Drumming Monkey Records
| Drumming Monkey Records | |
|---|---|
| Active years | since 2007 |
| founder | Stephen George Ritchie |
| Seat | Dusseldorf |
| Label code | LC 15924 |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock , punk , rock , singer-songwriter |
Drumming Monkey Records is a German music label based in Düsseldorf that focuses on different varieties of rock music .
history
The record company was founded in 2007 by Stephen George Ritchie, who is best known under his stage name Vom Ritchie as the drummer of the band Die Toten Hosen . In addition to Ritchie as managing partner, his wife Mary and Roman Thiel are involved. In an interview with the Rheinische Post two years after it was founded, Ritchie described the label as his “greatest hobby”. In the first eleven years, including singles and compilations , 26 productions were released.
The first album was Perfect Crime by Wet Dog in 2007 , one of the numerous bands in which Ritchie himself is a musician. Further publications include, among others, records from musician friends such as Cryssis , TV Smith , the Düsseldorf-based indie rock band The Buggs , Pascal Briggs , the duo Meg'n Jez , to which his son Jez Ritchie belongs, and the band B Bang Cider starring Mary Ritchie.
Publications (selection)
- B Bang Cider: Teenage Wasteland (2008)
- Pascal Briggs: The Mercenary (2010)
- The Buggs : Symphony for the Minority (2016)
- Cryssis : Kursaal Nights (2013)
- The Lurkers GLM : The Future's Calling
- The Mattless Boys : The Mattless Boys (2010)
- Meg'n Jez: Follow it Down (2014)
- Duncan Reid: Little Big Head (2012)
- TV Smith : In the Arms of my Enemy (2008)
- Wet Dog: Perfect Crime (2007)
- Mike Zero : The Shape of Things to Come (2010)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tote-Hosen-Drummer rocks in the old town. In: rp-online.de . January 22, 2010, accessed January 3, 2018 .
- ^ Jonas Lipka, Düsseldorf, International School Of Düsseldorf: Interview with Ritchie: Pants, records and a declaration of love to Düsseldorf. In: rp-online.de . December 18, 2009, accessed December 31, 2017 .
- ^ Eva Westhoff: A conversation with ... Vom Ritchie. In: prinz.de . Accessed December 31, 2017 .
- ↑ Frank Weiffen: Interview with Meg 'n Jez “We don't neglect school”. In: Leverkusener Anzeiger . June 30, 2014, accessed December 31, 2017 .
- ^ Joachim Hiller: B Bang Cider - Teenage Wasteland. In: Ox-Fanzine . December 2008, accessed January 2, 2018 .