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Kikapu Netlabel died quietly…
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 28.February 2008 by mo..
mo. is a music-lover. The journalist and author from Cologne/Germany enjoys supporting the global netlabel-phenomena. For years he has explored the netlabel underground and has written numerous articles on the free music culture. He is the main-editor behind Phlow. Read more articles written by mo..
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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
zolotu said on Feb 28, 2008 at 3:46 pm | Commentlink #1
long live the `pu! :(
aaron said on Feb 28, 2008 at 4:16 pm | Commentlink #2
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.
Michael Gregoire said on Feb 28, 2008 at 4:28 pm | Commentlink #3
Netwaves honoured the deceased netlabel in its most recent edition; check it out (Dutch)
http://netlabelism.net/node/262
embe said on Feb 28, 2008 at 4:31 pm | Commentlink #4
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Kikapu Netlabel died quietly… « NJ/DJ DEEP-GOA’s DSNight™ Sessions & Conversations said on Feb 28, 2008 at 8:44 pm | Commentlink #5
@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.
mo. said on Feb 29, 2008 at 1:17 pm | Commentlink #6
I still believe in it's rebirth :'(
KeKc said on Feb 29, 2008 at 5:10 pm | Commentlink #7
Radio87Mhz from Spain, does special tribute, playing the Kikapu music all Weekend.
Radio87Mhz said on Mar 1, 2008 at 9:45 am | Commentlink #8
the dismissal of autoplate is really a shame... liked ap better than thinner by far
sven swift said on Mar 1, 2008 at 12:57 pm | Commentlink #9
oh, i remember when tokyodawn died - nowaydays it seems, the whole website is gone. maybe they sold even the domain.
kiwi said on Mar 1, 2008 at 5:34 pm | Commentlink #10
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