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CREATIVE COMMONS ANNOUNCES CRAMMED DISCS REMIX CONTEST FEATURING  
MUSIC FROM CIBELLE, DJ DOLORES, AND APOLLO NOVE

San Francisco, USA & Brussels, Belgium – April 17, 2006

Creative Commons and Crammed Discs are pleased to announce the  
Crammed Discs Remix Contest taking place now at ccMixter.org. Crammed  
Discs artists Cibelle, DJ Dolores, and Apollo Nove — three of  
Brazil's most creative musical innovators — are offering the audio  
source files from three songs online under a Creative Commons  
Attribution-NonCommercial license, so that producers worldwide can  
use the sounds in remixes and new compositions. The general public is  
invited to download these tracks and create their own versions,  
appropriate elements in new compositions, and generally use the  
elements for any noncommercial creative expression.

Cibelle, DJ Dolores, and Apollo Nove will each select the three best  
remixes of their respective songs; these nine remixes will be  
included on a Crammed remix compilation, which will be sold online  
through digital music stores.

To enter, download the separated audio elements of Cibelle's “Noite  
de Carnaval,” DJ Dolores's “Sanidade,” and Apollo Nove's “Yage  
Cameras,” and upload a remix to ccMixter between April 26, 2006 and  
May 24, 2006. All entries must be licensed under a Creative Commons  
Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 license. Under this license, the public  
may legally make copies of, distribute, and create derivative works  
from the remixes – as long as the original authors are credited and  
the uses are not for commercial purposes.

Quotes about the Crammed Discs Remix Contest:

Cibelle
"The whole process of making music has changed. The very concept of  
composition now extends to the creation of sounds and textures. I'm  
very curious to see how other people will use and manipulate my  
sounds and how they will use them as tools to create new music."

Apollo Nove
"I like the idea of giving people the opportunity to hear what I hear  
when I'm producing — a separate candomblé percussion track or some  
painstakingly constructed soundscape. If mixing is part of the  
compositional process, it's only natural that I try sharing the  
compositional responsibilities with anyone interested in taking them  
on."

DJ Dolores
"This is what every intelligent musician should do. The idea is to  
share and allow one's work to be cut up, reinvented and — who knows —  
transformed into something even better than the original. This isn't  
about generosity; it's about inventing new ways of creating musical  
products that go well beyond the world of physical carriers like  
vinyl and CDs."

Marc Hollander, founder of Crammed Discs

About Crammed Discs
Crammed Discs has developed a high profile worldwide as one of the  
leading purveyors of quality music. A resolutely cosmopolitan-minded  
label based in Brussels, Crammed works with artists from all over the  
globe. Crammed's roster includes Brazilian artists Bebel Gilberto,  
Zuco 103, Celso Fonseca, and Cibelle; electronic acts such as Snooze,  
Juryman, and DJ Morpheus; as well Romanian Gypsy band Taraf de  
Haïdouks, Persian vocalist Sussan Deyhim, Macedonian brass band  
Koçani Orkestar, and French composer Hector Zazou.

About Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that promotes the  
creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works – whether owned or  
in the public domain. Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible  
range of protections and freedoms that build upon the "all rights  
reserved" concept of traditional copyright to offer a voluntary "some  
rights reserved" approach. Creative Commons is sustained by the  
generous support of various foundations including the John D. and  
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network Fund, the  
Hewlett Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation, as well as  
members of the public. For more information about Creative Commons,  
visit the organization’s Web site (http://creativecommons.org/).

Contact
Eric Steuer
Creative Director, Creative Commons
eric AT creativecommons.org

Press Kit
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