Bandcamp is arguably one of the best modern platforms for streaming music from both independent artists and labels. With so many to choose from, we count down the 5 essential Bandcamp labels you need to check out right now.

Bridgetown Records

Los Angeles, California

Bridgetown Records has an already-prolific backlog of experimental, ambient, drone, rock, pop, punk, and new age music. Founded by electronic musician Kevin Greenspon (who also issues some of his albums on the label), this page releases eclectic material that receives limited edition runs of cassette tapes, CD-Rs, and name-your-price .zip files.

Essential Releases:

Kevin Greenspon - To Leave A Mark

Sky Stadium - Plateau

Ultra Dome - Home Videos

Lee Noble - Persona

Dream Catalogue

United Kingdom

Dream Catalogue is a true testament to vaporwave and cyberpunk-tinged ambient music. The label, which has been operating for only a year now, recently unveiled a monolithic V/A compilation entitled The Eternal Dream System to celebrate the independent collective’s 100th release. Over the past few months, the label has quickly proven itself as a prominent figurehead in Internet-spawned music scenes. Many of its releases thus far, which boldly showcase some of vaporwave’s greatest names, have made a monumental impact on the genre’s constantly growing community.

Essential Releases:

Windows 98の - これは魂のために

Various Artists - The Eternal Dream System

식료품groceries - HOUSEWARES

２８１４ - 新しい日の誕生



Illuminated Paths

Cape Canaveral, Florida



This Florida-based label has been issuing countless cassette and digital releases for about two years now. Their catalog ranges from satirical plunderphonics to blissful hypnagogic pop and nu-disco, all bundled in a sleek and well designed Bandcamp page that will have you spending hours listening to each and every release. Perfect for late night listening parties.

Essential Releases:

Luxury Elite / Saint Pepsi - Late Night Delight

Miami Vice - Palm Haze

Topaz Gang - Cyprus Skate Plaza

MEME VIVALDI - Pentatonix SPAM 2046

Opal Tapes

Redcar, United Kingdom

Opal Tapes has been a notable source for engrossing new releases in the realm of outsider house and techno. With artists such as Perfume Advert, Patricia, Xosar, Huerco S., and 1991 on their roster, this is a phenomenal source for limited edition cassette and vinyl issues of underground, lo-fi dance music.

Essential Releases:

Perfume Advert - +200 Gamma

Patricia - Body Issues

1991 - High-Tech High-Life

Huerco S. - Untitled

Orange Milk Records

Columbus, Ohio



Some of the finest experimental-electronic releases of the past few years can be found in this consistently astonishing netlabel. Roster highlights such as Giant Claw and Nico Niquo evoke the uncanny valley, MIDI-tinged cheesiness of Oneohtrix Point Never’s R Plus Seven while still offering a razor-sharp post-modernist edge. Featuring well packaged cassette and vinyl issues, Orange Milk Records immerses the listener in the label’s aestheticised ideologies and eerily replicated themes. Complex sampling and haunting synth jams have been prominent in the label’s most recent releases, creating a sonic balance between its stylistic origins and its most progressive offerings.

Essential Releases:

Giant Claw - DARK WEB

Nico Niquo - Epitaph

Jerry Paper - Big Pop for Chameleon World

Event Cloak - Life Strategies