As you may have heard, Bandcamp, the online shopfront and streaming site for many independent labels and artists, have been having monthly Fridays since lockdown began where they give 100% of the revenue made to artists and forego their cut. Today is another of those days so I thought I’d compile a list of new releases and current personal favourites to check out if you can’t see the wood for the trees.
*also remember that it operates on Pacific Daylight Time which is 8hrs behind UK time. So, buy from 8am onwards in the UK up until 8am Saturday morning to maximise the support for artists and labels or check depending on where you are in the world.
I’ve structured the list Artist / Title / Label then further recommendations if the link is to a label
Timbuktu & Ollie Teeba – Million Dollar Note (Urbnet) – album
https://timbuktuollieteeba.bandcamp.com/album/million-pound-note
Zyklus – Gumbo Gulag (Buried Treasure) – album
https://buriedtreasure.bandcamp.com/
also check out: Revbjelde / The Dandelion Set / The Delaware Road compilation
Various Artists – The Isolation Tapes (Castles In Space) CD/Cassette/DL – album
https://castlesinspace.bandcamp.com/
also check out: Clocolan / Dalham / The Heartwood Institute / Concretism / Lo Five / Twelve Hour Foundation / Soundhog
Astral Industries (label)
https://astralindustries.bandcamp.com/
check out: Heavenly Music Corporation, LF58, Multicast Dynamics, Deepchord
– 50% off the label’s entire discography
Quadraphonic Stylus Ensemble – Four Tet in Sixteen Locked Grooves (Infinite Illectrik) – single
https://infiniteillectrik.bandcamp.com/
also check out: The Infinity Curve – (full disclosure – this is my label!)
Coldcut – Keleketla! (Ahead of Our Time/Ninja Tune) – album pre-order
https://coldcut.bandcamp.com/album/keleketla
SimfOnyx – Magenta Skyline/The Unresolved (Delights) 7” pre-order
https://delights.bandcamp.com/
also check: Project Gemini, Group Modular, Nicola Spiromarino, Markey Funk
ScanOne – Break EP (Yellow Machines) EP
https://yellow-machines.bandcamp.com/album/ym017-scanone-braek-ep
Cleon – Blowback / Varonos – The Bitch (Acid Cuts) – clear 8″ lathe cut singles
https://acidcuts.bandcamp.com/
Mat Ducasse – We Are Stardust / Lord of the Cosmos – single tracks
https://matducasse.bandcamp.com/
Pictogram – Trace Elements (Miracle Pond)
https://thepictogram.bandcamp.com/
also check: Beam Weapons
Granary 12 – High 1987 (Balkan Vinyl) EP – first of the weekly Balkan Wednesday releases
https://granary-12.bandcamp.com/album/high-1987
also check: Luke Vibert, Posthuman, Ben Pest
Howlround & Merkaba Macabre – Cantor Dust And Monster Curve (Psyche Tropes)
v. ltd. lathe cut 7″ in aid of Iklectik venue support
* this is already sold out but you can buy the digital and support by donating more
https://psychetropes.bandcamp.com/
also check: Howlround, Sculpture
Milleu – Statuettes Part Two (Milleu Music) – album
https://milieumusic.bandcamp.com/album/statuettes-part-two
also check: there are just too many to check, the man is a music making machine
Various Artists – Isolation Compilation (Shapes of Rhythm) – album
https://shapesofrhythm.bandcamp.com/album/isolation-compilation
also check – Body Moves, Gaijin Blues
Richard Norris – Music For Healing (Group Mind) – 20 min tracks
https://richardnorris.bandcamp.com/
There are now 11 Music For Healing releases, all proceeds go to the charity MIND
Trevor Jackson / Playgroup – donating 100% of revenue today to the Stephen Lawrence Trust
https://playgroupofficial.bandcamp.com/
also see Pre_Recordings
https://pre-recordings.bandcamp.com/
JG Thirlwell / Foetus / Steroid Maximus (Ectopic Ents)
https://jgthirlwell.bandcamp.com/
Fill your boots, an embarrassment of sonic riches
Scanner – Spore – hugely expanded reissue available today (inc. ‘Arc’ one of his greatest songs IMO)
https://scanner.bandcamp.com/
If you’re not signed up to Bandcamp it’s easy and for any purchase you make, a digital version immediately goes into your online collection whereby you can then stream on your device or to portable speakers and the like via their app. Artists can sell merch as well as physical copies of their music, you can follow them and other users and explore their collections for recommendations. Here’s mine https://bandcamp.com/strictlykev