Your help makes it happen.
When you choose to support our work, you become a crucial part of the process.
Why give?
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Support Underground Sound
Your contribution helps preserve and promote a diverse range of experimental music, supporting artists that challenge and inspire.
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Keep Physical Media Alive
Your donation helps us to continue releasing high quality physical editions, elevating and amplifying work from artists across the globe.
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Be Part of the Experiment
Your support helps us take creative risks on projects and formats that would never find a home anywhere else.
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Build a Living Archive
Your contribution helps document 18+ years of experimental sound practice. We're actively building a long-term resource you can be part of.
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Fund Grassroots Work
Your support helps cover the real costs of self-published music: everything from mastering, web-hosting, and tape production, to design, printing, shipping, and promotion.
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Inspire Fellow Travelers
Your generosity signals that experimental music deserves public support. In a culture that continues to devalue challenging art, every donation is an act of resistance.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. We're a small independent record label, not a registered nonprofit organization, so donations aren't tax-deductible.
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Your donation goes directly toward supporting our artists and releasing new music. This includes website hosting and manufacturing physical releases, as well as creating artwork, design, photography, promotion, packaging, and shipping.
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Possibly. We're primarily a solo operation, but are always happy to meet passionate people interested in helping out. Reach out at hello@lightenupsounds.org and let us know what skills and experience you have, and we’ll go from there.
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We appreciate the thought! While we primarily accept monetary donations, if you have recording equipment, instruments, or services you'd like to contribute, feel free to contact us to discuss.
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Yes. If you'd like to dedicate your donation in honor of someone special, just let us know in the donation notes and we'll acknowledge it appropriately.