This is an e-mail interview with i-day, founder of the oneLoop netlabel. oneLoop concentrates on releasing the work of independent electronica artists, and supporting indietronica movement.

Could you tell me a few words about yourself. Who are you? Where do you come from?

My friends call me i-day, now I’am living in Surabaya – East Java, Indonesia. I do web design and development for a living, and create music or videoart in my free time.

Why did you decide to open your own netlabel?

It’s triggered by the idea to create a music sharing platform, a place for talented bedroom/PC/laptop musicians to spread their works, who weren’t getting the attention they deserved in Indonesian music industry. Music is great, and giving great music away for free is so much better.

What kind of music genres do you accept and distribute?

Regarding to our tagline; “indietronica net-label”, we concentrate on releasing the work of independent electronica artists. We are not restricting ourserlves to any particular electronic musical styles, as long it’s D.I.Y-produced using computer technology, so they can release it at oneLoop. It’s aim to support indietronica movement.

Music is great, and giving great music away for free is so much better.

How do you distribute music? Is it available exclusively in the form of MP3/OGG/FLAC downloads? Are there “the real-world” (i mean CD/vinyl) releases also available?

All releases at oneLoop are in digital download, 192kb/s mp3 format.

How do you encourage artists to become involved in your project?

The most thing to do is to make them appreciate the fact that this platform is a gift economy in action, and understand what netlabels stand for in this commercial world of music industry.

Do you accept demo tapes? Where demos and/or links to music should be send to?

Just drop an Email to 1loop1heart[at]oneloop[dot]net with specific links to the audio files in it (we’re only accept online submission).