Cover concept / Dance
After Dark,
In Full Color
A proposed visual conversation about emotion, architecture and the new language of the dance floor.
Editorial preview ↗Independent music / art / culture
Sound,
documented.
A New York journal for electronic music, nightlife, visual culture and the artists building outside the center.
Latest stories
UPDATED / INDEPENDENTLYArchive / Electronic
Before the Algorithm
MySpace, blog house, commercial syncs and the accidental pathways that introduced a generation to electronic music.
Continue reading ↗Field note / Publishing
The Publication Begins Here
Richner Records expands from independent label into interviews, criticism, photography and collectible editorial work.
Inside Issue 001 ↗Listening
notes.
Reviews without release-day panic: records considered for their construction, feeling and staying power.
Open submissions
Independent electronic, experimental, dark pop, club music and work that resists easy categorization.
—Emerging artist files
Short interviews and visual introductions to artists developing a distinct language of their own.
↗From the archive
Older music reconsidered through the scenes, machines and cultural conditions that made it possible.
∞Editorial position / 01
“Independent” isn't a genre. It's a way of deciding what deserves attention.
RICHNER RECORDS PUBLICATIONS / NEW YORK
RICHNER
RECORDS
01MUSIC / ART / CULTURE
PROPOSED EDITORIAL OBJECT
The first volume / In development
Issue
001.
An 8–12 story inaugural edition built around original interviews, photography, electronic music, nightlife and emerging creative voices.
ORIGINAL COVER FEATUREARTIST INTERVIEWSPORTRAIT EDITORIALSREVIEWS + CRITICISMVISUAL ART + FASHIONLIMITED PHYSICAL COPIES
Pitch Issue 001 ↗About / The imprint
One house.
Many voices.
Richner Records is an independent New York record label and publishing platform documenting music, visual culture and emerging artists through original journalism, criticism and photography.
Founded by artist and photographer John Richner, the company also oversees independent production and artist development. Working as XIMERMJ, Richner released the five-track conceptual EP Trivial Truths in 2025, alongside the genre-blurring singles Warped, Frequencies, Surging and Headway. Founder information appears here as context—not as the publication's sole subject.