About
Papercup Records
About
Papercup Records
The Papercup Records family comprises more than 25 artists. Imagine the label as a tree growing out of a paper cup. It turns a disposable product into a sustainable foundation, the perfect metaphor for a DIY company.
A family tree with branches bearing fruit that appeals to different tastes. The tribe that everyone would like to have because they are loved for their quirks. The label is not limited to any musical genre, not locked into one style.
What makes the Papercup Records sound?
Crossbreeds. Intersections. Unique acts attract the most colorful birds with tunes that linger. The artists also hop from branch to branch. Many connect in a microcosmic friendship, cross-fertilizing their skills, beats, and performances. They appreciate, respect, and support each other.
Bedroom songwriting. Future hip hop. Ghost pop. Neo-Indie. Modern soul. And what the tree can't bear goes into other pots. Wilmking and Purushotham also run the Papercup sub-labels 'A Cup Of Good Hope', 'B r e e Z z z e', 'SAFE SPACE RECORDS' and 'MusiKiste'.
Papercup Records was just an idea at first.
Timid Tiger’s album 'The Streets Are Black' was released on a newly founded sub-label via Buback, Hamburg. But Keshavara’s first single in 2016 planted the seed. Since then, label owners Keshav Purushotham and Steffen Wilmking, aka Steddy, have nurtured what has flourished without ever having an idea of what it would turn out to be.
Even in the face of 3-4 releases a week, they are still surprised by the glamorous rustling of guitars in the wind, a tendril-like surface on mossy bass, or a melodic chorus that spontaneously takes root.
The label's history goes back to its founders' years of experience and times together in the pop business. One is a musician, composer, lyricist, producer, and DJ. The other is a producer, drummer, multi-instrumentalist, and mixing and mastering engineer. Their skills merged seamlessly, which is how Papercup Records naturally sprouted.
Let's call it a Biotope.
Or a Home of Sweet, Sweet Music.
It's magical, just like the tree growing from the paper cup.
The Papercup
sub-labels
MusiKiste
imagine a flea market box where you can flip through beautiful music of various genres. A place to discover something precious you didn’t realise you were looking for. With ‘MusiKiste’ Wilmking continues his father's label, releasing also his former records in digital form.
Features:
UFER, Ramesh Shotham, Sahana Naresh, Menotti HiFi, Wolke, Spooner & Wilmking, Jona Steinbach, Jonathan Hurt.
SAFE SPACE RECORDS
Enter the SPR world and learn what it means to have a mission to innovate pop music. They see their world as an artistic practice, whether that's through their curation of self-producing artists, releases that push the boundaries of different genres, or establishing a collective space through SPR IRL events.
Features:
elyot, Liza Dries, EuroEyez, TRACE, Endless Fun, Liberty Snake, nica unfug & flaneur2.
