| August 2005 news
August 28, 2005
E-LABEL?
Found via DE:BUG:
Music Industry giant conglomerate Warner is about to jump on the Netlabel-ish concept. According to this news, «the new mechanism will be called an "e-label," in which artists will release music in clusters of three songs every few months rather than a CD every few years.». E-label is such a crap title, isn't it? Why don't they like "Netlabel"? Too obvious, perhaps? :)
Also, they've come up with this revolutionary idea: «The e-label will permit recording artists to enjoy a "supportive, lower-risk environment" without as much pressure for huge commercial hits. In addition, artists signed to the e-label will retain copyright and ownership of their master recordings.».
Pure genious. Expect to see Britneys's next EP as a Netlabel release, in a near future... Damn, don't they have enough billions already?
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August 19, 2005
TABLAS AND HYPNOTISM
• tube'|021 - Jo Jena - Rhythm 'n' Drones
«Contrasts, micro-tonalities, complements, embryo structures, drones. All this, in the casual and systematic exploration of the moment, elevates ‘Rhythm & Drones’ to intemporality, thus inhabiting the present and the history, so we could freely trail this ‘trans-temporality’ without preconceptions.
‘Rhythm I’ is the initiation of a savage ritual, rough, hot and bewitched by a drone submitted to the rhythm of the tabla. A cerebral hypnotism that leads the listener to the most obscure swamp, as if Frankfurt was the starting line to an urban safari.
‘Drone I’ is the hermaphrodite being par excellence, the melting pot of Hermes for the percussion and Aphrodite to the machine like glitch.
Divided in seven pieces, the avant-garde sound of Jo Jena, Frankfurt born musician, is a dive into the duality and the relentless search for breathing freedom.
The claustrophobic ‘Novaya Zemlya’, site for the investigation of weather radiations, is a white-gown convention, and the perceptional guitar ‘droning biorhythm’, the conclusion of the study observations. To conclude, not end.»
- Bruno Barros
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August 17, 2005
NETLABEL RECOMMENDATIONS
Bookmark time:
ON-LI [link]
Japanese Music & Art Netlabel Collective. Very cool design and imagery. Excellent sounds. One of 2005 favorites.
PEROMUSIC [link]
Montreal, Canada. Peromusic is a dance floor oriented Netlabel. Great for Dj's. But you'll love it too. Check them out.
NOISEJIHAD [link]
Noisejihad's releases are all live recordings from jams and lives of their gigs. They're very much into noise/experimental stuff, hence the name.
If you're into that, go get all of them!
HUNGRYMEN RECORDS [link]
Is a Berlin based Netlabel that releases Hip-Hop, D'n'B and other electronica. Worth a bookmark and some downloads.
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August 06, 2005
ORGANIZATION IS COOL
Yes it is.
We've organized old news by year and month.
And by hand, because this website isn't php-based, yet.
Just check below on this page, if you want to find previous news items.
Also, we've added total time info to feature releases (current, next and special).
test tube: always improving...
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August 04, 2005
MORE REVIEWS
We added some more reviews taken from our EARLabs pages.
Here are the most recent ones:
«The distorted backward masked communications that brings melodies to new scapes with 3-D living cubes! Loved it 5/5!.»
- Phoenelai on tube'|010
«This is go out our control.»
- Mikel Gaizcoleta on tube'|012
«I don’t know how to explain the thoughts and feeling that have brainstormed my mind when i heard “Sitting San”. One of the things that occurred to me was: “Tortoise”! I apologize for the comparison but it was indeed that what happened. I pictured far lands in my head. Far lands of my head! A verb to describe this album: travel. When you hear this album, you’ll be instantly projected in far lands, and just wonder. For a debut album, i believe it’s really an impressive piece of music, and thank god they’re Portuguese! We needed a bright, talented and fresh band as “Frango”, in this music scene. One of my top 3 music discoveries on 2005. Thank you Frango.»
- Pedro Andrade on tube'|013
«This is one of the best albums i have heard in a while. droning tones and glitchy textures create beautiful hypnotic atmospheres. this is a must listen for everyone into glitchy experimental atmospheric music.»
- David Velez on tube'|018
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