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Ooh it looks like something is afoot over at isitfairtrademusicfri.day, courtesy of @keefmarshall's brand new submission bot.

Here's how it works:

If you've got a release on a #FairTradeMusic platform¹ you'd like to plug, follow @ftmf and reply (with a link & description) to its post that will appear on Friday at 00:00 CEST- it will then appear at isitfairtrademusicfri.day automagically!

¹ eg #Bandcamp, #Bandwagon, #Faircamp, #JamCoop, #Mirlo or #SelfHosted etc.

isitfairtrademusicfri.dayIs it Fairtrade Music Friday?Unsure if today is Fairtrade Music Friday? Fear not - you will find out here!

Might it be Fair Trade Music Friday?

Well, obviously not. Because it's Thursday today, at least in this time zone.

But tomorrow is a Friday... If only there were some way to find out...

isitfairtrademusicfri.day/

... and if only there was a helpful bot you can follow that will post when it's time ...

@ftmf

... AND if only there was likely to be a new Key 13 release to celebrate? Well, that might be a step too far. But let's see!

isitfairtrademusicfri.dayIs it Fairtrade Music Friday?Unsure if today is Fairtrade Music Friday? Fear not - you will find out here!

maybe just me, but the feed seems awfully quiet on the "bandcamp(c)(tm)(r) friday" front.
which means there should be plenty of oxygen in the room for my own suggestions :P

granted, the world is burning , and simultaneously flooding, and we got measles and an all-you-can-infect flu buffet going on. but in these times, its important to remember that what we *can* still do for others matters.
supporting one another and making the days a little less painful is important. think of the last time someone made you smile or laugh in spite of the trauma that is our every day lives.
also, i think absolute good is often characterized by being two ways. when you do real good, you make someone else happier and yourself happier.
so if you like the music an artist is making, throw them a $1 or $2. their music makes you happy and your support will make their day.

so if any of you are you interested in #ambient #soundscapes with a healthy dose of #noise but often times weaving a solid #rhythmic section in and out of that fabric... i would highly recommend you check out my comrade @rybson . you can grab music and support them at their bandcamp:
xymmusic.bandcamp.com/
been studying a ton of stuff this week, and "lofi microtonal beats to avoid brain damage to" as well as the album "gomi 三" have made for an excellent study soundtrack.

if you would like something less abstract, but more #techno #industrial #ebm #dance oriented while very explicitly attacking the powers that be and being driven by the wildest (i mean, seriously, the fucking wildest) #drum #beats doused in just the right amount of #distortion you need to check out my other comrade, @controlfreak
music.control.org/
anything you can contribute to him would be greatly appreciated by me personally so that we can crowdfund the making of his next masterpiece :D

or you know support someone you care about it. even small amounts. our power lies in our numbers and the quality of our interactions. we don't need the corpos, we don't need a special day or a branded campaign brought to you by roland, or us bank.

take care of another and stay radical.

XymMusicXymMusicI am an anarchist artist from Poland, making music in my living room. Itch: https://xymgames.itch.io peertube: https://spectra.video/a/xymart/video-channels

Another month with no Bandcamp Friday, but don't despair! Every Friday is Fair Trade Music Friday. Recent times have brought a few new platforms aimed at a more equitable music marketplace, one of which is Faircamp (by @freebliss ). It's a self-hosted thing as opposed to the record-store approach of something like BC, but you can find a bunch of us artists who use it via the Faircamp Webring:

faircamp.webr.ing/directory.ht

faircamp.webr.ingDirectory | Faircamp WebringDirectory of independent artists and labels on the Faircamp Webring

I just realized that I forgot to do a #FairTradeMusicFriday post this week. Let me pull out something from my #bandcamp collection. sideSister's Nothing (by @elsemusic) turned one year a few days ago. It's quite far from my usual cup of tea, but the fact that I'm so fond of it only tells me that it must be really good.

It's available here: sidesister.bandcamp.com/album/