Subvert is now expanding access to the platform. This update includes invitations to near 600 artists, marking a huge step in opening up the platform.
This also marks the moment Subvert crosses 18,000 global Members. Thank you for your continued support.
Not a member? Join the co-op at subvert.fm
Subvert has secured an additional $50,000 in funding from AmbitioUS, an initiative of the Center for Cultural Innovation. This is a milestone that reflects both the strength of our vision and the values behind how we’re building Subvert.
Not a member? Join the co-op at subvert.fm
Search and Discover are now live on Subvert.
After testing with our earliest Artist-Members, we’re opening up discovery across the platform - making it easier to explore Artists, releases, collections and activity as we scale toward launch.
Not a member? Join the co-op at subvert.fm
Subvert is now expanding its active / live Artists selection. After testing with some of our earliest and vocal Artist-Members, we’re now rolling out access to 50 more Artists - with more to come soon as we test, iterate, and prepare for full platform launch.
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Friday Jan 30
CTM Fest x Resident Advisor: Rethinking Music Ecosystems (📍Berlin)
RSVP: ra.co/events/2346501
Subvert events this week 🌐
Thursday Jan 29
How Artists Are Reclaiming The Economy (📍 online)
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/recla...
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Welcome! 🌐
pretty soon you'll be able to enjoy and purchase my work on @subvert.fm, where *every day* is bandcamp friday. hope to see you soon as a fellow artist or supporter !
Welcome to the co-op, Member #16000! You're now officialy a co-owner of Subvert as a Founding Member.
Pues lo hice, ya soy miembro fundador de @subvert.fm.
Ya os iré contando mis impresiones, aunque de momento veo que hay para leer una cantidad de información que abruma...
De coña soy el miembro 16000. Así seguro que no se me olvida 😅
Screenshot from Subvert alpha-version platform showing a collection by @halfvivid. Featured photo is of ferns in the woods in Maine, struck by clear white-yellow light. Intro text reads: "I always tried to make sure the music in the car made sense with the colors around us. We rolled down the windows so we could feel the cold and hear the hum of the landscape. This is a collection of songs that harmonize with the grass, the shrubs, the world we ignore if we see ourselves as (only) Ideas." Editorial comment on the first track reads: "This is the first track on Mistique but it's also my favorite. The bruised quote from Dawson's Creek gets me vulnerable in the first 35 seconds. Look into Seb Choe's other works—I get the feeling that, for them, music is only a small gesture at problem-solving."
If you happen to already be a member of @subvert.fm artist/label/supporter co-op, you can check out my first collection, "songs less off-sync with the shuddering landscape." From looking around, I'm one of the few people who has written full editorial so far. I've played this myself many times 💚
As New Feeling turns 5, we zoom out by surveying the co-ops, solidarity economies, and platform alternatives that make our work possible and show how we can organize differently.
Featuring @flaminghydra.com, @subvert.fm & more!
www.newfeeling.ca/21st-century...
Damn, the @subvert.fm alpha is so cool, and we can switch pages without the music stopping (as a BC user this is a revolution)! Can’t wait to see how they’ll deal with sales of physical items.
@subvert.fm site's great. player worked well. everything was fast, snappy. good job on the alpha.
Only just started playing with it, but on first impressions the new @subvert.fm alpha is looking *nice*..
I was up at 2 am checking out @subvert.fm. (I'm member #1,000.) The site was amazingly glitch free for an alpha version. I bought 2 albums and downloaded a free track. Artists get 100% of the release purchase price (sometimes discounted for members), but I added a little extra to support the site.
Checking out the new @subvert.fm platformn I'm actually excited for this. I've followed a few bandcamp alternatives over the years and this one hits all the marks for me. Artist co-op, simple layout, seems to work well too. Anyone else been checking out their alpha platform launch?
Its really cool, y'all. Cannot wait for the general release
Co-op membership = immediate alpha access
Artists: Free
Labels: Free
Supporters: $100 one-time
Own and shape the platform.
Join at subvert.fm
The rollout:
Phase 1 (Now): Members test the platform
Phase 2 (Soon): All artists create pages and upload releases
Phase 3: Public launch
Join now and you're part of Phases 1 & 2. Help shape what the public sees.
Right now, co-op members are:
-Exploring artist pages
-Purchasing music
-Creating collections
-Testing features
-Providing feedback that shapes what we build
Our platform is here for you to test.
After a year of building with 15,000+ co-op members, our collectively-owned Bandcamp successor is live for testing at alpha.subvert.fm
Join today to help test it before public launch.
We've been checking out @subvert.fm, the "collectively owned Bandcamp successor".
Some great discussion happening over there! If you are an artist or label with an interest in equitable music platforms and structures, check it out and consider signing up for the Alpha. -a
#subvert subvert.fm
All right, I joined subvert.fm @subvert.fm.
I'm also a part of the Catalytic Soundstream. stream.catalyticsound.com
Still on Apple Music. Not sure I have it in me to leap to Qobuz, but right now, I'm going to support any platform that tries to do things differently.
A screenshot of the Subvert music platform.
Buying music on @subvert.fm and testing the app!
It's really good. Can't wait to be able to upload my music on there.
I had to get this @giantclaw.bsky.social album I did not have digitally.
#music
Received my zine today from @subvert.fm , and what a lovingly put together package it is.
If the execution of the platform itself is even close to the coherence and care with which they put this together, there are some excellent times ahead!
Not long now until we get access!
🌐❤️
Join for first access
subvert.fm
PHASE 3: PUBLIC LAUNCH (Dec)
The platform opens to everyone.
Anyone can discover and purchase music on Subvert
PHASE 2: ALL ARTISTS ONBOARD (Nov)
Any artist member can create their own artist page and upload releases.
Platform still member-only
