Here’s something to those naysayers of sharing. With less than 400 left in the wild, Sumatran tigers are at risk of going extinct. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute have partnered with indie rock band Portugal. The Man, bringing science and music together to distribute an Endangered Song written for the project titled “Sumatran Tiger”. The song was lathe-cut onto 400 custom poly-carbonate records designed to degrade after a certain number of plays. There are no other copies of the song in existence. The records were sent to a select 400 folks who were asked to digitize and share the song through their social channels.
Portugal. The Man is an American rock band from Wasilla, Alaska. The group consists of John Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O’Quin and Jason Sechrist.
Click here for the track (7.6MB; 224kbps).
The song will go extinct unless it’s digitally reproduced. The Sumatran tiger will go extinct unless we take action.
The song has already been shared on Soundcloud.
Click here to to learn more about The Endangered Song project.