Tidal streaming service launches with Arcade Fire, White Stripes materialMarch 31, 2015 - 15:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Tidal made its debut last night with exclusive material releases from Arcade Fire, The White Stripes and Daft Punk, Gigwise reports. The artist-owned streaming service is described as a 'platform for artists' which aims to 're-establish the value of music'. Not just owned by Jay Z, last night it was revealed that Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, Kanye West, Jack White, and Daft Punk all have part-ownership of the service. Jay Z told Billboard: “We didn’t like the direction music was going and thought maybe we could get in and strike an honest blow and if, you know, the very least we did was make people wake up and try to improve the free vs. paid system, and promote fair trade, then it would be a win for us anyway" “People are not respecting the music, and (are) devaluing it and devaluing what it really means” he added. “People really feel like music is free, but will pay $6 for water. You can drink water free out of the tap, and it’s good water. But they’re OK paying for it. It’s just the mind-set right now.” Among the new releases are The White Stripes’ first-ever television appearance, Daft Punk’s 2006 film Electroma and playlists created by Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Jay Z and Beyonce. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |