A breakdown of Japan's thriving netlabel scene—a web-native realm where artists create their own aesthetic rules and distribute their music as they please. Artwork by inumoto and featured on the cover of Go-qualia’s Girl of Synesthesea, the first release by Japanese netlabel Bunkai-Kei Records London online label PC Music has become a much-buzzed-about—and divisive—entity over the course of 2014 v
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