Release is an independent alternative music web magazine

Magazine

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 based in Göteborg, Sweden

Sweden

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. It was born in Umeå

Umeå

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 in 1986. The first years it was run by Britta Näsman as an A5

ISO 216

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 fanzine

Fanzine

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, just for fun. When she moved to Belgium

Belgium

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, Mikael Kahrle and Lotta Kahrle (then Jansson) took over the business gradually. They wanted to slowly convert Release to a real magazine, which they did.