Aadhi Raat

आधी रात

A record label in Kathmandu. We release music recorded after midnight, and nothing else. Not a genre, not a scene: an hour.

Sound starts only when you press it. The same button stops it.

Kathmandu
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To midnight
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First light
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Tape
idle

When the tape may roll

Loading this week.

The window opens at 00:00 Kathmandu time and closes at first light, which we take from the sun over the valley each night. Tonight is pressed. Press another night to read its window.

How a release gets in

Three things. The third one you can do right here.

  1. Step 1 of 3

    Record after midnight.

    Start the session once the Kathmandu clock passes 00:00 and finish before first light. Any room, any instrument, any length. The hour is the only rule.

  2. Step 2 of 3

    Keep the clock on the file.

    Bounce it that night and leave it alone. The time your computer stamps on the file is the proof. Do not re-export it in the afternoon.

  3. Step 3 of 3

    Check it here.

    Hand this page the file. It reads the clock on it, turns it into Kathmandu time, and tells you whether it counts. The file never leaves your computer and nothing is sent.