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Dumbphones with tats
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About Metalabel
Metalabel: The first release platform for creative work
Together with 28 exceptional artists
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Product Update 002 (October, 2024)
📰 The headlines What's happening in the Metalabel universe right now? Metalabel opens this week. Today we’re officially opening the doors and welcoming people to release with us. Metalabel will continue to be reserved 100% for creative work, so there will be a pre-screening process for new people,
Creative practices
Creation feels like standing in the middle of the ocean and trying to start a wave
When you stand on the precipice of something you’ve worked hard on finally seeing the light of day, the life of the project flashes before your eyes. In those moments the practical concerns that consumed you during the creative process fall away. Instead we retrace the emotions. The elations
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Q&A: Train Songz on making zines and building community
Train Songz Summer 24, #4 Physical zine On Friday morning something unexpected happened on Metalabel: the fourth edition of a zine called Train Songz launched. This on its own was not unusual. We love zines. Lots have released with us. What was unexpected was the response. Within hours the zine
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Meet the curator: Joshua Citarella
Welcoming the visual artist, podcaster, and researcher as one of Metalabel's new Curators
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Virtual memorials for ambient anxiety
Editor's Picks (Sept 9, 2024)
Zines
This zine could change your life
An appreciation for a time-tested format
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Incidental car crash primitives
Editor's Picks (Sept 4, 2024)
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We're not for everyone — and that's the truth
Behind the scenes from the thick of it
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Trivial research
Editor's Picks (Aug 28, 2024)