4FriendsOnly.com Internet Technologies AG

During the conference on the topic of world music and MPEG-7 meta data services Artspages and the 4FO AG announced at the WOMEX 2006 in Sevilla their partnership.
Artspages already started a partnership with the Ghana Association of Phonographic Industry (GAPI) under the umbrella of the African music development project Afrofile. One key element of this project is to provide a whitelabel superdistribution solution based on the PotatoSystem for individual African artists enabling them to reach the diaspora market abroad. A first shop with music from Ghana is already online. Artspages believe in this concept which will be very attractive for other developing countries leap-froging into the digital online industries.

The WOrld Music EXpo (WOMEX) is the world´s premier networking point exclusively dedicated to world, roots, folk, ethnic, traditional, local and diaspora music of all kinds. Eleven WOMEX editions in Berlin (1994,1999,2000), Brussels (1995), Marseilles (1997), Stockholm (1998), Rotterdam (2001), Essen (2002,2004) and Sevilla (2003,2005) have affirmed the value and potential of networking across borders, be these musical, political, cultural or commercial. The 12th WOMEX is from 25 – 29 October 2006 in Sevilla.

Artspages International AS from Norway and its founder Dagfinn Bach is one of the world music pioneers. Artspages is a major online aggregator and B2B licensing service with a strong focus on world music. The company is one of the pioneers in China and Africa, as well within music online.