1990s– / LOCAL SCENE
London became an early production, label and distribution node connecting Goa travellers to British studios, shops and parties.
The British contribution was not one school: producers, designers, labels and promoters gave the sound international infrastructure.
Records and compilations helped stabilise names and repertoires while party culture retained links with techno, ambient, dub and acid house.
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 →