Ever since I put up an open call for submissions for the 3m33s compilation, a few questions from artists and fans have arisen. Here are some clarifications.

Is there a deadline for submissions?
No.
Tracks are released organically in the order they come in, at a rate of no more than one per day. The intent being to try and give every artist involved equal visibility. Now that the compilation volume is complete (33 tracks) we will keep submissions aside to make another volume in the near future. So keep them coming!

Can I retain the rights to my track / release it elsewhere / etc.?
Keyword here is 'lending', you create a track that is included amongst many other artists and hopefully will generate visibility for everyone involved. The track is under the CC by SA creative commons licence, which means commercial use is not prohibited and then anyone and everyone may use your track, remix it, put it in a film, etc. so long as they attribute it to you in the way that you want it to be. Now, if you want to release the track through other channels and on other mediums, be my guest! (Mentioning that it was created for this compilation would be a very appreciated courtesy as well.) For more information on creative commons licences, visit: http://creativecommons.org/choose/

Bandcamp shows only 13 tracks in the compilation?!
We are releasing tracks at a rate of one per day publicly, in order to give each contributing artist an equal window of exposure. If you're in a rush to hear the remainder of the compilation, 3.33$ and all 33 tracks will be included with the download!

Speaking of which, where does the money go?
If I knew that, I'd probably have more of it by now...
More explicitely: bandcamp will keep some, paypal will take a cut and then whatever's left will be used to 'set up shop'. Provided, that's a vague terminology so let's define it a bit: a (net)label / artist collective project is in the works, which will also occasionally release small runs of (hopefully) beautiful objects. The website is already created, however hosting isn't free! Seriously, the website is frikkin' awesome and you'll wanna hear those other projects we have in the works. Trust us. However, if you still don't, a breakdown of the funds needed and ongoing news about the campaign will be provided along the way.

How do I submit a track?
If you are interested in submitting a track, it must be 3 minutes 33 seconds in length, something you consider to be drone and do not mind lending to this compilation under the CC by SA common creative licence. The track title will be the date of its release in the following format: YYYY.MM.DD and your bio and artist photo will be displayed on the track page. All benefits from digital sales will be used to set up shop and print limited runs of upcoming releases, help a brother out!

Submit by sending e-mail with a link to hosted file or wetransfer to lebergermusic (a) gmail dot com with artist bio and picture.

He is also releasing a limited edition CDr today: Live in May

Bio:
Grzegorz Bojanek (1975), also known as Eta Carinae, is the founder of the net label: www.etalabel.com. Since 2007 he has been the artistic producer of Warsaw Electronic Festival. As an artist he consequently introduces field recordings and electroacoustic sounds into his compositions which are the combination of the modern melodics ambient and sometimes noise. He cooperated with many artists from USA, Canada and China.

Grzegorz is the co-founder of ChoP project where he concentrates on multicultural collaboration between China and Poland. Together with Zen Lu, Grzegorz collaborated with British film direcotr Isaac Julien on his latest project “Better Life” (“Ten Thousand Waves”) – starring Maggie Cheung. Among others the film was shown during the 67th Venice Film Festival 2010 and 8th Shanghai Biennale, where Grzegorz and Zen played live soundtrack during the grand opening.

In 2011 Grzegorz took part in the Shanghai Electronic Music Week and the ChoP China Tour. The last album recorded by Grzegorz Bojanek entitled “Remaining Sounds” was published by a California based label Dynamophone.com. His collaboration with Piotr Michałowski called "As Far As It Seems" was published by a New York label Ohm Resistance. credits from 3m33s, track released 31 January 2013

More about / from Grzegorz Bojanek, projects & collaborators at:
- www.myspace.com/ecmyspace
- www.etalabel.com
- www.wef.pl
- chop-project.com
- pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Cheung
- www.emusicfestival.cn
- n5mailorder.com/release/1757&zenid=a93cc311d5890c10ad40337fdae35935/grzegorz-bojanek-remaining-sounds
- dynamophone.com
- www.ohmresistance.com 

3 minutes 33 seconds of drone a day keeps the Dr away!

This is the baby steps of what I hope to become a compilation of drones all the same length. Coming from yours truly, friends and whoever wants to submit a track really...

If you are interested in submitting a track, it must be 3 minutes 33 seconds in length, something you consider to be drone and do not mind lending to this compilation under the CC by SA common creative licence. The track title will be the date of its release in the following format: YYYY.MM.DD and your bio and artist photo will be displayed on the track page. All benefits from digital sales will be used to set up shop and print limited runs of upcoming releases, help a brother out!

Submit by sending e-mail with a link to hosted file or wetransfer to lebergermusic (a) gmail dot com

Take care and pay attention

The tracks 'Pillaged Treasures' & 'War Encore' are added to the evergrowing seasonal album 'Holiday Drones'. Quite different in nature, the first being a salvage of decrepit wax cylinder recordings, the other more cinematic and an intentional musical composition.

You can still download the album from bandcamp on a 'pay whatever it is you can' basis. Proceeds will help relieve the very poor. That is, myself.

A collaborative track with Pascal Savy (UK) chosen to be part of futuresequence's 5th such compilation. It's the opener so it'd be hard to miss.

If you like what you're hearing (I sure hope so) then know that more is on the way, somewhere in time.

Download the full compilation (for free) here: #SEQUENCE5
It is seriously packed with talent.

Allo again. Today some sounds were unleashed upon the world, the first 'song' from my upcoming album 'Trivial Cataclysms'. It's every bit harsh, intentionally so, thanks to @naxuu & @cinchel. So if you don't like it, blame it on them, and if you do give me money.

Will release the album digitally one song at a time every Sunday, so, see you next week!

Allo.

9/9th has been announced as the day the #harshwave unleashes over the world. I intend on keeping my word.

In short, it's an album's worth of music I've had sitting on the shelf since the beginning of the year and it seems about time to let it go abroad and do its own thing, like backpacking through Europe.

Since the release will be digital (only other media I could see it fit would be CD, but eh, can't be arsed on this one...) I will release it one sound piece at a time, probably every Sunday for the next couple of months. I feel like if the digital format is privileged, releasing the full album at once defeats the purpose and really shrinks the shelf life of artwork. I hope by going this route it'll get people talking about it a bit longer than 2-3 tweets and off we're gone. Maybe I'm dreaming...

As the day nears I'll let you know more about the pieces and the concept behind the album. Somehow, in parts, it's more conceptual than actually musical. In the strictest sense anyway.

Every piece will be released under the CC BY SA license and I will strongly encourage donations, as I intend to use this as a diving board to finance a couple of other upcoming releases that I'd like to bundle up in infinitely limited editions artwork. Said upcoming releases more along the lines of the stuff you're used to hearing from me, ambient / classical / subdued / ethereal, etc.

So, yeah, that's about it for now.

Up yours!