Compress Da Audio
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Compress 'Da Audio (or CDA) was the first MP3 warez release group, founded on 13 August 1996 by a man nicknamed NetFraCk on IRC (EFnet).[1]
In the same month, "NetFrack" gave an interview on CDA's behalf to "MrMister" for Affinity magazine. According to the magazine, the first song ever released by the group in the MP3 format was Metallica's Until It Sleeps. It was "ripped" by "NetFrack" on 10 August 1996.[2]
The MP3 groups that followed in CDA's footsteps were founded in the following order: Digital Audio Crew (DAC), Rabid Neurosis (RNS), Apocalypse Production Crew (aPC).
After "NetFrack" stepped down, presidency of CDA was passed onto "MrMister".
[edit] Links
- Charles Arthur, "Music execs stuck in old time rock'n'roll", The Guardian (9 May 2008). Itself contains a reference to Wikipedia.
- Digital Audio Crew, "MP3 Mini How-To" (30 August 1996). (Formerly here.)
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[edit] References
- ^ "13.8.1996: The first ever MP3 group, Compress Da Audio is founded by Netfrack. (...) The first song ever released onto the scene was Until It Sleeps by Metallica." (Source: Defacto2: "The Scene Archives—Scene timeline (1996)". Formerly here—identifiable by the search for netfrack "until it sleeps".)
- ^ Affinity magazine, issue #3 (23 August 1996): "Spot light—Releases—Compress 'Da Audio presents—A list of all the CDs that were released." (Formerly here.)
