Originally Posted by clutnuckle

My example was Kaoru Abe, not Thinking Plague, who aren't even close to being 'unknown'. Hardly under-appreciated by the kind of people who listen to that stuff anyway. A number of very innovative musicians see reissues, sure, but plenty do not. That is really why mediafire is a great tool. For those artists where you CANNOT get their work constantly revamped, remastered, reupholstered and redistributed. Maybe 10 people out there have a Natural Snow Buildings release that they were lucky enough to nab on their own, but for many people it's virtually impossible to get into some bands without hundreds of dollars and the ability to order from sketchy online sources.