ELECTRQ presents
Vol 1 · Issue 001
Proof of Life
ELECTRQ
A more alive tomorrow
Winter Waves · 12.12
Music
Fashion
Culture
Tomorrow
Vol 1 · Issue 001
People · Sounds · Places · Possibilities
ELECTRQ
A more alive tomorrow.
Print media for entry into a cultural world
Art, music, fashion.
All things electric.
We cover the angles nobody else does: the dancers, the cyphers, the business behind the artist, the brand before the logo. Not the recap. The scoop.
Release party · Issue 001 drops here
WINTER WAVES
THE LINEUP · WINTER WAVES
Who's on
F
01 · Performing · Art · Fashion
FANCY
Nail artist, hair artist, multi-medium painter and designer
SX
02 · Performing · Music
SOMA XONE
Musician, multifaceted singer-songwriter, indie
HW
03 · Performing · Music
HUNTER WAYSTONE
Indie rock / alternative singer-songwriter, multifaceted
BH
04 · Performing · Music
BE HUMBLE
Rapper, songwriter
TWI
05 · Pop-up · Sustainable wardrobe
THE WARDROBE INITIATIVE
Teaching people to revamp what they already own: screen printing, sewing, upcycling instead of buying fast fashion.
F
01 · Performing
Art · Fashion
FANCY
Nail artist, hair artist, multi-medium painter and designer
SX
02 · Performing
Music
SOMA XONE
Musician, multifaceted singer-songwriter, indie
HW
03 · Performing
Music
HUNTER WAYSTONE
Indie rock / alternative singer-songwriter, multifaceted
BH
04 · Performing
Music
BE HUMBLE
Rapper, songwriter
TWI
05 · Pop-up
Sustainable wardrobe
The Wardrobe Initiative
Teaching people to revamp what they already own: screen printing, sewing, upcycling instead of buying fast fashion.
02 · THE CHARGE · FEATURE
Death by a thousand cuts.
Distribution fees. Split sheets. Playlist pitching. Merch margins. Venue cuts.
We followed one independent artist's dollar from stream to pocket and counted every slice.
LATEST · THE SCOOP
This issue.
01 · Business of music
Case study · 9 min
Soundcloud is the source
Before the deal there was the upload. How one Portland rapper read his own contract and kept his masters.
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05 · Dance & hip-hop
Feature · 12 min
Movement Study 001
The cypher is the lab. Inside the Thursday-night circle where the city's next choreographers get made.
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04 · Brand development
Case file · 10 min
Case File
From mood board to sold-out drop: the eighteen-month brand build of a one-woman label, receipts included.
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11 · Flex
Style · 4 min
Fit check, no stylist
Street style from the cypher, the market and the studio, shot on film.
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Not the most followed.
The most interesting.
THE FLAGSHIP · ELECTRQ INDEX
100
Hustlers · Class of 2026
ELECTRQ INSIDER
TOC 001
01 Soundcloud is the source Business of music
02 The Charge What's hot
03 Manifesto Why we print
04 Case File Brand development
05 Movement Study 001 Dance & hip-hop
06 Paper Play Art & print
07 ELECTRQ Index / Dossier 100 Hustlers
08 Field Notes Places
09 The Stack: Soma + Hunter Indie sounds
10 The Terminal + Open Call Submit
11 Flex Style
THE WIRE · ONE EMAIL A WEEK
Get the scoop first.
Stories before they print, the 100 Hustlers drop, preorder windows and pop-up dates. All signal.