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🚀 A NEW CHAPTER FOR INDEPENDENT MUSIC BEGINS TODAY!

I'm excited to officially announce the opening of Joose Distro! 🎶

As Founding Partner & Head of Artist Outreach & Communications, I'm incredibly proud to introduce what we've built to serve independent recording artists and record labels.

The music industry continues to evolve, and we believe independent artists deserve more than simply getting their music onto streaming platforms. They deserve access, opportunity, transparency, and a distribution partner that recognizes the importance of their creative independence.

That's the philosophy behind Joose Distro — one of the most comprehensive digital music distribution services available to independent artists.

We've created an artist-first platform that brings together global music distribution and valuable services designed to help artists take the next steps in their careers.

✅ Unlimited Music Distribution to major digital music platforms worldwide.

✅ One-Time Lifetime Fee — no recurring subscription payments.

✅ Marketing & Promotional Resources through our network of preferred industry partners.

✅ One-Click Billboard Chart Registration to simplify an important part of release planning.

✅ Priority Editorial Playlist Pitching submitted on behalf of eligible artists.

✅ TikTok Commercial Music Library Submissions to expand potential exposure and licensing opportunities.

✅ Cover Song Licensing to help artists secure the permissions needed to commercially release their interpretations of existing songs.

But beyond the technology and services, what matters most to us is the relationship we build with the artists and labels who trust us with their music.

We understand that independent doesn't mean doing everything alone.

Our mission is simple: Give independent artists access to more resources, more opportunities, and a distribution partner genuinely invested in their journey.

To the artists, producers, managers, and independent labels who have supported this vision — thank you.

We're officially open for business, and I couldn't be more excited about what lies ahead.

Welcome to Joose Distro. Music Without Limits.

🌐 www.JooseDistro.com

— Amazon

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Back in 1989 when we were recording with #robinguthrie in London we used to go take our newly acquired money and go buy hip gear from #kesingtonmarket❤️ there was a plethora of musicians and artist with three floors of complete funkiness from top to bottom, where kids in bands would get their shoegaze gear and post punk attire either here or down in Camden town very inspirational time, for music and the vibe itself definitely a conversation piece… #shoegaze #dreampop #postpunk

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VELDT from our perspective - photo @holddmayo Late 1986 19years old …at @falloutshelterraleigh with @peele1 and recent ex bass player now magaman Joe Boyle Nc we played fallout shelter developing our sound parts #gangiffour #cocteautwins #bauhaus which would expand to the local college scene and eventually chapel hill, and surrounding areas of the local triangle music scene which was rich with up and coming bands like @connells superchunk @polvo @whatpeggywants egg, @dexterwomwebber @corrosion_of_conformity . The fallout shelter was a place where There could be preps, or people dressed in their best goth outfits. Punks, LGBTQIA+, old people and young. Everyone felt safe there,.
That, perhaps, is why even three decades later people hold such fondness for The Fallout Shelter.

“You could be a little bit of a misfit – because you’re surrounded by other people, who may not be the same kind of misfit you are, but they are a misfit in their own way, and most of our friends would go there for industrial music nights and especially goth nights so it was easy to discover new music and be inspired,it was a haven for all things alternative..#alternativemusic #gothnightindustrialmusic falloutshelerraleighnc

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#iamjanedoe #punkdemic #sheisamazon #domesticviolencesurvivor

Punkdemic gives a portion of all Domestic Violence merchandise sales to a Domestic Violence related cause yearly.

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VELDT Early 1986 Raleigh NC Godamn that hair! #Halifaxcourt abandoned foundry shot by @holddmayo We hadn’t established our sound quite yet and were coming into our own having at this time consuming anything and everything from @4ad and immersing ourselves in @thecure during their 'Lets go to Bed and "The Top" phases as you can Aesthetically see) I had just left high school and returned from Los Angeles from following @the3oclock chasing the Paisley Underground and meeting the like of @officialthebangles and partying with @Redkross. Slowly moving into more spacey sounds my brother acquired his first #fenderjazzmaster after seeing #juliancopeworldshutyourmouth and @cocteauofficial a number of kids turned us on to a plethora of alternative and independent music that was coming out at the time, hardcore punk matinees were a breeding ground for young kids starting bands and meeting new friends and hearing the koolest punk bands. This is the essence of @ihaveadreampop @telepathicwindows @eyelevelevents this the genesis and inspiration to our festival @ihaveadreampop STARTS FRI 10/16/SATURDAY 10/17/26 @neptunes.parlour @danielchavis @nmemagazine @thefacemagazine @dazed @creemmag @indyweek @raleighmagazine @carymagazinenc @artspace_nc

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Sirens are calling me to DC 🔱 Dec 11 at @pieshopdc w/ @the_punkdemic @sistahpunk @hccoleman @createladyj @jennyhatestechno

#livemusicdc #alternativerockmusic
photos on the manhattan bridge over the east river by @sistahstudiosnyc @mikemenanyc

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#punkdemic #she_is_amazon #punkdemicpodcast #punkdemic_clothing

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PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT THIS 2026 BROTHERS AND SISTERS 2026 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1twIekbOTlto0wEtY0uAL_0IW__VV1Ity/view?usp=drivesdk

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The Veldt 音楽は未来の武器である。– Soul In A Jar Single Artwork 1994
With its metaphysical lyricism, Daniel wrote the Soul in a Jar after reading Dantes Inferno on a Trailways bus coming from New Mexico after the Marigolds tour. Daniel says, I asked myself a question: Why is having a soul so important to both God and the devil? Its as though your soul is a commodity, simply a soul in a jar. The #JesusandMaryChain remix opened with a jarring celebration of electronic noise, but it stayed true to the flavor of the Chavis bros while also making it off-the-Chain chaotic.
They did us a big favor remixing that song, Daniel says. Diggin in the Crates producer #DiamondD also provided a remix of the Soul in a Jar that was also included on the album, but funny enough the Chains work sounded more hip-hop. To me, was more creative and experimental. Although videos were released for both the original and the Chains remix, neither twin was impressed with the final outcome of the former clip. The label didnt do what we wanted, which was to make it more gothic, Daniel says. We wanted it to be spooky, maybe shot in a church, not me dancing around.
A second single and video was slanted for Black pride power pop track Revolutionary Sister, but never happened. That was a 80s era type song written back when there were no bitches or hoes in songs, just good shit and cool women listening to a Tribe Called Quest, Danny says. Despite the fact that Revolutionary Sister was a cool track, musically it didnt show the Veldts strengths in same way splendid Heather and Last Call, my two favorite tracks on Afrodisic.
The whole album shouldve sounded like Last Call, says Daniel of psychedelic tour de force. Indeed, his brother agrees. We have a pop sensibility, but we also have a loud sensibility that can be heard on Last Call and Heather. Daniel wrote the lyrics to Heather while thinking of a childhood friend who was run over by a car and died when she was ten while Danny composed the music as a homage to A.R. Kane. They always have these long drawn out soundscapes like that, Danny says. I also picked up a lot of guitar stuff from Robert Smith of the Cure.

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Slept on Soul/The Veldt – Afrodisiac LP
By Michael A. Gonzales
Twin brothers Daniel and Danny Chavis, who co-founded their rock band the Veldt in 1987, have shared their varied musical tastes since they were kids dwelling in North Carolina. Raised in Apollo Heights, a subdivision located in Raleigh, both boys sang in a Baptist church choir before becoming wayward teenagers in the early 80s. Future lead guitarist Danny began playing along to his granddaddys B.B. King records when he was thirteen while singing bro Daniel wailed soul songs in deep-wooded juke joints with the funky cover band Isis, performing funky hits by Slave, Rick James and Prince for a hard drinking audience.
However, with the mutual discovery of shoegaze, a sometimes dreamy, other times harsh, style of distorted feedback fueled guitar-laden rock music the boys heard booming from the college station WKNC, they began listening to the genres aural architects My Bloody Valentine, the Cocteau Twins, A.R. Kane and countless others. Loving the delirium and freedom heard in the music guided the brothers towards starting a band together. First calling themselves Psycho Daisies after a Yardbirds jam, they became the Veldt when Daniel recalled the title of a strange Ray Bradbury story hed read in high school.
can remember seeing the name in these thick black letters and it just struck me, Daniel says thirty-one years after the Veldt played their first gig at a hardcore show in the basement of a local church. We didnt call ourselves the Veldt immediately, but over time it eventually changed. .https://www.soulhead.com/amp/2016/03/08/rediscovering-veldts-afrodisiac-album-michael-gonzales-sleptonsoul/#

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