Take Back the Lab! Empower Artists Revolutionize Music

Who We Are

RATlab Records is a revolutionary, membership-driven record label that flips the traditional music industry on its head. Instead of exploiting artists, we empower them. Instead of contracts and control, we offer creative freedom. Our mission is simple: reclaim music as art and build a thriving community of artists and patrons who believe in music’s true purpose—creativity, connection, and expression.

Our Vision

We envision a music industry where artists are valued for their creativity, not treated as cogs in a profit-driven machine. At RATlab, music is more than a product—it’s art, and artists deserve the freedom to create it without debt, compromise, or exploitation.

How We Work

RATlab Records operates like a modern-day patronage system, combining the best ideas from service clubs, fan-owned teams, crowdfunding, and decentralization:

• Membership-Driven Funding: Members pay dues that fund grants for 100 artists every year.

• Artist Empowerment: Artists retain 100% ownership of their music and have complete creative control—no contracts, no strings attached.

• Community Collaboration: Members participate in discovering and supporting the artists they love, creating a direct connection between patrons and creators.

• Pure Art, Not Profit: RATlab doesn’t commercialize or profit from the music we fund. Every dollar goes back to empowering artists and sustaining the community.

Why We Exist

In the modern music industry, artists are often forced to pay to create, going into debt just to record their art. Labels then take ownership, leaving creators with little control over their work.

RATlab was founded to change that. We believe:
🎨 Music is art.
🤝 Artists deserve freedom and ownership.
🌍 Community is the future of music.

We’re building a new kind of record label—one that’s powered by people who believe in art for art’s sake.

Our Mission

To fund, empower, and connect independent artists with patrons who believe in their work, creating a sustainable ecosystem where music is celebrated as art, not just a product.

Join the Movement

By becoming a member of RATlab Records, you’re not just supporting music—you’re shaping its future. Together, we can:

• Empower artists to create without compromise.

• Build a community that values art over algorithms.

• Reclaim music from the corporate machine.

➡️ JOIN US & TAKE BACK THE LAB!