Guide to Next Year's Snow
NEXT YEAR'S SNOW
Attempt at collecting and deciphering the various Bandcamps associated with the international
net art collective NYS. If you notice errors or know of any I'm missing, please get in touch.

Active = Still releasing relatively often.
Slumbering = Hasn't been officially shut down, but hasn't had a release in a long time.
Presumably dead = Return vanishingly unlikely, but stranger things have happened.
Formally dead = Official closure announced or implied.

Note: an "anarchy" page is one whose name, icon, album covers, aliases, etc. can all be changed by any user.

RELEASES
LINK NAME DESCRIPTION STATUS
LINK Kiwi 777 Personal page for Octa. Alternate routes: [1], [2], [3], [4] Active (est. December 2023)
LINK 218 Antiquarian resource, one-stop shop, garden-view storefront, a beautiful neighborhood. Active (est. 2017)
LINK Next Year's Snow Main page for the collective as a whole. Active (est. March 1st 2017)
LINK NSA Spinoff bandcamp that was started on a whim after discovering the URL was open. Thought extinct, recently revived
LINK Scarlet Curtain Hall "a lone workshop"; seemingly an Octa vanity label, since expanded in scope. Thought extinct, recently revived
LINK NOBODYHOME Bandcamp for plunderphonics / sample-based works Slumbering (last release March 2023)
LINK karma relief Project run by Patrick. Slumbering (last release Oct 2019)
LINK Sixfold Aeni Soul Bandcamp for mixes of obscure music. Presumably dead (last release Oct 2021)
LINK Soil Dripping Honey All artists use the same name; covers are photography. Content comes before identity. Presumably dead (last release Feb 2021)
LINK YaBB SE Dev Team Precursor to geyser campfire. Didn't catch on as much, was shut down. Had a (now deleted) discord server. Presumably dead (May 2019)
LINK thalposis jebel Unusual sounds paired with found street art. Had a cassette release. Presumably dead (last release May 2020)
LINK useseseseu Open-source bandcamp started on a whim. Sometimes releases "albums" with no audio, only covers. Presumably dead (last release Jan 2021)
LINK 🚥 Similar to useseseseu, but has more conventional formatting for releases. Presumably dead (last release March 2020)
LINK Numberless Space Bandcamp for "blind / separate" duets and trios between 7FORM members. Presumably dead (only release March 2019)
LINK crystallomancy eclogue Short lived open source page. Got a few releases before losing momentum. May have been "anarchy." Presumably dead (March 2019)
LINK pseudoidentical microfilm Anarchy page that didn't really take off. Unknown if made before or after YaBB. Presumably dead (June 2019)
LINK ubiquitous anomalies Personal bandcamp for 7FORM's "founder." Sometimes releases other people's music. Presumably dead (last release August 2020)
LINK ensowon "archive of experimental electronic compositions [...]" characterized by a distinct aesthetic. Presumably dead (last release Feb 2020)
LINK Bird Collective Music and art for birds. See here. Presumably dead, sadly (last release March 2019)
LINK whale garden Unknown. Presumably dead (December 2018)
LINK Quinible Umbril Unknown. Presumably dead (March 2019 - Sept 2019)
LINK 753 Octa vanity label, notable for it's early adoption of neural networks Presumably dead (last release Oct 2021)
LINK Crocodile House Octa label for the purpose of generating funds to help them move out of Russia. Presumably dead (December 2019)
LINK _ _ Highly thematic / aesthetically structured Octa vanity page. Presumably dead (last release Oct 2019)
LINK geyser campfire Highly prolific anarchy bandcamp. Presumably dead (Last real release May 2020)
LINK Knob Creek Seemingly a side project? Somewhat before my time. Presumably dead (last release Dec 2018)
LINK Pal Direct A netlabel run by eiko (aka Oreiko and his real name Jens) and helped by Octa Möbius Sheffner. Formally dead (30 Aug 2020 - 8 Jun 2021)
LINK functional Seemingly served as a transition between &TIME and 7FORM (or as an &TIME season.) Formally dead (Aug 2017 - Feb 2018)
LINK Last Year's Snow Seemingly served as a transition between &TIME and 7FORM (or as an &TIME season.) Formally dead (May 2018 - July 2018)
LINK Online Records Vaporwave-adjacent venture by Hantasi & Octa Möbius Sheffner. Formally dead (August 2016 - Jan 2019)
LINK ÄŒERNOBOG All dates are false; all covers are AI-generated anime girls. Sometimes releases post-nightcore. Formally dead (July 2019 - July 2020)
LINK pixar Pixar soundtracks paulstretched by 400%. Unsure of it's connection to NYS, I might just be confused. Formally dead? (last release Oct 2018)
LINK global relief archive Created in response to the coronavirus quarantine. For posting music made during or in response to self-isolation. Formally dead (last release June 2020)
LINK service floor Similar "anarchy bandcamp" to geyser campfire. Most notable for it's live improv sessions. Deleted?