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Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

akira — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 10:07:18 GMT

I am a paying subscriber and am on the whole very pleased with the offering in most genres (clasical, country, folk, pop) and the quality is pretty good too. But as the header saysI am very unhappy with thecomplete absence of the ECM label. That just will not do. Please do something about this!

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

Peter__ — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:30:10 GMT

I would suggest you get in touch with ECM and ask them why their content is not on Spotify!

Peter

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

John_Farrow — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:57:05 GMT

That really is an enormous hole! One of the most interesting record companies there is.

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Mixymaster — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:42:10 GMT

I would agree ...

Spotify is great and ECM is the best modern Jazz label. It is really a pity the two cannot marry together.

I am a subscriber of Spotify and it was a major disappointment the lack of ECM content...

But, I guess there is nothing that Spotify can do if ECM does not see value in Spotify. They probably think their bussiness is a more mature audience, allergic to compressed music

I hope they will change their minds

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

John_Farrow — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:53:49 GMT

There are a lot of "mature" listeners like myself who use Spotify to dabble their toes in new music.

If I like something I'll then buy the CD.

I think ECM are missing out on a chance to expand the audience for all their wonderful music. But then again, perhaps this serves as a useful reminder that there is a LOT of fine music that isn't on Spotify. It's a dangerous mindset t believe that everything is to be found there.

John Farrow

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

Mixymaster — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:11:47 GMT

I agree 100% with you John

I think I read in the past an interview to ECM's founder, in which he mentioned that the priority of ECM is uncompressed audio.

If this is a view shared by other labels, I wonder if Spotify would consider FLAC streaming over WIFI to accomodate this user profile. I would love that too!

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

John_Farrow — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:26:37 GMT

Good point.

No harm at all in putting a few demands on them to up their quality.

But then again, Spotify for me is often more a starting off point than a destination. A good place to sample a few things that may go on to become big favourites leading to gigs, Cd purchases etc, etc.

The Related Artists button is extremely useful.

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

svalebror — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:13:36 GMT

I agree. It annoys me! It is rumored that many smaller record companies find the deals they are offered by Spotify not so attractive. I would gladly pay a few extra dollars monthly to get some kind of Spotify Non-Plus-Ultra Premium which would have lots niche content from smaller labels, gets major record releases the day they are released and maybe even access to higher quality streams on select titles.

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

jimmiehu — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:55:56 GMT

Absolutely agree!! One of the most amazing labels out there - tons of my playlists and songs became unavailable when the got removed from Spotify. And no, I do not want to reach out to ECM directly. That's what I pay spotify for.

Please get them back on board.

And please provide some transparency and keep us posted on how this goes.

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

RomeoFox — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:03:24 GMT

Yes, I'm also quite dissapointed to not have access to ECM catalog as fan of modern jazz!!!! i like spotify but i should admit that in jazz its often that I don't find new release. Example, where is the last album of Shai Maestro trio??? (label Laborie Jazz).

Deezer is recently launch a music classic option, and Spotify should think to enlarge or keep people who enjoy jazz, classic...rather than focusing mainly on rock, pop, rap etc...

I have sent my concern to ECM contact e-mail adress; let see if they reply. ECM is available on some plateform as french one Quobuz!

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

Joe — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:26:01 GMT

Contacting ECM was the right thing to do. Let us know what they say 🙂

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steviemess — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:44:15 GMT

Hi. I have been wondering for a long time why you cant get access to ECM on Spotify. The whole catalogue was there some years ago and then suddenly disappeared. I did send a email to ECM but they never got back to me. I love their records and the fantastic music they produce. However, they have a kind of arrogant attitude and are pretty short sighted in the fact that they are missing a marketing trick in that they could reach new audiences that might never access these recordings. An example of this is when ECM was on Spotify I played my ECM playlist at work and a few colleagues were amazed at the music and subsequently brought albums and discovered more about ECM. I don't think it's a quality issue as you can stream ECM from Grooveshark. Lets hope this is soon resolved....

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

chopperbob — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 08:06:46 GMT

could not agree more.

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

akarls98 — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:33:18 GMT

I totally agree. ECM recordings rules. Shape up spotify or sombody else will run over you.

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

Sam — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:55:01 GMT

Guys, we'd love all music on the service. Sometimes agreements can't be made, unfortunately. However, we will try our best to get them on board in the future.

In the meantime, we'd suggest contacting them to ask why.

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

Romeo_Fox — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 16:12:30 GMT

Not any single reply from ECM to my e-mail after almost 2 months!!! strange conception of customers services!! I will keep sending. All spotify users should do the same, hoping it will have impact..

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

elee — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:29:50 GMT

I'm in the USA and see a fairly large number of ECM albums and artists - Enrico Rava's "Easy Living", for example. I just learned to do a label search. In the desktop search box I entered "label:ecm". Got lots of results.

Perhaps this is a new development or a country-related issue...

Re: Complete absence of ECMA recordings unacceptable

deprieto — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:03:48 GMT

Well, if Mr.. Eicher says so, what's the deal with eMusic and iTunes? They both sell ECM (and some JAPO) in (acceptable, not great) compressed formats.

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

El_Juli — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 05:51:31 GMT

Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable. Names like Keith Jarrett are very important. Great hole. We need ECM Records on Spotify

Re: Complete absence of ECM recordings unacceptable

Smirra — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:36:07 GMT

This needs to get on spotify.