About

Postmoderncore is a New Zealand-based independent label. Postmoderncore has been in existance since the early 2000s. Postmoderncore is focused around online releases, as the lowest impact strategy available to share music.

The Negativland fan collective Snuggles has been a big influence on the philosophy of Postmoderncore. I came to the conclusion that copyright was a tool used by corporations to make profits, and control artists and their music. The more I heard about sample music being squashed by copyright law, the stronger my decision that I should ignore copyright law in my own artistic creation.

Postmoderncore is the flip side of my protest against copyright and the idea of music as a commodity. I decided that the best method for sharing the music and accompanying art with its audience was to offer free downloads over the internet. I also wanted to reach a wide and international audience.

When presenting either live or multitracked recordings, Postmoderncore embraces the original happening as much as possible: environmental noise; limitations of the recording process and technology; and unintentional events.

As time has passed and my circle of associates and collaborators has grown, Postmoderncore has matured into a label offering a variety of artists and music: free jazz; country; spoken word; noise; experimental electronics; drone; instrumental; and trash rock.

Postmoderncore sells CDrs for those who want physical artifacts, but we prefer digital formats for their low impact, both in terms of resources, and in terms of our effort.

Postmoderncore will keep following its own trajectory, and I look forward to being surprised by how it all turns out.

the Postmoderncore website is authored by The Unknown Rockstar. he is based in Wellington New Zealand.

Postmoderncore uses Creative Commons licenses.