territory with Bolvin.
Next
Solicitation Ships to Stores on August 30th, 2010
Service Begins Summer, 2010
INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTION
COLLECTIVE
FILM!!
If
you are an Independent Filmmaker who is interested in getting your DVD
available to 400 retail stores across the US, direct sales via
the
web, and digitally, please send us an e-mail at film@independentdistro.com
We
will e-mail you all of the details about
this new program!
Check
out our recent history on our new "Press Releases" page, that has all
of our past solicitation information. Click on the link to the left to
check it out!
For more
information, or to
place an order with IDC call (415) 292-7007 or fax us anytime at (415)
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