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okla year one

Hello Friends,


Three batches later we are in the new year, celebrating one year of Okla. Still seems a bit surreal or maybe that's the lack of coffee speaking. If I (Bartosz) can briefly speak for myself then I'd like to thank Michał and Michał for their energy and hard work this year. A group effort makes running a label... real.


We are so proud that we could bring these seven records to your ears. Thank you for your patience, interest, streams, purchases, and likes. Huge shout-outs to our artists that have entrusted their works to us. We believe together we gave these records a fair fighting chance among the deluge of releases. We certainly love all of them and believe all will find their audience, sooner or later.

 

In tow, we would like to thank all of the journalists and media venues that has supported us through reviews, previews, interviews, and track placements. In alphabetic order, hit it Johnny.

A Closer Listen, Ambient Station, Anxious Magazine, Bandcamp Daily, Brzmi w Trzcinie, CITR, E-Lodie / Richard Heinemann, Eclectic Fantastic / Adventurous Music, Eternal Fusion Radio, Fringes of Sound, Front and Follow, Grey Clay Radio, Jakub Knera, Joyful Union Cassette Resource, KEXP / Pacific Notions, Na Obrzeżach ,Obscure Sound, Off Radio Kraków, Outside Noise, Paradise Ajar, Polityka / Polifonia, Radio Alhara, Radio Kapitał, Radio Kraków Kultura, Radio Luz, Santa Sangre Magazine, SilenceAndSound, Small Albums, Space Is the Place Radio Show, Spectrasonic Sound, Spirala Art Gallery, Święta Krowa, The Moderns, Tobira Records, Widoki.

As grassroots music journalism is getting gutted left and right, these outlets and individuals are keeping the beacons lit for music discovery. We salute you.


Speaking of grassroots, we cannot omit to include our first live seance which happened back in June in Święta Krowa. On the hot, hot Sunday it was a small dream-come-true to hear our Batch2 artists play live. Thank you again to the attendees. In 2025 we dream of organizing further seances, possibly in places other than Kraków.

 

Unfortunately, the past year has been rather unkind to independent music venues as we've heard about the closures of Święta Krowa, Krakowska34, Farby, Ignorantka, and Widoki. We cannot imagine the complexity of running such a place in the current climate so running out of energy for battle is understandable. We can only hope these places, that were so vital for small artists of all kinds, inspire others to gather, create, and dream.


We certainly don't expect to stop anytime soon. The releases for 2025 are being clarified as I type with the first ones to be unveiled shortly™.


Lastly, we are running a shelf-cleaning promo on our Bandcamp - order two cassettes and get one free! Just specify in the order comments and we'll get back to you shortly with a confirmation and BC codes. In the upcoming days we will also be posting some BC codes via the BC community so be sure to share and partake.


Thank you for a great first year. Onto another.


Love,

okla

 

Oh, you're still here? Everyone loves end-of-year lists so here are our favourites (not necessarily released in 2024).

Michał Wiśniowski

  • Scott Gailey - Polysensuality

  • Suzanne Ciani, Jinathan Firoussi - Golden Apples of the Sun

  • The Black Dog - Music For Photographers

  • Hania Rani, Dobrawa Choczer - Inner Symphonies

  • Domenique Dumot - People On Sunday

  • Terakke - Improvisational Loops

  • Sky H1 - Azure

  • Tomasz Stanko Quartet - Dark Eyes

  • Susumu Yakota - Sakura

  • Suso Saiz - Nothing Is Objective

  • V.A - Muscat X(Test Pressing II)

Michał Kęskiewicz

Bartosz Szturgiewicz


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