I had been thinking about it for a while, a number of things fell into place and I bit the bullet. 4 days old, 9 releases, and 19 acts involved.
That's not bad going!
The site will be undergoing some changes (making prettier), but the skeleton is all there.
The whole idea behind the label is just to put things that I like up there free for download, hopefully this will lead to the artists getting listened to by more people, hopefully this will get them shows, hopefully this will eventually get them money, and then hopefully I will retire with no money made.....but content and happy that I've finally decided to do something constructive.
If you're in a band, or want to do something for Rack & Ruin then please contact me (info on the site), unless you're on some major label who'd probably sue me. If you're not in a band, and want to download and listen to the bands on Rack & Ruin, then do so..... and then buy an instrument.
Oh, and if you pass on the message, I will love you even more!!
Best
Dean
http://www.rackandruinrecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/rackandruinrecords
Best of luck with this!
Sounds ace. Nine releases after four days must be some kind of record too. I'll have a listen soon but I don't need any more instruments really.
good luck
armless
for a brief and fleeting moment i thought you had called your label JAGATTACK
also, this sounds ace.
Just to say
I REALLY like The Maccadamia Brothers.
See also: Moon Runners
actually a really good label so far, as I listen through the acts on it.
Thanks
for the words of encouragement!!
The Macadamia Brothers will be releasing a physical EP on http://oldliferecords.com/ in Canada in the coming months.
He's also putting together a download for Rack & Ruin.
If you like The Macadamia Brothers, then you might like These are Words, Jason the Swamp, Tyson Brinacombe and TASRU.
^ MelesMeles.
Its not a secret!
i didn't know!!!
oh my god i was going to go out for dinner with you to that place where blind waiters serve, but you're alley's boyfriend! eeeeek!!! :P
Haha
I wish alley were here right now to read this.
we will just have to remember to link it to her
:)
this is totally unfair
i end up part of a dis tag team and we're accused of wanting to sex each other, just because we've got opposite private parts. no one ever accuses meths and sadpunk of wanting to knock boots.
ps: threesome?
You're sexy
when you get mad
stop it
(ps: if you really loved me, you'd stop using that stupid "death" account)
You don't know the half of it
good-looking.
fucking hell, are you kidding me?
i'm not even going to dignify this with a reply.
ps: howzabout we stop spamming up the music board?
I don't mind
I got a morning bump of my thread without asking!!! :)
maccadeamia brothers
are really good, but actually, pretty much any band coming out of vancouver island is good. i dont' know why..i guess the fresh air, the whale watching..i dont' know...
as a panda_bear stalker (not really but of sorts)
i am enthralled to learn your name!
ohohoooohhooooooohh
I almost have a stalker
how exciting!
oh god i was just about to ask death
to write something below so my statement wouldn't be so obvious :(
ps you owe me a mixtape
just because i like you
mixcd is also fine
This is a cunningly disguised bump
As there was interest in this thread, I just wanted to say that the Macadamia Brothers EP is now up for download..... along with 13 other treats.
Also - be my friend on Myspace. You know you want to.
BUMPAGE
This is a blatant bump to advertise my sites wares to the masses. The site is still to be "prettied up", but that will happen soonish, the important thing is that there is lots of free music available to the masses, and more to come! We have had an awful lot of interest, and some amazing news around the corner, but for now go to the site - check out the sounds, and download any that may be of interest:
www.rackandruinrecords.com
www.myspace.com/rackandruinrecords
Current release list
rrr001 Almiqui - Mozambique via Angola (2008)
rrr002 Jason the Swamp - Things (2007)
rrr003 Megazord - Seizure at the beauty parlor (2008)
rrr004 Moon Runners - Moon Runners EP (2008)
rrr005 Tyson Brinacombe - EP (2008)
rrr006 These are Words - Prism (2008)
rrr007 Sister Ruth - EP1 (2008)
rrr008 Jason the Swamp - Mice in the Mouse Organ (2008)
rrr009 Tropical Australian Stinger Research Unit - Ex Stinger EP (2008)
rrr010 Dublin Duck Dispensary - acupofteaandasliceofcake (2007)
rrr011 Sister Ruth - EP2 (2008)
rrr012 dessktop - selsey bill EP (2008)
rrr013 The Macadamia Brothers - Tomatoey Plates EP (2008)
rrr014 Neil Scrivin - Twenty years on Ben Nevis (2007)
rrr015 Gnomefoam - Frozen Freedom (2008)
rrr016 Timbre - Music II, Fuck II (2008)
rrr017 Gnouli Monsters - The South EP (2008)
rrr018 Picayunes - Ailure (2007)
rrr019 Neil Scrivin - Tomorrow's World (2007)
rrr020 Sister Ruth - EP3 (2008)
rrr021 Sam Golden Sings! - Watch out for the quiet ones (2008)
rrr022 puppyhead - for lonely (2006)
rrr023 Roger Haddad - 27 White Miles (2008)
rrr024 Neil Scrivin - Geek Upmanship (2007)
rrr025 Gnomefoam - Benefits of Decay (2008)
rrr026 Gnouli Monsters - Hi (2008)
rrr027 puppyhead - bedroom haze (2006)
rrr028 Rob Bridgett - Arkhives (2008)
rrr029 Billy Say - The Canard Illusion (2008)
rrr030 Keep away from heat... - des notes de clementines (2008)
rrr031 Dublin Duck Dispensary - He do the Police in Different Voices (2008)
rrr032 para contra - ..offered with many apologies (2008)
rrr033 Rob Bridgett - Pacific (2008)
All free to download!
Also add us to Myspace, if any of this interests you and you want to be kept up to date!
www.rackandruinrecords.com
www.myspace.com/rackandruinrecords
what are the best 3/4 things there?
Depends...
...on what sort of music that you like. Best thing to do is check out the player to get an idea as to what the artist will sound like. When the site is prettied up, then it will be easier to see what is more on the indiepop side of things, and what is more ambient / experimental / noise etc.
TASRU (rrr009) is the most downloaded, it is indiepop for sure, as are Jason the Swamp, The Macadamia Brothers, These are Words, Dublin Duck Dispensary, and Tyson Brinacombe.
ambient / electonic / chill out stuff, Neil Scrivin, Rob Bridgett, Keep away from heat..., Gnomefoam, deskktop
Noise / experimental - Roger Haddad, Timbre, Billy Say
ello
I found These Are Words through e6townhall.com this week... they're great. really glad I found them. Might check out some stuff off your website...
I'm going to DIS HELL
for bumping this again, but I'm prepared to meet my maker:
We've got some amazing dude (that I'm a big fan of) putting together an EP in a few weeks..... he's pretty well known, so I'm shocked that this is happening.. in the mean time, this is a video for one of the tracks on Jason the Swamps new album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0o7bFwWr2o
Also released today was an EP. RRR039 - the death of barra, by Harold Nono. Harold Nono has three albums available to buy from Bearsuit records (the latest was reviewed in Aprils "The Wire" magazine, amongst other places), a collab with Berlin musician Me Raabenstein under the moniker Taub, coming out in September on Nonine Recordings, and another collab with Japanese composer Hidekazu Wakabayashi coming out later in the year.....
needless to say, this EP is gorgeous.
as ever, all are free to download from www.rackandruinrecords.com - please download, tell your friends, burn for people, distribute, blah blah blah....
I am gona have a listen thru
of lots of this stuff it sounds interesting. If I find lots I like I will stick links up on my blog and stuff.
please do!
I'm just trying to expand as much as I can purely through word of mouth. I'm curious just to see how far I can carry this. Already there are some really exciting things in the pipeline, so any link / recommendation / burnt CD for a friend, is a huge help!
cool
I will stick a link on right now infact cos the tunes on the player are really good. The when I have heard more stuff I will write about them in a propper post. Good luck soundslike it's going well.
when
i get myself organised i will send you some of my songs.
cool!
Will look forward to it.
bump for ya
Hay Panda_Bear I was listening to Dessktop last night quite a bit and decided to write about it on my blog. I thought it was brillint and I'm looking forward to listening to lots more stuff.
http://thesonicminefeild.blogspot.com/2008/05/rack-ruin-records.html
That's great news!
Thanks so much for that :)
anytime
:) keep it up and I will no doubt do it again hehe
i downloaded some harold nono
and it's pretty good.
this is
an utterly amazing idea, best of luck with it
Thanking you!
This is the full list to date:
rrr001 Almiqui - Mozambique via Angola (2008)
rrr002 Jason the Swamp - Things (2007)
rrr003 Megazord - Seizure at the beauty parlor (2008)
rrr004 Moon Runners - Moon Runners EP (2008)
rrr005 Tyson Brinacombe - EP (2008)
rrr006 These are Words - Prism (2008)
rrr007 Sister Ruth - EP1 (2008)
rrr008 Jason the Swamp - Mice in the Mouse Organ (2008)
rrr009 Tropical Australian Stinger Research Unit - Ex Stinger EP (2008)
rrr010 Dublin Duck Dispensary - acupofteaandasliceofcake (2007)
rrr011 Sister Ruth - EP2 (2008)
rrr012 dessktop - selsey bill EP (2008)
rrr013 The Macadamia Brothers - Tomatoey Plates EP (2008)
rrr014 Neil Scrivin - Twenty years on Ben Nevis (2007)
rrr015 Gnomefoam - Frozen Freedom (2008)
rrr016 Timbre - Music II, Fuck II (2008)
rrr017 Gnouli Monsters - The South EP (2008)
rrr018 Picayunes - Ailure (2007)
rrr019 Neil Scrivin - Tomorrow's World (2007)
rrr020 Sister Ruth - EP3 (2008)
rrr021 Sam Golden Sings! - Watch out for the quiet ones (2008)
rrr022 puppyhead - for lonely (2006)
rrr023 Roger Haddad - 27 White Miles (2008)
rrr024 Neil Scrivin - Geek Upmanship (2007)
rrr025 Gnomefoam - Benefits of Decay (2008)
rrr026 Gnouli Monsters - Hi (2008)
rrr027 puppyhead - bedroom haze (2006)
rrr028 Rob Bridgett - Arkhives (2008)
rrr029 Billy Say - The Canard Illusion (2008)
rrr030 Keep away from heat... - des notes de clementines (2008)
rrr031 Dublin Duck Dispensary - He do the Police in Different Voices (2008)
rrr032 para contra - ..offered with many apologies (2008)
rrr033 Rob Bridgett - Pacific (2008)
rrr034 The if people were paper - Rotten Sugar (2008)
rrr035 Memoirs of a Fallen Bomb - This Semester Is Going To End Us On International Levels (2008)
rrr036 DaNile - Ducky Sees... (2008)
rrr037 auger shell - holdstill ocean (2008)
rrr038 Roger Haddad - Vernal Equinox (2007)
rrr039 Harold Nono - The death of barra EP (2008)
rrr040 Jason the Swamp - More Things (2007)
Hey!
It's time for me to bump this - whenever I get some awesome news.....
http://freddyruppert.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-net-release.html
Doesn't get much more awesome than this!!
Freddy Ruppert (formally, This song is a mess but so am I), will be releasing an EP or album on R&R.
Freddy is also reportedly going to be working on a project with Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), and another one with Jharek Bischoff (The Dead Science)
I'm happy! :)
bump for _
I have been listening to _ for the last few days and I can't get enough of it :)