track44

we've finally completed the music issue of lainzine. interviews were conducted by me, typesetting by kaelta, and nala cleaned everything up. interviewed artists include Machine Girl, BôA, Octo Octa, and more - to see a full listing, see https://lainzine.org/announcements . the website is https://track44.net The mixtape has been sent to kitty on fire records who, with hope, will release by the 22nd. enjoy!

>>12875 honestly this is so awesome!

>>12875 Woaah this is so cool. I'm new to this place but reading things like this zine makes me want to stay more :v

where’s the mixtape mate where is it

we don't have to wait half a decade for each lainzine release?

>>12875 >BôA if the interview is recent that's fuarrrking cool man

>>12940 >>12941 thank you. you make it worthwhile >>12945 the mixtape has been finished for a while. kitty on fire mentioned wanting to release it and I still want to let them do it - though they check their text messages about once a month. >>12947 the BôA interview was completed in October. Appleman actually submitted one of the questions

>>12948 i wouldnt necessarily trust a label, you might as well self release it.

>machine girl nice. i saw them when they played the caverns with 100 gecs. never expected to see them in lainzine really good work. the layout and typesetting looks great. love the artwork. hats off to the lainzine team.

>>12950 >you might as well self release it kitty on fire is a nonprofit that sets themselves apart from labels, i know other artists who released through them and wouldn't touch a label. but I would very much like to know what the deal is, I thought they were our friends

>>12961 meh thats just me, i was the guy/name user who submitted songs and an article through a cockli email.

>>12875 was from the times of BELIO MAG that I was not flipping such interesting windows where to watch lives and down-earth creators

>>12948 Maybe try emailing them again?

ouuuuughhhhhhh this is cool af! Can't wait to read the zine while listening to the mixtape.

>>13037 finally got an update from them. kitty on fire is about to release. track44 soon

>>13075 any other news? like a new release date and all of that

>>13075 is there a release date yet? just asking

>>13780 We've spent about a month on a commission for cover art since it turned out we didn't have one that was the right format (1:1) for covers. Now that all the documents have been submitted to kitty on fire, they've told us "okay sick" a couple days ago we're just waiting for that. In the meanwhile, some of the artists have already independently released tracks we were planning to use because of how long this took, and asked if we can publish additional tracks. Since we want to release soon, I'm thinking of instead doing a volume 2 comp a couple months from now with more artists scouted specifically from lainchan and some artists from the last comp returning as well. Overall I think this has been a learning experience for everyone.

>>13785 i know I sound like a broken record repeating, but are any of the tracks I submitted on there through cockli on there? I was the guy who sent a picture of his guitar and some songs

track44 should be available on streaming and purchaseable as a physical casette very soon - give it one or two weeks. >>13786 unfortunately not. the mixtape wound up going in a much more dance-oriented direction and we wound up not wanting to use covers. Also, some of the contributing artists are hip-hop producers and I seem to recall you not liking that kind of music.

>>12875 just finished reading this and wtf this is soooo gooood. goreshit and boa in the same zine is crazy lmao thats amazing. their music means so much to me. looking forward to the mixtape as well :)))

>>13040 I am so curious where this gif is from

>>13871 Blockland, its a very old sandbox lego building game, like roblox but instead of corporate scum it was made by one guy in his basement who couldn't give a rat's ass about enforcing any rules whatsoever. had a pretty sizable (though very chaotic) community, but it's basically dead now except for new years. note: game runs like soykaf on linux. the master server is also centralized, so if the dev ever decides to pull the plug (likely) you'd have to connect directly by IP

>>13864 all good, hope i can get on the next mixtape if possible

>>13864 any updates on the mixtape release? i've been checking kof's bandcamp page and nothing shows up. unless it got released somewhere else and i didn't know...

the album has been released on Bandcamp. https://kittyonfirerecords.bandcamp.com/album/track44

>>14140 > PC on the background looks AI-made who even made the album cover? there's no info on that on the bandcamp page

>>14141 the computer isn't AI generated. artist goes by clarividenci.a on Instagram, if you want to talk to them or commission. asking KOF to include a link on the album page now

This is an amazing compilation of interviews! Thank you, Lain.