RADICAL NATURE RECORDS is a brand new Australian initiative aiming at breaking the mould of the average record label to create works that focus upon music releases as objects of artistic, musical and aesthetic beauty.

As many record labels move to create their main income stream within digital downloads, we would like to take a step backwards and, at the same time, forwards, to offer music as a piece of limited edition art. Something that is so beautifully produced, you would want to hang it on your wall, as well as play it on your turntable.

Our aim is to ensure the artistic vision survives the culling process of economic viability. After all not all music is produced entirely with the aim of making money.

This is why we are sure you will appreciate the effort our artists put into these limited edition releases, ones that could be considered works of art as well as works of music.

We also support the creative use of our output and encourage our artists to give away sound samples on Freesound, and for other like-minded creatives to sample the works in the form of musical quotation.

We believe that music lovers, like art lovers, will find their own unique method that will help ensure the artist can continue to make new works, be it philanthropically or through their purchase of the works.

CDR is a unique underground music event that invites producers, musicians and appreciators of futuristic sounds together to hear unreleased music on a big soundsystem. All are welcome, but if you are also a maker of music, then we invite you to be part of this special CDR Session at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Friday June 5th, 2009 as part of Creative Sydney "Notes from the Underground".

You can expect night of completely new/unreleased music from local and overseas producers all programmed from what is brought down on the night. This is a chance for the music makers to test out their new sounds on a killer system, while the rest of us get to be the first to check out what our favourite producers are about to drop on the unsuspecting music world.

CDR is the brainchild of Burnt Progress, headed by London creative catalyst, Tony Nwachukwu. The Sydney chapter of this worldwide movement began in 2006 by local music lovers Lorna Clarkson, Mark Pritchard, Simon Hindle and Sofie Loizou. CDR Sydney is growing steadily into a regular meeting space for underground music enthusiasts to hear everything from dubstep to techno, folk to indie and soul to reggae.

TO MAKE YOUR MUSIC PART OF THIS EVENT:

all you need to do is drop a cdr burn of your unreleased track into the CDR BOX @ The MCA by 8:30pm, Friday June 5th. Stickers will be provided for you to write your artist name, track name and contact details.