Midnight. The door opens. Ring Road goes quiet.
A record labelKathmanduUTC +5:45
Aadhi Raat.
We release music recorded after midnight in Kathmandu. Nothing else. The city sleeps; the tape runs.
Kathmandu, now
00:00:00
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If the first take did not begin after midnight in Kathmandu, it is not ours.
The window
00:00 → 05:45
Nepal Time. Five hours and forty-five minutes: the same odd number that sets Kathmandu's clock apart from everyone else's.
The room
Anywhere
The rule is about when, not where. A bedroom in Patan counts; so does a studio on the other side of the world, as long as Kathmandu's clock says night.
The proof
Session files
We read the timestamps, not the press release. Creation times, converted to Nepal Time, decide what we release.
Midnight in Kathmandu is 18:15 UTC. Wherever you are, this is what your clock says when ours strikes twelve.
Where you are
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The catalogue is shelved by the hour of the first take. Scroll across the night.
The hour of second thoughts.
Dogs, a generator somewhere, and the first clean take.
Nothing moves. Not even the dust.
Temple bells start before the light does.
Forty-five minutes left. First light on the ridge. Stop the tape.
Enter when the first take began, in your own time. We convert it to Kathmandu.
Submissions are taken only while the window is open in Kathmandu. The button knows.
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The window is open. Here is how it works.
- Send the session folder exactly as it was saved. Timestamps intact.
- No bounces, no edits, no explanation. The files speak.
- If the clock agrees, we listen. If it does not, we do not open it.