MegaUpload is gone, FileTram is out the window, and Mediafire isn't far behind. File-hosting websites are now a thing of the recent past, and in their place have spawned a legion of artist-run music sharing sites. Every day, thousands of tracks are uploaded to Bandcamp and SoundCloud not by fans but by musicians themselves.
From the state of New York, a hip-hop beatmaker by the name of RAJA has signed on to both websites, releasing dozens of tracks to fans at no price. Ironically, RAJA's three-part mixtape series titled The October Series, released on Bandcamp for free, sounds almost entirely analog.
Part 1, simply titled Red, is a 33-track Frankenstein masterpiece, a hodgepodge assortment of drum kits, synthesizers, samples, samples, and more samples.
