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Patrick Wolf to fund album via Bandstocks
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 15 December 2008
Back to quirky modern ways of releasing records, and Patrick Wolf has announced he will release his fourth album next Spring on his own label Bloody Chamber Music funded by Bandstocks, one of those ‘fans fund an album’ websites where fans invest at least £10 into the album in return for a share of any profits plus the option to buy a special limited edition version of the long player and to get priority access to gig tickets.
Confirming his plans to self-release his next album, Wolf told CMU: “My roots in the music industry have always been firmly placed in independent music. As a teenager, I was inspired by visionary labels such as Digital Hardcore, Fierce Panda, Planet Mu, and Tigerbeat 6. As an 18 year old, I was given full creative space by the small label Faith And Industry to grow and to make the records and sounds I had to”.
“After two independent releases I decided to experiment to see what would happen when a major label and my third album collided. It was very beneficial and a great learning curve for me, but I am very happy to be back in the creative, free world of independent music; on my own label, Bloody Chamber Music, started earlier this year”.
On his use of the Bandstocks system, he continues: “With the old world recording industry a rapidly sinking ship; recording studios closing weekly, free downloads daily, more musicians hitting the long road than ever before to feed themselves, I am happy to have come across a new intimate system of audience and artist participation called Bandstocks”.
“This will be funding Bloody Chamber Music, and the international physical and digital release of my fourth album, ‘Battle’, and its collective singles. It’s an exciting game we can play together; you get to be an investor and stakeholder in the album. You will get special editions, first copies of the album, private privileges and mixes… and we get to conquer the world together and show that independence and self sufficiency are the two ways forward and out of the mess the industry is in”.
Bandstocks founder Andrew Lewis adds: “Patrick is an original and genuine talent, destined for great things. I have been a huge fan since I was first introduced to his music four years ago and am extremely excited and honoured by his decision to work with Bandstocks. Bandstocks was designed for artists like Patrick: artists who want to control their own destinies and aren’t afraid to take the road less travelled to get there”.
More on Bandstocks at www.bandstocks.com.
