Proto Tracks Digs Deeper for Independent Electronic Music

Where do you find great electronic music-

Buried in the bins of vinyl shops- Obscure websites, scouring through cryptic lists of MP3's- Friends who spend every hour living and breathing the music-


Proto Tracks aims to change all that. This grassroots project supports and promotes independent electronic music artists and record labels, bringing these sounds to a wider audience. All over the world, hundreds of independent labels pop up every season - many with limited funds and little access to mainstream distribution channels. These labels have a tough time advertising and marketing their music, and music buyers have a hard time finding quality new music at their local record shop. Proto Tracks bridges this gap by producing compilations, featuring the most innovative independent electronic and urban music out there - most of which members will hear before it is available anywhere else. Every other month, members who have subscribed to Proto Tracks receive the compilation CD, accompanied by a booklet describing the artists and record labels featured. Record labels on the compilation receive free promotion for upcoming releases and are able to get it straight to the doors of people who want to hear it.

Today, Proto Tracks announced the release of its latest compilation, Proto Tracks Volume.03. This release showcases another selection of fresh tracks, many pre-releases, from record labels all over the world. Proto Tracks Volume.03 brings listeners fuzzy electro from Ghostly International. A punky take on new wave from Ersatz Audio and ambient scintillations from Interchill. Other labels featured on Proto Tracks Volume.03 include: Sentrall, Moving Records, Omoa Music, Bip Hop, Residual, ING Recordings, Play, Pickin' Mushrooms Recordings, ISM Records, and Qlipothic.

The Proto Tracks team, supervised by renowned Music Director, Jonah Sharp, continually searches out music from the most innovative independent labels.

Proto Tracks prides itself on maintaining an independent voice in the music business. "Proto Tracks is not affiliated with any specific label or music genre and music labels don't pay to be part of Proto Tracks," comments Sharp. "This way we can maintain our editorial integrity and stay true to our subscribers."

Since its February debut of Volume.01, entitled "I Love SF", Proto Tracks has attracted subscribers from all over the world, including Japan, Canada, the US and throughout Europe.

For more information on Proto Tracks visit http://www.prototracks.com
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