{"id":19226,"date":"2014-12-28T16:05:09","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T23:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vuzhmusic.com\/blog\/?p=19226"},"modified":"2014-12-29T13:42:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T20:42:37","slug":"2014-recommended-netlabel-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vuzhmusic.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/28\/2014-recommended-netlabel-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 – Recommended Netlabel Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two lists, as usual. One is the stuff I did in 2014, the second is the stuff I liked that was available in the worldwide netlabel underground during the year.
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\nNetlabeling entails releasing music for free (or name your price), accordingly every single thing here can be downloaded for free (and usually streamed too). The distinguishing factor between the standard model of releasing music and the netlabel model is this open accessibility without the barrier of a price. As such, those self-releasing artists who release their music for free are a vital part of the netlabel world. The “label” part of the term “netlabel” is a misnomer in some respects. In fact, the term is problematic in some other ways that I’ll probably write about in the future. Much of this music is released under various Creative Commons<\/a> licenses. Some of these CC licenses allow “derivs” (short for “derivatives”). What that means is that anyone can remix or sample the work to make new music, it’s allowed in the license. I like it when people choose to make their music accessible for remixing\/sampling, so I’ve denoted whether the release allows or disallows derivs in green or red script.
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\nI dig experimental \/ drone \/ noise \/ improv \/ abstract musics… and so you’ll find a lot of that here, but there’s also some stuff with melody & beat.
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\nPrevious year’s lists:
\n2013<\/a>, 2012<\/a>, 2011<\/a>, 2010<\/a>, 2009<\/a>.
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\nBy the way, this is all listed in alphabetical order based on the album titles, not #1, #2… etc.
\nNot counting my stuff, there’s 71 releases listed! Well over two entire days worth of listening!
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\nSo I also made a long DJ mix of many tracks from this list. Download it here (link<\/a>) or stream with the widget below.
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