Thank you, Klemen. This is Claudio, born in Rome in the mid-80s but I grew up with my head somewhere else. Tireless traveller and heavy dreamer, graduated as a management engineer, I’m now managing Bad Panda and working as music manager at Stereomood.com.

It started with the idea of the free weekly release, just like a joke. Then it grew up fast in just one year. I have no idea which direction it will take now. I love it.

Our first release was by an english duo by the name of Andy & Muzz that I discovered via the swedish balearic Air France. I loved that song for a long time before it was released by Bad Panda so I was really glad about it. All the weekly releases are only digital meanwhile our first LP from Dumbo Gets Mad is available for free download (with pay-with-a-tweet option) and vinyl.

We pressed 250 vinyls for Dumbo Gets Mad LP.

One digital release every week since November 2010 and I honestly love all of them (around 70, now). One is a dream that recently came true, 1-speed bike from Godspeed You! Black Emperor, one of my favourite band ever. Meanwhile, I guess LPs won’t be a common thing, we just need the perfect feeling and situation, as it just happened with Dumbo Gets Mad.

The future is bleak, uncertain, beautiful.

I am thrilled too. We want the whole world to listen to this album and that’s why it is free with the pay-with-a-tweet and Creative Commons licenses. I’m proud to support him and my dream is to see him touring the world and playing in big festivals. I think things are changing in the music industry and Elephants At The Door will check how fastly these things can change.

I don’t think so. Just keep on keeping on, try to be free.

Ciao,

Claudio

You can download Dumbo here!