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LOOK: Friends of Friends Music
People don't want to buy nothing. And digital music is basically nothing. At least, that's how it can seem. However, a brilliant, new Los...
06.02.09
"The whole idea was, you can't really download a T-shirt," explains Leeor Brown, the founder of Friends of Friends. "And I think that people want something physical. They want a solid product that they can feel good about purchasing, especially right now with money being such an issue for everybody. I wanted to make sure it was a product that was well made, that wasn't wasteful, and that actually had something to say."For now, that product is Friends of Friends Volume One-a split EP that dropped this March and features songs by the electronic wizard Alfred "Daedelus" Darlington and his friends Jogger, the duo of Amir Yaghmai and Jonathan Larroquette. The EP can be purchased in the form of a beautifully designed art piece by the husband and wife team Kozyndan, which is printed on a 100 percent organic Alternative Apparel T-shirt, and which comes with a seed-paper download card pinned to its tag. Instead of ending up with a jewel case for your shelf, you get a shirt for your back and, over time, a plant to care for-and, of course, and a number of excellent songs, remixes, and videos to download.