Loca Records is a British independent electronica and post rock record label based in Brighton, England. All the music, artwork and videos are released under copyleft licenses and distributed physically on vinyl, CD, and cassette. Inspired by the free software movement, Loca Records allows similar freedoms as the GNU General Public License on their releases, including copying, re-release, modification, and sampling, with the requirement that the new work uses the same license.[1]

Loca Records Logo
Promo advert for Loca circa 2002

Artists

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The roster of artists releasing work on LOCA Records[2] includes the following;

  • Dot
  • Meme (David Meme)
  • Maz Plant Out (Marion Bouyssonnade – chant, corps sonores ; Fleur Galasso – piano , guitare, chant ; Mylène Duhec – basse, violoncelle ; Widad Abdessemed – violon ; Laurent Bouyssonade – batterie)
  • ML
  • OJN (currently released on Arkward Silence)
  • Snø
  • Ward (David Meme and Richard Williams, also released on Static Caravan)
  • Xan (featuring Lisa Elle from Dark Horses)
 
Original Loca Records Order Form from 2004

Licensing

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Loca's first and second release in 1999, Kinematic and the Mandibles EP, were released under the GNU General Public License[3] and subsequent releases have been on the EFF Open Audio License. Loca is now releasing all work under the Creative Commons license known as the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.[4]

One notable difference between the Creative Commons license and free/open source licenses, such as the GPL, is that it does not require making the raw unmixed tracks available, whereas free/open source software has the underlying source code available. Loca is planning a true free content/open source release with the new ML album which will contain a selection of samples used to make the track along with the music on a computer-readable data section of the CD.

 
Guide to releasing open source records, albums and singles

Finance

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Loca receives money from selling CDs and Records. Following the example of free and open source software distributors, this money is reinvested in new talent and to encourage more experimentation.

Discography

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Albums

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Singles and EPs

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Music videos

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  • LOCA00A Invisible (Meme). 2002. Directed by Dan Knight
  • LOCA00B Beautiful (Meme). 2003 Directed by Laurent King
  • LOCA00C Heavy Artillery (ML). 2003. Directed by Pedro Inoue
  • LOCA00D Automotive Hydraulic (ML). 2003. Directed by Matthias Hilner
  • LOCA00E Generating Civil Society (Ward). 2005. Directed by David Meme

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Copyright Eyebeam". Intelligentagent.com. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Loca Records | Musica, ocio e información". Loca Records. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007.
  3. ^ "O'Reilly Network: Some Rights Reserved". 24 April 2005. Archived from the original on 24 April 2005. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Creative Commons, Copyright & The Independent Musician". Soundonsound.com. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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