Loca Records is a British independent

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and

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based in

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, England. All the music, artwork and videos are released under

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licenses and distributed physically on vinyl, CD, and

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. Inspired by the

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movement, Loca Records allows similar freedoms as the

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on their releases, including copying, re-release, modification, and sampling, with the requirement that the new work uses the same license. Loca Records - Stick to What You Don't Know 2002

Loca Records - Stick to What You Don't Know 2002

Artists

The roster of artists releasing work on LOCA Records includes the following; * Dot *

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''(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)''

Licensing

Loca's first and second release in

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, ''Kinematic'' and the ''Mandibles EP'', were released under the

and subsequent releases have been on the

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Open Audio License The Open Audio License is a free music license created in 2001 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). It provides freedom and openness of use for music and other expressive works. The EFF now encourages artists to use the Creative Commons Att ...

. Loca is now releasing all work under the

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license known as the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. One notable difference between the Creative Commons license and

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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.

Finance

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

Albums

* LOCA003 ''

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'' Meme (2001) * LOCA004 '' It's Not Necessarily Your Height It Could Be Your Feet'' Ward (2002) * LOCA006 ''Affectivity'' Meme (2003) * LOCA009 '' It Might Be Useful For Us To Know'' Ward (2005)

Singles and EPs

* LOCA001 '' Kinematic EP'' Meme (1999) * LOCA002 '' Mandibles EP'' Meme (2001) * LCOA005 ''ML'' ML (2003) * LOCA007 '' Chansons Pour Pendus EP'' Maz Plant Out (2004) * LOCA008 '' 24 EP'' Meme versus Xan (2004)

Music videos

* 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

References

External links

Loca Records website
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Loca Records Youtube Channel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Loca Records Record labels established in 1999 British independent record labels Electronic music record labels Alternative rock record labels 1999 establishments in England