Send us your Tracks.
Tech House and Techno for the Bude.
BUDENMUSIK-DNA.
16 bars. That’s how long we need to hear if you get the Bude.
Tech House and Techno with a life of their own. Tracks that sit in the floor instead of pleasing.
Bass that stays. Atmosphere that holds longer than the night. No genre mix-ups, no vocal house pop, no EDM. We know at once whether you get the Bude when the first 16 bars run. Have a listen to what we release, then you know whether your track belongs here.
Tech House
Groove-driven, melodic or raw, with a clear bassline. Detroit, Berlin or London school, as long as it is honest.
We listen for groove and bassline, not name-dropping. Raw or melodic, as long as the track carries the floor and has a signature of its own.
Techno
Driving, hypnotic, from deep to raw. Melodic techno with depth, tracks with pressure for the floor, as long as it is not generic.
From hypnotic and deep to hard and driving. If the energy sits and it doesn’t sound like a template, we listen closely.
What doesn’t fit
Vocal pop, EDM, hardstyle, trance. And not “you could call it Tech House” either. Send it elsewhere, it saves us both time.
We still reply, honestly and fast. But save yourself and us the time if it clearly isn’t the Bude.
Three tracks.
Answer within a week. Either way, even if it doesn’t fit right now.
Three tracks max as a private SoundCloud, WeTransfer or Dropbox link. WAV preferred, MP3 320 is fine. Two lines of bio, what you do, who you are.
If it is premaster stage, say so. No mass mails to thirty labels, we spot that at once. If it fits, the concrete next step comes. If it doesn’t, we tell you honestly.
You’ll hear from us.
A&R BUDENMUSIKSend your tracks.
Private link or file, plus two lines about you. We listen in and get back to you within a week, either way.
Prefer direct? Send your link to demos@budenmusik.ch.
Quickly cleared up.
Does the Bude take demos?
Yes, all the time. We listen to every track that fits the Bude: Tech House, Techno, raw and deep house, minimal, melodic techno. You don’t need to know anyone and you don’t pay anything, the music decides alone. If your sound gets the Bude, we are the right address.
How do I send a demo to a label?
Pick the label that actually plays your sound and send your demo there on purpose, not in a mass mail to thirty. With the Bude it runs through the form above: one to three unreleased Tech House or Techno tracks as a private link, plus two lines about you. The rest, mastered or raw and when you hear back, is covered in the questions below.
How do you submit?
Through the form above. Send us a private track link (SoundCloud, WeTransfer or Dropbox) or upload a file directly, MP3 or WAV, up to 25 MB. For bigger files use the link. Three tracks max, we want your strongest, not the whole catalog.
What else do you need?
Two lines about you: who you are, what you do, where from. Plus your profile link, so we see where else you play. The music decides, the context only helps us place it. We don’t need more text than that.
Does the track have to be unreleased and exclusive?
Yes. Send us unreleased material that is not already sitting at ten other labels. A mass mail to half the scene we spot at once, and it is unfair to both sides. One label, one submission, a little patience, then it runs clean.
Does the track have to be mastered already?
No, that is not a must. A rough mix or a premaster is enough, we hear the idea, the groove and the atmosphere, not the final polish. Just tell us in the status field where the track is. If it fits, we sort out the finishing touches together.
Do you really listen to every demo?
We listen to every track that fits the label, by hand, not by bot. If the opening does not land, we do not listen to the end, because a track on the floor has to sit in the first seconds. That is not a judgment about you, only about this one track. With the next one we listen from the start again.
When do I hear from you?
You hear from us within a week, whether it fits or not. There is an honest answer either way, a no too. You don’t need follow-up mails, we get back to you ourselves. If it fits, a concrete next step comes straight away.
What fits the Bude, what doesn’t?
In: Tech House, Techno, raw and deep house, minimal, melodic techno, Detroit sound. Tracks with a life of their own, bass that stays, atmosphere that holds longer than the night. Out: vocal pop, EDM, hardstyle, trance, and anything you could only just about call Tech House. Better send that elsewhere, it saves us both time.
