And they’re 90% off the full catalog today, which means DJs can play a game of “how many FLASH tracks can I play in a row before someone notices.) Anml Mthr – Anti Time EP (Bandcamp Exclusive) by FLASH Recordings And you can get the whole (very techno) catalog for $15.įLASH Recordings from Florian Meindl is one of the most prolific techno labels on Bandcamp, with a nonstop firehose of great releases. Now Kevin McHugh is back with his first solo music in a couple of years, which is not techno but some chilled ambient music to take your mind off the pandemic. The label of Ambivalent (founded in Berlin, now in NYC), aka LA-4A is the high-grade, thinking person’s techno label. This is trending heavily to Berlin and the midwest, with a smattering of Spain and Japan, and techno is more international than that, so - I will definitely have to do a volume II. And these labels all have a sense of community, even if it’s a small collective of a few friends unlikely to catch larger attention.Ī special shout-out goes to the Bandcamp Techno group on Facebook, which is a community itself. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but I wanted to pick out stuff I’ve particularly enjoyed following – which usually means non-commercial, stuff that’s jack-y and groovy, stuff that’s space-y and futuristic and dark and weird. Speaking of Beatport – one piece of evidence that it isn’t only about Bandcamp, I kept thinking for example one of my favorites, Tokyo’s Murasame Industrial Records, was on Bandcamp. For others, Bandcamp is not only the main source of income, but even a way of connecting. For some of these labels, there’s a mix of revenue between Bandcamp and a platform like Beatport (or even Apple, if they’re lucky with charts). What you get on Bandcamp, then, is a particular character of music – typically stuff that resists easy categorization, and doesn’t show up as much on charts. With dance genres, it has more competition – and I plan to revisit offerings like Beatport shortly, so stay tuned. Let’s start with techno.īandcamp is the undisputed home of a lot of experimental music. It’s not quite the summer of love, but maybe it can be the summer of underground music downloading.
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