2999 Competition

 

15 Apr 2010

 

 

2999

Peppermill Records describe themselves as "a fun little netlabel based in the mountains of British Columbia, attempting to make interesting musical art."

They specialise in collaborative projects, with artists taking part from every corner of the planet. All the albums they make are available to download for free.

Their latest project is a massive release featuring over 50 of the most talented forward-thinking electronic musicians around. The likes of Robot Koch, Elemental, Mochipet, Cardopusher, High Rankin, Slugabed, Si Begg, Duran Duran Duran, Fanu, Raffertie, Subvert and many more are writing tracks that will be interpreted into artwork by illustrators. In May Peppermill will release one song / illustration a day, after which the entire collection will be freely downloadable.

They're also running a competition called 2999, giving up-and-coming producers the chance to appear on the album. Here's what they have to say about it:

"It's the year 2999, and the image at the top of this page is your future.  What exactly is going on? Your job is to soundtrack the above painting by celebrated futurist David Schleinkofer and write a short description of your vision.


What we're putting together is a futuristic dance album, as the title is a play on the phrase "dance like it's 1999".  However this doesn't have to sound like anything humans currently groove to, in fact we encourage you to paint way, way outside the lines.


Bass is necessary though.  Deep, deep sub bass. This collection is going to feature songs using a very full range of frequencies, and experimentation with the lower end of the spectrum is a must.


When completed it'll be freely downloadable under a Creative Commons license, as all our releases are, which means people are encouraged to share the music but aren't allowed to alter it in any way or use it for commercial purposes without your consent."

 

The deadline is April 18th and you should submit your track as a 320kbs mp3 file here.

 


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