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Andrea Bergart “Apple Jacks” Limited-edition Basketball

On dealing with creative anxiety (digital)

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Toby Kaufmann-Buhler Sawing Sound (video study grid)

Toby Kaufmann-Buhler

A grid to play in, on and through -- an occasionally updated set of studies in visual and sonic play (with a singing saw and video synthesizer), arranged in a grid to be played in any number of combinations. When new studies are added, the grid arrangement will be re-oriented and a new edition released.

Free

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Dec 02

On Rotation

Yoona

A Surreal Kind of Normal

Yoona

$5+

Our take What does it look like to perform consumption as Spectacle, capitalism as ethos, and desire itself as commodity? Yoona shows us our own absurdity in this new browser-based and USB release. Obsessed.

Aksioma

A Short Incomplete History of Technologies That Scale

Janez and 2 others

$19.50

Our take This latest release from Aksioma gives eight thinkers the room to ask: What happens when we apply our values and believes to scale? What changes, and what can we learn in the process?

TOURIST

Laura Welker "Evil Eye" Candles

TOURIST Label

$100+

Our take Wax artist Laura Welker explores the evil eye in a release from the Metalabel Fall/Winter 2024 collection.

Toby Kaufmann-Buhler

Sawing Sound (video study grid)

Toby Kaufmann-Buhler

Free

Our take Multidisciplinary artist Toby Kaufmann-Buhler manipulates the saw and synthesizer to share a hypnotic and living organism of sound and video works. Meant to be experienced interactively and through self-determined patterns, new editions to play in will be made available as new videos are added.

Spencer Chang

Field Companions

Spencer Chang

$118+

Our take The latest release from our Fall/Winter season, artist and technologist Spencer Chang lovingly brings the technological and the physical together, embedding found objects with their story. Available exclusively on Metalabel <3

Rhizome.org

internet hat

bri griffin and 1 other

$40+

Our take Rhizome is the pioneer we need in valuing all the things internet as creative work worth caring for. Their first releases supports their longevity, because we need them in the New Creative Era.

The Worst Generation

The Worst Generation Master Collection

Black Dave MK2 and 5 others

$10

Our take Your favorite artist’s artists just made their full catalog available. If you see us in the world we’re listening cover to cover.

PLAY

PLAY Zine (Vol. 1)

Ludwig Hurtado and 1 other

$20

Our take Some of the brightest chefs, writers, and artists of downtown and restaurant culture come together for this collaborative cookbook zine, proceeds from which nourish the queer community via mutual aid initiatives.

29 Speedway

MURDERPACT x TRNGS x MARK FINGERHUT - BOOSTED.exe

29 Speedway and 1 other

$15+

Our take What first started as an in-person musical collaboration ends years later with so much more: a wild audio-visual experience, chaotic malware meets sound score.

FUTURX

AI+Music - ebook ENG

NicolasCero

$10

Our take A necessary and provoking audit of musical ecosystems in our new world of AI. Essential reading for any musician looking to find both footing and inspiration in this landscape.

New

New York City Garbage

New York City Garbage Season 2 (Coming Soon)

Free

I Have Pop

One Bad Orange - Art Poster Print

$100+

train_songz

Train Songz 2024 Zine Case

$15

train_songz

train_songz zine: spring '24, #3

$10

train_songz

train_songz zine: winter '24, #2

$10

train_songz

train_songz zine: fall '23 #1

$10

The Worst Generation

The Worst Generation Master Collection Demo

Free

Channels

Artist Books

Artist books ranging from classic monographs to dazzling new media to forms yet to be defined.

8 releases

$0 Introductions

Sometimes, the perfect place to start is with an introduction. Free opens doors. Free helps people discover something new. A compilation of some of our favorite free or pay-what-you-wish releases to begin your collection.

14 releases

Curated by Josh Citarella

Artist and writer Josh Citarella curates new work across collectives and mediums for release on Metalabel.

12 releases

New Internet

New approaches and visions for the web, spanning books, games, films, and New Media.

13 releases

New Media

Across the internet and the globe, artists and technologists are reimagining what media, art, and the human experience can be.

19 releases

Collectives in Action

A small selection of collectives shaping the new creative era.

12 releases

Curated by Molly Soda

Brooklyn-based internet performance artist Molly Soda—known for exploring the boundaries of reality, performance, and physical space—curates a series of releases for the Metalabel universe.

12 releases

Towards a new creative era

Releases

The Worst Generation

Your favorite artist's favorite artists just made their full catalog available. These 250 songs and 5 music videos featuring members Black Dave, Illadell, Kaizër, Martin Grooms, MJX, and Yung Half Dead are a testament to the power of collective making and support.

Moment of Zen

Releases

Glass Mirror 001: What If?

A reimagined take on an academic research journal, for exploratory rabbitholes and speculative deep dives. What if we are the threat to AI? What if lucid dreaming is the same as teleportation?

Ideas

Small is more meaningful that big

Too often as creative people, we dismiss our early moments. When we were finding our voice. When we met our truest fans. Don't rush to be bigger.

Creators

Document Journal on Maya Man

"My personal philosophy is to be distributed in my practice and not lock into one method of sharing or making artwork. The contemporary artist is evolving to be someone who is able to embrace that."

Releases

After the Creator Economy

The zine explores constructive alternatives for the ways we produce, distribute, and monetize creative work online.

About

What is Metalabel?

Metalabel is a new operating system for creative work. It’s a space for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, writers, and other creators to release their work, be discovered and supported, and support one another. A new creative era.

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