Millions of tracks, thousands of artists, yours to keep forever - one special price from Sainsbury’s
Datz, the online music download store and community website, today announced the retail launch of the Datz Music Lounge; a revolutionary new way to buy and enjoy music. Music lovers can now have the music they want for a single one off cost, retailing from today at Sainsbury’s.
The Datz Music Lounge lets you download as many tracks as you want over the course of a year for a one off cost of £99.99 (RRP). Members of Datz Music Lounge can keep all the tracks they have downloaded forever. Every song is in MP3 format, free from DRM and 100% legal. Music can be transferred to an iPod, any MP3 player or a mobile phone.
Featuring millions of songs from thousands of artists, the catalogue of hits includes everything from classic artists to modern stars. In addition a wide selection of new music released in 2009 will be available to Datz Music Lounge members, enabling them to enjoy the hits of the future as well as an incredible back catalogue.
The Datz Music Lounge has been created by leading music download site Datz.com along with leading record labels to encourage people to find new ways of enjoying legal digital music. Record labels whose catalogues will be part of the Datz Music Lounge at launch include Beggars Group, EMI Music, The Orchard & Warner Music with more joining over the coming weeks.
Michael Richardson, Managing Director of Datz says: “We wanted to find a safe and legal way for users to download music to keep. With literally thousands of artists and millions of tracks all in unlocked MP3 format, the Datz Music Lounge provides safe, carefree downloading for all music enthusiasts. Datz Music Lounge gives people a way to bolster their back catalogue, try new music and rediscover artists they love. All the music is theirs to keep forever and they can download anything they like for one year after they join Datz Music Lounge. Not only does Datz Music Lounge fundamentally change the way people can enjoy music, it also provides one of the greatest offers of all time.”
Music is downloaded DRM free to a computer in MP3 format. The user can then transfer the music to any music playing device. Users can purchase the limited edition Datz Music Lounge gift box, available from Sainsbury’s or online at www.datzmusiclounge.com. Simply insert the Music Lounge CD and USB key into your computer and start building a record collection over the following 12 months, safe in the knowledge that the music is 100% legal, 100% original and 100% yours to keep forever.
Popularity: 5% [?]
November 18th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
There is insufficient infrastructure capacity to cope with the demand (download speeds of less than 20 KB/sec seems to be the norm early evening, the service drops out on a regular basis, there are so many multiple copies of the same tracks you end up downloading more than is needed just to create an album.
Until the downlaod speeds are improved and they get a decent search interface this is not a site I could recommend, feels a bit like a waste of money at the moment. And all that hype
January 20th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Most of my tracks download in less than 30 seconds but most of them are half that, don’t know if it depends on your internet connection or if the software is impacted by heavy users? I’m happy with the product but I agree the search interface definitely needs improving, I’ve emailed their support and got a quick response saying that this is scheduled for release in the next month or so. Hopefully an update will be available soon
March 23rd, 2009 at 10:43 am
I get quick replies from Datz as well, in fact every time they miss a deadline and I remind them they give me another. Everything is claimed to be fixed by end of March 2009, so only a week to wait. The number of artists has not changed since 23rd Feb 2009 so who knows if Datz is about to go under as their website claims numbers will increase weekly:
“The lounge will grow on a weekly basis with new
artists and tracks.”
June 30th, 2009 at 2:16 am
Offers much but is currently delivering very little. EMI and Beggars artists have disappeared, although still prominent in their advertising. The promised new albums, new artists and new labels have not arrived. And the website revamp due early 2009 is still not here and it’s July tomorrow! In my opinion, not something you should spend your money on at this time.