A selection of artists, DIY labels, radio stations and projects working within noise, experimental music, cassette culture and sound art.
This section brings together references across harsh noise, ambient, industrial, glitch and independent publishing, including cassette tape releases and artist-driven initiatives.
—// Radio Stations //—
Radio Art Zone (LU)
A joint project by the artist duo Mobile Radio
(Sarah Washington & Knut Aufermann) and the Luxembourg
community station Radio ARA‘
Kunstradio.at (AT)
A weekly program on ORF radio that has operated since 1987, focusing on radio as an art form.
Noise-Radio.com (NL)
Non-commercial independent radio station and platform located in the Netherlands
The Lake (DK)
The Lake is a place for music and sounds. The radio stream runs at all hours of the day and is randomized.
—// Magazines & Journals //—
Seismograf (DK)
Danish journal for contemporary music and sound art. A platform for critical reflection, artist features, and academic perspectives on experimental sound.
Passive/Aggressive (DK)
Non-profit publication and platform for adventurous music and underground culture in Denmark. Features interviews, reviews, and extensive mapping of the experimental scene.
NOISEXTRA – The noise podcast (US)
A weekly deep dive into the world of noise in all of its forms and features album spotlights and in depth conversations with those in the noise world.
Noise Not Music (US)
A dedicated platform for experimental music and noise culture, featuring in-depth reviews and coverage of independent underground artists.
Joyful Union Cassette Resource (US)
Posting tapes daily that you should add too your collection.
—// Labels //—
ABHORRENT A.D.
Harsh Noise Label based in the USA.
Tribe Tapes (US)
Label specializing in experimental music, archival releases, and limited edition cassettes.
SATATUHATTA (FI)
Label focusing on harsh noise and experimental sounds.
Blacksmith Noise Records
Netlabel that invites a broad spectrum of meticulously crafted sounds that evoke emotional and intellectual responses.
Anyines (DK)
Anyines is a release platform for contemporary music working with experimental release formats. Est. 2017.
Institut for Dansk Lydarkæologi (DK)
IDL is an independent association and archival label for experiments with recorded sound.
Afvikling kassetter (DK)
A label focusing on experimental, crunchy noise, and hazy ambient sounds.
THE HILLS ARE DEAD – Records (ID)
DIY label for unconventional and extreme euphonies from all around the world. Est. 2015.
Da ! Heard It Records (FR)
Netlabel since 2006. The aim of this eclectic record company is to promote new artists and new types if music.
Machine Tribe Recordings (US)
Machine Tribe Recordings explores multiple genres, from the extremes of harsh noise, dark ambient, to drone, glitch and more..
Machine Tribe Distribution (US)
Distribution for collaborations with Machine Tribe Recordings artists as well as other musical adventurers we admire.
Public Froth (DK)
Label and distro from Denmark
ECHØVEIL RECORDS (CA)
Music for those who haunt themselves. Netlabel curated by UgUrGkuliktavikt.
mima kass – anti music cassette label (SE)
Swedish non-profit DIY cassette label specializing in noise, experimental, and harsh noise wall (HNW) music.
SILKEN HEART (DE)
S.H. is a german label and distro for experimental, noise and electronic music. Founded by Rhizome Weaver & smr.tni
block 4 (DE/DK)
Block 4 is a media lab, label and studio located in Aalborg.
Drama Recorder (ES)
Label based in Spain. Experimental Music, Harsh Noise, Dark Ambient, Drone, etc
Soisloscerdos Netlabel (ES)
Label from Barcelona, Spain.
Uhrlaut (DK)
Danish recording label specializing in challenging electronic music and video art from Scandinavia.
NOIZ (DK)
Experimental label based i Aalborg, Denmark
Posh Isolation (DK)
A project founded by Christian Stadsgaard and Loke Rahbek in 2009. Based in Copenhagen, Posh Isolation focuses on presenting work from Scandinavian artists and collaborators by giving a platform to current music, art, and design.
deathbed tapes (US)
EXTREME EXPERIMENTAL – HARSH NOISE, INDUSTRIAL, & POWER ELECTRONICS
Trite Ice Records (US)
An experimental record label owned by experimental musician Jacob Hutto.
Fantastique Records (US)
Label of the Fantastique Distro. Releasing reissues of Noise, Avant Garde, Free Jazz, Krautrock, Electronic & more.
—// ARTISTS //—
Band Ane (DK)
“Band Ane” is Ane Østergaard. Composer of electronic music.
smr.tni (DE)
smr.tni is a queer, industrial/powerelectronics project from Essen, Germany.
Loyalty Freak Music (FR)
Rrrrrose, music producer from Marseille, France.
Knud Viktor (1924-2013) (DK)
A visionary Danish sound artist and “sound painter,” and a true pioneer of field recording and acoustic ecology.
TONE (DK)
The official site for Danish electronic artist Sofie Nielsen, showcasing her work in music, sound art, and digital media.
au2pilot (DK)
Danish electronic musician / sound artist.
—// Organizers & Communities //—
Bengawan Noise Syndicate (ID)
A DIY music collective and organizer based in Solo (Surakarta), Indonesia, dedicated to the harsh noise and experimental music scene.
—// Art Projects and software //—
REplay PLAYer
generative sound file shredder by Karlheinz Essl
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