Basick Records

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Basick Records
Logo of the label
Logo of the label
Active years since 2005
founder Nathan "Barley" Phillips, Jake Smith
Seat London , UK
Website www.basickrecords.com
Genre (s) Progressive Metal , Technical Death Metal

Basick Records is one of the leading labels with a focus on Progressive - and Technical Death Metal . It was founded in 2005 by Nathan "Barley" Phillips and his half-brother Jake Smith and is based in London . For advertising and marketing, the Hold Tight! Responsible for PR , which is led by Lisa Coverdale and James Monteith.

The name Basick is aware of Nathan and Jake was elected and is a play on the words "basic" ( Engl. "Basic") and "sick" (English. Here: "awesome") is further Des the label was. Ironically, Founded under the motto back to basics ("back to the roots"), although the music that the label sells is very different from the foundations of heavy metal .

history

Founding & supporting local bands (2005-2007)

In 2005 Nathan Phillips and his half-brother Jake Smith decided to start their own label in their hometown of Luton . The aim was to support local bands like Enter Shikari , who were still unknown at the time . As Nathan had already worked for AiRecords , a British label specializing in electronic music , between 2002 and 2005 and had already published some music there himself, he already had experience in the music business. From their parents' home they distributed their first compilations together and organized concerts in the area. With Fellsilent the label signed the first band, which released their debut EP The Double A on December 19, 2005 . Other publications followed, including by the post-hardcore band The Abner and the rock band Without Thought.

Concentration on progressive and technical death metal bands (2008-2010)

With the engagements of The Arusha Accord , No Made Sense and My Minds Weapon in 2008, the label now concentrated on bands from the progressive and technical death metal area. In the same year, Nathan's half-brother Jake Smith left the label to concentrate fully on his then band Our Divide. Lisa Coverdale became aware of the label in 2009 and offered Nathan support. Together with James Monteith, guitarist at TesseracT , she built the Hold Tight! PR, which has become an integral part of Basick Records and takes care of the label's marketing. Further publications followed in 2010, including by Bury Tomorrow , Ion Dissonance and Evita . In addition, the label celebrated five years of existence, on the occasion of which a concert was given in the founding city of Luton, where the band Chimp Spanner performed live for the first time. Furthermore, the label released a best of compilation, which was released for free download.

International upswing (2011–2012)

In early 2011 the label signed contracts with the Warner Music Group sales company ADA and the German label Century Media . While Century Media was solely responsible for the distribution in North America , ADA received the rights for the rest of the world and took over the sale of the music through leading retailers and Internet platforms. During the riots in England in 2011 , a Sony DADC warehouse in London burned down completely in August . In addition to many other independent labels , the full range of Basick Records fell victim to the flames. In November 2011 Basick Records signed the French artist Rémi Gallego, who mixes electronic music with guitar riffs under the name The Algorithm . In January 2012, the American record label Prosthetic Records took over distribution in North America. Through the takeover, Basick Records got into the system of the hardcore and metal distributor Red Distribution , which belongs to Sony , and was able to strengthen its position on the American market. The first Basick Records album distributed by Prosthetic was Chimp Spanners EP All Roads Lead Here .

Latest developments (since 2013)

As the occasion for the sixth edition of Record Store Day , which took place on April 20, 2013, the label released new editions of Chimp Spanners At the Dreams Edge , The Algorithms Polymorphic Code , Uneven Structures /02 and Skyharbors Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos as a record , each limited to 500 pieces and available in selected record stores in Europe , especially in Great Britain. The backs of the vinyl covers were designed so that the label's logo could be seen when all four records were folded. In mid-June, the label announced that it would distribute the album Absent Light by the band Misery Signals , which was released at the end of July, in Europe, after the band had separated from their old label and more than doubled the target via the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo Sum for the recordings for the new album.

Bands

Current

Former

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Basick Records celebrate their fifth anniversary. highwiredaze.com; accessed on January 14, 2013
  2. ↑ a b Interview with Nathan Philips. ( Memento from September 26, 2012 on the Internet Archive ) OneMetal.com; accessed on January 14, 2013
  3. ↑ Interview with Nathan Phillips. ( Memento from October 21, 2014 on the Internet Archive ) rockrealms.com; accessed on January 14, 2013
  4. ↑ a b Overview of all publications on basickrecords.com; accessed on January 14, 2013
  5. ↑ Interview with Lisa Coverdale ( Memento of February 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on canadaartsconnect.com; accessed on January 14, 2013
  6. ^ Basick Records Party for the fifth anniversary. ( Memento of October 9, 2010 on the Internet Archive ) sonicshocks.com; accessed on January 14, 2013
  7. ^ Basick Records 5 Year Compilation. ( Memento from March 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) basickrecords.com; accessed on January 14, 2013
  8. ↑ Fire burns down during the riot in Basick Records warehouse in London. on metalsucks.net; Retrieved January 15, 2013
  9. ↑ The Algorithm and Skyharbor sign with Basick Records. got-djent.com; accessed on January 14, 2013
  10. ↑ Interview with Nathan Phillips on metalsucks.net; Retrieved January 15, 2013
  11. ↑ Prosthetic Records distributes Basick Records in North America. prostheticrecords.com; accessed on January 14, 2013
  12. ↑ Basick Records are planning to release limited vinyls for the 2013 Records Store Day. basickrecords.com; Retrieved April 10, 2013
  13. ↑ Basick to exclusively distribute the new Misery Signals album, 'Absent Light' !. basickrecords.com; Retrieved June 19, 2013.