Kahvi
Encyclopedia
Kahvi is a netlabel
founded in 1998 and currently operated by 4T Thieves. Based in London
, England
, it aims to release music in the OGG
, MP3
and video formats to anyone online. The label has always had a strong connection with the demoscene
, and is one among several legendary netlabels, such as Monotonik.
These releases are available on Beatport, iTunes and other similar digital download outlets.
Netlabel
A netlabel is a record label that distributes its music through digital audio formats over the Internet...
founded in 1998 and currently operated by 4T Thieves. Based in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, it aims to release music in the OGG
OGG
Ogg may refer to:*Nanny Ogg, a character in the Discworld series of books*Ogg, a multimedia container file format, in computing*Ogg Vorbis, the Vorbis free software/open source audio codec, commonly used with the Ogg container...
, MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
and video formats to anyone online. The label has always had a strong connection with the demoscene
Demoscene
The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations that run in real-time on a computer...
, and is one among several legendary netlabels, such as Monotonik.
Notable roster
- Aleksi Eeben
- Alpha Conspiracy, The
- Bad Loop
- Blamstrain
- Cheju
- DreamlinDreamlinDreamlin is an electronic music group from Belarus.Dreamlin, hailing from Minsk, Belarus started when Denis «C4» Korabkov, who used to play guitar with a local cult, psychedelic reggae band at the time met Egor Kunovsky, who had long been involved with music software and computers.In 2000, they...
- EsemEsemEsem is the stage name of Georgi Hristov Marinov, a Bulgarian electronic music artist, . Esem is formerly known as the tracker musician StereoMan, a member of the demoscene group NOiSE.-Musical career:...
- Kenny Beltrey
- KiloWatts
- LacklusterLacklusterLackluster is the main stage name of Esa Juhani Ruoho , who has also recorded as Esa Ruoho, Can'o'Lard, Kökö and the Köks and XLLV. Lackluster is formerly known as the chiptune musician, Distance, part of the demoscene groups Orange, Monotonik, Calodox, The Digital Artists, The Planet of Leather...
- Meso
- Mosaik (formerly known as Radix)
- Planet Boelex
- Realsmokers
- Sense
- Sushi Brother
- Xerxes
- Xhale
- Zainetica
Commercial Kahvi
While the main focus is freely available music, Kahvi has also released some commercial Digital Download releases.These releases are available on Beatport, iTunes and other similar digital download outlets.