In a strange coincidence last Sunday, I remembered I had this net label that somehow fell asleep for five months while on the other side of the planet somebody thought that Jog/Shuttle would make a fine place for their songs that had also been waiting to see the light for some time now.

Meet Tim Dwyer and Ludo Maas, two fine musicians I didn’t even know last week. They obviously have released a lot of songs before and I feel truly special for the opportunity to present their collaborative output as Background Radiation here on Jog/Shuttle. Their False Start EP contains six songs and is highly recommended (believe me, as biased as I am), so have a listen and download it for free right away:

jgshttl03: Background Radiation - False Start EP

Background Radiation on myspace

(Actually, I wanted to include odd references to background radiation, the cosmic phenomenon, in this text. I forgot. But let’s just assume it all fits nicely on a metaphorical level.)

We’re sort of shocked and pleased at the same time: Two songs of the recent (and so far only) release “Our Foolish Pride” have received airplay on the show Ouèbe Musique on CKRL 89,1 in Quebec, Canada. That was fast.

Please listen to Simon Roy’s excellent choice of internet music: The two hour show airs every sunday night and can subsequently be downloaded on the Ouèbe Musique blog.

What a nice day in May. The sun is shining, I can see the blue sky from my desk. And I promise I’ll go outside to get some fresh air as soon as I … (wait for it)
…
release the first album on Jog/Shuttle!

It’s the first and untitled EP by Our Foolish Pride, by Till from Berlin. I’m so proud, in a foolish way of course. It goes by the catalog number of 02 because 01 will be a compilation that was supposed to kick off Jog/Shuttle but I didn’t really urge the artists I asked so you’ll have to wait some weeks for that.

Please check out Our Foolish Pride and let us know what you think.

Oh, and if you’re into that kind of communication, please be a Jog/Shuttle friend on myspace.

Jog/Shuttle is an internet music label, thought into existence in ten quiet minutes some weeks ago. I realized that I know a lot of people doing great music. Some of them already publish their works, some might not need another outlet for their tunes.

So I like to think of this label as a mixtape. I don’t know where this is heading to but please come along and we’ll find out together.

If you want to recommend music and artists to me, please leave a comment or write to philip at lunique dot net.