Scenes
This zine could change your life
Wild theory: the modern world started with a zine. This is not an accepted idea by any stretch, but it’
The internet
Reflections on digital society
Creativity
We're not for everyone — and that's the truth
Right now the Metalabel squad is in the throes of the creative process of something you’ll see in the
Creativity
Do you post or do you RELEASE?
In the old days people introduced new creative work with movie premieres, launch parties, tours, and opening nights. Picture searchlights
Creativity
Formulary for New Media
We are bored on the internet. We’re wearied from raindancing for the algorithms that manipulate our attention. We’re
Creativity
Rethinking the unbearable weight of self-promotion
In the past thirty years what it means to be an artist has dramatically changed.
Before the internet being an
Dark Forest
What if you gave yourself the gift of inner acceptance?
There’s a specific modern anxiety that comes with putting creative work online. You put your heart and soul into
Dark Forest
The Post-Individual
A "Director's Cut" version of this piece that includes audio, video, slides, and research notes is
Dark Forest
The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet
Five years ago back when this list was less than 500 people, I sent a post about how I felt
Crypto
Climbing out of the rabbit hole
“Climbing out of the rabbit hole” is a private Google Doc circulated to friends sharing Metalabel’s reflections on the
Creativity
The old shit doesn't work anymore
Last week I was on the phone with the head of a record label I respect. At the start of
The internet
The internet feels small here
When I first moved to NYC fresh out of college my stepfather told me something I never forgot. “Be careful,
Metalabel
The onchain era
Originally published in Zora Zine.
This year people watched the crypto world burn.
Outside those who tragically lost significant sums
Creativity
The internet culture era
“How culture is made” tells four stories spanning centuries that show how creative collectives have shaped the world — from the
Metalabel
After crypto
This essay was originally published in Works in Progress.
Few words are as divisive as “crypto.” Say it and half
Creativity
Rethinking labels
Sup y’all — Since we last spoke almost a year ago, I’ve been working on a new project called
Entrepreneurship
Introducing Metalabel
In 2020, Tariq Trotter, better known as Black Thought in hip-hop group the Roots, explained his involvement in an unusual
Interviews
NFTs and how the art world is like a video game with Rafaël Rozendaal
INTERVIEWEE: Rafaël Rozendaal
BACKGROUND: Artist shown at Centre Pompidou, Whitney Museum, Times Square
TOPIC: NFTs and how the art world
The internet
The blessing and the thirst
A year into the pandemic, how we relate to the internet is different. Not just how internet companies made themselves