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12k —> commercial label with free online releases: look for term. LQ: "an online-only series of minimalist sound explorations" – highly recommended.

1972music —> d.i.y. at high (moral) level.

2063music —> LQ: "the music here has the tendency to be scapish and beatless."

20kbps rec. —> weird shit from suisse, somewhere between electronica & punk – low coding to guarantee that certain lo-fi feeling.

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acediamusic —> LQ: "since most of us are widerange musicians and multi-plattform artists the spectrum of your creations grows bigger with every new member. we represent the many ideas that always existed and will always exist."

algorhythm —> LQ: "algorhythm is joel macclellan from akron, oh, usa. he has been involved with music throughout his life. and has been making electronic music as algorhythm since 1999."

ant.blipp —> home to hoof, ola, ash, and ant presenting free single mp3s.

audiobulb —> combining smooth and experimental electronica with superb cover artwork – a must have!

autonomousAudio —> LQ: "computer music and electronic experimentalism, from australia and elsewhere. sound from complex autonomous systems: chaotic sunspot models, logic gates powered by cellular automata, sample-slicing genetic crossover, growth patterns in simulated fungus, feedback cycles in vinyl-stylus-amp-speakers."

autoplate —> LQ: "autoplate is a thinner sublabel that works completly guest-release based." great audio stuff packaged from ep to album.

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bitsteam —> artist's site (stephan mathieu) with a big bunch of downloadable mp3s. improvised/electronica, a must go to.

boogizm —> LQ: "... danceable techno/housemusic which is not limited by concepts as "minimal", "functional", "laptop-blah-blah"..."

bourbonese qualk —> not really a weblabel, but the group ceased activities after a member's tragic death, and made the complete backcatalogue available for free download; b.q. were one of the second generation bands that followed the early industrial underground (like throbbing gristle and cabaret voltaire), merging noise and experimental sounds with rhythms.

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chillproductions —> rather pop/dance style, nice exceptions.

comfortstand —> LQ: "we like to think of our record label as a kind of corner stand with an international feel spanning all genres of recorded sound." great exotica double cd compilation for a start.

commie —> LQ: "we prefer lo-fi experimental electronic music, but theoretically anything goes." ogg-formatted.

corewatch —> LQ: "corewatch is a free 'net label' for electronic music to be released as mp3 or similar formats ...". ep/album releases and mixes (74 min.) – containing a favourite net release by lackluster (not an ep/cw16): great vintage electronica, comparable to early warp/r&s artists.

ctrlaltcanc —> LQ: "... dedicated to experimental electronic sounds ... will be released only mp3 and some cdR ... no special effect - no flash animation ... only music i love".

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das noise —> LQ: "das nosie is a label dedicated to sound explorations in modern electronic music and experimental projects."
hmm, they mistyped their own name, didn't they?

the droplift project —> LQ: "manufacture our own cds, go into chain stores, and leave them in the appropriate bins. down among the established pop hits and top 40 product, these cds await those curious few who take them to the counter." a must go to – all time classic!

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earlabs —> LQ: "earlabs was started in 1999 as a public stage for composers who wanted to have central spot on the net. together with fellow artists they had the chance to present themselves and have themselves compared." a must go to, as the site contains some historical gems like early 20th century recordings among weird and challenging contamporary sounds.

earphone —> LQ: "experimental, electroacoustic, electronic" – highly reommended.

jake elliott —> artist's site with downloadable mp3s, incl. a series of 2-minute-miniatures.

em411 —> community with a focus on making electronic music (rhythm-oriented) and releasing it.

enoughrecords —> LQ: "enoughrecords is a small independent idm label. our goal is to release quality material from all around the world (even though we started up as a label with portuguese only artists)."

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fals.ch —> a must go to: unusual site design with a high attitude towards curious users and database gourmets, providing wide coverage of (topics dealing with) experimental electronic music. login required.

fronha records —> a brazilian collective with up to 25 releases in the field of electronic / improvised music.

fukkgod let's create —> a must go to: not as weird as fals.ch above but worth collecting as releases go offline after a few months.

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gameboyzz orchestra —> "gameboyzz orchestra project is an experimental sound - visual project, basing on the use of GameBoy console as a music instrument." (LQ)

groovylab —> this site seems on hold now for a long time but comprises the quite cool and collectable "on sunday mornings" edition.

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hellven —> LQ: "electronic music now mainly in mp3 format; covering styles such as ambient, electro, techno, idm, trip-hop and more..."

hinterlandt —> LQ: "taking extreme grind-core as a starting point, his interest quite soon evolved into the weird time signatures of math rock, later he took melodies and harmonies on board and developed an interest in getting more and more experimental." artist's page (with releases on earlabs and stasisfield).

hippocamp —> LQ: "a hippocamp is a mythical sea creature, half fish and half horse. It is also a region in the brain, a shortened version of the word hippocampus. ... we've released music by people all over the world, as the site's grown the quality of the music has increased with it." that's true – a classic.

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interdisco —> more rhythmic / clicks&cuts style with some nice stuff there.

iqbot —> artist's page with single mp3s and some experimental animation in a charming style.

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kikapu —> LQ: "the label was started as a way for brilliant artists to showcase their talents; here you can find music from up-and-coming artists as well as artists already well-established within the electronic music community." highly collectable releases containing a favourite – chris burke aka glomag: the axis and the alloy.

komplott —> LQ: "the komplott label was established in 1999 as a reaction to the limited scope available for experimental and electronic music in scandinavia at the time. our main ambition is to create a strong label for new artists in what could roughly be defined as modern, experimental music ..."

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littlegirlempire —> cool site with simple design, also covering some experimental video stuff - very nice.

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miasmah —> LQ: "laidback beats and colorful design".

microbiorecords —> enthusiasts of south-american origin? recommended.

microsound —> LQ: "... digital and post-digital music promulgated by the proliferation and widespread adoption of digital signal processing (dsp) tools." a must go to: experimental electronica projects of highest standard and a mailing list that made me buy italo calvino's "invisible cities".

the mobius —> a radio show with a focus on experimental electronica, documenting most of the shows in mp3 archive. recommended.

monohm —> more sound/drone-oriented releases. nice one.

monolab —> techno/tracker underground.

monotonik & friends —> electronica netlabel with 1.3 gigabyte audio to date ...

mute ant sounds —> site coding is worse than some of the releases.

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nenfiir sadefrex —> LQ: "nenfiir sadefrex is a label dedicated to underground techno music, our sound is pure, dark, hard and minimalist."

nexsound —> ukrainian weblabel run by andrey kiritchenko – recommended.

noisemusic —> LQ: "noise (new objectives in sound exploration) is a non-profit group dedicated to creating sound[music] using microchip technology."

notype —> offline at the moment, but go there from time to time, as this used to be an all time favourite weblabel incl. sidelabels ...

nubiproof —> had some interesting music on it but they successfully redesigned the site to disfunctionality on a mac :-(

nullsleep —> LQ: "8bitpeoples, a collective of artists interested in the audio/video aesthetics of 8bit computers and videogames, ranging in style from the mixture of urban field recordings and processed arcade samples of the Click Bleep Click EP to the chiptune rock found on The Gameboy Singles 2002. "

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observa tory —> LQ: "dedicated to the home-grown electronic experimentation of sound and vision, observatory releases several free to download and distribute mp3 and ogg releases a month." one of the sites with a very high standard – a must go to.

octagone —> LQ: "this is a label for chosen music we call deconstructed. we build structures out of fragments to compose new emotions."

ogredung —> why do website redesigns give me the feeling that some people think complication serves usability? and who really needs a 197kb picture for a start? they offer some outstanding releases, though.

origami republika —> a weird network feat. d.i.y. sound exploitists from nearly all over the world. original, chaotic, and great. recommended.

outpostmusic —> techno/tracker underground.

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phonelai —> artist's site – LQ: "when creating my music, my main focus is drones & amp; virtual landscapes with elements of glitch."

phonography.org —> a must go to if you're into field recordings – some free downloads, but main focus on artists and d.i.y./technique.

please do something —> small but beatiful, releases ranging from electronica to post-rock and beyond categories.

plunderphonics —> a must go to: john oswald's plunderphonic site provides you with a collection of texts concerning authorship and copyright in aesthetical and political aspects alike. Seek and you shall find everything you need to make your own copy of the legendary (censored) "plunderphonics" cd.

potatoes 64k chip label —> LQ: " ...intended to provide original, high-quality chipmusic to the audience."

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quiet american —> LQ: "quiet american is the manipulation of sounds I hear and record. the project began as i grappled with what it meant to be a tourist in another culture. it continues as i grapple with what it means to be a tourist in my own." a favourite pick – artist's site covering field recordings and collages made of them, therefor giving you the source material as well as the releases. highly recommended.

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rive —> home to eucci and friends – this is one of the first notype-hosted labels that reappeared. great! recommended.

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s'agita recordings —> LQ: "a label concerned in releasing works related to the acousmatic field of soundmaking, with this defining a territory that includes anything from plain unprocessed environmental recordings to more abstract electronic experimentation."

scarcelight —> LQ: "scarcelight functions as an art collective, publishing limited edition music products on CD, CDR, & mp3."

sine fiction —> LQ: "launched in 2000 and curated by a_dontigny, the sine fiction series is a no type thematic project whereby each release is an invented soundtrack to a notable science fiction novel". highly recommended.

sonus —> a huge archive of electroacoustic music (french tradition) in mp3 format, high audio quality and an absolute must go to.

starving but happy —> one single online compilation, but a must have.

stasisfield —> LQ: "focus on minimal instrumental experimental music".

subsource —> netlabel for electronic music covering releases and mixes.

subverseco —> a must go to, high standard "free progressive noise" (LQ)

surfaces —> LQ: "surfaces netlabel is operating since september 2003
this site has been created as a virtual platform for releasing out-of-frames music by promising lithuanian sound artists in the musical fields of electronica, ambient, idm, noise, industrial, avant-garde, experimental, freejazz, and so forth".

system f3 —> online side releases by system, dub tractor, opiate et al.

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+b+mo digital hq —> dj-related electronica.

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thinner —> LQ: "dub inspired electronic music in form of mp3 files". a must go to – thinner is definitely one of the high standard net labels.

tibprod —> obscure, with an origami release among others.

tiln —> founded by marc mcnulty, now run by aesova – a must go to, one of those not to miss sites.

tonatom —> LQ: "electronics, ranging from ambient to experimental and far off from dancefloor, club and other limitations, ... strange and intelligent, challenging and inspiring."

tu-m —> LQ: "dedicated at electroacustic, electronic, plunderphonic, minimalism, jazz, glitch and pop..."

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ultrahang (= ultrasound) —> LQ: "this page contains recordings of most of the performances on Ultrahang Fest (2003, Budapest-Szeged, Hungary) by the artists' permission." highly recommended.

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zeromoon —> commercial label with high quality electronica providing mp3 examples and some archival long-playing gems, wrapped in a beautiful webdesign.

zns tapes —> active as a tape label from 1987–1993, this website is dedicated to reissues of tape releases of that period, incl. works by maeror tri, big city orchestra, lyke wake, and vidna obmana, among others.

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