Pitchfork

Nothing says "Happy Holiday-of-Your-Choice" like a gadget, and with this in mind, Michigan electronic label Ghostly International has collaborated with New York design boutique Moss in the creation of what is, to our minds, the first officially released compilation on a USB-compatible memory stick.

Featuring a 128-megabyte flash memory and doubling as digital storage space, M/GM 1 (read: Moss/Ghostly Music Edition 1) features tracks from Matthew Dear, Dabrye, and Mobius Band, among others. Kristin Victoria Barron designed the device based on a concept from label head Sam Valenti IV.

According to a press release, M/GM 1 "is roughly the size of a pack of gum [and] can be used for data storage of any sort, a feature that follows from Ghostly's encouragement of file-sharing and desire to make music as portable and transferable as possible." A label that encourages file-sharing and the portability of music in 2006? What a novel idea, majors!

M/GM 1 is available starting this week at Moss' store and online here.

Tracklist:

01 Dykehouse: "From the Cradle"
02 Dabrye: "Piano"
03 Aeroc: "You Say That You Love Me"
04 Midwest Product: "Mumbler"
05 Tadd Mullinix: "Divided by Lines"
06 Lusine: "Weaver"
07 Geoff White: "Ince"
08 Matthew Dear: "Tide"
09 Lawrence: "Spark"
10 Dabrye: "Smoking the Edge"
11 Lusine: "Everything Under the Sun"
12 Cepia: "Salt Field"
13 Mobius Band: "City vs. Country"