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Here you will find our reasons why we are not utilizing Bandcamp, Spotify and other corporate streaming services. By using platforms like Bandcamp or Spotify we are bound to step on bands' and labels' toes. There will always be somebody thinking ...

What ad blocking has to do with music you may ask. It has a lot to do, but only if you treat music seriously. If you believe in what our scene sings about, if you believe in the message. Independent scenes - like ours - usually has certain set ...

A radical shift is needed in the way bands – especially in our dark independent scene – approach Facebook band promotion. In short: we need to help each other, there is no other way. We need to quickly understand, that bands competing with ...

Recently I got asked why do I bother with label's own website. Why do you not use Facebook + Bandcamp, like everybody else? Thank you Adrian (a very nice guy I met thanks to Halotan Records) for this question. You made me see this elephant in ...

I have to warn you - this is not a success story like in those inspirational posts. Quite the contrary, it is a history of failure and futile sacrifice. I learned a thing or two, even thought learning them was not worth all the hassle. I ...

You see, independent musicians have always been ripped off left right and center. Do you as a fan want to be a part of it? Because it does not have to be this way - you can change this. In this post I am not saying you should stop buying ...

As of 20th of July 2023 we can announce that some work is being done on Halotan Records' revival. Scroll down past small announcement below or click here to skip to the main text. We will publish small updates in this post as the work ...

Some weeks ago I came across this post on one of dark electro related groups. A lady dropped a casual post about her new haircut with a photo of same. You can see a screenshot above. Personal information blurred out as it is irrelevant. I ...

If you are either underground music fan or in a band – you have probably already noticed it. If not – this should be a heads up for you. So why subscribe to our newsletter? To make it short – because Facebook will no longer permit us to ...

In times when hipsters keep showing off their “artistic” skills using the same old Instagram filters we found something that may help you to do the same in our alternative scene. PixMangler photo editor is an online tool that creates images ...