More than 140 000 mp3 music tracks for download - 100% free and 100% legal

Archos & Jamendo

2008-06-04 16:08:07 - Jamendo, the largest internet platform for free music distribution and ARCHOS, the leading player on the market of portable digital entertainment announce their partnership allowing Archos Users to freely and legally download in excess of 140,000 music tracks. Archos Content Portal Users now have direct access to Jamendo's catalogue through a specially developed interface.

Jamendo, the leading platform of free and totally legal downloads of music under Creative Commons licenses, is a way for a great number of artists to promote their music. The artists authorise the free sharing of their albums and tracks. Jamendo is today the destination for the discovery of new talents and the statistics show that over 500 000 music tracks are downloaded daily from the platform.

'It is a privilege to work with Archos and be able to offer thousands of hours of free music for discovery, download and free sharing. A new generation of artists meets a new generation of users! It is perfect for those that want unlimited access to music and the freedom to share it.', says Dorota Smaggia, Jamendo Head of Business Development.

Users can, without limitation, download any of the catalogue on offer from Jamendo. There are over 9000 full albums and an average of 100 new albums are published on a daily basis. All the music is DRM free and can be downloaded in one-single-click. Users can discover new artists by searching within the music genres, these include: ROCK, HIPHOP, JAZZ, REGGAE, METAL, INDIE, ELECTRO, POP...

Over 5 000 artists and bands from 60 countries rely on Jamendo for the release and promotion of their works. From mature artists, acclaimed for their music riffs, such as Carlos Saura, whose tracks are downloaded hundreds of thousand times, to teenage and prodigious talents such as Raphaël Badawi who produces delicious classical works... or other authors and interpreters who use jamendo as a way to be discovered by major players and labels and join the mainstream artists.

About ARCHOS
Founded in 1988, ARCHOS is a global consumer electronics manufacturer and leader in portable digital entertainment solutions. Committed to the most innovative technology, ARCHOS offers award-winning digital pocket-sized products that feature audio and video recording, photo viewing, gaming, as well as other multimedia and productivity applications, for the enjoyment of the most exciting entertainment anywhere, anytime. The company has offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.
www.archos.com.


About Jamendo
Launched in 2005, Jamendo is the leading platform worldwide for free, legal music download and distribution. The website is currently available in six languages and offers a large catalogue of over 140,000 tracks, available from 5,000 artists and bands, coming from 60 countries. Jamendo's innovative model enables users to download unlimited free music. It also allows for the remuneration of artists, based on either the share of revenue from advertising or from one of the commercial partnerships. For artists, it is an outstanding promotional tool.
More information and to discover new talent visit: www.jamendo.com

ARCHOS
Virginie Golicheff-Bajan
+33 (0) 1 69 33 16 90
bajan@archos.com

Trilogy Communications for ARCHOS
Julie Thompson Dredge/ Emma Bakker
0207 581 9255

JAMENDO
Dorota Smaggia
+ 352 26 53 42 - 1
dorota@jamendo.com