Taken from Hotpress:
79Cortinaz have signed and sealed a two-year worldwide digital distribution contract with industry leaders Indie Mobile. Though already on iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, eMusic, Amazon, Groupie Tune and downloadusic.ie, Indie Mobile will literally bring the band a global audience. In fact it’s hard to think of a country or mobile network 79Cortinaz won’t be available on; Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Central and South America, Chile, China, Columbia, Czech Republic, Denmark - all the way through the alphabet right down to the UK, Uruguay, the US and Venezula. Belize is my bet for their first #1!
Outlets vary from mobile operators like Meteor, Orange, Vodafone, Sprint Nextel, Movistar, T-Mobile and O2 (amongst others) to retail outlets like Woolworths, The Sun, Tecos, MTV and NME Realtones and branded portals like Motorola Europe, Ministry of Sound, UK Street sounds and Bandwagon.
It’s not just downloads either - other formats include ring tones, real tones, videotones, video clips, streaming video, voicemail messaqes MMS greetings and Mobile Personalisation Products.
When asked, bassist Cormac Strain would only say “delighted - this is the way forward” whilst vocalist Gala Hutton chipped in “people should definitely go buy themselves some Hopioki now - it couldn’t be easier” - in reference to the band’s acclaimed debut album.
To take advantage of the contract, the band have set up their own label, Goggy Records. Named after 79Cortinaz guitarist Fergal Barry who tragically passed away in late 2005, the label’s first release will be Love Sewn Up in February 2009. Keep your eyes out for the full length animated video, hand drawn by Gala and animated by Cormac as it’ll probably find its way onto the web before the end of the year…
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