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Other Music was a music retail store that soldCDs,records andcassettes online and at theirbrick-and-mortar location in theNoho neighborhood ofManhattan,New York City. The store specialized in the sale of closely curated underground, rare and experimental music. The physical store was located at 15 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003 from 1995 to June 2016.
In January 2007, Other Music announced that it planned to sell high-qualityMP3 files for download without using any type ofdigital rights management.[1] This announcement follows similar moves made by other small online music retailers, includingUnited Kingdom–basedRough Trade,New York–basedInsound andNew York–based Anthology Recordings. The announcement also coincided with the closing ofTower Records'Lower Manhattan location. According to Other Music co-owner Josh Madell, this closing signifies the growing hardship of selling music out of a physical store, especially considering his store's location just across the street from Tower.[2]
In August 2012, Other Music launched the record labelOther Music Recording Company in a partnership with theOxford, Mississippi–based record labelFat Possum Records. Among the label's first releases was an album by Japanese musicianShintaro Sakamoto.[3]
In May 2016, Other Music announced its plans to close on June 25.[4] Co-owner Josh Madell cited rising rents and the changing face of the music industry as the reasons for the closure.[5]
Writing about Other Music's closure forThe New Yorker, Amanda Petrusich said, "In 1999, if you were the type of person who was looking for something a little different (more challenging, more sophisticated, more esoteric) from the schlock being peddled to the herds of dead-eyed automatons browsing the Tower Records up the block, then here was the store for you!"[6]
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