WM Recordings is a
Heerlen
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based
record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...
founded in
2004, by
Marco Kalnenek, who was also involved with
Comfort Stand Recordings.
Kalnenek also is the webmaster of Weirdomusic.com,
a website nominated for a
Webby Award
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in 2004.
WM Recordings focuses on music that is, in their own words, "a little different".
They do not specialize in one style, but release anything from
free jazz
Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians duri ...
to
experimental soundscapes,
world music and other styles that are often neglected by other
netlabel
A netlabel (also online label, web label, digi label, MP3 label or download label) is a record label that distributes its music through digital audio formats (such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, or WAV) over the Internet. While similar to tradition ...
s.
In 2007, WM Recordings started adding commercial releases to their catalog. These are available from most major download stores.
August 2008 saw the release of their first physical CD: "Handle With Care - Might Panic" by Danish band Panicphobia.
See also
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List of record labels
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References
External links
Official site
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Dutch independent record labels
Netlabels
Record labels established in 2004
Experimental music record labels
World music record labels
Companies based in Limburg (Netherlands)
Music in Limburg (Netherlands)
Heerlen
Online music stores of the Netherlands