Release strategies
How to use New Media to revive existing work
Embed the past in the present and the present in the past
Yancey Strickler
Metalabel Director
Releases we love
Newsy video art new releases
Editor's Picks (July 31, 2024)
Q&As
Q&A: YACHT on what it means to release
A beloved indie dance-rock duo changes the game again
Releases we love
Small newsbox meditations
Editor's Picks (July 10, 2024)
Releases we love
Editor's Picks (July 2, 2024)
Croquis Rui Nakamura Art book 20 Editions Rui Nakamura is an artist and illustrator in Nagano, Japan. He makes charming and simple line drawings of everyday objects and strange characters in a unique and unforgettable style. CROQUIS is a new, limited-run art-book that collects Rui’s drawings into a cozy
New media
Formulary for New Media
New Media does not exist. New Media must be built.
Product updates
Product Update 001 (July 2024)
This is our first quarterly update to the creative community sharing what’s going on behind the scenes with this project. These updates include what we’ve recently shipped, what we’re currently working on, and invitations to give feedback, get involved, and speak directly with us. Below, we first
Creative practices
Small is more meaningful than big
Imagine it’s your birthday party. It’s the start of the night. You and your closest friends are there. It’s great, but you’re hoping more people will come. Your mind races with the list of all the people who haven’t shown up yet. As the minutes
Creative practices
How to talk about your creative work at a party
Plus a charming new artist book from Japan
Creative practices
The artist and the inner retreat
After recent reflections on the challenges we feel about needing to promote our work (here and here), we’ve come to better understand the pressure many of us feel. We’re stuck between modern ways and ancient wisdom. The modern world tells us to get out there and promote ourselves.
Releases we love
Editor's Picks (June 24, 2024)
Featured Releases Shantell Sans Shantell Martin Font library | .zip download Open edition Beloved visual artist Shantell Martin returns to Metalabel with a release that turns her iconic handwriting — the star of her visual work — into a font that anyone can use. The radicalness of this act should not be underestimated.
Creative practices
Promotional principles for creative people
Plus the Creative Independent reissues “On making a living as an artist”