Archive for February, 2012

We love science fiction here at BitTorrent! We have been really anticipating the release of L5 – a creative and compelling story taking place on a space ship and earth 200 years into the future. Read more about L5, connect with the filmmakers and download the movie on our Featured Content page here. Or download the movie torrent directly here.

L5 is a completely crowd-funded production that delivers quality content with extremely high production value. We love the creative ways the artists are able to give BitTorrent audiences an amazing movie on such a low budget. It is no surprise these Chicago natives have been able to stretch their creative wings with not only ushering in a new renaissance of science fiction but also enabling themselves (and other artists) to fund projects in new and exciting ways.

Seeing what they have been able to do with so little, we are excited to see what can be done with even more. One goal of these artists is to build a unique production environment that will enable them to continue creating more episodes of L5, as well as other original science fiction content. The money raised will go towards seeding a brand new, cloud based production system. It will fund a proof of concept for a cloud based intelligent task management technology, in order to create a global film and visual effects production system.

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Our friend PAZ has returned to BitTorrent, and we couldn’t be more excited. His debut mixtape “Young Broke & Fameless” — a lo-fi collection of fan-favorite acoustic covers and originals, was our very first music Artist Spotlight release almost a year and a half ago. It was a smash hit (way over 500,000 downloads before old tracker gave out).

Today, PAZ’s sophomore album, Young Broke & Fameless II, makes its bow. Download it free here. And for a sample of his trademark sound – a foot-stomping mashup of hip-hop, rock, and dance beats – check out the album’s first hit single/video Beautiful Lies here.

While infamous in pop culture for such antics as stealing Paris Hilton’s birthday cake, PAZ is nothing short of a pure talent. His mashups and songs that can make artists like Wiz Khalifa vs. Jack Johnson to Kanye West vs. Afrojack sound like they were meant for each other.

Since his initial mixtape went viral thanks to our awesome community, things have gone at warp speed for PAZ. Young Broke & Fameless II features collaborations with Tayyib Ali, Chris Young, and Kimberly Cole. Check it out on our Featured Artist page here and find more information about Paz, his projects and can ways to support his efforts with Kickstarter. The new album and video is also available here.

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Remember Bray? The San Francisco local, who first released his exclusive rock album and video bundle on BitTorrent, is back again with a new hit single “Little Black Heart” and exclusive live streaming event for this Saturday, February 11^th, at 9PM PT.

You can preview and download “Little Black Heart” plus find more information about Bray and the live event here or download the torrent directly here.  Let us know what you think and we hope to see you this Saturday when Bray streams his concert as part of a special test series with BitTorrent Live. You can catch the live stream this Saturday at 9:00 PM PT here.

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