Weathervane Records

23/03/2021

If you didn't hear it live, here's your second chance [link below]

Catch the latest episode of Weathervane on Threads Radio with special guest João Vairinhos interviewed by host Oströl, talking about his career path from band drummer to solo producer and his music making process, both for the studio and live- and how the latter has changed in Portugal in recent years. With some selections by the gues throughout the interview, the episode rounds off with a DJ set by the host, inspired by João's sonic predilection for dystopian soundscapes.

Special mention goes to Kara Konchar, whose new album was almost feauturing on both host and guest's musical selections.

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThreadsRadio/stream/

11/11/2020

Very happy to announce our latest compilation is on youtube and all the major platforms out there.

You can also purchase it directly from our bandcamp at weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/

https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts-dont-sail-these-shores

06/11/2020

It's Bandcamp Day!
Bandcamp steps up once again for artists around the world, waiving fees off sales for today.

All releases coming up to our last are priced at a pay-what-you-want rate. Thank you for the support

31/10/2020

Very proud to have yolabmi on the decks for our latest show on Threads Radio. Link below

Tune in for a beautiful, time-stopping guest mix of folk and electronica by the Japan-based musician and graphic artist, followed by the host Oströl's dub selections.
artwork by yolabmi himself

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThreadsRadio/weathervane-w-yolabmi-ostr%C3%B6l-27-oct-20-threads-arroios/

Listen to our latest compilation over at:
https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts-dont-sail-these-shores

13/10/2020

Thank you Rádio Universidade Coimbra

O Kepler de hoje é dedicado ao mais recente lançamento da Weathervane Records. A compilação intitulada “Ghosts Don’t Sail These Shores” tem como fio condutor o género musical ambient e reune musicos de Portugal, Polónia, UK, US e Japão. Uma viagem pelas texturas musicais de Oströl, Vasco Completo, UNITEDSTATESOF, entre outros.
A partir das 18h, em 107.9FM ou ruc.pt.

07/10/2020

"In a few words, Weathervane Recs started out as an archive of quarantined musicians, now being possibly one of the best fruits of this pandemic, and this compilation is proof of it."

Heart-warming words coming from A Cabine, as they place our fourth compilation "Ghosts Don't Sail These Shores" among their favourite releases of September.

Stream and support the release over at
https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts-dont-sail-these-shores

Agora com o outono como pano de fundo, chegou a altura de recordar a banda-sonora que marcou o nosso mês de setembro.

02/10/2020

Bandcamp day is here.

Support for our has been tremendous this far for our efforts, and a huge thank you is needed to those who have helped us this far.

As you may know by now, Bandcamp is solidifying itself as a musician-friendly plaftform for streaming and selling. Furthering this, today, on Bandcamp day, it is waiving its fees received from sales in favour of artists.
From our side, we have placed some of our previous compilations for sale on a "pay what you can" basis, as a thank-you gift.

The response to this project has been as much of a positive surprise as it has been rewarding and encouraging. Without it 4 compilation releases in 5 months would have never been possible.

Thank you

Internet archive of quarantined producers. Lisbon-based. Monthly show on Threads* Radio hosted by Oströl.

30/09/2020

Here's how the wind is blowing
"Ghosts Don't Sail These Shores" [WTHR004]

A fourth Weathervane compilation is here, bringing musicians together from Portugal, Poland, Brazil, Japan, the UK and US.

Under the genre of ambient we meet, each bringing a different approach to the table, from dark to light. to echoes of dance music.
These releases began as a way of keeping the music community engaged and connected in times where hope was a scarce commodity.
Now, almost 6 months later, things are slowly looking up for many, and yet many musicians are still in a highly precarious position. This is our way of- at the very least- getting artists motivated to keep doing what they do best.
6 months later and here we are, still hoping to give hope.

Massive thank you to those who have supported us this far.
Profits to be shared among the artists involved who need it most.

Artwork by Malgorzata Stryjek
Moreno Ácido UNITEDSTATESOF Vasco Completo Sal Grosso Digital=Divine Oströl Kaiwa
https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts-dont-sail-these-shores

11 track album

18/08/2020

Here's how the wind is blowing.

Mujipuki joins label founder Oströl for the monthly Weathervane radio show on Threads Radio with a dj set apiece.

First half has a brief recap of the Weathervane Radio show and label work, followed by Mujipuki's exciting and varied mix, rounded off by Oströl's picks of dancefloor weapons.

Stream the show over at
https://www.mixcloud.com/ThreadsRadio/weathervane-w-mujipuki-04-aug-20/

Stream and purchase the Weathervane compilations on
https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/

09/07/2020

If you haven't already, check out the Radio episode of Weathervane hosted by Oströl, presenting our latest compilation "Slipped Through the Closed Door", with the first segment looking at how dance music's potential for musical experimentation, followed by a premiere of tracks in the album.

This episode premieres “Slipped Through the Closed Door”, Weathervane Recs’ third quarantine compilation album, as always with the goal of keeping artists motivated to create music in lockdown. Gathering music from the Portuguese underground, this album explores how dance music can be a great ...

07/07/2020

NEW COMPILATION ALBUM OUT

With tracks by 2Jack4U Ondness Pantera A.K.A Random Gods Oströl ATA OWWO ADW Quayantri and Dakoi.
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The third Weathervane compilation of quarantined musicians is dedicated to the experimental side of dance music, exploring how the drive to dance can inform new ways of sound creation. Slipping through a closed door reserved to conventional and commodified dance music, experimental producers have found a way to find a unique voice and share it a growingly interested and open audience. With the impact of covid lockdown, one can only work towards seeing that work preserved and bloom again.

Weathervane is a project that started as a radio show on Threads Radio featuring Lisbon musicians opening up about their work and jamming with Oströl, the host. The aim is to facilitate openness in an industry where competitiveness and individuality are easy to recede into, instead promoting the sharing of ideas, methods and -ultimately - music.

These compilations are no different, and if openness was needed before lockdown, it is needed now more than ever.
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Artwork by João Rochinha aka UNITEDSTATESOF
Mastered by Oströl

8 track album

04/07/2020

Thanks to GRUA for supporting and reccomending our first release "Estado de Emergência".
Available for streaming and purchasing at https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/estado-de-emerg-ncia

Bandcamp: Hoje, dia 3 de Julho, é mais um desses dias em que os artistas e editoras recebem o total do valor das suas vendas.

03/07/2020

INTRODUCING

For Bandcamp day, we present Assafrão and his track "Climbing Up From the Mine", released in our 2nd quarantine compilation, titled "...Returning Whence Their Darkened Spirits Came"
Soundcloud and Bandcamp link for purchase below.

An up-and-coming producer, Assafrão extends his musical range to hardstyle with his signature melancholic feel softening the edge of a relentless, driving dance track.
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Bandcamp link for streaming and purchase
https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/returning-whence-their-darkened-spirits-came

Soundcloud link for streaming
https://soundcloud.com/weathervanerecs/sets/returning-whence-their

20/06/2020

INTRODUCING

OTSOA aka Soares Joao and his track "That's Real Tea" for our second compilation: '...Returning Whence Their Darkened Spirits Came'. Bandcamp link below for streaming and purchase. Profits will go to Cooperativa Mula, which works to provide food to those who need it most in times of struggle.

The Porto-based and Mera co-founder finishes our compilation with a high-paced ghetto breakbeat and acid roller, in what is one of his first releases as a producer. A DJ weapon ready to be used on a packed floor.

BANDCAMP LINK FOR PURCHASE
https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/returning-whence-their-darkened-spirits-came

SOUNDCLOUD PLAYLIST
https://soundcloud.com/weathervanerecs/sets/returning-whence-their

27/05/2020

Featured on dublab. Honoured

3 track album

26/05/2020

Thank you for helping us help. As promised, our donation to the Cooperativa Mula, who is feeding those who need it most these days. More music on the way 🖤

20/05/2020

A Cabine always on top of what's happening

"... Returning Whence Their Darkened Spirits Came" estreou na terça-feira.

15/05/2020

As with the past edition, the second compilation "... Returning Whence Their Darkened Spirits Came" was premiered on Threads Radio on the Weathervane show, hosted by Oströl. If you haven't listened to it and want to know more about this project, tune in. Profits go to charity- the Cantina da Cooperativa Mula do Barreiro.

Grab your copy at https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/returning-whence-their-darkened-spirits-came

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThreadsRadio/weathervane-w-ostr%C3%B6l-11-may-20/

This edition premieres Weathervane Records’ compilation of Lisbon producers. In recent years dance music has been commodified for vapid tourist consumption, gentrifying many out of their homes and forcing musicians into a non-cooperative state of struggle and cliques. This is an attempt to break t...

12/05/2020

"... Returning Whence Their Darkened Spirits Came" [WTHR002]

The second Weathervane compilation of quarantined producers is out. Dedicated to what made us dance and motivated to make music when the city was still breathing, it is a return in spirit to where we felt happiest, the dark sweaty caves of the urbanized underground.

In recent times, dance music has increasingly become commodified for touristic consumption and for the profit of few establishments. Quarantine has brought no solution so far to the reduced openness between musicians, instead heavily damaging the underground community, which was built on sharing and mutual support.

This is an open hand inviting for action, for communication, to help give to those from whom tourism leeched off.

Proceeds from this album sales will go to the Cantina Solidária da Cooperativa Mula do Barreiro, who are currently distributing food to those who need it most.

Artwork by Joana Torgal Marques.

Sebastião Pinto Diogo Vasconcelos Jari Marjamaki carincur OREN. Kara Konchar HIFA Assafrão Oströl Soares Joao

9 track album

09/05/2020

Introducing

Vasco Completo, Moreno Ácido, with their tracks 'Aterragem' and 'Curfew Diaries' for the Estado de Emergência compilation. Bandcamp link for purchase below.
Profits will go to canteens across the Lisbon area for those most in need.
New release on the way.

Vasco Completo's 'Aterragem' shows the cinematic potential in ambient music, a swirling, faded soundtrack to a loss of faith. Complex and ever-changing around a theme close to us all.

Described by Moreno Ácido as a track for houseparties, 'Curfew Diaries' sizzles and brews into a groove that calls you from a dazed break on the sofa. To be played in a summer free of distance.

BANDCAMP LINK
https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/estado-de-emerg-ncia

SOUNDCLOUD PLAYLIST
https://soundcloud.com/weathervanerecs/sets/estado-de-emergencia-wthr001

08/05/2020

INTRODUCING

Drvgzila, ATA OWWO, and the tracks they produced for the "Estado de Emergência" compilation. Bandcamp link below.
Funds raised will go to those among and near us who need it the most.
News of new releases soon.

Drvgzila's mastery of the hook is evident across his musical palette, be it in trap anthems, gangster techno vocals or subtle grooves in ambient tracks. 'Ohana' is no exception, a techno caroussel, spinning lights around what makes us dance together.

'Para Acabar De Vez Com O Juizinho' is ATA OWWO's textural approach to industrial music, superimposing the slow and heavy drone with radio cacophony. Richness and clarity come together as they seldom do in this track.

BANDCAMP LINK:
https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/estado-de-emerg-ncia

SOUNDCLOUD PLAYLIST
https://soundcloud.com/weathervanerecs/sets/estado-de-emergencia-wthr001

02/05/2020

INTRODUCING

Francisco Oliveira and Uglyglow, who premiered tracks on our "Estado de Emergência" compilation. Purchase and Streaming on BandCamp.
Profits will go to those among us and near us who need it most. https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/estado-de-emerg-ncia

An improv of found sounds and piano processed by a modular system, Francisco Oliveira's 'declaração, clausura e noites em branco' is a real-time snippet of the composer's music-making process. A piano fades into a looped memory.

Uglyglow's 'Abril Águas Mil' is pure texture, layered sounds and glitches bound in rhythmic uncertainty, as does his latest release, his album LUBRICATION released by Rotten \ Fresh.

https://soundcloud.com/weathervanerecs/sets/estado-de-emergencia-wthr001
Stream the first SoundCloud releases of the 'Estado de Emergência' compilation.

01/05/2020

To all who purchased our Estado de Emergência compilation, a big, heartfelt thank you.
Bandcamp has once again waived fees on sales. To celebrate, we made our first compilation a name-your-price download.
Profits are going to those among us and near us who need it most, and future releases will follow the same ethos. More to come soon.
https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/estado-de-emerg-ncia

20 track album

27/04/2020

INTRODUCING
UNITEDSTATESOF and carga aérea, who premiered tracks on our "Estado de Emergência" compilation. Purchase and Streaming on BandCamp. Link below.

UNITEDSTATESOF presents digitally preserved memories of a rave past in '[email protected]', rich textures pulsating in the distance pointing towards a cybernetic future.

'dança de petri' is carga aérea's contribution to the compilation, where his preference and mastery of a minimal ammount of material is reiterated. Sounds of an underwater sleep caressed by sunbeams.

Profits will go to those among us and near us who need it most. Purchase our compilation at https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/estado-de-emerg-ncia

Stream the first SoundCloud releases of the 'Estado de Emergência' compilation at https://soundcloud.com/weathervanerecs

24/04/2020

INTRODUCING

Twistedfreak and Dakoi. who made tracks for our "Estado de Emergência" compilation. Bandcamp link for purchase below.

Twistedfreak presents '40na é 4o mundo', a slo-mo declaration of open arms and joy. A bittersweet anthem to the end of quarantine.

'0000' is Dakoi.'s visceral statement on her approach to sound design, found sounds merged into a post-club track that characterizes her rapidly growing a body of work. Raw and exciting music from the rave underground of the Portuguese scene.

Profits will go to those among us and near us who need it most. Purchase our compilation at https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/estado-de-emerg-ncia

Stream the first SoundCloud releases of the 'Estado de Emergência' compilation at
https://soundcloud.com/weathervanerecs/sets/estado-de-emergencia-wthr001

22/04/2020

INTRODUCING
Aires, HIFA, contributing musicians in the "Estado de Emergência" Compilation.
Bandcamp link below.

Aires' 'Corona Blues' is as blue as the pitch-black bottom of the ocean, cold and threatening. From a producer specialized in free-form noise and ambient comes this Tim Hecker- invoking track.

HIFA reminds many of us what first drew us into techno, rolling basslines and cavernous textures with his release 'Coringa Stole My TP'. No holding back from this up-and-coming musician.

Stream the first SoundCloud releases of the 'Estado de Emergência' compilation at https://soundcloud.com/weathervanerecs/sets/estado-de-emergencia-wthr001

Profits will go to those among us and near us who need it most. Purchase our compilation at https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/estado-de-emerg-ncia

21/04/2020

Tune in right now for a featured track off our "Estado de Emergência" compilation on Jorvik Radio with Jon Baker-Hood

20/04/2020

INTRODUCING
Kara Konchar and Louis Wilkinson, who contributed to our first compilation. SoundCloud links below.

Kara Konchar's driving force is as clear as it is brutal in his industrial, synth-filled anthem, 'Totentanz2020.' To be danced by the living soon, we hope.

Louis Wilkinson presents in this compilation 'a loud sound reverberates', a meditative exploration of rich timbres and harmonies. A slowly unfolding gesture points inwards.

Stream the first SoundCloud releases of the 'Estado de Emergência' compilation at https://soundcloud.com/weathervanerecs/sets/estado-de-emergencia-wthr001

Profits will go to those among us and near us who need it most. Purchase our compilation at https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/estado-de-emerg-ncia

19/04/2020

Mentioned alongside Twistedfreak- who contributed to our first quarantine compilation- in Rui Miguel Abreu's Oficina Radiofónica.

If you haven't already, click the link below and give a listen to the Estado de Emergência compilation. Sales profit goes to those among us and near us who need it most in these trying times.
https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/estado-de-emerg-ncia

Techno, house, hauntology e outras ondas.

17/04/2020

Francisco Oliveira and Oströl interviewed by the Rimas e Batidas team on our compilation release "Estado de Emergência".
We talk why's how's, the inspiration behind getting musicians together in this time and if we plan on releasing more...

Link for streaming and purchase below. Profits will go to those among us or near us who need it most in these trying times.
https://weathervanerecs.bandcamp.com/album/estado-de-emerg-ncia

As faixas foram feitas durante as primeiras semanas de isolamento.