681 is a magic number!

As some of you may know I’ve been podcasting since January 2006. Back then we had a limited resource of places where podcasters could get “podsafe” music.  The best place to find, creative commons licensed (often free) music were netlabels. Guess what? It still is. I’ve had a look through my archives and tried to draw up a list of netlabels (and other websites) I have used over the years. I’ve removed the resources where promotions have been paid for. I’ve just tried to focus on the grassroots, the free and the CC resources. It turns out there are 681 of them.

Many of these labels are long dead, others still very much alive, and some just wake up each year on July 14th and release something for Netlabelday. I’ve not included links because some are out of date and others have moved. If you ever want to locate a release from one of these labels then please do ask me pete.cogle@gmail.com. It’s always possible I have a copy squirrelled away somewhere.

The number will always get larger, but here’s the first 681……

(d.)pulse recordings, 23 Seconds, 3rd Avenue, 5 Myths, 51 Beats, 56Kbps Records, 7d Media, A Quiet Bump, AF Music, AFA Amalgamated Futureless Artists, AO Discos, ASAN Budapest, Abaga, Abrazo Virtual Discos, Abstrakt Reflections, Acroplane, Adult Swim, Adventure into Procrastination, Aenaos Records, Aftenging, Agogo Records, Aguanoche, Al Dente Records, Amblis, Analogue Trash, Anemos Promotions, Angel Dust Records, Annoying Beatz Crew, Anotraks, Anthill Recordings, Antiquated Future Records, Armatoste Brazo Discografico, Art As Catharsis, Art Goes Pop, Art-Ak, Artico, Artikal Records, Artists Against Apartheid, Artoffact Records, Atomnation, Audio Blood, Audio Empathy, AudioExit, AudioTong, Audiovisualtheorem, Aural Films, BDR Dancefloor, BFW Recordings, BNW, Bad Panda, Balanced Records, Balkan Recordings, Barbatruco Producciones, Barokah, Bass Culture Players, Basspistol, Batenim, Beatpick, Beko Digital Singles, Believe in Billy Records, Benevolence Messiah, Bestiar Netlabel, Bestiar, Big Wave Records, Birdsong, Bitchland, Black Lantern Music, Black Market Dub, Bleepsequence, Bleu Blanc, Blind Arc, Blocsonic, Blogrebellen, Bobz House, Bonimedia, Boomarm Nation, Breakbeat Fury Records, Breakbeat-Terrorism, Breathe Compilations, Brighest Dark Place, Briokids, Broken Bubble, Broken Drum Records, Broque, Brusio Netlabel, Brutal Resonance, Buda Beats, Bump Foot, CCMixter, CCTrax, CS3, Caballito Records, Cajanegra, Canal Dub, Candy Mind Records, Catalan Music, Cavern Brew Records, Central Control, Central Electrica Discos, Cerebral Audio, ChaYah Studios, Chikyu-u Records, Chillproductions, Classwar Karaoke, Clinical Archives, Cockatiel Records, Codes In Notes, Cold Fiction Music, Cold Fusion Music, Cold Tear Records, Color Squad Records, Coma Recordz, Comeme, Commercial Dreams, Communist Love, Completely Gone Recordings, Connection Verified, Contraszt, Core Collective, Cota 303, Coucounetlabel, Counting Pennies in the Afterlife, Cowshed Records, Crach Records, Crafting Room Recordings, Crazy Language, Crudo Bilbao, Cult Classic Records, Culture Dub Records, Cura, Curious Absurdities, Cut Records, Cyan Netlabel, CyberCrunk, DIY Netlabel, DJ EZ Music, DSRPTV Records, Da Heard It Here Records, Daffodil Publicity, Dan Dada Records, Dancefloor Socialism, Dandelion Radio, Dast Recordings, Dead Bees, Death Roots Syndicate, Dedpop, Deep Dark & Dangerous, Deep Electronics, Deep In Dub, Deeper Shades Recordings, Degelite, Delhotel, Der Kleine Gruene Wuerfel, Destroy All Concepts, Devils’s Brew Productions, DiSfish, Diablero, Diavoletto, Digital Diamonds, Digital Distortions, Digital Gewitter, Disboot, Discos Pato Carlos, Disfish, Dissonant Recordings, Diversified Music, Do It Youssef, DogMazic, Dorog Records, Doubledgescissor, Download, Dream Culture, Drossel, Duality, Dub Store Records, Dub Temple Records, Dubamix, Dubioza, Dubkey, Dubmatix, Dubophonic Records, Dubtribu Records, Dumb Sounds, Dusted Wax Kingdom, ELM Collective, EPA Sounds, Eardrums Pop, Earth City Recordz, Earthlings, Earthrid, Ebbs, Flows & Solos, Edisonbox Records, Ekar Records, Ektoplazm, Electro Swing, Electron Emitter, Electronic Raindrops, Electrosound, Elegant Elephant, Elephant Bass, ElpaMmuisc, Endearing, Enigmatik Records, Ennui.Bomb, Enough Records, Epa Sonidos, Ephedrina, Equal Recordings, Erésus, Esprit Records, Estampita Records, Etched Traumas, Eternal Vibes, Eversmile, Everydays, Evoke Records, Exp-Net, Exploding Art Promotions, Explorations In Dub, Export, Eyes of Infinity, Fanatic, Fat Flava Music, Fax Records, February Records, Fields Ohio, Finity, Force Carriers, Fortuna Pop, Free Music Archive, Free The Beats, FreeEtLegal, French Dub Released, French Getaway, French Music, FrenchDubReleased, Fresh Poulp, Freshly Squeezed Music, Fresscode Records, Fridge, Friendly Fire Recordings, FrostClick, Fuego Amigo Discos, Furnishings, Further Asunder, Fusion Netlabel, Future Avenue, Fuzz Club, Fwonk, GAUL Music, Gaia, Geertruida, Generation Bass, Geometry Recordings, Gergaz, Gets Louder, Globalfest, God Hates God Records, Gorge.In, Gravitas Recordings, Green Dragon Media, Green Note Records, Greenbeats Dub Netlabel, Gridwalk Media, Groove Caffee, Guerilla Asso, Gufo Records, GutterFunk, HAZE, Haiti, Hanabira, Happy People Records, Happy People Stateside, Happy Puppy, Hastings, Hattatsu, Heavenly Creatures Records, Honcho, Hong Kong Dub Station, Hortus Conclusus Records, Housefly Records, Houtz, Human Workshop, Hurtsville, Hypem, Hypnagogoc, I.O.T. Records, IMWT, IOT Records, Id.EOLOGY, Illect Recordings, Illogical Algorithm, Immoral Basement Records, In Music We Trust, In My Room, In Stereo Records, In You Ears, Indian Gold Records, Indiependency, Infames, Insectorama, Internet Recordings, Into Nowhere II, Intox Noize, Inunct Music, Inverted Spectrum Records, Invisible Agent Records, Jacobino Discos, Jahtari, Jamendo, Jehm Records, Jumpsuit Records, Jungle and Wobbles, Just Records, Kahvi Collective, Kamizdat, Kanal30, Keeping Track, Khannonmusic Studios, Kill Your Own Archive, King Deluxe, King Dub, King of Empty Hands, Kontingent Records, Kopoc Label, Korpus 9, Krad Collective, Kreislauf, Kvadrat, LCL, LMSNT, La Bel, La Bomba Recordings, La Souterraine, LaSouterraine, Lab Room Unlimited, Lady Boy Records, Laridae, Laser Visa, Latino Reisiste, Le Diable au Corps, Le Disquaire Day, Legowelt, Lemara Kota, Lepers Produtcions, Little Rascal Records, Lluevenalces Netlabel, Loop Recordings, Lost Children, Lost Frog Productions, Lost in My Sweet Dream, Lucida Records, Luna The Cat, MAO, MIST Records, MNMN, MaAuLa Records, Mad-Hop, Magnatune, Mahorka, Maltine Raecords, Manwel T, Maree Bass, Marly Records, Mars Melons, Mastik, Matxino Records, Mav, Mawimbi Records, Maybe Mars, Megavoid, Melodica, Memory Format, Merkaba Music, Metal Postcard Records, MiMi Records, Midnight On The Wheel, Mindblasting, Minima Discos, Mizou, Modismo, Modmotif, Modularfield, Molts Records, Monofonicos, Monokrak, Monotonik, Monplaisir, Monster Jinx, Moombah Bandits, Moron Labs, MosDub, MotorLab, Multi Culti, Murmure Intemporel, Musebox, Musica Docil, Musica Vermella, Mutant Bass Records, Mutant Sonic Exposure, Muteant Sounds, Muzeek, My Hand Thanx, NKS International, NU Logic, Nacion Libre, Nakrikal Records, Nakura Kid Records, Nazca Vibes, Nearer Than Ever, Neblina Sound, Nenormalizm Records, New Bird Landowner, No Format!, No Problema Digital, No Stress Netlabel, Nocid Business Recordings, Nocturne Noises Records, Noiseist, Noisy Vagabond, Noisybeat, Nophi Music, Northern Star, Nostress Netlabel, Nowaki Music, Nub Country, Nubiproof, Nul Tiel Records, Num Num Nah Records, ODG, OIB Records, OMEAC Records, Obey Solitude Records, Odrex Music, Off Me Nut Records, Oldy Clap Recordz, Omaramusic, Omoide Netlabel, On Sunday Recordings, One Handed Music, Open Wide, Operation Sound System Records, Organic Society, Orion Network, Oui Love, Pakapi Records, Pakkaslumi, Pan y Rosas Discos, Paper Garden, Paproota, Paris Zombie, Pavillion 36, People Can Listen, Peppermill, Persona Isla, Pertin-nce, Phlow, Phonocake, Picpac, Piko Piko Detroit, Pilot 11, Pink Walrus Productions, Plain Audio, Planet Groucho, Planet Terror Records, Planet X Records, Plataforma Recs, Playground Records, Pledge Music, Podsafe Music Network, Poli5, Polish Juke, Politiquement Incorrect, Post-Dreifing, Practice Records, Pragmat, Psychocandies, Pueblo Nuevo, Pulque Records, Pulse Compilation, Pyramid Transmissions, Quiero Recordings, Qunabu, RCRD LBL, Rackandruinrecords, Record On Ribs, Records On Ribs, Red Dye, Red Grape Music, Red Star Music, Red Star, Redmetic, Redneck, Rednetic, Redwood Entertainment, Reggae Record Downloads, Reggae Retro, Reggae Roast, Reggaedubwise, Regular Beat Recording, Repeat Records, Reservoir Dub, Reverse Engine, Ringe Raja Records, Rojo y Negro Records, RooRec, Routine Espresso Recordings, Royo y Negro, Rumah Teman Records, Rumpf Records, Run On Recordings, Russian Techno, SGC Media, STFU Records, Sahel Sounds, Salladillo Discs, Scalator Music, Seaside Trip, Section 27, Secuenciast Emporales, Seedsound, Selectro Records, Seven Villas Music, Shalhevet, Shika Shika, Shrammaka Recordings, Sick Monkey Records, Side-Line Magazine, Silent Flow, Siluh Records, Simplify, Sirona Records, Sirona, Six Degrees Records, Skalator Music, Sleepy Bass, Sleepy City, Slowly Drifting Across the Horizon, Sociopath Recordings, Softphase, Soigne Te Oreilles, Soislocerdos, Sola le Pido A Dior, Sonic Squirrel, Sonido Cuántico, Sostanze Records, Sound & Object, Sound Museum, Sound Rising Records, Soundpill, Southern City’s Lab, Soztance, Spa In Disco, Spclnch, Speakeasy Electro Swing, Spettro Recordings, Spinout Records, Starfrosch, Stato Elettrico, Strato Dischi, Strictly Dub Records, Stubborn, Studio 4632, Studio Rockers, Sub65 Media, SubBass, SubPop, SubTerra, Subbass, Subinfinity Recordings, Sublime Porte, Submit Records, Subterranean Tide, Suck Puck Recordz, Sucu Music, Sunriver Sounds, Svaha Sound Records, SwamiMusic, Swishco, Swiss Music Export, Synthematik, Sythematik, TSS Berlin, TZKATZ, Tachyon Netlabel, Tanukineiri Records, Tape Safe, Team Love, Techkilla, Technoval, TelematiQ, Temiong Recordings, Tempus Records, Terawrizt, Terranean Recordings, The Committee for Sonic Research, The Confluence, The Death Roots Syndicate, The Dub Factory, The French Connection, The French Touch Production, The Gods Planet, The Hope and Ruin, The Inner Cinema, The Kult of O, The Swamp Records, Third Wave Collective, This Is Soulace, Tiger Class Records, Tigersushi, Tin Robot Records, Tipping Point, Todos Somos Dios, Too Much Peace and Quiet, Toucan Music, Toxic Fly, Trading Music, Tranzmitter Netlabel, Treetrunk Records, Tribe Of Noise, Tribe Of Sound, Tripedal Crow Records, Trippin’ The Rift Records, Tropical Twista Records, Tru Thoughts, Ubiktune, Ultra Vague Recordings, Uncomfortable Beats, Underground Zine, United Studios Corporation, Unlimited Space Lab, Unlimited Space Nine, Unwashed Territories, Up It Up, Urban Connections, Uva Robot, VKRS, Vacant Artists, Vaticaen, Versionist, Via Lactea Ediciones, Viaduct Promotions, Virtual Soundsystem Records, Vulpiano Records, Warm Milk, Watch Pineapple Press, We Are All Ghosts, Weakie Discs, Weatnu Records, Welter Records, Werkstatt Recordings, Wilhelm show me the Major Label, Witch Spectra, Xenonyms, Yarn Audio, Yes No Wave, Yo! Netlabel, YoNo, You Need Friends Not Diskos, Yuki Yaki, Zap Records, Zenon Records, Zeste, Zimmer Records, Zorch Factory Records, enelrancho, entertainmentforthebraindead, f20d.com, hellopsychaleppo.com, johnnynothing, lafamillemusica, linguafrancamusic, lrcmusic, mimi, rec72, ripstore.asia, spclnch, tilt-recordings, tonAtom, trackinthebox, Þ Kollektiv

681 is a magic number!2023-06-27T12:32:07+00:00

Moop Mama!

Thanks to a great article by Peter Withoutfield over at Blog Rebellen, I’ve started listening to a great album by Munich based “Urban Brass” band Moop Mama.

The album is called “Deine Mutter” and it’s a really clever combination of sounds with 7 wind instruments, 2 drummers and 1 MC, playing in a jazzy, funky, hip-hop stylee that is just excellent.  Granted, I can’t understand a word the MC is rapping about, but that doesn’t really matter to me (as listeners to PCP will know!). I really think you should check them out.

If you want to hear what a glorious noise they make, then listen to the track on soundcloud below:
Geh mit uns – live @ Cirkus Krone München by MoopMama

Moop Mama!2018-04-20T12:46:01+00:00

Dubsalon – Durban Chamber [iD.068]

I first heard Dubsalon at ReggaeDubWise and immediately fell in love with his dub. When I heard from Volker, over at Id.EOLOGY that Dubsalon was making and album, and it would come out on the netlabel, I knew that would be something to look forward to.

That time has now come and Id.EOLOGY presents Durban Chamber: an 8-track album featuring some of the best dub you’ll hear coming out of Argentina.

There’s nothing minimal or dubtech going on here. It’s full-phat dub, from a master. As soon as you hear the driving bass of In A Dream, you know you’re going to be “in the zone” for the duration. Shifting Mood, lives up to it’s name by synthesing bleepy electronica, accordion and wobbly bass drops.

There are the typical dubby vocal samples spread through the album, but essentially the album is instrumental. Although staying true to dub throughout, Dubsalon plays with dubstep, downbeat, electronica and jazzy influences. Yes, there’s harmonica, yes there are bleeps and echos, but this is true “magpie music”, and every track brings in a new influence.

There’s a surprising lack of a Latin American feel, considering Dubsalon comes from Argentina. Not to say that it’s missing entirely, just subdued. By the time you get to the last track, From The Sea, there’s a definitely a “watery” vibe going on.

Not content with 8-tracks, the album also contains an additional 7-track mix put together by Saetchmo. He is of course is the resident DJ of the Berlin #tassebier posse from Kreuzberg Berlin’s Blogrebellen, with whom I had such a great time when I was last in the city. Not only that, but producer of the weekly Echochamber show, which is a must for all dub-heads.

So, have I said enough?  Have you downloaded the album yet and plugged it into your ears?  What are you waiting for?

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Dubsalon – Durban Chamber [iD.068]2018-04-20T12:46:08+00:00

A cup of beer (or two) in Berlin

I’m off again to Berlin next week and I really looking forward to meeting up with some Berlin netlabelists, musicians, podcasters and bloggers at one of their #tassebier (a cup of beer) meet-ups.

It all started with the interview I did in pcp#344 when I talked to Volker and Dub One! from Id.OEOLOGY and I told them I hoped to be back in the city again soon, and it would be good to talk over a beer.

Well that time has come, and Volker has invited a load of his fellow netaudio friends to join in.  It’s even been blogged about on the blog.rebellen.info website by Peter Withoutfield, so if you’re in the area, come and join us:

Time: Monday 23rd May from 8pm
Location: Fire Bar, Krausnickstraße 5, 10115 Berlin Location: Fire Bar, Nick Kraus Strasse 5, 10115 Berlin
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A cup of beer (or two) in Berlin2018-04-20T12:46:18+00:00
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