empirical records

Independent archive of experimental electronic music from the 1990s and early 2000s.

Live: www.empiricalrecords.com

All releases are under Creative Commons BY-SA 1.0.

Artists

Artist	Releases	Genre
CSU	Data, Live 95, Boab, Nazca Plain	Heavy industrial
Multivibrator	Music For Stealth Bomber Pilots, Schmitt Trigger	Minimal experimental electronic
UV	(symbol), UFO	Guitar compositions, organic
Disco Suicide Bomber	Bombing For Love	Disco covers, experimental trance

Features

• Generative art - Canvas-based animated visuals per artist on the homepage and artist pages (js/cards.js)
• Audio player - Custom HTML5 audio player with keyboard navigation, auto-advances through all tracks (js/player.js)
• Audio-reactive visuals - Web Audio API frequency analysis feeds into canvas animations, each artist's visuals respond to bass, mid, and treble
• Gallery - Lightbox viewer for archival photos and artwork
• SEO - Per-page Open Graph images (1200x630), Twitter cards, SVG favicon, XML sitemap

Deployment

python3 upload.py

Uploads all site files via FTPS to JustHost. Requires .env with FTP credentials (see .env.example). Includes post-deploy verification of all pages.

Structure

index.html              Homepage with generative art cards
artist-*.html           Artist pages with player, hero animation, gallery
css/style.css           All styles
js/cards.js             Generative canvas animations (audio-reactive)
js/player.js            Audio player + lightbox
images/og/              Open Graph share images (1200x630)
upload.py               FTP deployment script
.htaccess               URL rewriting, security headers, GZIP, caching
CSU/                    CSU audio files + live photos
Multivibrator/          Multivibrator audio files
UV/                     UV audio files + artwork gallery
DiscoSuicideBomber/     DSB audio files