EMI Music Is First Major Music Company to Offer Its Music Via DJdownload.com

LONDON, 24 October 2007 -- DJdownload.com, the UK’s leading digital dance music store, has signed a deal with EMI Music to bring the major label’s extensive recordings to music fans for the first time via its site.

Among the highlights of the deal, the full catalogue from renowned dance label Positiva will be made available for download from the site, including new material from world famous artists such as Ferry Corsten, The Shapeshifters, Axwell and Deep Dish, as well as classic tracks like Spiller’s Groovejet, The Ones’ Flawless, and Fragma’s Toca’s Miracle, amongst many others. Also available is the full Chemical Brothers back catalogue on Freestyle Dust, Depeche Mode on Mute and the complete DFA repertoire including LCD Soundsystem and The Juan Maclean. Other EMI artists available to download include Massive Attack, Radiohead, Tracey Thorn, Moloko, Roisin Murphy and Hot Chip. This is in addition to key back catalogues from classic dance imprints like Credence, Feverpitch, Additive and VC Recordings.

Dance music lovers can legitimately download their favourite EMI music in DJ-friendly high quality MP3 format without any Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection or restrictive encoding formats, meaning the music can be played across all available portable digital devices and online platforms.

Graeme Rogan, Head of Digital Sales, EMI Music UK, comments “Our move to make our music available in the MP3 DRM-free format has enabled this and many more genre based deals possible. The partnership with DJdownload marks another step forward for EMI towards our goal of increasing the presence of our music in niche markets. DJdownload has a knowledgeable and committed consumer base and we look forward to engaging with this market to increase the sales and reach of all our dance related products”

All the tunes will be presented with hand selected preview samples, unique editorial evaluations of tracks and a quick and easy to use new download manager - there couldn’t be a better way to explore this new wealth of current and classic dance music.

Justin Pearse, Head of Music at DJdownload.com says “We are seeking to become the most comprehensive source of dance and electronic music on the web, but missing major label content has always left some holes. This deal is a watershed for niche players like us. Labels like Positiva have shaped commercial dance music over the last decade or so with hits crossing over from dance floor radio and we are thrilled to have them on board.”

DJdownload.com stocks music from over 4500 different record labels, uploading thousands of new tracks every month and also powers Ministry of Sound’s download store www.mosdownload.com.

About EMI Music
EMI Music is the recorded music division of EMI Group, the world's largest independent music company. Its EMI Music division represents artists spanning all musical tastes and genres. Its record labels include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capitol Nashville, EMI Classics, EMI CMG, EMI Records, EMI Televisa Music, Manhattan, Mute, Parlophone and Virgin. Artists on EMI labels include Lily Allen, The Beatles, Coldplay, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Good The Bad & The Queen, Gorillaz, Norah Jones, The Kooks, Korn, Kylie Minogue, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Joss Stone, 30 Seconds To Mars, KT Tunstall, Keith Urban and Robbie Williams, as well as international artists such as Amaral (Spain), Diam’s (France), Utada Hikaru (Japan), LaFee (Germany), Radja (Indonesia), RBD (Mexico) and Vasco Rossi (Italy).

EMI has been at the cutting edge of the rapidly growing digital music marketplace since it released David Bowie’s Hours as the world’s first ever album to be offered as a digital download in 1999. EMI has signed agreements with hundreds of digital partners to distribute its music across the globe. It continues to facilitate the development of a growing range of new digital business models to enable fans to experience and purchase its artists’ output through a number of different platforms including advertising-supported online music streaming in China through Baidu, legal peer-to-peer agreements with QTrax, Mashboxx and GNAB, and a deal to offer advertising-supported videos on mobile phones in the US through Rhythm NewMedia.

For further information on EMI, please visit: www.emigroup.com.

About DJdownload.com
DJdownload Limited is the largest European dance music niche store and sells dance and electronic music from around 4,500 different labels. Launched in January 2005, the site has grown phenomenally by focusing on the global DJ market and providing pioneering functionality to best serve the unique consumer needs of this market segment.

In September 2006, the company launched a dance music portal in conjunction with Ministry of Sound to focus on the “dance music lover” rather than a pure DJ market as well as emphasise albums and DJ mixes rather than singles.

The site sells all forms of electronic music from house, techno & trance to chill and downtempo.

For further information on DJdownload Limted, please visit: www.djdownload.com

Source: EMI Group Limited

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