Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich Are Removing Their Music from Spotify…

This time, it isn’t about an iTunes exclusive or some ‘windowing’ sales strategy. It’s about principle.

As of Sunday evening Monday morning, the Spotify pulldown includes a Thom Yorke solo album and a release from Atoms for Peace (which includes Yorke and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich). Godrich has also removed material from his group, Ultraista, though Radiohead’s catalog remains on the service at present (with the exception of In Rainbows).

The pulldown was first announced by Godrich (@nigelgod) in a lengthy series of tweets Sunday morning.

In the wee hours of Monday morning, Spotify started to respond (after initially offering no comment). “So far I’ve not seen any cannibalisation,” Spotify CEO Daniel Ek tweeted. “So question should be – Why shouldn’t you do streaming?”

Soon thereafter, Spotify offered this official statement: