Always Try To Remember (Remix)

Always Try To Remember (Remix)

Destructive bootleg of VRBA's track

Destructive bootleg of VRBA's track

Circadian Rhythms

Circadian Rhythms

2022

2022

CR006: COMMUNAL

A multifaceted, internationally spanning project bringing together 10 of the worlds most exciting, independent record labels and DJs. Officially fusing a multitude of entities together on a single project to embrace and uplift each other in a world seemingly more fractured than ever.

Initially derived from the concept of ‘bootlegging’ the key focus of the project was to explore how different labels could co-exist and compliment one and other through visual identities and musical outputs. Bootleg culture allows for unexpected and exciting results to be birthed due to its subversive, illicit nature. Embodying this ethos with blessing from the contributing labels has allowed for a progressive crossroads of creativity to come to fruition, whilst financially supporting and platforming independent creators.

COMPILATION

Each of the labels involved offered a selection of artists and releases from their roster to work on the project. Tracks were pooled together from each label and selected by artists from other labels to be bootlegged using only the original track to work from. The practice of bootlegging music is age old within dance music, and this compilation sees artists from around the world dismantling and reconstructing partnering labels music in their own vernacular. The compilation spans 17 tracks and sees some of the global scene’s most interesting DJs venture into new musical territories working on a contrast of genres.

COLLECTION

With streaming and distribution methods taking huge royalty cuts of artist’s music, it’s no secret that the financial crux of independent labels and artists is merchandise. In order to reduce waste, reinvigorate clothing and financially support labels, we had each contributor donate unsold stock, for us to re-work into unique, experimental, and purposeful garments. Helmed by William Francis Green (Stone Island) & assisted by Linus Nicholson, all garments were dismantled and re-constructed into a fully formed, 100+ piece capsule collection spanning everything from bikinis to ponchos. The result is completely 0 waste in fabric, with every last scrap of fabric utilised in someway. The collection serves as a protest against the mass production and wasteful practices of the fashion industry and holistically bridges the gap between the fashion and music scenes.

CR006: COMMUNAL

A multifaceted, internationally spanning project bringing together 10 of the worlds most exciting, independent record labels and DJs. Officially fusing a multitude of entities together on a single project to embrace and uplift each other in a world seemingly more fractured than ever.

Initially derived from the concept of ‘bootlegging’ the key focus of the project was to explore how different labels could co-exist and compliment one and other through visual identities and musical outputs. Bootleg culture allows for unexpected and exciting results to be birthed due to its subversive, illicit nature. Embodying this ethos with blessing from the contributing labels has allowed for a progressive crossroads of creativity to come to fruition, whilst financially supporting and platforming independent creators.

COMPILATION

Each of the labels involved offered a selection of artists and releases from their roster to work on the project. Tracks were pooled together from each label and selected by artists from other labels to be bootlegged using only the original track to work from. The practice of bootlegging music is age old within dance music, and this compilation sees artists from around the world dismantling and reconstructing partnering labels music in their own vernacular. The compilation spans 17 tracks and sees some of the global scene’s most interesting DJs venture into new musical territories working on a contrast of genres.

COLLECTION

With streaming and distribution methods taking huge royalty cuts of artist’s music, it’s no secret that the financial crux of independent labels and artists is merchandise. In order to reduce waste, reinvigorate clothing and financially support labels, we had each contributor donate unsold stock, for us to re-work into unique, experimental, and purposeful garments. Helmed by William Francis Green (Stone Island) & assisted by Linus Nicholson, all garments were dismantled and re-constructed into a fully formed, 100+ piece capsule collection spanning everything from bikinis to ponchos. The result is completely 0 waste in fabric, with every last scrap of fabric utilised in someway. The collection serves as a protest against the mass production and wasteful practices of the fashion industry and holistically bridges the gap between the fashion and music scenes.

Contributors:

• Bokeh Versions (ENG)
• Circadian Rhythms (ENG)
• Clouds (SCT)
• Estoc (USA)
• Gabber Eleganza / Never Sleep (IT)
• LuckyMe (SCT)
• Nyege Nyege (UG)
• Sector 7 (ENG)
• Svbkvlt (CN)
• T.T. (ENG)

Contributors:

• Bokeh Versions (ENG)
• Circadian Rhythms (ENG)
• Clouds (SCT)
• Estoc (USA)
• Gabber Eleganza / Never Sleep (IT)
• LuckyMe (SCT)
• Nyege Nyege (UG)
• Sector 7 (ENG)
• Svbkvlt (CN)
• T.T. (ENG)

Protocol:

This archive functions as an interface between documentation and production, bringing together selected works across electronic music, moving image, sound design, and interdisciplinary practice.

Rather than presenting projects as finished objects, each entry functions as a transmission node within a network of recurring signals, references, and experiments. Connections emerge through feedback, resonance, and recursion, allowing ideas to migrate across different media and contexts.

The archive is intentionally open-ended. Rather than preserving a fixed record, it operates as a feedback system in which documentation, production, and research continuously reshape one another. As the archive evolves, existing entries acquire new relationships, revealing patterns that were previously latent and allowing new trajectories to emerge over time.

Access Point:

contact@mars89.com

© Mars89

Protocol:

This archive functions as an interface between documentation and production, bringing together selected works across electronic music, moving image, sound design, and interdisciplinary practice.

Rather than presenting projects as finished objects, each entry functions as a transmission node within a network of recurring signals, references, and experiments. Connections emerge through feedback, resonance, and recursion, allowing ideas to migrate across different media and contexts.

The archive is intentionally open-ended. Rather than preserving a fixed record, it operates as a feedback system in which documentation, production, and research continuously reshape one another. As the archive evolves, existing entries acquire new relationships, revealing patterns that were previously latent and allowing new trajectories to emerge over time.

Access Point:

contact@mars89.com

© Mars89