Record label · Bristol
Stolen Artefacts
My independent label. It releases my own music as Broncksea and champions new artists on Instagram, with every format dressed as a piece of physical media.
- Role
- Founder, designer & artist
- Output
- Broncksea releases, 9 curated playlists
- Channels
- Instagram, Spotify, YouTube
- Tools
- Photoshop, Ableton Live
New music matters
Stolen Artefacts started as a home for my own music and grew into a way to share the music I love: an Album of the Week, curated Vibe Check roundups, numbered playlist volumes and themed playlists. The bio says it plainly, "New Music Matters", and we're always open to submissions from new artists.
Because I run it alone, the brand needed to be distinctive enough to stop a thumb on Instagram, and simple enough that I could make a new post in minutes.
Every format is an artefact
The name gave me the system. If the label collects artefacts, then every format should look like a physical object you could steal from a record shop.
Playlists are MiniDiscs, each with a film still in the window and the logo on the label. The Album of the Week sits in a jewel case. Vibe Check roundups are stacks of cassettes. Each series is instantly recognisable, but they clearly belong to one family, held together by the green logo and a layer of VHS glitch.
Themed playlists
Alongside the numbered volumes, I curate themed playlists. Their covers step further from the MiniDisc system: CLASSIX uses an etched knight in the label's teal, and Good Times & Bad is a moodier, photographic piece. The small green logo is always there to sign them off.
My own music
I've produced music since I was 15 and release it as Broncksea, with support from BBC Introducing along the way. So far that's three singles and an album of compositions recorded between 2019 and 2024.
