Tuesday, March 11, 2008

"Music Non Stop" goes under

One of the worlds largest supporters of the underground industrial scene calls it quits. Music non stop or MNS, widley known for being the go to online store for industrial and gothic related merchandice (music, dvds, clothing, concert tickets, hell they even had canlenders) has official announced they are closing up shop. MNS offered clear reviews of new and upcoming releases for the underground scene with a wide variety of classic, current and generally hard to find items in their catalog. They offered fair pricing, excellent customer service and quite often you could get most major industrial release months before any US distributor could dream of getting them in stock. One of the best aspects of MNS was 30-60 sec previews of each song for most major albums on their site. Over the last nine years I have found them to be the best source to actually preview, pre-order and purchace underground music. MNS will be missed.

-Alex Pagan (Movement Magazine/Factory nightlife)


MUSIC NON STOP LIMITED OFFICIAL STATEMENT

It is with great regret that we have to announce that after 9 years Music Non Stop has now officially stopped trading. Despite our never-ending efforts over the last 12 months, and a concentrated attempt to soldier-on in some form or another in the past weeks, it has regrettably come time to call it a day.

There are a number of factors that have resulted in this sad conclusion, some of which include the current exchange rates of the Euro and the dollar against the pound, the lack of consistent ‘big name’ releases in this scene, increase in distributor and day to day running costs, and other methods now available of obtaining new music, to name but a few. We have always tried to deliver the best for our customers and have always put them first from day one and set high standards for ourselves. We have also tried our best to push and promote smaller labels and bands to try and help them get more exposure. We hope that in the time that we have been trading we have provided a service most people have been very happy with and we are just sorry that we are unable to continue. As a result we sadly have to report that all outstanding orders have had to be cancelled as we are unable to fulfil them. We apologise for the inconvenience that this will cause. Unfortunately we are unable to answer any emails on an individual basis. Paypal customers please contact Paypal with regards to a refund.

Finally - and this is the most important bit - we would like to thank ALL of the real music fans and customers that have supported MNS over the past 9 years (WE and YOU know who you are ), The labels ( especially Out Of Line & Trisol ), The Distributors ( especially Audioglobe ) and the friends ( especially the Infest crew and Bernard and everyone at Side-Line ). You are the people that have kept this scene alive and will continue to do so.

Thank you and we wish you all the best.
MNS

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