Playlouder was a
digital music and media company. providing news, reviews, and other music-related content. It also claimed to be the world's first music service provider— an
Internet service provider bundling access to music content along with
broadband Internet
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access.
The company also presented the world's first virtual
music festival
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in partnership with
Glastonbury Festival
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in 2001, and has been online partner for Glastonbury Festival since 2000, webcasting full performances from bands including
Gorillaz
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,
Blur,
Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx are an English electronic music duo consisting of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe. The pair got their name from the regular club night they held in Brixton, London, UK. They first rose to popularity in the underground house scene ...
,
The White Stripes,
Orbital
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* Orbit
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Medicine and physiology
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,
Coldplay,
The Flaming Lips,
Sigur Rós
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,
Franz Ferdinand,
Muse, and
Bloc Party.
History
Playlouder.com was founded in the UK in 2000 as a music site which provided news, reviews, and digital music delivery. In 2003, Playlouder teamed up with The state51 Conspiracy to form Playlouder MSP — an ISP offering broadband Internet access combined with unlimited legal
music downloading and other music applications for a monthly subscription fee. The service licensed the right for its subscribers to legally share music and in return paid
royalties
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to music rights owners.
Playlouder MSP was awarded the
Popkomm IMEA award for innovation in 2004, later announcing deals with
EMI and
Sony BMG
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, as well as the UK indie label association
AIM and the UK’s leading collection society
PRS for Music. Commercial launch of the service was scheduled for the summer of 2007.
External links
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* {{webarchive , url=https://archive.today/20031216002328/http://www.playloudermsp.com/ , date=December 16, 2003 , title=PlayLouder MSP
Mass media companies established in 2000
Internet properties established in 2000
British music websites
Companies based in the London Borough of Wandsworth