Welcome to the Independent Distribution Collective Website!
We
are always in the process of updating our site, so please feel free to
visit as often as you like. Click on any of the links to find out more
about our company, the labels and artists we represent, and how to
submit your product for consideration. Within the past few months we
have beeen unvailing some great new services and programs which
offer many different products directly from IDC and
from our retail accounts all over the USA including a "Turn-Key"
marketing and promotion system. We will also
be updating our website which will include "one-click" direct purchase
for both single unit sales and finally, for our
retail accounts to "log-in" and place secure web
orders. Please check out the links on the "IDC Labels"
page and visit each label's home site, to find out
even more information, like touring plans, and music
samples from the artists and labels we represent.
IDC
has revolutionized the independent music distribution business as a
whole. Using the "Strength in Numbers" concept, and employing
grassroots and industry tested practices, IDC has created a
whole new avenue for current and next generation artists who are trying
to bring their music to the public. Please feel free to read on,
and know that we update this site bi-monthly. So check back
for updates, news about IDC, plans for growth and catalog updates.
New
developments include the launch of our Licensing and Promotion
programs. Check out the information at the Licensing and
Promotion pages. It's exciting stuff!
Also,
feel free to contact us anytime if you are a buyer who is looking to
carry IDC's product or if you are an artist who is looking for
distribution. Thanks for visiting, and we look forward to hearing from you.
IDC Presents Our Round 21 "Late Summer" Solicitation 8
CDs featuring some great new releases, spanning Underground Hip Hop ,
Electronica, Alt Pop, Industrial Rock and a little bit of Spoken Word
and Blues too. Bringing our current catalog to over 260 products!
For Immediate Release: September 5th, 2008
Independent
Distribution Collective presents it's 21st Round Solicitation just in
time for placement for Fall 2008. This round is like our past
solicitations in the sense that it features some name brand Hip
Hop and Urban titles but also mixes in some new Alt Pop,
Industrial Rock, Blues, and Electronica releases as well. Check out the
overview of the new titles below, and feel free to visit our website
anytime for more information on any of these artists or releases. IDC
proudly welcomes these 8 titles:
Marrow - “Quiet Desperation” (IDC is Marketing and Promoting This CD) San
Francisco’s techno/electro/industrial rock outfit, Marrow, is a
union of prodigal talent derived from classical and jazz training,
musical theater, and the unrivaled production and performance skills of
its four multi-instrumentalist members. Marrow’s 15-track
debut CD, ‘Quiet Desperation,’ is scheduled for release on
September 16, 2008, with regional east and west coast US tours in
August through September 2008 already scheduled. Check out this album
as its sadness is refreshing... Everything is not going to be OK!
King Clarentz - “Day of The Supermodel” (IDC is Marketing and Promoting This CD) Day
of the Supermodel is King Clarentz’s second commercial album
release and his first release for Super Sweet Records. Whether
he’s performing as a one-man band or fronting a combo, King wins
the crowd over every time with his unique punk twist on Delta blues and
garage rock. These 13 tracks, laid down with drummer Bobby Lloyd Hicks
of the Skeletons, are truly true-to-live, full of the King’s
unique reflections on such topics as hurricane parties, sex, death,
and, of course, Republicans.
Anne Waldman/Ambrose Bye - “Matching Half” Internationally
celebrated Beat performance artist and poet Anne Waldman, and
poet-performer Akilah Oliver join musician/composer Ambrose Bye in an
exciting new album, mixing poetry and experimental music. These
original compositions & soundscapes bring a new dynamic to
“spoken word”. Anne Waldman is a poet, performer, editor,
Beat-archivist, and cultural activist. She has read and performed all
over the world- from Berlin to Mumbai, from Tokyo to Beijing, from Rome
to Prague. Ambrose Bye, musician and composer, grew
up in an environment of art and beat poetry counting Allen Ginsberg and
William Burroughs as “poetic” godfathers.
KJ Sawka “Cyclonic Steel” CD/DVD Man…or
machine? That’s the question that listeners, show-goers, and
critics ask themselves about KJ Sawka since the Seattle drummer started
experimenting with drum ‘n bass styles in the late ‘90s.
The upcoming release of Cyclonic Steel on Dualdisc -a new CD format
that is a cd on one side and a DVD on the other- demonstrates through
both audio and video the superhuman quality of his performances and
production. Kevin Sawka didn’t invent the drum kit. He
didn’t invent jungle beats, and he didn’t invent drum
‘n bass. But by pairing these elements with his innovative
approach to creating and performing, he just might be inventing
something newer, more intricate, and downright eye-opening.
BLVD - “Music For People” Recorded
live in the studio to capture the group’s energy and chemistry,
Music For People is a genre and mind bending exploration of electro and
hip hop. This album cements MC Souleye permanently joining forces with
Dylan McIntosh on Drums & Samples, Tripp Bains on Bass, and Curtis
Sloane on Electric Guitar & Samples. BLVD has become an unstoppable
force as they push forward with their musical expansion, pulling you
out of your seat and on to the dance floor! Consistent West Coast
touring has brought this collaboration to the vanguard of the live
electronica movement and continues to break down boundaries between
dance club culture and the live music community.
Archetype - “Bleed For Them” CD/DVD This
duo’s self-released debut “Freehand Formula” was
received with critical acclaim and became a cornerstone of the
burgeoning Kansas City/ Lawrence hip-hop scene. The release of
ARCHETYPE’s sophomore LP, “Bleed For Them” on DEKAGON
RECORDS signifies the next chapter in the group’s development;
playing on an ever-widening range of influence and creativity to
produce unique and interesting music reminiscent of hip-hop’s
golden era, yet suggestive of a wide open future.
Sellassie - “ I’m Tryin’ To Make A Livin’ Not A Killin’" CD I’m
Tryin’ to Make a Livin’ Not a Killin’ is the debut
album from San Francisco Revolutionary Poet and Activist Sellassie, a
15 song collection exposing socio-economic inequities, political
injustices and the realities of ghetto life. Sellassie is an
alternative in today’s hip-hop, proof that there are young black
artists that can make music that is creative, street and smart.
Bringing a fresh perspective to the game, Sellassie stands firm to his
message, has a charismatic presence and is evidence that not every
rapper raps negatively, glorifying drugs, guns, women, money or their
ego.
Smooth One - “Industrial Welfare” CD/Short Film DVD The
project was initially developed with the conviction that the C.D as an
object has no future unless it becomes an art form, incliding image and
design. Smooth One consistently desired to link more and more
intimately music and images.In the black box «industrial
welfare», you will find an audio cd including 14 tracks composed
by Smooth One, on computers and machines.The bass player Mourad Baali
and turntablist Dj Hack (and the voice of the french famous novelist
Colette on «le jardin d’acclimatation») also
collaborated. Also included is a DVD of the film «Dock
hotel» directed by Catherine Hebert, with original music from
Smooth One. A booklet of photography by Catherine Hebert completes the
pack.
Thanks
to all of IDC’s Labels and Stores for all of the support over
these past 20 solicitations. So much more music to come in 2008 and
beyond. Thanks again for all of the support over these past 4 years!
Service Begins November 2008
INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTION COLLECTIVE
FILM!!
If
you are an Independent Filmmaker who is interested in getting your DVD
available to 300 retail stores across the US, direct sales via the
web, and digitally, please send us an e-mail at film@independentdistro.com
We will e-mail you all of the details about this new program!
Check
out our recent history on our new "Press Releases" page, that has all
of our past solicitation information. Click on the link to the left to
check it out!
For more information, or to place an order with IDC call (415) 292-7007 or fax us anytime at (415) 292-5007
