Never trust streaming music services.
At the beginning of the week, Arbol's album "Dreams Made of Paper" was available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music—all streaming services.
Now it's been completely removed from all of them.
Which is a damn shame because that album is one of the best electronic albums I've ever heard. I even said so when I reviewed it at the beginning of the week.
I'm buying the CD anyway—then ripping it.
But now YOU can't hear it unless you own a physical copy.
I completely understand why artists would remove their music from Spotify.
According to Spotify's own stats, I was the first to ever hear the album "Dreams Made of Paper" in its entirety.
How much did Arbol get compensated for the listen?
$.007
That's not a typo.
I tried to spread the good word about this great album, and a couple of people liked my music review, but I doubt I moved the needle.
An album is a big chunk of someone's life—Spotify's compensation structure is an insult.
This isn't the first time I've seen someone removed an album from all streaming services (and iTunes too)
Last I checked, the Shonen Knife album "Pretty Little Baka Guy" is gone (officially).
Neil Young famously removed his albums from Spotify.
I have whole albums from obscure artists on my hard drive—unavailable on the Internet, as they were taken down.
Remember, if it's physical, it's yours to keep.
@atomicpoet FYI: It is still available on Napster - the least shittiest streaming service of them all (since it's the one that pays artists the most). I am listening to it right now, thanks for the recommendation 
I agree with you to buy music. We spend so much money on shit, let's all spend money on things that really matter. And someone's passion, love and creativity are good things to spend our money on!
@io It's kind of an ambient left-field album with some singing, and exceptional stereo mixing. I wish I could show you but now I can't.
@io Yeah, but I'm not going to put myself in a legally vulnerable situation over an album nobody but myself cares about. If Arbol wants to make his album unavailable, that's his prerogative.
One thing he can't prevent, though, is my access to a physical copy.