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Feature: Bandcamp Bans AI Music, Seeks To “Protect And Maintain” Human Art
“The fact that Bandcamp is home to such a vibrant community of real people making incredible music is something we want to protect and maintain.”
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Open call for our next compilation X. + new writers wanted
We are doing another digital compilation and looking for new writers!
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START-TRACK T-shirts are here!
An exciting update about our merch!
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Happy New Year from START-TRACK!
...aka what is ahead of us in next year...
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Album review: Tijuana Taxi - Mirages
‘Mirages’ feels like a rupture in reality itself - shimmering, elusive glimpses at a parallel dimension where malevolent forces lie buried beneath…
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Album review: faded cassettes - Life Goes On Outside My Window
Life Goes On Outside My Window is a debut album that feels incredibly locked into its sound. From the very beginning, it is clear that a lot of thought…
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Album review: We Are Imaginary - We Are Imaginary
This is the work of friends who have trusted each other with music and emotions for years, making their last masterpiece in their original form.
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Album review: Madisine - The Storm Is Over
The Storm Is Over, a great debut and worth a listen for anyone else feeling like they’re losing their grip and letting the water take them any which…
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Album review: Scrivener - Nuclear Winter in Our Hometowns
A timeless album and one that deserves to get played and then played some more. ‘Nuclear Winter in Our Hometowns paints Scrivener in a new and glittery…
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Album review: Secret Audio - Ticonderoga
“Ticonderoga” delivers many of the issues of disconnect in somewhat of a root-cause analysis through descriptions of life via stories, city sceneries…
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Album review: Scarlet Dahlias - Identity Crisis
What makes Identity Crisis compelling isn’t just its lo-fi aesthetic or its genre-blurring tendencies, but its commitment to mood over immediacy.
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Album review: Veinmelter - An Endless Ocean
An exploration of sound, textures, and newfound freedom, the album takes you on a gentle journey of discovery and soul-searching that leaves you feeling…
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Album: SHAGGO - Chores
SHAGGO catalogs all the emotions that go into the little things that drag life down for young people, especially queer femme folks dealing with shitty…
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EP review: Boxwell - In Circles
In Circles chases and at times imitates the confident vulnerability of Joni Mitchell’s Blue, while touching on Björk’s love of the bizarre and Phoebe…
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"Every day is a good day to start a track." START-TRACK is a music blog, cassette label, and much more run by Filip Zemčík (founder of Z Tapes & United Cassettes).
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