ABOUT Us

5lowershop is a DIY music, arts and activist collective which originated in San Francisco, California. The organisation began in 1997 as an underground free-music distribution outlet with a focus on promoting less familiar genres of electronic music via a series of mixtape releases. Cassettes of DJ mixes and live producer sets were sent out free of charge to anyone who left their details via an infoline. The concept behind the mixtape series was to encourage the listener to pay more attention to the music and less attention to the artist behind it, therefore, cover art and designs were mostly anonymous.