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avant.fm - Daily feed of new releases from the best indie record labels

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Avant.fm provides a customizable, listenable feed of new releases from the best indie record labels, across all genres. Works with your Spotify account.

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chris marstall
In 2021 I embarked on a project to listen to every independent record label, over 2000 so far. I've found around 400, across all genres, that sound fresh to me - and worth following. This experience of systematic listening has really expanded my musical horizons, beyond the buzzed-about indie rock, electronic or hip hop artists I've tended to have a relationship with in the past. avant.fm's mission is make it easy to explore, follow, and listen to these ~400 labels. We are a walled garden of music that contains *only* new releases from these labels. A place to listen safe from the mainstream; an indie front door to Spotify. Following labels has been fun for me because each indie label seeks out the best of a specific sound. And it's so different from a playlist or an algorithm. When you begin to follow a label, you are joining a community of artists and music heads, centered in a city, creating in the now. A community that branches out into various tendrils of cool music. I'm excited to share this way of finding music with you!
Anthony V
This is really great! Immediately stumbled into some releases I missed
chris marstall
@fascinated thanks Anthony! Can't say how much that means coming from you!
Axel Lavergne
Very big fan ! 100% convinced that the value will more and more move towards curation in this industry 🚀
Jonas
Looks super cool! What went into building this? Thanks!
chris marstall
@jonastwt thanks! mainly listening to a lot of music, lots of work tagging labels, then gluing the different platforms together with javascript :)
Rucha Joshi
What an excellent service! Going to be visiting your website everyday 😊
Nicolas Karlen
Indie labels are like constellations in the celestial jukebox. Avant.fm provides a simple tool to navigate and help music fans discover new horizons.
chris marstall
@finetuning thanks Nicolas! <3
Joshua Fisher
Very smart!
Sea Glass ( pen name)
It sounds so cool and give listeners fresh new things. Would you do any type of promotional gig?
chris marstall
@seaglassphonix intersting. like what?
Sea Glass ( pen name)
Advertise the products, Sea