Rockin’ with their netlabel since 2004! Sven Swift and Sim Sullen

Interview with DIY-Netlabel 12rec | With their fabulous 50th release it’s time to visit the Do-It-Yourself Netlabel 12rec from Germany. Phlow met Sim Sullen and Sven Swift on the digital highway to have a chat about the strategies, attitude and why they enjoy exploiting themselves in the name of music! Together we unravel some old 12rec-screenshots, watch once more our most favorite netlabel-video-clip to date and listen to their new compilation.

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 The Great Mundane “Unpacking The Day” w/ Fuellsand [4:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Sichtbeton "Frei Sein" [3:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Daniel Maze - "Herons Are Mellow" [3:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Crepusculum - "Sleep At Sunrise" [3:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Netlabels are Fortune Cookies | Here and than, I ask myself: What is so fascinating about netlabels, that I stayed in touch all over the years? Why am I so excited and keep digging into the wild woods of netlabelism? Isn’t it exhausting digging through 5 Gigabytes of music to find only one row diamond? Yes, it is. But you have to cut the shit everywhere, sometimes a really huge pile. But when you find those nuggets, you’re excited that musicians allow you to spread the music, the vibes and show them legally to your friends. But there are still more reasons why netlabels are amazing, read on! Listen & Read more »

 

 Benfay - "Plötzliche Kühle" [6:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Digitalis "Transform" [7:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Jim Noir "The Philosopher" [4:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Funky House for the Summer | With “Siesta” by Channel 3000 you live on the sunny side of the street. Four funky house-tracks await you on this EP to make you smile. With lots of mexican trumpets, you’re ready to dance through the night of the fiesta. Netlabel-Music for the beach, happy cocktail-parties and a hedonistic shake-your-ass-live-style!

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 Channel 3000 "Solar" [4:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Channel 3000 "Holiday And Ice Cream" [3:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Good ol’ muscled Techno | Are you ready for some serious workout? Than download the double-CD-sized Techno-House-Techno-Sampler put together by french netlabel Edensonic. To train your hardbody with some fast and driving techno-beats pick up this netlabel-release, throw it into your mp3-player and start the training.

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 Atesh K. "The walls of Nicosia" [6:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Zahn "Failed Attempt" [8:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Pablo akaros "La Xtone" [6:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Interview with Broque Netlabel | The German label Broque follows a mixed strategy. Under the clever management of Christian Kausch and Heiko Schwanz Broque distributes music in several formats and ways. While DJs can buy vinyl-records worldwide at their record dealer of choice, the netizens get free mp3 music released under a creative commons licence on their website. To complete the cycle of music distribution musiclovers can purchase MP3s of the vinyl releases on Beatport. We talked to Christian Kausch to figure out, what’s important for a professional netlabel today, how you push your music into webshops and if you can make some profit out of it. Listen & Read more »

 

 Mike Breitfeld "Technique4" [9:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Caine "Controlfreak (Granlab Remix)" [5:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Cheslo "Mjidou" [7:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Max Cavalerra "Der Mensch und seine Gänsehaut" [6:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Nils Hoffmann "Goodbye Glamour": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download