Bandcamp has it's benefits for the ease of creation, sharing, and saving, but monopolies,
especially in creative subcultures, rarely end well. For the purpose of supporting alternative
undergrounds, here is my collection of non-Bandcamp based netlabels. May the old net never die.
(Ironically, a lot of these labels are dead, but many are active and prolific. Tread with caution,
probably don't browse at work. Made with help from friends; if I'm missing any, make mistakes,
or if you want yours on here, get in touch!)
■■ = Active
■■ = Dormant / possibly dead
■■ = Confirmed dead
(A lot of these are guesses and the status isn't constantly being updated.
Don't quote me on it, grain of salt, etc. etc.)
Archive:
■■ 2023 - now backtick - Very vaguelly described by it's creator as "electronic etc." If you take a browse you'll get a feel for it fairly quickly
■■ 2023 - now user553 - "`oh how joyous made anothe r stupid dumb label"
■■ 2023 - now Летов - A sublabel of Genetic Trance emphasizing media in a quirky/post-modern format (passworded, corrupted files, very small or large files, non-music, silence, .exe files, conceptual releases, just anything)
■■ 2020 - now Kill Your... Records! - "Bullshit" label that accepts virtually anything, including non music and photos
■■ 2020 - now Very Small - Label accepting albums under 1 second and covers under 50x50 pixels
■■ 2020 - now OTCRAH Records - Experimental, noise netlabel from Monterrey, Nuevo León México
■■ 2018 - now SattvalandRecords - Experimental, noise, and electronic netlabel from Brazil
■■ 2012 - now Murmure Intemporel - Experimental, ambient, noise netlabel from France for "Adventurous Artists"
■■ 2022 - now VIOLENT SUICIDE - All releases under one minute, 128 kbps preferred. "No quality standards exist." Requirements seem to be flexible.
■■ 2022 - now OBERAMMERGAUER PASSIONSPIEL 2000 - All releases under one minute, 128 kbps preferred. "No quality standards exist."
■■ 2022 - now ☎tape - Experimental internet music label run by Sputnik / ◉
■■ 2021 - now Lo-music - Sub-56 kbps lobit label circa 2021.
■■ 1994 - now Lost Frog Productions - A suprisingly big breakcore / experimental label with a long history
■■ 2021 - now Futa Cock Records - Spiritual successor to Horse Dick Records
■■ 2018 - now sub65 - Lobit label for 64 kbps releases and below
■■ 2015 - now Skull Dungeon - "Unspecialized Net Label. Nothing is true, everything is permitted."
■■ 2020 - now World Is A Fuck Records - Run by CONSTANTAUTUMN, specializes in experimental music, noise and electronic-autism
■■ 2017 - now Yuri Society - Private imprint of Lord Cernunnos (noise, HNW, field recordings, black noise, etc.) Not accepting demos.
■■ 2022 - now Yuri Society - Public version of Yuri Society and successor to noise / experimental label Small Tits Records.
■■ 2010 - now Genetic Trance - Beautiful train wreck à la Летпав. "Its conception reflects an idea of informational freedom and limitlessness of art."
■■ 2016 - now Immoral Basement - Successor to Popsakal. "The label has no principles and publishes all who wish to publish."
■■ 2019 - now the lowdown - Not sure if I should include it, a lobit / lofi podcast / radio show.
■■ 2002 - now 20kbps Records - Lobit label active since 2002.
■■ 2022 - 2022? Varzlabel - Largely conceptual label, run by Post-artist and inspired by Vziel Projet / Genetic Trance.
■■ 2021 - 2022? E.E. Projects - Experimental label with many huge (6+ hour) releases.
■■ 2020 - 2020 Kittens Collecting Stars Records - Netlabel dedicated to releasing field recordings of people playing video games.
■■ 2020 - 2020 Volamund - Release live recordings / improvisations / field recordings.
■■ 2018 - 2018 Total Garbage - Stupid HNW.
■■ 2020 - 2020 NGVSL - Acid and occassional lobit label
■■ 2013 - 2016 Susu Ultrarock Records - I don't actually know what this is. I think it has to do with Yuuko Haii.
■■ 2017 - 2018 ZVUKI GOVNA - Russian experimental / noise label.
■■ 2005 - 2009? TRASHFUCK NET / Non Quality Audio - Harsh noise and extreme music founded and operated by RedSK.
■■ 2009 - 2019 Unicode Music - Noncommercial netlabel from Italy releasing music with the highest bitrate of 32 kbps.
■■ 2019 - 2019 Nuclear Winter Records - A Harsh Noise Wall netlabel active for August 2019 only, sublabel of The Dark Thursday.
■■ 2007 - 2016 Popsakal Records - Classic "anti-pop, extreme, and anti-music" from 2007-2016.
■■ 2018 - 2019 Dirty Lolis - Mostly noise, ambient, and other genres, heavily influenced by anime and lolis.
■■ 2018 - 2020 Horse Dick Records - Various genres but mostly shitcore, run by VxBxDxDx.
■■ 2018 - 2019 x drone x heart x - All genres, heavy overlap with Horse Dick Records.
■■ 2018 - 2018 XwX Musix - Breakcore / lolicore. Ran on Soulseek with exclusive releases for some time.
■■ 2018 - 2018 Hentai Jesus Crucified Records - Lolicore / noise.
■■ 2004 - 2005 Stars In Rehab - Lobit label 2004-2005.
■■ 2005 - 2005 TZP Drone Company - Ambient / drone / experimental label active in 2005.
■■ 2008 - 2008 Dustin Must Die - Net label based in Australia, active 2007-2008.
■■ 2019 - 2020 bonIo Records - Drone / HNW label without covers, deleted but releases are still available by url (bon401-bon419)
■■ 2018 - 2020 Летпав - The ultimate postmodern train wreck netlabel. Check out the (wildly incomplete) Discogs and see for yourself. Now deleted, links to reupload.
■■ 2012 - 2012 Haltura Project - "Radical conceptualist / neofluxus / post-neodadaist / neopostmodern / neo-existentialist Internet multimedia movement."
■■ 2011 - 2012 Sphicot Records - Finnish low bitrate non-commercial MP3 net-label founded by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen in June 2011.
■■ 2014 - 2018 L0BIT - Self-explanatory lobit label (possibly associated with L0BIT?)
■■ 2013 - 2015 Tales About Nothing - Russian experimental / any genre label.
■■ 2008 - 2008 Sexual-Records - Experimental sublabel of Proc-Records.
■■ 2020 - 2021 Small Tits Records - Run by Lord Cernunnos, mainly noise / HNW but has a good variety of other genres.
■■ 2021 - 2021 Unfun Records - Label run by Vaporeonporn / Crow with little genre restrictions.
■■ 2008 - 2011 Love Torture Records - 2008-2011 (mostly) netlabel for any and all styles of electronic and "experimnetal" music
■■ 2010 - 2012 Cov3n ov Darkn3ss - xXx_W3ird 3l3ctronic & Witch House Music N3tlab3l from ▲ustrali▲_xXx
■■ 2006 - 2008 Twenty Thirteen Records - A net-label active between November 2006 and September 2008, set up mainly to release Mark Meloche's side projects online
■■ - Sea Level Records - Experimental / electronic label run by paperclip crown Well, it's gone now.
■■ 2012 - 2019 Sputnik Records - lo-fi, noise, 8-bit, and others
■■ 2017 - 2020 ZHY228 - IDFK honestly, mostly Russian shitnoise?
■■ 2020 - 2020 Voice Call Recordings - Lobit Zoom field recordings
■■ 2016 - 2016 Discography Records - Russian label that releases complete discographies.
■■ 2022 - 2022 [Sofiabot] Pointless Download - Label for antireleases (digital files with no playable audio)
■■ 2019 - 2019 [Sofiabot] Stiftskirche Records - Released sample based works and black metal.
■■ 2019 - 2020 [Sofiabot] Rubber Frog Records - Strictly releases only sample based works.
■■ 2020 - 2020 [Sofiabot] One Second Lain Records - Label released only one second singles about Serial Experiments Lain.
■■ 2020 - 2020 [Sofiabot] Another Label - Seemingly unthemed, same crew as the rest.
■■ 2020 - 2020 [Sofiabot] Phillip's Records - Released only screw.
■■ 2020 - 2020 [Sofiabot] Blubber Grog Records - The label only released noise, plunderphonics, and sea shanties.
■■ 2020 - 2020 [Sofiabot] 5'6" Records - Released all genres but had a preference for noisecore, noise, shitcore, HNW, shitnoise, and experimental.
■■ 2020 - 2020 [Sofiabot] 회색 태양 혼란 Records - Released only black metal and plunderphonics.
■■ 2020 - 2020 [Sofiabot] تحريك عقلك Records - The label only released house, techno, acid, trance, and live plunderphonics.
■■ 2021 - 2021 [Sofiabot] End Of 2021 Records - Open only for a day on 12/31/2021.
VK, Blogspot, Tumblr:
■■ 2022 - now CYBERIUM NETSCAPES - "do u take its paw unto your own, fellow lifething? or struggle in the immaterial deathspace of your own demise?"
■■ 2010 - now 8 ravens - Classic 8kbps lobit label
■■ 2019 - now Lolita Catacombs - Personal blog / label of Himeko Katagiri (not accepting demos)
■■ 2010 - now? miso-nicomi records - Japanese label that focuses on breakcore, mashcore and lolicore sounds (also see here)
■■ 2008 - now? Microbit Records - Russian net-label devoted to low-bit music of all genres
■■ 2018 - 2021? 聞く - Tsundere Violence field recording sublabel (TCLB is on bandcamp, the others are not)
■■ 2018 - 2021? Говнарик - This label releases rips from VK voice chat
■■ 2018 - 2018? ХЛЕБ ДА СОЛЬ REC - Any-genre VK-based label
■■ 2017 - 2019? ;'; , ;'; - Hexagon-based sublabel of Genetic Trance (not all Genetic Trance sublabels are listed here)
■■ 2018 - 2020 Robotik Speedcore Killers Produtions - Speedcore since '08. I wish my site looked like this.
■■ 2018 - 2020 實驗極光 - One of my favorites. Many genres (lolicore, ambient, noise, rock, etc.)
■■ 2010 - 2017 Cherry Blossom Dog Records - A net-label founded by Sakura Pups, "to release whatever he felt like releasing."
■■ 2010 - 2013 ROSE QUARTZ - Electronic DJ-based blogspot label
■■ 2012 - 2012 VITAMIN C RECORDS - Multigenre label based off of Tumblr.
■■ 2014 - 2014 Fckpn recordings - Tumblr label for breakcore, lolicore, darkstep, speedcore, hardcore
■■ 2012 - 2013 Minimism Records - Releasing free downloadable items in 128 kbps or less.
■■ 2017 - 2018 Lobit - Self-explanatory lobit VK label.
■■ 2009 - 2010 Unaware Records - Lobit label from the UK
■■ 2010 - 2013 Top Of The Flops - Electronic / Experimental music from Bangkok (Thailand). Active since 2010. Founded by Toxic Chicken.
■■ 2016 - 2019 Extratone Rec. - Exactly what it sounds like.
■■ 2015 - 2016 100+ Sppecore - "born in october 2015, we like extreme music and have a no gasmask policy. We focus on extratone ,old sppecore and a good measure of noise, provided it's certified ISO 9001."
■■ 2021 - 2022 ლ(╹◡╹ლ) - Mostly noise / lolicore / any genre label Now deleted, archived here
Neocities:
■■ 2023 - now Anti-label - Accepting anything experimental label, founded / populated by some of the usual suspects. Very nice pink too.
■■ 2023 - now free download music - MUSIC!!! DOWNLOAD MUSIC!!!!! RUN BY SEB! DOWNLOAD MUSIC NOW!!!!!!
■■ 2022 - now Dream Hijacker - "Accepting anything"-type Neocities-based label formed post-cat playground (rip) (now active!! ^_^)
■■ 2021 - now Cordfuck Records - Formerly a short-lived Neocities-based breakcore / noise label active for one legendary month in 2021, reborn in 2023 (holy shit?!)
■■ 2022 - now Erroneous Dish - "we'll release pretty much anything no matter how lazy, short, ridiculous or unlistenable it is" (a recent branch of a musical legacy stretching back to the 90s!)
■■ 2023 - now Burnt Tape - Netlabel for creative noise / harsh noise, established by MyDogStoleMyLiver
■■ 2022 - now a ten pound note found in the drain - "a single based sublabel. all releases available for free" (subsidary of Welcome To Clydebank)
■■ 2022 - now SUBlabel - Label run by the (post)artist behind Lo-music. Releases "anything" under random website subdomains, often offline for whatever reason
■■ 2020 - now Cataura - Neocities-based multigenre collective hosted by yours truly <3
■■ 2019 - 2021? f u l l w i d t h - Vaporwave & Internet music bringing back the old-school flavor to vaporwave curation and promotion. "No Physicals, No Drama."
■■ 2022 - 2022? 我愛兒童性行為！ Σ>―(〃°ω°〃)♡→l - "SEND DEMO SEND ALBUM ANYTHING!!! 發送演示發送專輯任何東西！！！MAIL !! 999girlslove@asia.com !! "
■■ 2022 - 2022? BZi Enterprises - "There's no limits to fun, so why limit genres?" (Seemingly DOA)
■■ 2018 - 2019 KUSO MASSIVE - Neocities-based jungle vanity netlabel run by Shitwiz for Shitwiz
■■ 2022 - 2022? kislud klum - Dedicated to destroying pop music and disregarding copyright, inspired by V/Vm test. Seemingly deleted now.
■■ 2017 - 2018? Dan's Dubs - Label for unofficial releases and bootlegs. Looks interesting but all the links seem to be dead now.
■■ 2019 - 2019? G6 Basssound - "[...] folk rock, bubblegum bass, vaporwave, you name it we like it [...] new netlabel named Lipstique open - it will release audio from Discord voice chat."
■■ 2016 - 2017 †▼‡▲HAUNTED MANSION NETLABEL †▲▼‡ - french occvlt netlabel for witch house and experimental electronic music, deactivated with Fanburst's deletion in 2019, recovered here
Other:
■■ 2023 - now sfadjfjasdfuj.gay - Possibly also called "not memorable," independent internet DIY label for music and media of all sorts
■■ 2010 - now Splitterkor Rekords Dziwko!!! - AKA SKRD!!! Polish net-label for breakcore, terrorcore, speedcore, splittercore, extratone, mashcore, polcore, samplecore, and noise
■■ 2010 - now SPETTRO rec - "A small place for unconventional music. (since 2010) Submissions always welcome. Hurtful and offensive material isn't." (also has an Archive page)
■■ 1999 - now Zenapolæ - Based out of Philadelphia and operative since 1999, featuring abstract, ambient, downtempo, experimental, IDM, microsound, soundscapes, scenic and atmospheric music.
■■ 2011 - now ETCHED TRAUMAS - oriented to ambient / experimental / noise genres - "armed with a DAW, and a poor quality audio recorder, for new situations. There are rules to override, and wires to stretch"
■■ 2010 - now Spheredelic - German netlabel for ambient, avant-garde and experimental music. Let yourself be carried away by new compositional paths in auditory sound worlds and aesthetic compositions."
■■ 2023 - now webmaster cicatrix - netlabel by k0i, hosted independently on a webserver
■■ 2013 - now Dochakuso Records - Japanese netlabel since 2013, lots of breakcore but plenty of other stuff.
■■ 2012 - now Tsundere Violence - Mainly lolicore / breakcore but branched off into many genres, 2012-present.
■■ 2003 - now Sickmode - Release underground breakcore and experimental electronic music: "underground as fuck since 2003 / high as fuck since forever"
■■ 2011 - 2018 Radio Active Hardcore - DJKurara's dance/break/hardcore netlabel est. 2011
■■ 2022 - now? Cute Shota Dick Records - Underground shitnoise along the lines of Horse Dick Records.
■■ 2011 - 2021? бидлокор - "label releas shity outsider musiк"
■■ 2011 - 2020? Cyanur Prod - French netlabel for dark music genres. especially folk, martial and industrial
■■ 2006 - 2014 Dramacore - All sorts of underground and electronic music since 2006.
■■ 2009 - 2012 4m@-records - Proc-Records sublabel releasing albums the size of a floppy disc (1.44 mbs) or smaller.
■■ 2007 - 2012 Proc-Records - Multigenre label since 2007.
■■ 2007 - 2013 Glitch City - Releases free albums by noise, glitch, 8-bit, electronic and experimental artists since 2007
■■ 2005 - 2006? Fashion Proof - "All Bitrate Netlabel catering to: What I Want."
■■ 2004 - 2011 Abulia Concepts - 2004-2011 lobit label from Germany.
■■ 2004 - 2007? NORTHAMERICANHARDCORE - Lobit label active founded in 2004.
■■ 2006 - 2020? mp3death - Embrace the bit crunch. Hand held techno for the international warehouse underground. Sound chips of years gone by screaming at your body: ROCK!
■■ 2009 - 2014 1000 + - Extratone and speedcore netlabel managed by DJ Ninja Love Mistake (RIP)
■■ 2006 - 2012 UGU - Legendary old-school lolicore central
■■ 2009 - 2009 Abstract Disco - The other legendary old-school lolicore central
Note: The line drawn here is arbitrary but hopefully reasonable - Tsundere Violence has a bandcamp but is primarily a mediafire
label so it's here, and The Dark Thursday has an archive.org mirror but mainly runs on bandcamp so it isn't.
Turns out that the comment section I had here was actually active and people were commenting but the formatting screwed it all up and I didn't know
it got any comments until now. From now on, use Okosan#3855 or 3ampersondreaming@gmail.com. Thanks and much love to everyone who tried to contribute!