2008-06-15
Interview with Garganrecords
The Japanese web-magazine "Music Forest", surveyed the leaders of our label. This interview will appear in a future issue. We publish an advance excerpt from this interview ...
Why did you start label ?
:"GARGANRECORDSD" was founded in the year 2004. The principal reason was to published the own produced music in the net. Later there came often inquiries of other artists. 2005 we decided to present also their music.
Why is the label called GARGANRECORDS? What's behind the name of the label ?
The first musical project of our founder "Sven Seib" had the name "GARGANTUA". GARGANTUA is a Fable-creature. From this name originated the idea to call our label "GARGANRECORDS".
What tune/genre has label released ?
We want to publish only electro-tunes in genres of Techno, Tech-house, Minimal-house,
Electronic, Downbeat, Ambient, Experimental.
What do you think the main difference between Net Label to Real Label ?
A netlabel, also called online label, web label or MP3 label, distributes music in digital audio formats (mainly MP3 or Ogg) online. The primary difference between netlabels and record labels is that netlabels emphasize free downloads, as opposed to physical publishing (CD, vinyl or DVD). Often, the music is released under licenses that encourage sharing, such as the Creative Commons Licenses.
Netlabels proposes to create a connection between all Netlabels, Netlabel Artists and Netlabel Lovers at myspace.com so to facilitate enjoying free downloadable music and to give every Netlabel a good visibility in the 'myspace jungle'.
What do you think of Radiohead's online album, his experiment, and result ?
We believe this is well worth what is in effect a huge turning point in the Music industry. This is history in the making and we think this is one of the most exciting things to happen to music in decades.
First off it takes balls to leave the comfort of a record label where you recording costs are recoupable but not returnable, it not means artist must put their money where their music is.
We think you will see far less crap music and far more music pushing the limits of creativity. Artists will no longer have to bow to record label ideas of what is creatively acceptable. They won't have to churn out the same album time and time again just because the first one was a hit.
New artists will have to spend less time trying to impress record labels in the hope of getting a deal and focus on perfecting their music. They can then release it online and compete with the likes of Radiohead. If their music stands out people will respond.
What do you think the music industry become in the future ?
Big record companies are no longer necessary. Artists can distribute their music themselves and get paid directly. An artist can even set up a kind of shareware distribution. Anyone can download their music free, but if you like it you can pay them. You can then get a higher quality version or other extras if you pay.
What is the most important thing about Net Label ?
It´s free music for free people, which loves this music. For artist there is a great platform to present his music and get a feedback for it.
What's the next step for you and label ?
Recently we offer masteringworks for more professional sound in the productions of our artists. In addition, we plan a monthly Podcast radioshow for netaudio. Otherwise we remain on our way to publish free electronic music.
Please send a mesage for Japanese Music Fans !
Hi our friends in Japan! If you have time maybe check out our homepage...and give a feedback if you like... Free downloads for free people!
Interviewed by masayuki |
