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Always a forward thinking and fearless artist-run label, not afraid of taking risks. The underground cult imprint URBCOM remains true to its independent vision, and resilient as ever . After a decade of producing, and releasing recordings by various new unknown and established artists in the crossover post-industrial-breakcore experimental electronic arena. URBCOM over the years have built up a devoted growing fanbase in the UK and across Europe, as well as parts of the US and Japan. With their street-wise limited-edition small-run label,better known to most leftfield genre fans, and newcomers alike via their long-standing, well-known music-website [ WWW.URBCOM.NET] First lanched in 97 on-line; in conjunction with the short-lived off-shoot underground music print METROPLEX MAGAZINE -DISPLAY DISOBEY ( produced and instigated with the help of established collaborators Biba Kopf @The Wire, Kevin Martin@Techno Animal, Colin Newman@Swim,Marc Istead@Mute,Amanda@Haywire,Douglas Benford@The Sprawl ) among many others.


Starting out above a recording studio off the Liverpool Road, The Angel, London in May 1996 with their first-ever white label 12" release of 500 copies. The DIY spirit of URBCOM was born, instigated primarily for fun,and a labour of love. As well as an essential channel of release for their own individual band-projects,recordings and concept-artist compilations. Promoted and marketed directly to a progressive, modern open-minded worldwide-audience. Combined with the exposure, and support from numerous music allies, writers, magazines / E-zines,DJ's and pirate-college radioshows around the globe. From the outset URBCOM chose to deviate, and take the bull by the horns, bypassing a cynical,corporate over-commercialised music industry. In favor of running and establishing their own independent production label with complete artist control. While still showcasing, encouraging, and working with other affiliated artists on the music-media-art-scene. Dedicated to producing new edgy,innovative electronic music. Journeying from industria,drum & noise soundscapes to ambient IDM and the avant-garde.


Much less a record label, and more a movement of likeminded artists bouncing around new ideas,sound and thought.URBCOM are already known veterans within the global-electronic music underground. Continuing to attract,and introduce an ever-growing pool of newcomers from all corners of the world. After years of dedication to their art, and countless promotion on behalf of other artists,allies,networks.URBCOM has Survived againest all the odds,where most of their contempories have either shut-up shop or lost the plot completely. URBCOM our still very much on a mission.Operating the label between the UK and The German frontlines. Still hell-bent on infiltrating the mainstream one day soon, with their own indivdiual brand of leftfield-breakcore electronica .More than a labour of love URBCOM remaines an obsession, with a definite sence that the best is yet to come.

Words: Amanda Lewis