Atoms For Peace Pulls Its Music from Spotify Because of Its Business Model

In case you will be looking for music from Atoms for Peace on your Spotify playlist, don’t bother. Band member Nigel Godrich announced via Twitter that they are pulling their music from Twitter because it’s “bad for new music.” Hence, the group’s 2013 album Amok as well as two of his other projects — Ultraista’s self-titled album and Atoms for Peace leader Thom Yorke‘s album The Eraser — won’t be available for streaming anymore. You can check out his extensive reasoning via the tweets below.

Anyway. Here's one. We're off of spotify.. Can't do that no more man.. Small meaningless rebellion.

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013

Someone gotta say something. It's bad for new music..

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013

This is just eraser and amok and ultraista..

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013

The reason is that new artists get paid fuck all with this model.. It's an equation that just doesn't work

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013

..then the art will suffer. Make no mistake. These are all the same old industry bods trying to get a stranglehold on the delivery system..

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013

The numbers don't even add up for spotify yet.. But it's not about that.. It's about establishing the model which will be extremely valuable

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013

Meanwhile small labels and new artists can't even keep their lights on. It's just not right

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013

Plus people are scared to speak up or not take part as they are told they will lose invaluable exposure if they don't play ball. Meanwhile..

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013

Millions of streams gets them a few thousand dollars.. Not like radio at all..

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013

Anyway. Thems the breaks. Opinions welcome.. but discussion and new thinking necessary.. If you have a massive catalogue – a major label…

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013

..for example.. then you're quids in. It's money for old rope.. But making new recorded music needs funding.. Some records can be made in ..

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013

.. a laptop, but some need musician and skilled technicians.. These things cost money.. Pink floyds catalogue has already generated billions

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013

.. of dollars for someone(not necessarily the band) so now putting it on a streaming site makes total sense.. But if people had been ..

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013

..listening to spotify instead of buying records in 1973… I doubt very much if dark side would have been made.. It would just be too ..

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013

..expensive. Anyway thumbs hurting now… ;)

— nigel godrich (@nigelgod) July 14, 2013