DJ Bowlcut’s label Principauté de Bowl-Air launches debut vinyl ‘PBAVINYL001’

Seoul Community Radio founder DJ Bowlcut has launched his new label, Principauté de Bowl-Air, with the first vinyl release ‘PBAVINYL001’—a four-track EP blending minimal house with conceptual storytelling.

Quietly introduced via Bandcamp last year, the label now steps into the vinyl world with global distribution by Subwax.

Principauté de Bowl-Air is described as “a conceptual universe: a micronation imagined through modular synthesizers, vinyl records, forgotten analogue gear, AI technology, and everyday stories drawn from Bowlcut’s encounters and community.”

Rooted in minimal house and Rominimal, the four-track EP sets the foundation of Bowl-Air’s world.

The A-side features two original tracks. ‘Tibetan Bowl’ uses meditative tones and samples from a Tibetan bowl infomercial; “I made this track around 2019-2020... I wanted to bring this metal resonating sound to minimal music because I thought it would be nice to share this sound inside the dancefloor,” he shares. The follow-up, ‘The Moment’, is a gritty, textured minimal cut featuring a Korean vocal sample.

The B-side introduces remixes by trusted collaborators: DOTT delivers a deeper reinterpretation of ‘Tibetan Bowl’, while Australia’s Rudolf C transforms ‘The Moment’ into a nostalgic electro-driven trip.

“I did many experiments and made many different versions of [Tibetan Bowl], and at that time I start contacting with DOTT for the remix. When I got the result, it was too good; the deep bassline and the way he arranged the vocal samples were so great!”

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On having launched the label quietly before opting for a vinyl release, DJ Bowlcut explains: “I wasn’t intending to release it through my label, but I got confidence from labels like DRG Series from Dragutesku and early unreleased remixes from Ricardo Villalobos,” which then led him to release the tracks to further market his label, he shares with Mixmag Asia.

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“I planned to release several bootleg EPs simultaneously as I prepared for my vinyl release. The idea was to get noticed by minimal house fans around the world first,” he continues.

Purchase DJ Bowlcut ‘PBAVINYL001’ here.

Amira Waworuntu is Mixmag Asia’s Managing Editor, follow her on Instagram.

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