About Metalabel
Psychic infrastructure
A few years ago we were speaking with our friend Clare Farrell, cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and Hard Art, about
About Metalabel
Official drops, news, and history from the Metalabel squad
Release strategies
Context is queen
If content is king, then context is queen.
We can all enjoy creative work as a pure sensory experience. YES.
New Creative Era
The arc of change
Most creator lore encourages creative people to start your channel, get subscribers, be the star.
These instructions have zero relationship
About Metalabel
A new model for creative work
Introducing Metalabel
About Metalabel
Release ____
In the beginning, there was a release.
A release is a vehicle for a vision.
A release is an expression
About Metalabel
R.10: Collaboration Cookbook
An online collection of recipes for creative projects, with a companion printed edition
Creative practices
R.09: Lonely Writers Club😢
A peer group for writers providing creative mutual support
Quality Drops
R.08: A New Creative Era
A new physical zine and optimistic drop from Metalabel
Creative practices
Five creative lessons from Factory Records
How world-building, lore-making, and creative releasing helped make a label legendary
Creative practices
What’s after the creator economy?
The current paradigm has worn and burnt us out. Is there another way?
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R.06: After the Creator Economy
Will we still be asking people to like and subscribe in ten years?
About Metalabel
R.05: Introducing Public Record
Collective creation, lowercaseification, and progressive productization
Creative practices
How culture is made
Four stories that span centuries, geographies, and worldviews that reveal how to shape culture and the world around us
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Rethinking labels
A year ago, I hit a wall. I was trying to balance too many projects and struggling to do any
About Metalabel
Creativity in multiplayer mode
The first public presentation of Metalabel