One might be tempted to ask: “...where did we leave off?” In the sweltering August of 2023, Nostress Netlabel suspended its activity due to the relentless rise of free streaming platforms which, in a way, rendered obsolete small, self-funded labels that, beyond releasing digital music for free download, produced limited-edition CDs and vinyl records available via donations and engaged artists from all over the world by participating in and organising live events both locally and further afield; all at the label’s own expense, which had always sustained its work through truly immense effort.
Today, all that remains is the story of an experience that enabled Nostress, for a certain period, to become a bridge-crossroads across the Mediterranean, connecting musical cultures from all corners of Europe, stretching as far as Russia, Thailand and Oceania. All of this has always been a source of immense pride and must therefore be preserved for posterity. Today, many bands have split up, many artists no longer play at all, and many pubs have closed down. Our continued presence stands as irrefutable proof of all that talent and experience – documented and immortalised in a city that has been through so much and is constantly changing.
Nostress Netlabel is relaunching with an updated design compatible with all the latest and most modern devices, though with very strict criteria for digital releases. We will only consider music of the highest calibre that deserves a place in our catalogues.
Long live Nostress Netlabel!
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Si potrebbe essere tentati di chiedersi: «...a che punto eravamo rimasti?» Nel torrido agosto del 2023, Nostress Netlabel ha sospeso la propria attività a causa dell’inesorabile ascesa delle piattaforme di streaming gratuite che, in un certo senso, hanno reso obsolete le piccole etichette autofinanziate che, oltre a pubblicare musica digitale scaricabile gratuitamente, producevano CD e dischi in vinile in edizione limitata disponibili tramite donazioni e coinvolgevano artisti da tutto il mondo partecipando e organizzando eventi dal vivo sia a livello locale che più lontano; il tutto a spese dell’etichetta stessa, che aveva sempre sostenuto il proprio lavoro con uno sforzo davvero immenso.
Oggi, tutto ciò che rimane è la storia di un’esperienza che ha permesso a Nostress, per un certo periodo, di diventare un ponte e un crocevia attraverso il Mediterraneo, collegando culture musicali provenienti da ogni angolo d’Europa, spingendosi fino alla Russia, alla Thailandia e all’Oceania. Tutto questo è sempre stato motivo di immenso orgoglio e deve quindi essere preservato per i posteri. Oggi, molte band si sono sciolte, molti artisti non suonano più e molti pub hanno chiuso i battenti. La nostra presenza costante è la prova inconfutabile di tutto quel talento e di quell’esperienza – documentati e immortalati in una città che ne ha passate tante e che è in continua evoluzione.
Nostress Netlabel si rilancia con un design aggiornato, compatibile con tutti i dispositivi più recenti e moderni, pur mantenendo criteri molto rigorosi per le pubblicazioni digitali. Prenderemo in considerazione solo musica di altissimo livello che meriti un posto nei nostri cataloghi.
Lunga vita a Nostress Netlabel!
From the catalogues in random order
Nostress Netlabel publishes music primarily in digital format under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (CC BY-NC-ND). Releases consist of computer folders containing digital musical files (high bitrate MP3 files), complete artwork of the album, a PDF file with various info.
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SMILTZO Morphism -
MARS-96 Live at Banka -
ILIR LLUKA Music For A Film -
MARCO MANZELLA & ANTONELLA SCALIA Oltre… -
ALFREDO GIAMMANCO DRONESCAPE Space Voyager -
ACTING OUT Albori -
THE GATELESS GATE Xinjiang -
NOSTRESS NETLABEL VOLUME 5 The Different Versions Of An Apparent Ubiquity -
EVGENIJ V. KHARITONOV Four Pieces For Tape Recorder -
NOSTRESS NETLABEL VOLUME 1 The Noisy Garden -
TritoNn Open Field -
BIT LADEN Tienes Sida -
SYNFLICT Tetraphobia -
TÜNEL Live @ Yono -
HORTUS CONCLUSUS Selected Drones -
SOUNDS CHILD A Different Fever -
SYNFLICT Studio Milano -
ANDREY KIREYEV - ALEXEI BORISOV Family Names -
ALEXANDER ZAITSEV - JELENA GLAZOVA Live @ Taiga 2014 -
PETIT cocooner -
DSBRDR Surviving rugged -
ASTMA (Alexei Borisov - Olga Nosova) Live at Hidden Agenda -
NOSTRESS NETLABEL VOLUME 4 The Geometric Universe of Sound Waves -
STATIC WAVES DUAL -
ALEJANDRO REMESEIRO Uccelli Notturni -
NAZARIO DI LIBERTO Stasi -
BOOL Moving heaven-poem core-Hollow Theory -
NICK Z-GIBARIAN mule cartoon -
GUMBEL Cavan -
BAUMANN.electronics der Zugzwang -
AJSAV KAJROG & NEUF MEUF & GOJKO Ajsav Kajrog & Neuf Meuf & Gojko EP -
ZREEN TOYZ Grimoire Of Eternity -
sanefiftyfour Our Time in the Invisible Wars -
SYNFLICT autokinetisch -
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE spiritceesto -
PHARMAKUSTIK Particle Tracking -
ETTEREM Dark Irish. Some Tunes -
T.BIRD tbirdintheelectronicmist -
DAVID INEXACTE Flama -
KREIS FREQUENZ 1000Mai12 -
MAMMUT NEL CAOS Yalùt -
Special Digital Release for Netlabel Day 2022
ILIR LLUKA Twelve Years of Nihilism -
ILIR LLUKA Shell -
ANDREY KIREYEV Let iT. Bird -
SYRINX Can’t see failure without truth -
ALFREDO GIAMMANCO DRONESCAPE Musiche dal presente perpetuo -
Special Netlabel Day 2018 Digital Release
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE Psychische Revolution -
SNEZHANA REIZEN Reflection in the Earth -
DSBRDR As it irks -
CONTROL-Z Trauma Akustik -
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE Ether Voyage + (evp transmission) -
CINEMA NOIR Cold feet for others backs -
MASSIMO RUBERTI Armstrong live 2015 -
COAXIL Live at esg-21 -
TONOPTIK Daten -
BUBEN vs.NASTA LABADA Live at Festival AGA Azgur Memorial Museum -
NESTING ERROR Il diluvio del 1931 e altri disagi -
ASTMA (Alexei Borisov - Olga Nosova) Epsilonia -
TONOPTIK / zll' Practical -
BASCIANO Le 7 perle di Belzebù
Events
Nostress Netlabel does not have a booking agency, but it occasionally promotes selected artists, giving them the opportunity to perform live improvised sets in theaters, pubs and cultural, historical or tourist venues, so as to showcase their skills and gain wider visibility. The netlabel can also act as a media partner for musical and cultural events, using its own web platforms and equipment to circulate information about the artists, promote the events themselves and distribute the online music catalog.
Many events are described in Italian only.
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1 Jul 2022
NETLABEL DAY 2022 Eighth Edition [All over the World]
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7 Sep 2018
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE Live| Modem Fest| Solchi Sperimentali [Alcamo]
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1 Jul 2018
NETLABEL DAY 2018 Fourth Edition [All over the World]
All over the World -
10 May 2018
CENTRAL Live @ 6 Sul Sofà [ArteWiva TV] | Palermo [PA]
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22 Apr 2017
RECORD STORE DAY 2017 | Palermo [PA]
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1 Jan 2017
ENZYM Live @ Teatro S. Cecilia | MainOFF [PA]
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