Congrats to Spotify!

After so much toil, Spotify finally announced it's launch in the US this morning. Congratulations to all involved, go take that nation by storm!


For those wanting more details, here's a couple of good articles I came across:

• A quick overview with all the important bits from The Guardian. Love how Ek is positioned in the photo to look like the saviour of the industry. Intentional?

• An excellent full account of the history of Spotify, some details on the technology behind the speed of the service (those clever techies clearly have their back ground in P2P) and today's US announcement from Bloomberg (not a short one, but a super read!)

Now, here's a lovely new album for you to listen to whilst you read
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi – Rome


And for good measure, here's their US launch snippit...