Hwem started out in 2006 as a net-label dedicated to drone-, noise- and avant/exprimental-music. During the first year Hwem released the "Hwemnet Serie", six mp3 ep:s with artwork by Henrik Lundström. Idleart.

In early 2007, Hwem in collaboration with Peter Henning and Namenlos started releasing a serie of cassettes and lathe cuts, started a serie of live concerts at the award winning café "På Besök" (in Malmö, Sweden) and made performances as Hwem/Namenlos Soundsystem.

Our artists have performed at the most important and respected avant-festivals and venues in Sweden, done performances in Hungary, Russia, Germany and Denmark and received air-time at radio stations in various European countries.

The first releases of the brand new "Free Hwem Serie" will be out during fall 2007, mp3:s + artwork by each contributing artist.

"I was fortunate enough to attend W.W.D.’s second gig, and it surely erased eventual doubts that laptop based, electronic music is devoid of any emotion. Following a long line of uninteresting poetry and conservative quasi-philosophy on an outdoors festival in Malmö, the gig risked being postponed five hours due to the loose schedule. I guess that played a part in what then happened, but it really doesn’t matter. What came out of the speakers was something original and uncompromising, a cathartic workout that during ten minutes wrapped us inside piercing tones, cut-up voices and a generous amount of tape hiss. Simply put: the best music I’d heard from Robin so far. Half a year later a re-worked version of the live set was presented at Teater Weimar, and now in the suiting cassette format. It doesn’t really sound like back then, and why should it? It has morphed into a looping, crackling creature of its own; part Hörspiel, part glitchpop, even bordering to a beat.

Dead Letters shouldn’t need an introduction by now, here presenting another bleak departure in the No Words series. It could be compared with riding one of the old, rickety Gothenburg trams (neglecting the sleek new Italian ones of course) while devoting yourself to the howling soundscapes of the worn rails. The analogy is paralleled by the fact that the track was recorded on a train between Gothenburg and Oslo, and what emerge from within are subterranean noises and drones in motion, a darkness slowly evolving from the gloomy heart of the Swedish west coast."

- Peter Henning, 2007/2008.

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After an endless wait, we are proud to finally present this vital document of improvised music. From two sides of the globe comes two bands with distinct, but very different musical visions. Swedish duo Kaburu are working with spaces, bleak timbres and experimental instrumentation; scattered sounds slowly paint ghostly patterns over a dark, lo-fi canvas. Fire & Flux on the other hand continue along the lines of the american free improv tradition, but does so from a background in the HC/Punk community. The resulting cut is a vicious live recording, reminding of a Flaherty/Corsano embracing a political agenda without the recording budget. The lathe record is manufactured by NZ underground hero Peter King. While not being a quick process, it's a job of highest quality. The seven inch is also adorned with handmade packaging and original artwork from the dungeons that make out the Hwem/Namenlos office.

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The first collaborative release from Hwem/Namenlos is a re-issue of Robin Rådenmans brilliant recording "Mixtape vol. 1 - we won´t get old" (hwemnet005). We Won't Get Old" is a lo-fi journey through the emotional soundscape of everyday life and a tribute to dictaphone jams and broken contact mics. Still, buried under layers of hiss one still finds a pop nerve akin to, say The Smiths, but remaining is only traces of a chord - chopped and screwed to a passing crackle. Apart from the original Hwem release, this edition also features a new side long track. Dip in to find some (not so) sweet ambient drone meditations. The cassette is limited to 100 copies and comes with inserts designed and created by Peter Henning, Namenlos.

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All audio work released on the "Hwemnet Serie" and the "Free Hwem Serie" is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial 2.5. All graphik (except where otherwise noted) copyright Henrik Lundström, Idleart. Web by Hwem. For information about Hwem, our artists and upcoming live activism, please visit Hwem at Myspace.com.