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Kikapu Netlabel died quietly…

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Bad News | Yesterday night I stumbled upon the Kikapu Netlabel-Website while correcting some links. I was simply horrified, discovering that Kikapu claimed its dead. These are always the moments, when I grab my head and think: “Shit! We lost some beautiful digital culture and there is no way back to get another glimpse at it.” In the next moment I discovered that you still find lots of music on archive.org but that’s only a drop in the ocean of sadness. We lost one of the oldest netlabels and it’s fantastic website. Have a look yourself!

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This article was written on Thursday, February 28, 2008 by mo.. mo. is a music-lover. The journalist and author from Cologne/Germany enjoys supporting the global netlabel-phenomena. Since years he explores the netlabel underground and wrote already numerous articles about free music culture. He is the main-editor behind Phlow. Read more articles written by mo..

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10 responses so far ↓

1 zolotu // Feb 28, 2008 at 3:46 pm

looks like it is a strange way to finish project…
they can make a contest for netlabel curator vacancy and give a label to somebody’s hands

another netlabel that “more dead then alive” is Nishi… but thay are not officially closed, so a hope for rebirth is still alive
2 aaron // Feb 28, 2008 at 4:16 pm

long live the `pu! :(
3 Michael Gregoire // Feb 28, 2008 at 4:28 pm

Yeah, I found out about this after William Fields released his album via Kikapu and contacted me to check it out. I checked it out and in so doing was confronted with the kikapu website and the announcement.

I ended up including a song — Cairn — from William Fields on blocSonic’s most recent release “netBloc Vol 13: color in a world of monochrome”

Another label that’s in limbo is Autoplate. Ever since Thinner launched their redesigned site, it’s said that Autoplate is not gone and will return. Though it’s been a while now and still no return.
4 embe // Feb 28, 2008 at 4:31 pm

Netwaves honoured the deceased netlabel in its most recent edition; check it out (Dutch)
http://netlabelism.net/node/262
5 Kikapu Netlabel died quietly… « NJ/DJ DEEP-GOA’s DSNight™ Sessions & Conversations // Feb 28, 2008 at 8:44 pm

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6 mo. // Feb 29, 2008 at 1:17 pm

@zolotu: “they can make a contest for netlabel curator vacancy and give a label to somebody’s hands”

yeah, that would be an interesting idea. but it’s difficult to find somebody who really does a good job.
7 KeKc // Feb 29, 2008 at 5:10 pm

I still believe in it’s rebirth :’(
8 Radio87Mhz // Mar 1, 2008 at 9:45 am

Radio87Mhz from Spain, does special tribute, playing the Kikapu music all Weekend.
9 sven swift // Mar 1, 2008 at 12:57 pm

the dismissal of autoplate is really a shame… liked ap better than thinner by far
10 kiwi // Mar 1, 2008 at 5:34 pm

oh, i remember when tokyodawn died - nowaydays it seems, the whole website is gone. maybe they sold even the domain.