Trance lovers don’t take their music of choice lightly. It’s a community, a feeling, a way of life. This is especially true for fans of the harder trance style championed by HQ Recordings. Thanks to RCRDSHP and The Next Format™ in music, these diehard enthusiasts can now own cutting-edge digital collectibles from the esteemed label.
HQ Recordings: Phase One is a drop comprising fifteen collectibles. Included are artist, release, merch, and artifact cards that pair the label’s exhilarating brand of electronic music with stunning artwork and exclusive video content. The label already pushes the boundaries when it comes to trance and techno — it only makes sense that it explores new frontiers in how artists can connect with fans in the web3 era.
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
No conversation about techno and hard trance is complete without at least a mention of HQ Recordings. It might surprise those only just discovering the label to learn, then, that it’s a relatively new imprint.
HQ Recordings was founded in 2019 by U.S. artist Ganesh (real name Gary Chartier) and Ireland’s Pete Delete (real name Peter Miskelly). Their common goal was to bring the sound of hard trance back to the forefront of the electronic music community’s awareness. Eschewing mainstream sensibilities, Gary and Peter set out to pioneer a genre-defying sound of their own.
Ironically, they created a genre in the process. Harder trance, as they call it, resonates somewhere between the lines blurring uplifting, tech, and hard trance. Artists like BabyDoc, Dee Conaghan, Phazer, Jephrey, SUBMERSIVE, and even RCRDSHP Founder and CEO Obie Fernandez himself have helped shape the evolving, high-energy style now associated with the label.
Between trending on the Beatport charts and expanding into live events, HQ Recordings has covered a lot of ground in a short amount of time. With its sights set on web3, it now stands to move at light speed into the future of the music industry.
Harder Trance has a Home at RCRDSHP
HQ Recordings: Phase One marks the label’s first fully branded drop on blockchain-powered music collectible platform RCRDSHP. Harder trance heavyweights like Black XS, Gareth Murphy, and May-i have offered up original music and other exclusive content for fans who want to accompany them on their exciting, new journey.
Those who have fallen in love with the label for its underground ethos can appreciate how The Next Format™ in music puts more power in the hands of artists. Because our collectibles are written on the Flow blockchain, these advantages do not come at a disproportionate expense to the environment. RCRDSHP’s commitment to sustainability led us to choose a partner with an energy-efficient roadmap, after all.
RCRDSHP collectibles are priced so that any music fan can share in the excitement of web3. $15 gets you three collectibles: an artist, a release, and a cultural artifact. Start or add to your collection right now with HQ Recordings: Phase One.
Published by John Cameron, lead copywriter and copy editor for RCRDSHP.
February 11th, 2022