Website
Stereo
Society recordings are presented
almost exclusively online. We offer a large extract as mp3 download, m4a (AAC/mpeg-4) download and streaming audio for all recordings, . We offer sale of
all tracks as CDs via mail and
electronically by direct-download, huge and exclusive sections about
our family of artists, and writing from Lene
Lovich, Johnny Reinhard and Mike
Thorne. We have grown far beyond the typical record company
shop window: almost a multimedia magazine, offering free downloads of
other types of media such as graphics, text files and QuickTimeVR panoramas. We're
open for contact as well as
for business. You can E-mail any artist or participant from here.
Records
The
Stereo Society is a new direction, presently releasing and selling seven
highly individual, totally different but honest and uncompromising albums. The
whole record company/Website/studio combination was originally set
up as an alternative method for creating and distributing Thorne's Sprawl recording,
but several unusual albums had been made just for the fun of it and
demanded releases. Then things changed. This music didn't fit anywhere
else. Here it all is. On it all goes.
Personal
This
Web site and 'cyber-record company' started because record producer
Mike Thorne wanted to create
a publishing vehicle for his own recording and
writing. But there were other artists and records he cared about,
who did not usually fit the established mold. His former commercial
record production career was intertwined with people like this. He
didn't want these trees to fall silently in the forest. There
was a chance to have fun making music again. This very personal
note explains the evolution of the diverse music that is the Stereo
Society.
Studio
The
Stereo Society began as a recording
studio in New York's Greenwich Village in 1987, and is now celebrating
its late teenage years making digital, acoustical and analog noises. With
its wide-ranging combination of computers and audio equipment, it is
one of the most powerful music rooms in the world. Now exclusively
dedicated to the Stereo Society label, it has expanded
to include graphics, video, photography, internet and website production.
Social
We
have had our heads down working most of the time, but we did enjoy
a good launch party all those years ago on April 15, 1999. Two
pages: the pix that are fit to
print from lots of disposable cameras, some of which even remained
at the end of the night, and more
from our album cover designer JR Rost, who never seems to go off-duty.
Time for another celebration soon. Plenty of music coming.
Credits
The
record company, studio and Website result from the efforts of a wide
range of people. Here they
are.
We encourage shopping:
Why our universal CD price is so low
What you get in packaging
Why CDs sound better
Why you get almost instant satisfaction: wait just three days for REAL quality
We give away HUGE chunks of music so you can REALLY check it out
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