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Why demos, why here

A demo, heard to the end.

Dub techno and IDM were built on demos. Tapes and files passed from hand to hand, played late, answered slowly. Most of that listening has moved to feeds that skip after eight seconds.

In Corpus a demo is heard to the end. Every month a member may press one demo record, and only after listening to someone else's demo all the way through and writing at least 500 characters about it. Your demo is what they will be listening to.

The demo

One side of a 7".

PressingA virtual 7" record inside Corpus, your name on the label, played in the app.
TrackOne track, 2:30 to 6:00.
PlacesI choose up to ten demos a month. A place is taken only when I approve a demo, so applying holds nothing and every application is read.
MembersDemos come from members of Corpus. Membership is free and comes with the application; you can leave from any letter.
FileWAV or FLAC, 44.1 or 48 kHz, 16 or 24 bit, up to 250 MB.
RightsThey stay yours. Corpus may play the demo, you may release it anywhere else, and you can take it down whenever you like.
WhereIts own page at corpus.lat until the app opens, then inside Corpus under the same name.

The steps

Five, all by hand.

  1. 01Apply with your name, an email address and a link to your music, and become a member, free.
  2. 02Confirm your email. This confirms your membership too.
  3. 03I look at your work and write back, usually within a week.
  4. 04If it fits, a private upload link comes, good for seven days.
  5. 05I listen to your demo to the end. Then it is pressed, and you get a story to share.

How Corpus is paid for

This runs on members, not corporate capital.

Corpus is made by one person and paid for only by its members. There are no ads, no investors and no data sold. Nobody takes a commission from your demo.

Every demo on Corpus is pressed as a white label: a plain sleeve, the maker's name stamped on the label, the sound heard first. A gift keeps that culture going.

Selling comes later. When the sales service opens you will sell your own demo yourself, and the money is yours in full.

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