As a label, Karakter has been in service since 2016 the year of its first release, followed by many others attracting the likes of Fairmont, Âme, Dixon and Red Axes while getting plays on the legendary Channelling shows on NTS hosted by Ivan Smagghe & Nathan Gregory Wilkins. But, in truth, the seeds of this story date back to early 2011 when Manycure sent his first studio musings to Pedro Martins who, thoroughly impressed, forwarded them to his longtime friend Switchdance. Since then, we have seen our ideas crystallize, not only by defying the stereotype of dance music as clichéd, functional and pedestrian but also by using the platform we have raised under the Karakter Records banner to give a voice to the many like-minded allies encountered along the way.