Audiobulb Records is an exploratory electronic music label proudly based in Sheffield/UK. We support a worldwide roster of wonderful artists whose work is often described as electronic, ambient, microsound, electro-acoustic, idm/glitch and modern classical.
In September 2020 the exploratory music label Audiobulb Records
reaches 100 releases. To celebrate we will be releasing one single
per day for 35 days.
Each single is a unique art piece from artists past and present as well as friends of the label. We consider it a great privilege to work with these artists. Creativity which comes forth in such subtle, beautiful and at times unsettling forms.
As well as their music each artist chose an image to represent their
track which is hung in a frame on the exhibition wall.
The singles will be released one a day on spotify, iTunes and other digital stores. Bandcamp will have the entire collection available as a compilation with individual artwork for each track.
Audiobulb is a home for exploratory music. Music that is beautiful, compelling made with care and skill. The label works with artists from around the world who are authentically exploring who they are by presenting a narrative of their life experience through sound. Works supported by Audiobulb often explore the interface
between the electronic and natural world. We embrace the complexity of
unique electronics, intricate acoustics and detailed microsound.
Our music features
on top Spotify and Apple playlists and is streamed over 100k per month.
The name Audiobulb comes from a sense of sound as light, light as sound. The experience of synesthesia. It’s a good name, people seem to remember it. I have always had a sense that I can in some way “see sounds” there is an element of synesthetes the phenomena where there is a crossover between the senses. Audiobulb
as a name works for me as it conveys sound as light – hopefully leading to an illumination within the listener’s mind.
As well as music Audiobulb releases multimedia works, focussed projects, VST (virtual instruments), audio hardware and other creative tools. An outline of these other creative avenues are detailed below:
ENDLESS ENDLESS (V7)
It is an evolving never-ending ambient track. Artists submit 120 second pieces and they are added to the start or the end of the track. Over time it grows and develops. We are currently on version 7 and it includes contributions of over 70 artists – running for 2 hours & 6 mins.
ROOT OF SINE
There are five Root of Sine Volumes – each one a whole album made from the starting point of a single one second sinewave. A sine wave is waveform of a single constant frequency and amplitude that continues for all time. Since a sine wave has only a single frequency associated with it, it may be considered the simplest sound. The sine wave is the embodiment of audio-purity and strength as it presents
an unchanging tonal quality.
VST PLUGINS
Exploratory music requires you to have the tools to make news sounds in new ways.
I have been lucky to work closely with programmers who have engineered ingenious Virtual Studio Tools (VST) and software modules. SOPHIE by Xik for example is a
crazy synth that produces shuddering dark sounds.
AMBIENT
Our most recent software module is called Ambient (v4) and has been designed by the talented Christopher Hipgrave, who is an electronic musician in his own right. Ambient (v4) has proven to be very popular with sound designers receiving
unanimous praise for its ability to manipulate sound by breaking it into microscopic grains of audio.
LISSAJOUS
Lastly there is Lissajous, a real-time audio reactive graphics application
(available for MaxForLive) and inspired by the work of Jules Antoine Lissajous.
The software shows sound oscillations as XY matrix functions and creates complex graphics curves. Lissajous graphically describes sound and allow observation of constantly varying signal voltage of two audio signals as function of time. Video generated by sound can be controlled in endless ways by giving to the user the
possibility of a whole-new range of interactions.
THANK YOU
For supporting Audiobulb & its world-wide artist roster. Your reviews,
blogs and DJ coverage keep us exploring music.
