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Interview with Pause

16 Jun 2013

We got in touch with Rich Vreeland, also known as Disasterpeace, for a few questions. Together with Eirik Suhrke (aka Phlogiston) he curates Pause netlabel, focusing their releases on the 8-bit / chiptune genre. ??? – Why Thanks for agreeing to answer my questions. First off, can you tell us …

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Interview with Webbed Hand

31 May 2013

We recently talked with Chris McDill, curator of Webbed Hand Records to get some insight on their label and how they operate. Lyndsey Cockwell – DWP Who are the people behind Webbed Hand Records? What do they do for a living? How did they get involved with music? I have …

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Interview with Tranzmitter

8 May 2013

Searching for Brazilian netlabels to interview we ran into Tranzmitter and exchanged a few emails with its curator Marcos Paulo Tiago. The answers are translated from Portuguese. Substak – Between First of all, thank you for agreeing to answer a few of our questions. Can you tell us something about …

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Interview with QED Records

2 May 2013

We recently talked with Lionel Valdelion, the person behind the QED Records, the first Philippines netlabel, active online since June 2004. Makkina – Street Souljah Did you have any netlabel references when founding QED? Are they still active today? I was looking at a bunch of netlabels when I started, …

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Art Collective “Lo-Fi By Default” Crafts Some Great Samplers & More

“I started Lo-Fi by Default in 2010. I must’ve been a senior in high school or just graduating. I didn’t know anyone to start a full band with, and the music scene in my town was dead. It seemed like a pretty good step to start an international label to …

Candlegravity – Junpei

When listening to music most of us are very product-oriented. We listen to a song or an album and determine its quality based on whether we like chord progression, drum parts and not in small part how we are feeling at the time. Unless the artist is already very famous, …

Moron – Gomel Haze ‘EP

This little three-track EP is quite a treat. The inexplicably-named ‘Moron’ graciously grants us an insight into his deep and inviting stance on the quirky world of post-dubstep. A peculiar choice of name (as suggested) for there is nothing moronic about this divine music. Gentle, nurturing, and atmospheric, this concise …

Arkhaios – Radial

Arkhaios published his original Radial EP on October 16th, 2012 . It contained tracks he made around 2009-2010. Cism – a netlabel  ”focusing on deep electronic music with dub mentality”, based in Smolensk, Russia – has picked up the original EP and given it a fancy new re-release including 3 remixes …