Thoughts on Free Netlabels

[kidlogic]

Im doing a little market research for an idea I have...

Does anyone download tunes from them?

Do you feel that the tunes on them are any less desirable because they are on a free label?

If there was/is a quality one, would/do you check it often?

Discuss.

[bob crunkhouse]

www.netlab.co.uk

Best net lab in the country, get the ital tek and michael manning releases. There always taking submissions.

[ufo over easy]

www.plainaudio.com
www.exegene.com

both sick

exegene is down at the moment, but you can get info from the internet archive - www.archive.org/details/exegene



not dubstep though

I think net labels are really on a valid enterprise if there's no active buyers market for a physical medium. In the case of plainaudio and exegene, if the tunes weren't to come out that way there's every chance they'd never come out at all - there's enough interest to merit several thousand downloads but not enough to merit a vinyl press.

in a market like dubstep where vinyl is selling well (and more or less every release, no matter how good or bad is selling out), I'm not sure there's much point.

so great stuff for the increased availibility of genuinely forward thinking, risk taking music.

[T_macabre]

http://www.therapy-label.net/

almost ready to rumble...
some big music to come...

[7"]

Does anyone download tunes from them?

Do you feel that the tunes on them are any less desirable because they are on a free label?

If there was/is a quality one, would/do you check it often?

I do download a lot of free stuff given away from some netlabels so i must admit i do check it very often, i've listened some dope releases and i don't think they are less desirable, ive been always digging good music and afterall you can find it everywhere, there are some sick netlabels actually.

Here it is a Portuguese one called Enough Records, check their Enough Dubs and you will see why i am recommending, top notch stuff.

Enough

Another Portuguese netlabel called MiMi

Mainly i do visit for some Minimal, IDM, Electronica, Experimental beats, and theres some great netlabels releasing stuff in these genres, brilliant! Here it is some of them...

Xynthetic
Thinner

More to come...

[kidlogic]

wow, thanks for the links! good stuff so far... I was mainly just interested in peoples thoughts on them, but if this turns into a link thread thats cool too... Like I said, I have an idea for a net-label type thing and want to get peoples thoughts on them in general... thanks so far...

[shane]

i got that Enough Dubs comp the other day, definitely good shit in there.

[+torment+]

wow, thanks for the links! good stuff so far... I was mainly just interested in peoples thoughts on them, but if this turns into a link thread thats cool too... Like I said, I have an idea for a net-label type thing and want to get peoples thoughts on them in general... thanks so far...

... "less desirable = free label?" uh no.


There's always ways to DIY. That's the freedom of art. Its business that puts value on expression in terms of cash and dividends. There's ALWAYS going to be an alternative. And for that, we should be grateful.

[dipswitch1]

http://www.enoughrecords.scene.org/enoughdubs2/

[MikeE]

Echodub is always quality.

[craig]

the free stuff (aka, basically all of it) from http://www.acroplane.co.uk is extreme quality

[cixxxj]

BIG UPS to all the Netaudio massive!!! There used to be a thread about netlabel releases and I do think topic deserves a sticky! Tried to do it some time ago but after a 20ish replies it died. I'm a supporter definitely!!

BIG surprise is I don't see PLANET TERROR mentioned!!!!

Dubstep-wise, they got a lot of tunes!!

Unknown Planets compilation
http://www.archive.org/details/planet005
B1t Crunch3r vs. Killeralien vs. Phonetic System - Neuro Science EP [PLANET015]
http://www.archive.org/details/planet015
experimental Culprate release
http://www.planetterrorrecords.com/2010 ... ll-be.html
The MOST EXCELLENT --TITUS 12-- !!!
http://www.archive.org/download/planet018/planet018.zip
Mikus album
http://www.archive.org/download/planet016/planet016.zip
Planetarium compilation
http://www.archive.org/download/planet011/planet011.zip
B1t Crunch3r's Travelogue
http://www.archive.org/download/planet007/planet007.zip
Another Culprate's
http://www.archive.org/download/planet003/planet003.zip
And Titus 12's Step Forward EP
http://www.archive.org/download/planet002/planet002.zip


The complete list of their releases (a lot more excellent stuff) is located at
http://www.planetterrorrecords.com/2009 ... es_01.html