About Electrobuzz – Underground Electronic Music Since 2009

Our Story

Electrobuzz was founded in 2009 as a blog for underground electronic music, long before streaming playlists existed and when Beatport was still the primary discovery tool for DJs worldwide. What started as a passion project to document the most interesting releases from the underground has grown into one of the longest-running independent electronic music archives on the web.

Over 18 years, we have documented 166,477 releases from 66,100 artists across 7,164 record labels. Every release in our archive was submitted directly by the label or artist for editorial coverage – we do not scrape, aggregate, or automate our content pipeline without human editorial oversight.

We cover techno, house, ambient, dub, experimental electronic, and every dark corner of the underground that doesn’t have a name yet. If a label believes in it enough to submit it, we believe in it enough to listen.

What We Cover

Electrobuzz is an editorial platform for underground electronic music. Our coverage focus:

• Techno – raw, hypnotic, driving, peak-time, dub, and industrial variants
• House – deep, minimal, organic, afro, and stripped-back club music
• Ambient & Electronic – experimental, drone, modular, and abstract sound design
• DJ Charts – curated selections from working DJs documenting what moves dance floors
• Exclusives – premiere coverage of releases submitted before general distribution

Every release post includes the full tracklist with BPM, musical key, and duration data – the practical information DJs actually need when preparing sets. This metadata is sourced directly from the labels and verified against Beatport and Discogs records.

How Releases Get Featured

Electrobuzz operates as a direct-submission platform. Record labels and artists submit their releases through our submission process, and our editorial team reviews every submission before publication. We are not a content aggregator – nothing is published without a human listening session.

Our editorial selection criteria:

• Sound quality and production value – we listen in full before publishing
• Label history and artist track record in the underground
• Relevance to our audience of DJs, producers, and electronic music collectors
• Originality – we favour releases that contribute something distinct to the scene

Featured releases and weekly editorial picks are selected by our core team based on listening sessions, not algorithmic sorting or paid placement. If a release is marked “Electrobuzz Pick” or “Featured,” it earned that designation through the music alone.

The Team

For Labels & Artists

Electrobuzz has worked directly with record labels since 2009. Our archive spans 7,164 labels – from established underground imprints with decades of catalog to newly launched boutique operations releasing their first records.

If you represent a label or are an artist managing your own releases, you can submit directly to Electrobuzz for consideration. We cover:

• New releases (EPs, albums, compilations) across all underground electronic genres
• Premiere coverage for unreleased material ahead of distribution date
• DJ charts from working DJs with an established underground profile

Submissions are reviewed by our editorial team. Acceptance is based entirely on editorial fit – we do not offer paid placements or sponsored coverage. Labels submitting to Electrobuzz agree that their content is being shared for editorial promotion purposes and retain all rights to their music.

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Copyright & Safe Harbor

All music content published on Electrobuzz is submitted directly by rights holders – labels, artists, or their authorised representatives – for editorial promotion. Electrobuzz operates under the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) and the EU E-Commerce Directive as a hosting platform for user-submitted content.

We take copyright compliance seriously. Our full DMCA policy, designated agent contact, and takedown process are documented on our DMCA Policy page. If you are a rights holder and believe content on Electrobuzz infringes your copyright, please follow the process outlined there, and we will respond within 48 hours.

For questions about our editorial standards, submission process, or safe harbor status, contact: [email protected]

The Electrobuzz Archive

Our archive is one of the most comprehensive metadata-rich records of underground electronic music releases available online. Every release in our database includes:

• Full tracklist with individual BPM, musical key, and duration per track
• Release date, catalog number, and format information
• Label and artist cross-references linking to complete discographies
• Genre classification using scene-accurate terminology

Browse the archive by Record Label, by Artist, or explore our Techno, House, and Electronic genre collections. The full label directory is below.

Underground Labels in Our Archive