About Sonotone Zone
Independent reviews and discovery for experimental and underground music.
What we publish
Sonotone Zone is a curated music site: in-depth album reviews, artist and label profiles, and editorial articles on vinyl, digital, and independent releases. Genres include ambient, electronic, avant-garde jazz, metal, and alternative music.
Editorial independence
Reviews reflect personal listening and editorial judgment. We are not affiliated with labels or streaming platforms beyond optional embeds and outbound links. Streaming logos in the footer acknowledge tools we use while writing, not paid endorsements.
Who writes here
Articles and reviews are written by Laurent Raboteau. Blog posts include an author byline and short bio.
Privacy & analytics
The public site is fully static: no account login and no first-party analytics script in the page templates. Hosting may collect standard server or CDN logs through Cloudflare Pages. We do not store personal data from site visitors in application code.
Common questions
- What is Sonotone Zone?
- An English-language music review and discovery site focused on experimental, underground, and independent releases.
- How do I browse reviews?
- Start on the Records catalogue, filter by genre, or read the latest posts on the Blog.
- Where does catalogue data come from?
- Album, artist, and label pages are mirrored at build time from Sonotone API v1 and rendered as static HTML.