2000s– / LOCAL SCENE
Around the millennium, Brazilian and South African circuits became international centres of festivals, artists and labels.
These scenes are not European footnotes: they developed their own calendars, aesthetics, audiences and exports in dialogue with international travel.
Future versions will separate the two countries using local sources and oral history; this record marks the gap instead of pretending coverage is complete.
This record is a doorway. The archive would rather declare a gap and invite contribution than fill space with generalisations.
DROP 001 / OBJECTS FROM THE RECORD / SIGNAL FIRST
A small, numbered edition of physical objects made from the archive, by hand, between Portugal and Aotearoa. The Signal hears first: one email, one transmission when it is ready, your number on the list.
You do not need to give an email to use any of this: the archive is open, the machine plays without signing up, and the 24-pattern MIDI pack is public domain. Open the machine →