Kahvi (
Finnish for "
coffee
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") is a
netlabel
A netlabel (also online label, web label, digi label, MP3 label or download label) is a record label that distributes its music through digital audio file format, formats (such as MP3, Vorbis, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, or WAV) over the Internet. While s ...
founded in 1998 and currently operated by 4T Thieves.
Kahvi Collective
''Cyclic Defrost'', January 2019. Based in Helsinki
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, Finland
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, it aims to release music in the Ogg Vorbis
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, MP3
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, WAV
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and video formats to anyone online on various distribution sites such as Bandcamp, Mixcloud, Scene.org and the Kahvi website. The label has always had a strong connection with the demoscene
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, and is one among several well-known netlabels, such as Monotonik.
There are over 400 releases from 100+ artists, that are hand picked and released either once or twice a month. All releases have cover artwork, mp3 and ogg download versions and a podcast also broadcasts the release as a single mix.
Roster
* 4T Thieves
* Aleksi Eeben
* Alpha Conspiracy, The
* Bad Loop
* Blamstrain
* Cheju
* Diskreet
* Dreamlin
* Esem
* Kenny Beltrey
* KiloWatts
* Kunds (Artist Lionel Cantegreil)
* Lackluster
Esa Ruoho (born 26 October 1978 in Helsinki, Finland), better known as Lackluster, is a Finnish electronic music producer and performer from Kontula, Helsinki. He is also known as Esa Ruoho, XLLV, Can'O'Lard and Kökö and the Köks.
Ruoho ha ...
* Meso
* Mosaik (formerly known as Radix)
* PinZa
* Planet Boelex
* Realsmokers
* Sense
* Sushi Brother
* Xerxes
* Xhale
* Zainetica
Several guest artists have also been featured over the years as part of special Christmas releases.
* Mark Franklin
* Cell
* Solar Fields
* Richard Devine
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.
References
External links
Kahvi Collective on Discogs.com
Kahvi's entire archive via FTP
British independent record labels
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