Antilounge is an initiative founded by Martijn Verlinden (aka Gallus from the dubstep duo Charly & Gallus and producer for Bimbo Electrico ) in 2003. It’s main purpose is to offer a record label & platform for new talented electronic artists from the Hague (and the areas surrounding it). In our view, there are so many talented people in the Hague producing their own music, but since the underground music market is not that big and interesting commercial wise, they rarely get a record deal. That’s why every first quarter of the year an Antilounge compilation cd is released, featuring these new talents, giving them the audience and attention they deserve.The release of the album is accompanied by a party where the artists have the chance to showcase themselves live. After that, they often get booked for venues all over the country. Antilounge offers packages of artists featured on the album. This way venues can take their pick out of the many talented artists Antilounge has to offer and combine them.
The Hague has been known to offer progressive electronic music for decades. Genres such as electro, dubstep, drum ‘n bass, industrial, tekno, grime, breakcore, bassline, worldcore, IDM, noise drones and terrorsalsa: they’re all represented on the Antilounge albums.