Netlabelism Showcase at Passagen 2011 Cologne

Piracy and the Netlabel Scene

4 Apr 2012

Despite the anti-piracy warnings and ads inserted into mainstream media, it is still very easy to illegally download music.  File sharing websites like Megaupload and Fileserve were shut down for hosting content that served as a middle man between uploaders and the general public that doesn’t want to pay for …

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Interview with Brusio Netlabel

17 Mar 2012

It’s been a while since we focused on some of the people that continue to keep bringing you the great music the netlabel scene has to offer. We recently had a long talk with the team behind the Brusio netlabel. Could you introduce the netlabel to our readers? Brusio Netlabel …

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DJ Ripley – Interview & Studio-Mix

27 Feb 2012

Ripley recently arrived in Brooklyn, NY. She’s a founding member of Suryadub and was voted “Best Dance DJ of 2008″ by the readers of the SF Bay Guardian. A legal ethnographer working on a PhD at UC Berkeley Law School, currently teaching undergrads at NYU and looking for a permanent …

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Best of 2011 – Our Picks

31 Dec 2011

2011 presented us with tons of good releases, but out of the many, some will be remembered as this year’s very best. Which ones you ask? Of course, we have an opinion. In fact, we have three. All of us do. FILIPE CRUZ #3. Gobi Bear – Demo EP (3 …

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Bitbasic – Eer [ded032]

When longtime netlabelism contributor Simon Haycock mentioned it would probably be improper to review his latest Bitbasic release in the magazine, I decided to check it out anyway. Not only is he very modest, he also happens to be an excellent musician. Excellent in that he has managed to keep …

mmpsuf – Retina [Sutemos031]

Before diving into this review let me just say what a wonderful thing it is to stumble upon an artist and enjoy their sound for the first time. Almost every time I go searching for a new netlabel release I have no idea what will be presented to me. It …

Various Artists – Choose Ur Way [Stasis010]

Upon checking my ever-growing RSS inbox of netlabel releases, I stumbled upon a release titled ‘Choose Ur Way’. Going from the spelling I quickly concluded that this probably wasn’t going to be all that good. “Oh, God. Another one of these hastily slapped-together dubstep slash drum and bass releases”, I …

Blossom – Blue Balloons

On December 21st, 2011, Export Label gave birth to a new release: Blossom’s “Blue Balloons”. Though I should have had an eye out for this artist from his earlier work for Export Label, Blossom’s debut took me by surprise. “Blue Balloons” transported me back to some of my fondest memories …