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I've had this in mind for sometime but work and life got busy. I'm pretty pleased with this but I just love these tracks. Makes me want bigger subwoofers so I can feel the vibrations on the dancefloor :) Thanks to all the artists for such sweet tunage! Original image credit Australia by Paul Chesley
Realised I hadn’t put this up here.
“Talking female power is one thing. Watching that power in action—and benefiting from it—is quite another. That’s why the annual Girl Power summit is building a solid rep as one of the music industry’s must-attend events.” ~ Gail Mitchell (Senior Editor, Billboard Magazine)
More relevant to Americans but anything that combines music and empowering women is in the right place in my heart and mind.
Also features one of my new heroes Mal Harper the founder of Mallabel as a speaker.
Our head bass babe talks starting a music label from the ground up, staying relevant after the EDM boom, being female in a male-dominated industry, how to get your music on MalLabel, and the future of San Fran’s underground bass music scene. The origins of MalLabel can be traced back to a college snowboarding club. Mal started throwing house parties to pay for the club’s winter house in Tahoe. It wasn’t until an STS9 show at the Warfield, during which Bassnectar and Glitch Mob played at intermission, that Mal fell in love with underground bass music. “These guys were tiny, no one had even heard of them yet. I actually enjoyed their acts better than Sound Tribe’s. It was intermission, and everyone was gone except for our core kids. I started following them, going to their shows, and that’s where I got my bass experience from.” Mal grew up listening to jazz, R+B, and the blues with her musician father in Omaha, Nebraska. These influences came back around in college when she sang in jam bands and DJ’d on the university radio station. After graduation, Mal moved to San Francisco and started promoting local musicians and events at small venues. It started with an eclectic group and gradually became more focused on bass music. Mal laughs as she talks about promoting the early shows, “I booked Mimosa when he was underage, and we had to sneak him into the nightclub!” The shows gradually grew in size, and around this time Mal was going to underground parties as well. “MalLabel came up as I started throwing those shows, just cause I needed a promoter name.” Enter the Nightmare Before Christmas Party at the Gingerbread House, circa 2008. Mal’s first fully underground party was headlined by an old Eprom project, Hookers and Blow. Complete with MC’s, Butoh performances, and full lighting and sound, the packed show went until 4am. “At that time, I was meeting all these artists. They had music but they didn’t know how to get it out there. I was using the events to promote the music.” Some of MalLabel’s first event artists were Downlink, Heyoka, and Ana Sia. Mal partnered up to throw parties with DJ Ultraviolet (Eva Lee), who later became the co-founder of San Francisco’s Trap City. “I’ve lucked out, because I’ve had a lot of women influences. When I met Skulltrane [Carolyn Smith, who is an artist on the label as well as its art director], it was before I had started throwing parties. I always had these lady-allies in the scene. I think a lot of women that do this feel kind of alone, because there aren’t a lot of other ladies out there doing the same things.” While there are increasingly more females in the industry, most line-ups see an imbalance of male artists. Women face a lack of representation in the industry, despite being fully present in the fan base. “There’s this misconception that men are still the only people buying music. I know so many women that are huge music fans and go to shows. The fan presence isn’t male-dominated anymore.” Still, it seems the industry hasn’t completely gotten over its biases. Mal has experienced some of this attitude first-hand at the label’s events, when people assumed that she was the promoter’s girlfriend instead of the person running the gig. “I always thought it was really funny and I let that slide. I enjoy seeing how people act when they write you off versus when they think you can do something for them.” In addition to running the label, Mal works as an accountant. The financial stability from her day promotes the creative integrity and success of the label. “Will this be commercial? Will people like this? I don’t have a to stress about that. I just put out stuff that I like, and I want to support artists.” This ethos is a huge part of what MalLabel is all about. “We’re malleable, we haven’t pigeonholed ourselves, our focus shifts.” This adaptability was put to the test in the late 2000’s. With the explosion of bass music popularity, competition grew. The risk of throwing events was often greater than the reward, so the label started putting more resources into its music releases. This approach has allowed MalLabel to continue supporting up-and-coming artists. “We’ve become this great launching pad for independent artists. It’s rewarding to support someone that’s brand new and watch their careers take off. I’ve found that to be more fun and interesting, and it gives our label a more varied sound.” Some tips for getting your music heard by Mal? Don’t carpet-bomb labels with your submissions. “We get anywhere from 50 to 200 demos a month. I will take the time to listen if someone writes a direct email to me, instead of spamming me with fifty other labels.” Opt for streaming links instead of download links, talk about your fan base and what you’ve done to build your name: where you’ve played, what artists are supporting you, etc. “And the track’s gotta be mastered,” Mal says firmly, “don't send me a work in progress.” And what about the future of the label, and the progression of the underground bass music scene in San Francisco? Mal says the SF scene, which is an eclectic mixture of Burning Man culture and hip-hop city vibes, is ever-evolving. MalLabel mirrors that evolution, keeping things fresh by focusing on variety rather than trends. “Originally the label started because I just liked dancing and having a good time. It’s changed from that super crazy party culture to wanting to curate an all-encompassing sounds that covers different moods and flavors.” Mal hopes that the scene will evolve to be more accepting of multi-genre shows and artists. “Our culture is allowing ourselves to be more fluid,” she says, “But we have a long way to go.” The label values the new. True art and creativity comes from breaking away from the expected, and experimenting with new sounds. Unfortunately, when artists try to evolve, they often have a hard time getting accepted. That’s where the underground comes in. “One of our values is being more inclusive and more open to innovation and new ideas. Because of that, MalLabel will always fit… I feel like I could be doing this forever.”
One of my favourite labels though I had no idea who was running it.
Super pleased to learn that such a class venture is the brainchild of this amazing person Mal Harper.
11 track album
Here is a link to TOKiMONSTA’s new album Lune Rouge on bandcamp where you can stream or buy digital and physical versions.
This is the release she has been working on since she has recovered from her challenging time.
If you read the previous article then like me you might find that this is a powerful statement to her passion, drive and abilities.
More power to her!
For the first time, the electronic producer shares her struggle with Moyamoya, a rare and dangerous disease that required a rewiring of her brain.
Heavy shit to go through and what a way for a top individual to come out the other side and document it in text and through her music.
I read occasionally how artists use siginificant events in their life to be the concept for the music they make during the process.
I think it would be interesting hearing the outcome from someone who has had to relearn the very essence of the sounds and processes of art they wish to express themself via.
Way to go TOKiMONSTA
New York’s ARChive of Contemporary Music (ARC) has been preserving audiovisual materials since 1985, and a little over a year ago, it partnered with the Internet Archive to bring its Great 78 Project to the public. Along with audiovisual digitization vendor George Blood L.P. and additional volunteers, the Great 78 Project to date has put over 50,000 digitized 78rpm discs and cylinder recordings on the Internet Archive, which can be listened to in all their crackling glory.
Check it out.
Archive.org is an amazing resource carrying on where google has totally failed to deliver having put profit before resource.
The Doors have issued a cease-and-desist letter to Kylie and Kendall Jenner over unauthorized T-shirts featuring the band's logo.
I must confess I had never heard of these Jenner women before.
Just seems so strange that blatant copyright theft of logos and personal images seemed like a good idea.
Then having googled the image of their t-shirts how totally crap and unimaginative it was to superimpose their image anyway.
Much like celebrity and fashion itself I guess, totally lacking in any depth, character and real creativity. Just regurgitating other peoples’ ideas for throwaway consumable goods.
An Indian reggae musician builds a Jamaican-style sound system to energise a wave of protests defending free speech.
Everybody come together and try to love one another right now
Cassette sales continue to surprise everyone, with growth margin overtaking vinyl and CDs. Are you ready to dig out your walkman?
I did like my old walkman.
Interesting trends but still pretty tiny volumes.
I’ve seen a lot of tapes being issued for pretty obscure artists on bandcamp so I don’t think they ever went away.
I even brought some of my old permed 90′s rock tapes away backpacking with me; Skid Row, Danger Danger and Treat off the top of my head. :)
Of course I need a clapped out old banger to be be able to play them as tape decks aren’t that common these days.
YouTube royalties branded “meagre”. A new BPI report has revealed that vinyl sales generated more income for UK artists last year than YouTube did.
Previous article also had a link to this.
I think that this is awesome.
Link it with the likes of bandcamp where artists can be directly supported via digital and physical releases and this is the way forwards for music.
Decentralised empowerment for individual artists to make money away from major labels and conglomerate corporate entities who rip them off and keep all the profits for themselves.
And all totally legally accessible music for fans.
Fuck Yes!
And Fuck the likes of spotify and youtube.
Who said vinyl sales were slowing? New data from the ERA has revealed that vinyl album sales outstripped digital downloads for the first time last week.
Interesting times :)
Vinyl is dead they said! Long live vinyl! :P
New LP on its way out
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The technology is compatible with current speaker and audio systems.
Pretty cool if soon there will be ultra fidelity speakers that require next to no power to amplify.
Crank those babies! :D
Fabric has been saved!
Some good news but the new regulations look pretty tight.
So long as folk can still go out and have fun and see some of the best DJs play out I guess that is all that matters.
Revolution will rise.
Alon Mor has just released his back catalogue on Bandcamp for name your price downloads.
Get stuck in and enjoy people! :)
Huge increases in visa processing fees for international touring groups will hit Australian fans of live performance including some of our most iconic music festivals. ‘Visa processing fees are being increased by up to 600 per cent which could stop touring artists from coming to Australia altogether,’
Just brilliant.
Another bright idea by our muppet govt.
Sort of a follow up to the female producer/ singer songwriter podcast I did ages ago. Maybe Angels is a bit tongue in cheek as I certainly don't wish to belittle any of these great artists. I love all the artists who feature here and respect them for making their own way into the music world. I wish there were more females making excellent music in the rock and electronic scenes and that is wasn't so male dominated. So I guess this is a shout out to them all and a hope that more young women will follow your lead and make great art alongisde you in the future. Ok some of the artists here feature on other people's releases but it's their voice that helps make the tune what it is. I hope some of you will enjoy this music as much as I do.