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http://www.acowo.org
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Acowo
Introduction of High Quality Netlabels.
A classic site driven by Kengo Miyazaki (English/Japanese)
(Site not active)
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www.actsofsilence.com
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Acts Of Silence
American music blog with focus on Netlabels and
Creative Commons music available for free download.
The blog also contains a great netlabel list.
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http://acuvi.org
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Acuvi
Acuvi is a
Norwegian music blog
focusing on the sound from new and independent
artists or unsigned artists
. |
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www.audiovoltaics.cc
(No longer active)
|
Audiovoltaics
Music Magazine about digital music culture. A
project by the German music journalist and netuadio legend Tomas Raukamp. |
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www.auboutdufil.com |
Auboutdufil
French
music site with focus on free music and art.
Reviews, links and a lot of free music to download! |
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www.after-dinner.net |
After dinner
After-Dinner.net serves as platform for electronic music.
As an online magazine, they list events of selected
independent promoters and regularly feature new music
releases.
After-Dinner is part of Cenatus Music Projects - a
non-profit organisation based in London/UK
(Notice: This site has been archived and is no
longer updated) |
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http://agier.blogspot.com |
Agier
An
Estonian blog by Kert Semm,
dedicated to the free music scene. Reviews, videos, news,
links and more. |
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www.archive.org |
Archive.org
This
library contains over a hundred thousand free
digital recordings, uploaded by users.
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www.audiodrums.com |
Audio Drums
A blog for rare, possibly overlooked,
maybe forgotten gems of music with a slight emphasis on
electronic and indie genres.
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bassandspace.wordpress.com
|
Bass and Space
The blog “Bass and space” was created as a
navigation aid in the wide ocean of netlabel
releases and creative commons music in late 2010. To
support netlabel related artists is also a purpose.
It’s focussed mainly on “deep” electronic music like
tech house, deep house and dub techno. However, with
an open minded attitude in music, releases from
other styles like dub, ambient, experimental
or rock shall be considered as well.
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www.beatlizard.com/yousir/
(No longer active) |
Beat Lizard
'Beat
Lizard' aka 'YouSir Libre' is a site about netlabels
and the free music scene, founded by journalist
Dylan ‘YouSir’ Orchard.
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bilingualdistortion.blogspot. |
Bilingual Distortion
Bilingual Distortion features a different approach to
Diversity, a rare look at alternative music from around
the world. It's a show without a genre, in a different
language, and with a rhythm of its own. A blog for videos, playlists, reviews,
podcasts and
information.
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www.biotic.blogspot.com
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Black sweater, White cat
BSWC puts a focus on Creative Commons or copyleft
music from around the internet and the world.
Playlists, podcast feed, links, topical posts,
random thoughts
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www.bleepwatch.com
(No longer active) |
Bleepwatch
Netlabel blog, developed to keep track of the latest
free releases on the netlabel scene.
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http://blocsonic.com
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blocSonic
blocSonic exists for the purpose of filtering
through the mountains of net audio. They release
both original releases and compilations called
netBlocs there they strives to spotlight the best of
what the netlabel/netaudio world has to offer.
In between releases, you can also look forward to
blog posts about netaudio news or topics relating to
DRM and online music
|
|
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www.bolachas.org |
Bolachas
Daily updated page with music recommendations, both
from readers and the author.
Notice that it is not only free music presented
here.
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http://breathe-comp.com |
Breath
Breathe is
about music and freedom. Presents eclectic tunes and
graphics of artists from all over the world.
Based in Mexico.
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http://soundthefreetrumpet
|
Catching The Waves
Ramshackle reviews of (free) netlabel music -
nothing methodical or comprehensive, just whatever
washes up on the beach... (No longer updated)
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http://ccnelas.org
(No longer active)
|
ccNelas
Bruno C.
Vellutinis blog
about music. Mostly, music made freely available by
the artists on the web.
Based in São Paulo, Brazil
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http://creativecommons.org |
Creative
Commons
Provides free tools that let authors, scientists,
artists, and educators easily mark their creative work
with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC
to change your copyright terms from "All Rights Reserved"
to "Some Rights Reserved."
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http://creative-commons-music.wikia.com/wiki/Creative
_Commons_Music_Wiki
|
Creative
Commons Music Wiki
Creative
Commons Music wiki is a directory of Netlabels and
Artists who release FREE music downloads using
Creative Commons Licenses. This wiki has been set up
by a music writer and producer who uses Creative
Commons Licenses as a way for music creators to
share their works.
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www.darkerradio.com |
Darkerradio
A German site founded in May 2003 to offer newcomers
or unknown artists the opportunity to present their
work.
Reviews, podcasts and more.... |
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http://deepgoa.blogspot.com
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Deep Goa
Daily
selected sets, podcasts and CC releases,
particularly with regard to Minimal, Deep & Dub
Techno, IDM & DnB
‘Creative Commons, ..because change happens’ |
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www.discobelle.net
|
Discobelle
Discobelle.net is a music blog that focuses on free
downloads of club music. Based in Malmö, Sweden. |
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http://disquiet.com
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Disruptiveplatypus
Reflections on ambient/electronic music &
conversations with the people who make it. The site
also contains web resources, for exampel a page
called "The Netlabel Checklist: 20+ Rules for
Giving Away Music Creatively & Communally"
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www.dogmazic.net
|
Dogmazic
Dogmazic supports and promotes music creation
and independent distribution, under free licences
system.
More than 2500
hours of music available for free in their catalogue. |
|
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http://eardrumsmusic.com
|
Eardrums
Eardrums is a music blog with a focus on new
alternative music and the ideas behind. Daily update,
or at least several times a week. |
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www.earlabs.org |
EARlabs
EARLabs used
to be an
interactive site for composers of electronic and/or electroacoustic music, be it high brow or plain fun
rhythmic stuff.
EARLabs is based in The
Netherlands and has been running since 1998.
Today it is a personal site by Joss Molders
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http://eldino.wordpress.com
|
Eldino
Eldino is an italian musician and a netaudio
collector. Many people in the nelabel world knows
and appreciates Eldino's blog, because of his
essential readings about netlabels. The goal of this
blog is to share infos and promote the netaudio
scene.
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www.electrobel.be |
Electrobel
On
Electrobel you will find thousands of copyleft songs
– whatever the style may be - released under a
Creative Commons license. However, Electrobel is
more than just your local MP3-host. It is a portal
to an entire community.
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www.elektrobong.com |
Elektrobong corporation
The elektrobong corporation offers you high
quality audiovisual content directly from the
creators. Based in Frankfurt, Germany
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www.netaudio.ru
(Not active) |
ElectroSound webzine
Moscow based Webzine formed in 2002
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www.experement.org
|
Exprmentorg
Exprmtorg is a network buffer for contemporary
art gathering music, photography, graffiti, graphics,
etc. Every new user gets 20 MB for his own projects.
|
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www.excursionsinmusic.com
(No longer active)
|
Excursions in Music
Excursions in Music is a music magazine
focusing
on
a wide
range of
music,
including netlabels and the free music scene.
Here
you will find
articles,
reviews,
playlists,
links
and
much
more.
The project was founded by Michael
Gregoire from
Blocsonic, spring 2011.
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http://falkmerten.info
|
Falkmerten
F.A.L.K.
stands for FUCK ART - LET’S KILL! German site
featuring various free netaudio music.
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http://foem.info/index.php |
Foem
FOEM is an independent A&R agency, promotion
agency, licensing agency, talent resource and
netlabel, driven by people from all over our small
planet.
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http://blog.fature.net
(No longer active)
|
Fature.net
This blog
is part of the
Faturenet Recordings Collective Here you will
find netaudio releases that they like. A project
based in London, UK.
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www.fingertipsmusic.com/ |
Fingertips blog
One of the the web's
longest-running guide to high-quality free and legal
MP3s.
Fingertips is a web site that scours the internet
looking for the best free and legal MP3s. Each week,
three songs are reviewed in detail. There is nothing
too harsh here, musically, and nothing too
inaccessible or pointless. Since 2003, Fingertips
has been seeking out 21st-century music with heart
and spirit---call it rock'n'roll or what have
you---and lo and behold has been finding a nice
amount of it.
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www.flawed.se
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Flawed
Flawed.se began as a webshop
where you could buy cheap, non-profit underground
music. But people don't like to spend money so now
flawed.se has transformed into a site where you can
download free music and spread it without feeling
any guilt.
Based in Sweden.
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http://fmdb.cc
(No longer active) |
Fmdb
Free Music
Database.
All musical works on this site are allowed to share.
If you want your Demo, LP or EP up in this blog, you
can send them an e-mail. |
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http://freealbums.blogsome
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Free Albums Galore
Free Albums Galore, a full-album “mp3 blog” for
listeners of eclectic music. F.A.G post only
complete and legally free albums.
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http://free-mp3.ph
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Free-mp3.ph
Free-mp3.ph is a music promotion site
based in Philippines. You can listen or download
music, released under Creative Commons.
Members can share their own music and post comments
on the site.
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http://music.c-arts.eu
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Free Music 4 All
A site covering music from a wide variety of
genres that is released under Creative Commons.
There is also a rating system available for
every album so you can rate it if you like it.
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http://blog.gnacnet.de
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G.N.A.C
G.N.A.C "Give New commers A Chance" is a german
independent blog about free music.
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http://gratisvibes.com |
Gratisvibes
Blog with reviews of netlabel music. Gratisvibes
aims to lead readers to the best of free or Creative
Commons licensed Electronic Music on the web,
spreading the word for greater musical freedom for
both artists and listeners alike.
(Running, but no longer updated)
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www.housemusiclinks.com |
HouseMusicLinks
HouseMusicLinks is a dedicated search engine that
specializes in the very latest original music mixes
by DJs from all over the world.
Now you don't have to spend your time searching the
web for music. Satisfy all your music needs by going
to just one location. New music mixes and DJ
websites are constantly being added.
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www.inq-mag.com |
INQ
A netaudio resource with podcasts, links and various
information.
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http://ivcompany.com
|
IV
IV is the hub for the work of Louis Korom IV.
Louis Korom IV is a blogger and designer living in
Denton, Texas. His foci are theology, graphic
design, music, open source technology,
communication, economics, and culture.
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www.jamendo.com/en/ |
Jamendo
On Jamendo artists allow anyone to download and
share their music. It's free, legal and unlimited.
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http://ka1.seesaa.net
|
Kai
Japanese blog with various netaudio and netlabel
related picks and information.
|
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www.knobtweakers.net |
Knobtweakers.net
Knobtweakers.net exists to promote electronic music, and
to share the rich culture that surrounds it.
Streaming radio, podcast, promotion and more...
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komczech.blogspot.com |
KOMczech
This music blog, founded in February 2010,
highlights free and legal music. The focus is mainly
on
genres
like soul, funk, hip-hop, jazz, trip-hop, beats,
breaks etc.
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lemonjohn.blogspot.com
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LemonJohn
This music blog support all
kinds of artists & bands who offer their
music under creative common license.
This means, that the music is free
(and legal) to download and share
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http://machtdose.de/
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Machtdose
The Machtdose (a German coinage "meaning"
'Tin of Power') is driven by the love for
the underground, the non-compliant and its
confrontation with everyday life. The weblog
is showing their findings, associations and
miscellaneous outlandishness. Machtdose are
broadcasting thursdays (except the first in
a month) from
Radio X in Frankfurt, Germany. Once a
month they also produce a
Podcast episode introducing their
favourite Netaudio tracks.
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www.magnatune.com
|
Magnatune
Magnatune work directly with independent
musicians world-wide to give you downloads of
MP3s and perfect-quality WAV files. They NEVER
work with major labels, and the musicians always
get 50%. You can listen to every album in its
entirety before buying or becoming a member
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http://mkorbit.de
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Mkorbit
Mkorbit is a German site about free
music, mainly from the netlabel scene. The site
is run by photographer Matthias Kirschenstein.
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http://www.minimalnet.org
(No longer active)
|
Minimal.net
News & comments about netlabel releases. Exclusively
current dance music, like minimal, techno, electro,
technohouse, acid etc… |
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http://mog.com
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MOG
Your personalized gateway for music discovery. With
MOG, you can find, share, and talk about the music
you’re into. |
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www.monofonicos.net
|
Monofónicos
Spanish site
with various audio related material.
Netlabel, blog, podcast, news and more.
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www.mp3up.de
|
Mp3up
On this website you
can find free legal music as mp3 files to download and
listen. All mp3s are protected by the creative commons
license.
A project based in Westerau, Germany.
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musikzapfsaeule.wordpress
|
MusikZapfsaeule
A Music
blog with focus on Creative Commons based material.
Run by Leo Cresnar in Tecklenburg, Germany
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www.musikrebell.anagkh.net
(No longer active)
|
MusikRebell
MusikRebell is presenting a handpicked selection of free
and legal music from the web. It’s basically a link blog
without notes and reviews. The focus is on full length
releases and EPs. Single downloads may appear on
occasion though.
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netaudio.blogspot.com
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Netaudio.blogspot
Here you'll find the links to many recommended netlabels.
Site based in Germany.
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www.netaudiomagazine.net
|
Net
Audio Magazine
Selected free
music from the web's underground.
Founded 2010 by the people behind Wundertunes
Magazine.
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www.netlabelindex.com
|
Netalabel Index
A site
where you can browse through free albums from
various Netlabels. The site also includes a netlabel
catalalogue. Founded 2011.
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http://netlabelism.com
|
Netlabelism.com
Netlabelism.com is a German magazine for quality
netaudio. The project is based in Cologne but the
articles are written in English.
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www.netwaves.org |
Netwaves
Netwaves is a Belgian non-profit organisation, based in
Leuven - serving and promoting netlabels. Netwaves is
also a weekly radio program dedicated to netlabels/netaudio.
Almost every episode features an interview with a
netlabel artist, netlabel owner or somebody related
to netlabels.
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facebook.com/pages/Netlabels |
Netlabel News /
Dedicated To Netlabels
Facebook page with the latest netlabel news, posted
by the people behind the labels. Founded 2010. |
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netlabelsnews.blogspot |
Netlabel news
Frequently updated blog with various netaudio news
and links. Spanish site.
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yahoo/group/netlabelreleases
|
Netlabel releases (Yahoo news
group)
News group where you can post your
newest releases, newsletters, and whatever else may
fall inbetween.
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www.netlabelreview.com |
Net-Label Review
Reviews of Music released under the creative commons
license. All albums posted can be downloaded and shared
with your friends. Different genrers.
This recommended site is based in Australia.
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netlabelsnoise.wordpress
|
Netlabel news
a collection of various netrealeses. No comments,
just covers, links to complete album and netlabel &
tags. |
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www.netlabels.info
(No longer active)
|
Netlabels.info
Various netaudio news. |
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www.nettare.org
(No longer active) |
Nettare
Nettare is a web structure for the development
of Netuadio in Italy: a place to share experiences
and to promote musicians. |
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newtechnoid.blogspot.com
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New technoid
Netaudio blog with free music recommendations.
The blog also contains a list of Netlabels. A
project is driven by Demorgan Odessa from Ukraine.
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www.noerror.scene.org |
No error
Netaudio news since april 2000.
Classic site driven by Keio & Knos.
Unfortunately no longer updated
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http://noisyfm.cc/
(No longer active) |
NoisyFM
Free minds.
Free culture. Free music.
NoisyFM is a free music blog. Artists can promote
their songs and people can download music for free!
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www.notheen.com
(No longer active) |
Notheen
Open Source / Netaudio Stream.
The site also includes a great Netlabel list.
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|
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autisticoinkoink.blogspot
(No longer active) |
Oink! Oink!
Mexican blog with radio, netlabel news and reviews.
Powered by Omar Alejandro
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www.oirparacreer.com
|
Oir para Creer
Spanish blog
about netlabel music. Runned by Jaume Muntsant in
Barcelona.
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www.op3n.net |
OP3N
Spanish blog,
netlabel and E-zine.
Now part of Phlow Magazin
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www.oscilator.net |
Oscilator
Oscilator is a label, webzine and a radio show. They
are on the air every Tuesday from 22:30 to 00:00 on
BH Radio 1,
national (state-wide public) radio station.
The project is based in Bosnia
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http://phlow-magazine.com
http://www.phlow.es/
www.phlow.de |
Phlow
Phlow-Magazine.com is a weblog about free mp3 music
culture. The magazine offers you free music to download
from netlabels and musicians all over the globe. Phlow
pick the finest songs and digg the fattest grooves out
of terrabytes of music released under a creative commons
licence.
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http://rcrdlbl.com
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RCRD LB
RCRD LBL is a
network of online record labels and blogs serving up
fresh new music downloads and exclusive content
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www.redefinemag.com |
Redefine Magazine
Dedicated to music, art, and social commentary.
"we showcase musicians and artists who aren't
well known, but damn well should be"
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http://rebelriffs.blogspot.com
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RebelRiffs
Steve
Gilmore reviews the Internet's Unsigned Artists. He
reviews between 40 - 50 new tracks every month so
it's always worthwhile to bookmark this blog.
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www.rowolo.de |
Rowolo
Netlabel news & Netlabel list.
Great
classic site!
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www.runsounds.com
|
Run
Run is a london based outfit founded and organised
by Chris Box & Hanna Inberg with further assistance
provided by various collaborators and friends. The
focus is on pushing minimal music and new electronic
sounds with as much emphasis on the growing local
scene as on the established international one.
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http://www.scene.org
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Scene.org
Non-profit organization aimed at
providing the 'electronic art scene' with a forum for
communication and for sharing their work.
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sensingsounds.wordpress |
Sensing sounds
A blog with a collection of albums released under
Creative Commons Licenses. |
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www.sonicsquirrel.net |
sonicSQUIRREL.
SonicSQUIRREL.net is a platform and distribution
channel for netlabels. Its aim is to promote free
music and help artists and netlabels make their work
easily available for a wider audience.
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www.sonicwalker.com |
Sonic Walker
Sonic Walker is a music blog and DJ mix
netlabel from the Netherlands, focusing on new and
interesting netlabel releases of every kind of
electronic music. With free DJ mixes they want to
promote the international netlabel scene as a legal and
affordable alternative with great music.
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http://starfrosch.ch |
Starfrosch
A user driven MP3 blog, with
podcasts.
At starfrosch, you share your MP3's or videos and vote
for your favourite songs. Starfrosch learns from your
voting and recommends you more hidden gems.
Based in Cham, Switzerland.
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syvaindie.blogspot.com
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Stillbirth
Finnish
blog about free independent music, mainly hip hop
and electronic music. It is also a non-profit,
commercial free internet radio station.
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http://sunwheel.ath.cx/wp1
(No longer available)
|
Sun Wheel
French site
about free music
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netlabelse.wordpress.com
|
Swedish Netlabel News
News, reviews, interviews and information about the
Swedish net audio scene. |
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www.systrum.net
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Systrum Sistum
Systrum Sistum is a streaming network with
contributors in Australia, Germany, and Italy
respectively. It has been net.casting left field
electronica, mostly published under a creative
commons license, since 2003
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takepillsdie.blogspot.com |
Take Pills Die
"Take Pills Die" is Andrew Julian Cauthen's
ramblings for freegans. Promoting responsible,
sustainable, democratic, diverse culture that doesn't
support terrori$m
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thecreativeuncommons.com
|
The Creative Uncommons
TCUC is a half magazine, half community hub site for
the Creative Commons music scene. Unlike the CC
music distribution sites, NetLabels and blogs it
aims to act more as an active, involving resource
for anyone interested or involved in the world of
free music, as opposed to a provider of services or
passive content. Or to paraphrase in a slightly less
ridiculous way, it's a free music site with some
bits that people can read, some bits they can post
on and some bits they can contribute to.
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thesoundofconfusion
|
The Sound Of
Confusion
UK based blog with the aim to
promote the best new bands, songs and albums they
find through videos, streams and free downloads. All
MP3s are external links to reputable music sites,
band pages or tracks they have been given permission
to upload.
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fjfonseca/netaudiopaper |
The
Netaudio Paper
Various news in English about
netaudio, art, entertainment and Creative Commons.
A magazine by Fernando Fonseca, Spain.
You can also follow him on
Twitter
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http://thinnerism.cc/
(No longer available) |
Thinnerism
A blog about the netlabel scene, written by the crew
behind Thinner netlabel. Based in Frankfurt, Germany
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www.tokafi.com
|
Tokafi
Tokafi is a
magazine linking you to local scenes of experimental
and classical music, contemporary composition and
jazz wordwide. The site feature news, reviews,
interviews, blogs, articles, series and multimedia
contributions on a daily basis. Tokafi is run by a
small, but dedicated team of editors from Germany,
the Netherlands and the USA.
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thomasraukamp.posterous
|
Thomas´ Posterous
A
site about the free music scene. Run by the German
music journalist and netuadio legend Tomas Raukamp
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http://tomfahy.org/music
(No longer available) |
Tom Fahy:: Experimental Music
Music site with a lot of useful links
Content on this site is licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution 3.0 License
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totallyfreemusic.blogspot
|
Totally Free Music
Music blog by Jeff C. Taylor with personal favourite
music that can be obtained freely and legally on the
Internet. Site based in Kanada.
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www.traxernews.net |
Traxer news
Traxernews provides news about
the free internet music scene and tracker scene.
|
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www.tunedose.com
|
TuneDose
The idea is deadly simple:
"We weekly propose a track of good music for free
listening and download. We put our contents
in a completely visual form: a big picture followed
by links.
Everything under Creative Commons.
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www.undomondo.com
|
Undomondo
Undomondo is
an mp3 blog that supports and promotes good music
regardless of genres, periods and geography. Undomondo is
also a radioshow
based in Istanbul, Turkey.
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www.uvumi.com |
Uvumi
Discover new music and songs, meet
people, find live music events, make playlists,
promote your art, enhance your brand, and more, for
free! Uvumi is a powerful set of tools that helps
artists connect with fans, and fans find new and
exciting music, events, and people.
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rubored.wordpress.com
(No longer available) |
Whats hot today?
Free music at the court!
This Blog is about free music. Free means free for legal
download or free from collecting contracts (ASCAP, PRS,
GEMA). The blog also offering Netaudio-mixtapes to
promote the featured artists and labels.
Project driven by legendary Sven Swift from Germany.
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http://xprm.net
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UXPRM
An endless electronic adventrure...
Various information about releases and
netlabels around the world
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u115.over-blog.com |
U115 NETLABEL LIST
(and Radio Contact Underground)
A great and detailed netlabel database.
The site is based in France
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www.wasamix.com |
WASAMIX
Music & Audio blog based in Geneva, Switzerland. A
simple blog, easy to browse by tag with featured
contents such as new netlabels releases, events,
interviews and much more.
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www.wundertunes.com
(No longer active) |
Wundertunes
Wundertunes is a magazine for
contemporary music and art, which is
published as free content with creative
commons licenses or other copy-left licenses.
Reviews,
interviews, links and more...
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yamanotedreams.blogspot
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Yamanotedreams
If you are looking for nice, free, sweet, electronica, ambient, childish
songs, techno, and others free mp3. |
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