subatomicglue is an Internet musical group formed in 1999, the brain child of Kevin Meinert.
They are among the first bands to use Creative Commons

Creative Commons

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 licensing, and is a good example of free music

Free music

Free music is music that, like free software, can freely be copied, distributed and modified for any purpose. Thus free music is either in the public domain or licensed under a free license by the artist or copyright holder themselves, often as a method of promotion. It does not mean that there...

. The band openly encourages collaboration and use of their music in other projects.

Collaborators include Bob Rissetto, James Hindley, Herb Sawyer, Lewis Hill, Vavrek (of Tryad), Basilisk, and Tony Nagy. subatomicglue is known for free, high quality, instrumental electronic music that crosses several genres: including electronic rock, trance

Trance music

Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

, industrial

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

, IDM

Intelligent dance music

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. Albums are freely availabile in mp3

MP3

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 and ogg

Ogg

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 format at the band's website, along with a frequently updated work in progress that anyone may listen to see what the band is up to. At the time of this writing, the music is easy to find on P2P networks, such as eMule

EMule

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/eDonkey, Gnutella

Gnutella

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, or Slsk.

Their front page states that subatomicglue is "groovy, dark, exotic, with elements of beauty and shadow. an exploration to the reality of your innerworld." In the spirit of open source

Open source

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 and Creative Commons

Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...

, subatomicglue accepts requests for collaboration, submissions of song art, and cover art, and remixes of songs. subatomicglue has collaborated with many Internet projects (see below for a few of these). Song source material is available for remixers and artists.

subatomicglue's first successful album "globalenemy" debuted in 2001, with a limited supply of CDs for sale. Quite rare these days, the CD came with a 4 page booklet in a jewel-case with lots of full color art. These days CDs sold by subatomicglue are simpler and more of the promotional CD envelope style. While CDs can still be purchased, they can also be download in full from the band's website, or several mirrors or internet music mp3 websites.

In 2003, subatomicglue collaborated with Isotope244 to create music for atomic cannon, later in 2005, subatomicglue returned to create an all new soundtrack for Isotope244's atomic battle dragons game that appeared on PC and pocket PC. Meinert has roots, and apparently a day job too, in the video game industry.

Also in 2005, subatomicglue's music appeared on Upscale Chicago, a local Chicago show that highlights nightlife, upscale dining, and high society around the Chicago area.

subatomicglue also builds their own synthesizers, including the x0xb0x (a TB303 clone), the MidiboxSID, and the 9090 drum machine. subatomicglue was covered in synthtopia about the x0xb0x they built.

The band's most recent album is titled "selling your friend (for cash)" and was officially released on in late 2006.

Sources

http://www.subatomicglue.com

http://music.download.com/subatomicglue

http://www.audiostreet.net/artists/001/422/subatomicglue.html

http://zebox.com/subatomicglue/

http://subatomicglue.iuma.com/

http://www.garageband.com/subatomicglue

http://www.synthtopia.com/news/06_01/x0xb0x_blow_by_blow.html

http://www.subatomicglue.com/blog/

http://www.vavrek.com

http://www.allofaudio.de/artist_item+M50fcfd3c266.html