New Website & Store Launched
In 2023 – having experienced again the great atmosphere of Castle Party Festival – we started working on Halotan Records’ […]
New Website & Store Launched Read Post »
In 2023 – having experienced again the great atmosphere of Castle Party Festival – we started working on Halotan Records’ […]
New Website & Store Launched Read Post »
We do not have Bandcamp account. We use free personal Spotify account to create playlists using songs already on Spotify.
Why Halotan Rec is Not Using Bandcamp, Spotify etc.? Read Post »
Independent scenes – like ours – usually has certain set of values it carries with it, along with some musical
Why (Not Only) Goths Should Block Ads Read Post »
We need to quickly understand, that bands competing with one another is the most dumb thing we can do. Why?
Facebook for Bands: Surviving Declining Fan Reach – Together Read Post »
Thank you Adrian (a very nice guy I met thanks to Halotan Records) for this question. You made me see
Uncreative Artists: Why All Bands Depend on Facebook & Bandcamp? Read Post »
I have to warn you – this is not a success story like in those inspirational posts. Quite the contrary,
What 5 Years of Voluntary Facebook Exile Taught Me Read Post »
In this post I am not saying you should stop buying downloads. I just share my opinion on why –
Paid Downloads: How to Stop Corpos from Feeding off Our Scene Read Post »
As of 20th of July 2023 we can announce that some work is being done on Halotan Records’ revival. Scroll
We have not kicked the bucket… yet Read Post »
[halobox] I looked in disbelief as it climbed up to finally receive 461 likes and 87 enthusiastic comments. The group
Who gives a shit about music? Nobody. But when you post about your new haircut… Read Post »
So why subscribe to our newsletter? To make it short – because Facebook will no longer permit us to communicate
How Markie screwed us all and why you should subscribe to our newsletter Read Post »
In times when hipsters keep showing off their “artistic” skills using the same old Instagram filters we found something that
Gothic answer to Instagram filters – free online image effects Read Post »
Paid compilations, ads, pay-to-play gigs are becoming increasingly commonplace affair in independent scene. Have you paid already? Do not worry,
Pay or decay. Why most of the bands will have to pay to get fans. Read Post »
Tl;dr version: Sampler compilations’ style is dancefloor-worthy dark electro & electro industrial and nothing else. We do not release our
Sampler compilations – information for bands Read Post »
Free Culture by prof. Lawrence Lessig can be – just like in The Matrix – your choice between blue and
Free Culture – do you take blue or red pill? Decide now. Read Post »
We hear all this moaning ever so often. Those who download music for free are thieves, bastards and criminals who
Stop stealing our music you little scum – and who says this? Read Post »
It is not a feel good article for musicians where getting famous seems so easy that you nearly can see
Why give your music free in mp3 – 5 reasons Read Post »
You may have really good music, but still your chances to get signed to one of the remaining traditional independent
Why your band is not going to get signed? Read Post »
We have recently launched an email-based newsletter. Here is our little privacy statement just to make it clear that there
Halotan Records Newsletter – privacy and info Read Post »
A couple of words about our Promozone. We have recently launched English version of it, mainly due to fact that
We would like to say a couple of words about Alchera Visions – another label active in Polish scene. Their
We have just started this blog as a mean of communicating things that do not fall fully under the main
Welcome to our blog Read Post »