Entity (netlabel)

Entity

Founded	2003
Founder	Jan Robbe Nico de Gols
Genre	Experimental Electronic Dark Ambient IDM Glitch Electroacoustic Flashcore
Country of origin	Belgium
Location	Kortrijk
Official website	http://www.entity.be/entity

Entity is a netlabel specialising in experimental electronic music. The label was established in 2003 by Belgian musicians Jan Robbe and Nico de Gols, working under the monikers UndaCova and Kaebin Yield, respectively. Formed from the remnants of the now defunct dark ambient/noise netlabel Tinnitus, Entity has since expanded its repertoire to include many different genres,^[1] and has released music by artists from all over the world. In 2005 Gols parted ways with Entity, leaving Robbe as the sole label manager. Entity is a nonprofit netlabel that distributes its releases for free under Creative Commons licenses,^[2] hosted by file repositories Archive.org and Scene.org.

Notable in the label's catalogue are releases by Robbe himself, who goes under the names Atomhead, Erratic and UndaCova;^[3] Entity-born collaborative groups xE Phalanx and Idle Sunder, Hecq, Xanopticon, Hangars Liquides-owner La Peste, Zavoloka, Subskan, Sytrjv, Cisfinitum, and many others. Entity celebrated its 40th release with Tetroid 2012; a game and electronic music compilation. It has been described as a "psychedelic Tetris clone (with references to Mr. Driller and Arkanoid as well), featuring 21 music artists. It is meant to bring experimental electronic music closer to the people."^[4] Entity marked its 50th release with a follow-up compilation entitled Vortex, which was acclaimed by one journalist as the "singular apogee of Entity's artistic vision".^[5] It was played on Mary Anne Hobbs' Radio 1's Experimental Show, which often features Entity artists Barbarix and Herd.

In 2004 a micropayments system was implemented, allowing listeners to donate directly to the artists, as well as help finance server costs and future physical releases. The following year "micro-releases" were introduced; short EPs which can be purchased through paypal for a nominal fee. So far three releases have been distributed this way.

Entity is commonly associated with the terms "flashcore" and "cybercore", which are used to describe an acousmatic form of highly-complex hardcore techno.^[6] Considered a leading proponent of the style,^[7] Entity has released albums by flashcore artists such as Atomhead/UndaCova, Kaebin Yield and Sedarka.

Artists

Cover of 7E Phalanx's 2004 album Pulse

Cover of Idle Sunder's 2005 album Psygnosis I

.at/on
a.s.
Acta
Antanas Jasenka
Atomhead
Autopsy Protocol
Barbarix
Beatwife
Binray
BLÆRG
Bogdan Dullsky
Casual Coincidence
CD-R
Chango Feo
Chlorophyll Fluxbunny
Circuit Paralelle
Cisfinitum
Critikal
d.compose
Danny Kreutzfeldt
Disastrato
Dotkràz
Duncan Avoid
element.act
Elín
Ellende
Erratic

Esther Venrooy
ETO
Exclipsect
Fabrice Planquette
Flimmer
Foul Shape
fp
Giorgos Stefanou
Hackeronte
Hanga Gallon
Hecq
Herd
hns.dly
Idle Sunder
Inshizzo
Isopussy
Kaebin Yield
La Peste
m__
Mathieu Ruhlmann
Metro_NM
N.Nenov
no Xivic
Om
Otets Dekan
Pandemia
Photophob

Plagasul
PlanetZoo
ps
Quest.Room.Project
Ronny Ragtroll
S.A.T.K.A.
Scene
Sedarka
Siegmar Fricke
Somaticae
Subskan
Sytrjv
Takeshi Nakamura
The Ambling Band
Tirriddiliu
Tomoroh Hidari
Transcendent Device
UndaCova
v4w.enko
vteb
White Nois Stasis
Xanopticon
xE Phalanx
Yannis Kyriakides
Zavoloka
Zoogoo

Catalogue

Note: other labels' discographies presented in this catalogue include:

Tinnitus (TNS); a netlabel founded in 2002 by Nico de Gols, which is the precursor to Entity.^[8] Its primary focus was on power electronics, noise, abstract industrial and musique concrète. Breakcore and speedcore were also explored in its first and final compilation, Digital Insanity Compilation v1.0, featuring artists such as Ed Flis and Pr0metheus burning. Tinnitus closed in 2003 when the illegal server that hosted it was shut down. The "lost" Tinnitus releases have since been re-uploaded by the cyber-organization Scene.org.^[9]

Title	Artist	Cat No	Year
Distress EP	D.I.N.	TNS001	2002
Drug Bad EP	Lost_Bit	TNS002	2002
The Delegation From Nowhere	Ellende	TNS003	2002
Tehdas EP	no Xivic	TNS004	2002
Assembled and Disassembled Structures	Carroña	TNS005	2002
A Girl Raped Before Her Marriage Is a Whore	ps	TNS006	2003
Digital Insanity Compilation v1.0	Various Artists	TNS007	2003
Ergchie	Nightech	TNS008	2003
Pragmatic Impulse	5E Phalanx	NTT001	2003
...	element.act	NTT002	2003
Sleepsoup	Ellende	NTT003	2003
The Garden of Unearthed Machines	White Nois Stasis	NTT004	2003
Analysis	d.compose	NTT005	2003
Sous quel ordre	Acta	NTT006	2003
Ilion	m__	NTT007	2004
Pulse	7E Phalanx	NTT008	2004
Impressions	Elín	NTT009	2004
Venus Urania	Pandemia	NTT010	2004
Signs of the Unseen	Chango Feo	NTT011	2004
Smart Disable For All	Ronny Ragtroll	NTT012	2004
20040701	a.s.	NTT013	2004
Universumix	Say My Lovehole, Hanga Gallon	NTT014	2004
Revery	8E Phalanx	NTT015	2004
Degree Absolute	Transcendent Device	NTT016	2004
Elettra	Tirriddiliu & Hackeronte	NTT017	2004
Activation Fields	Erratic	NTT018	2004
Incessant Subversive Decibels	BLÆRG	NTT019	2004
Virtual Love Cell	Beatwife	NTT020	2004
Shibashi Todomen	Sedarka	NTT021	2004
Folding Light	Idle Sunder	NTTD01	2005
Spiral Field Velocity 1.0	Atomhead	NTTD02	2005
Fiuk & Csajok	Fabrice Planquette	NTT022	2005
Highly Coloured Places	Yannis Kyriakides	NTT023	2005
Landschaft	Cisfinitum	NTT024	2005
The Calm of the Suns	Mathieu Ruhlmann	NTT025	2005
Aspekt / Audience / Ascent	CD-R	NTT026	2005
Untitled	Dotkràz	NTT027	2005
Mouthscapes #1	Hns.dly	NTT028	2005
The Recombinant Design	Satka	NTT029	2005
Malgyl	Cisfinitum	NTT030	2005
Aether I	Idle Sunder	NTT031	2005
Polymorphism	Kaebin Yield	NTT032	2005
Cederoth Bloodstopper	Binray	NTT033	2005
Umami	Autopsy Protocol	NTT034	2005
Skazka	Metro_NM	NTT035	2005
Sonic Machine	Antanas Jasenka	NTT036	2006
Rust	Dotkràz vs. Idle Sunder vs. Casual Coincidence	NTT037	2006
Silhouette	9E Phalanx	NTT038	2006
Winter Center	ETO	NTT039	2006
Aether II	Idle Sunder	NTT041	2006
Neuromecanismo	Siegmar Fricke	NTT042	2006
Room Number	Quest.Room.Project	NTT043	2007
Undertones	Elín	NTT044	2007
Psygnosis I	Idle Sunder	NTT045	2007
Strange Animals	Takeshi Nakamura	NTT046	2007
Greatest Clubhits From Beyond	Ronny Ragtroll	NTT047	2007
Nothing Stands Between Us	Elín vs. Erratic	NTTD03	2007
Endlessly Regurgitating Pattern	Otets Dekan	NTT048	2008
2 Humans in a Cage With Their Everything Box	PlanetZoo	NTT049	2008
Tetroid 2012	Various Artists	NTT040	2008
Vortex	Various Artists	NTT050	2008
Lucifer's Happy Hunting Ground	Barbarix	NTT051	2008
Cendres	fp	NTT052	2008
Très Textual	Disastrato	NTT053	2008
Water Message	Scene	NTT054	2008
Psygnosis III	Idle Sunder	NTT055	2008
Metal Alloy	Antanas Jasenka	NTT056	2009
Life, This Strange Discharge	PlanetZoo	NTT057	2009
Tangents 32 - 39	Herd	NTT058	2009
Psygnosis II	Idle Sunder	NTT059	2009
Pack	.at/on + v4w.enko	NTT060	2010
Songs for 14 Years Old	Takeshi Nakamura	NTT061	2010
Floating Eye Syndrome	Foul Shape	NTT062	2010
Cosc	N.Nenov	NTT063	2010
Selected Rooms	Ryukau	NTT064	2011
Vortex Engine	rachMiel	NTT065	2012

References

↑ "Binray: Cederoth Bloodstopper". Gridface.com, 2005. Retrieved on September 22, 2008.
↑ Johnson, Larry. "Entity". Earlabs.org, 2006. Retrieved on September 22, 2008.
↑ "You've entered Jan Robbe's cyberspace projection. Brace Yourself.". Entity.be.
↑ Carless, Simon. "Tetroid 2012 - DemoNetLabelArkaTetris Weirdness Alert!". GameSetWatch.net, 2008. Retrieved on September 22, 2008.
↑ Rudd, Kenny. "v/a - Vortex LP Review", ExperiMusic (2008). Retrieved on December 14, 2008.
↑ "FLASHCORE". Flashcore.org. Retrieved on October 8, 2008.
↑ Weinel, Jon. "Flashcore: Earth, Atomizer, Let's Go!". Spannered.org, 2007. Retrieved on October 8, 2008.
↑ Matthijs, Niels. "Entity Netlabel / The best in experimental electronic music". Onderhond.org, 2007. Retrieved on September 22, 2008.
↑ "Tinnitus Backcatalog". Entity.be.

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