Split album

A split album, or simply split (in English split album), is a disk shared by two or more groups. They are usually published by small record companies, with groups of not very popular genres. Generally a split album is the first release by a group. This form of music publishing is used to publicize various groups with much lower production and distribution costs.

History

Splits were initially done on vinyl records, with one artist's music on one side of the record and a second artist's music on the opposite side. As vinyl records declined in popularity in the early 1990s, they began to be released in CD format. Although there aren't multiple sides to a CD, the idea remains the same.

Since the early 1980s, the format has been used extensively by independent record labels and artists in punk rock, hardcore, grindcore, black metal, noise and in indie rock circles.

splits generally receive essential acceptance of the undergound genre, even if the artists are notable and mainstream, such as the hit splits > is not most often of a dominant proportion.

Advantages

A split allows more than one artist to split production costs on a single release. The same can be applied to promotional expenses for a single release. Splits also allow artists to expose their music directly to the fans of another artist. Usually, the artists in a split are of a similar musical genre. Artists can also cover each other's songs.