useful links
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| accidental / lifelike |
mathew herbert's label
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max de wardner, matthew herbert, mugison |
| adaadat |
london-based label & collective
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kema keur, ove naxx, donna summer |
| ambush | extreme music label courtesy of dj scud & aphasic | scud, aphasic, drop the lime |
| anticon | american based label home to some of the world's finest mcs | themselves, doseone, etc. |
| cockrockdisco |
the currently-dormant label of jason forrest set to feature
a wide variety of new music
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tba |
| constellation |
godspeed's label and an outputter of fantastic music
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do make say think, a silver mt. zion, godspeed... |
| deathchant |
underground hardcore / breakcore label
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hellfish, producer, rude ass tinker |
| death$ucker |
bristol-based breakcore
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bong ra, parasite, d-kat |
| domino |
extremely highly rated british indie label
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jim o'rourke, max tundra, mouse on mars, movietone |
| fat cat records | brighton-based melodic electronic label | mum, sigur ros, miceparade |
| 555 |
was leeds, now philly based electronica
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kid606 |
| float | bristol-based electronica outfit & friends & associates of clean cut | asteroth, dyslogic |
| hot air | home of the weird and wonderful imagination of matt wand | stock, hausen and walkman |
| kranky |
chicago based smackcore
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godspeed you black emporer! |
| leaf |
london label specialising in minimalist electronica
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murcof, manitoba, boom bip |
| matador |
nyc rawk, hip hop, house, hardcore. everything.
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cornelius, mogwai, matmos |
| mego |
austrian label with a love of interesting music and racing
driving
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fennesz, jim o'rourke, merzbow |
| melodic |
electronica with a melodic edge
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minotaur shock, lucky pierre, pedro |
| mute |
recently bought out by EMI and they do have moby on their
roster but there is some good stuff here
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add n to (x) |
| 19-t |
up-and-coming japanese electronic label
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cow'p, dj 100,000,000 |
| pause 2 |
bristol-based purist electronica label
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eu, stollof & hopkinson |
| planet mu |
label run by the infamous mike paradinhas aka mu-ziq
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leafcutter john, venetian snares, hrvatski |
| point of reference |
bristol/brighton based promoters & artists
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biskupin, melting field |
| rephlex |
aphex's label. most of the stuff is pretty mad but you
can ultimately see where they are coming from.
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astrobotnia, bogdan raczynski, global goon, the bug |
| reckankreuzungsklankewerkzeuge |
keith fullerton whitman's label
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| rex records | london-based label, the training ground for XL recordings | rlf |
| schematic |
glitch-based miami label
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otto bon schirach, phoenicia |
| seed |
london label run by ex-skamsters posthuman putting out
dark & twisted electronic breakbeats
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posthuman, ardisson |
| silent age |
supa lofi bristolian
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bronnt industries kapital, gravenhurst, mole harness |
| skam |
manchester-based electronic shannigans
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team doyobi, wevie stonder |
| sonig |
mouse on mars' label
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mouse on mars, ae, lithops |
| spirit of gravity |
brighton-based electronic collective
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shitmat |
| thrill jockey |
chicago-based label
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nobukazu takemura, tortoise, mouse on mars |
| tigerbeat6 |
kid606's label. full of glitchcore & pop bootlegs
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kid606, cex, gold chains, etc. |
| warp |
the big-boys of electronica
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aphex, boc, autechre, squarepusher, etc. |
| zod records |
canadian breakcore / fukstep / messiness
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curtis chip, emotional joystick, bin ray |
| online shops | . |
| bi-wire | the place to buy techno, breaks & electro |
| boomkat | the online shop for the famous pelicanneck records of manchester |
| death$ucker | hardcore / jungle / breakcore |
| glaive records | electronica, folk, rock |
| rough trade | the online shop to arguably the best record store in the uk |
| urban shadows | free party fodder with a good selection of hard to find european shit |
| smallfish | good selection of new electronic releases |
| club nights, festival & sound systems | . |
| dead silence | london based production collective and free party crew |
| dissident | one of the fastest growing & most exciting uk free party rigs (bristol based) |
| headfuk | london-based free party rig & label. also put on synthetic circus |
| kraked | reading-based night with a similar outlook to clean cut but more dancefloor orientated |
| lateral cuts | night @ the cube cinema which always broadcasts over the net. run by gem & mr hopkinson |
| locus | one of the most innovative drum and bass nights in the country (bristol based) |
| prank | west country sound system. mad as fuck |
| toxic dancehall | breacore/fukstep nuttiness courtesy of punksi, parasite & uberdog |
| venn festival | new bristol-based festival based around complete eclecticism. |
| press | . |
| choke | rock & electronica fanzine & website....fuckin good, check it out |
| decode magazine | bristol and bath area contemporary art journal |
| overload media | now archived online magasine mostly dealing with electronica, techno & electro |
| the milk factory | good online electronica zine |
| the wire | trendy alt.culture mag, probably reviews the most interesting music of all uk publications |
| local scene | . |
| ben blackmore | local jazz musician and friend of clean cut |
| the bristolian | local left-wing political magazine, generally informative, mainly libelous, always funny |
| bristol indy media | does exactly what it says on the tin |
| bristol uncovered | sunday night radio show playing alternative stuff on bristol star 107.3fm - fyi it's the only good show on the station! |
| burst fm | bristol university radio station. the only fm bristol station with an open-minded music policy |
| camera 2 | pioneering bristol-based vjs & visuals |
| the croft | the regular venue for the clean cut monthly live events |
| cube microplex | art-house cinema and music venue |
| the knowledge of bugs | clean cut artist's other online presence |
| the thekla | venue that houses occasional clean cut events |
| miscellaneous | . |
| sputnik7 | streaming video website with plenty of cool music videos |