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.
| 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 |
- 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
python3 upload.pyUploads all site files via FTPS to JustHost. Requires .env with FTP credentials (see .env.example). Includes post-deploy verification of all pages.
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
