El Puerto Records

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El Puerto Records
Logo of the label
Logo of the label
Active years since 2014
founder Bernd Stelzer, Torsten Ihlenfeld
Seat Gerstetten
Website http://www.el-puerto-records.com
Label code LC 83626
distribution Soul food
Genre (s) Rock music, heavy metal, hard rock, alternative rock

El Puerto Records is a German music label that was founded in 2014 in Gerstetten near Ulm by Bernd Stelzer and Torsten Ihlenfeld. The main focus of the label is on rock / hard rock / heavy metal. The distribution extends over Europe ( Soulfood Music ) and North America (Soulfood-Amped).

history

The beginnings of El Puerto Records go back to 2011, when Stormwitch founder Harald Spengler (alias Lee Tarot) got together with co-founders Stefan Kauffmann (git) and Peter Langer (drums) to record new songs. After Harald Spengler's death in 2013, it was decided to continue Spengler's musical legacy under the name Witchbound. This also became the first release by El Puerto Records in 2015. This was followed in 2016 by the releases of "The Phans" (vintage rock) and Stepfather Fred (alternative rock), two bands from southern Germany, which the label noticed primarily because of their live qualities.

When Matt Bischof joined the promotion department, the label began to become increasingly international. Another big name joined the label in 2016 with the American singer David Reece (ex- Accept ) and his Sainted Sinners (including Frank Pané ( Bonfire ) and Ferdy Doernberg ). In 2017 Beasto Blanco was taken over by Alice Cooper bassist Chuck Garric and Calico Cooper, daughter of Alice Cooper. Souldrinker and Mystic Prophecy guitarist Markus Pohl made a debut in the same year. The increasing attention in the music scene led to larger and more experienced bands joining the label in 2018: Undertow and the German thrash metal band Necronomicon . With the Italians Alight and the Swiss Bloodlost, other bands joined. Mission in Black and Ginger Red rounded off the year. At the turn of the year 2019, Bodo Schopf (drummer for Michael Schenker and The Sweet ) and David Readman ( Pink Cream 69 , Voodoo Circle , Almanac) with Pendulum Of Fortune and Dark Blue Inc. u. a. with Frank Pané (Bonfire), Göran Edman (Ex- Malmsteen ), Hal Patino (Maryann Cotton, Ex- King Diamond , Ex- Pretty Maids ) and Harry Reischmann . The latter were able to come up with a guest appearance by Ian Paice ( Deep Purple ) on the debut CD. The label's orientation towards both engaging bands from the immediate region and performing internationally ensured that more international acts joined the label in 2019: Nightqueen from Belgium and, for the first time, a band from Australia - Envenomed. In the summer of 2019, another old friend came with the Austrians Garagedays and the Sons Of Sounds from the Karlsruhe area: David Reece returned to El Puerto Records after a short interlude to continue his solo career there, as well as the Danish / US combo Maryann Cotton. Also from Denmark: Phonomics. But expansion continued in 2020 as well. Welicoruss came from Siberia.

Bands

  • Alight (IT)
  • Bloodlost (CH)
  • Beasto Blanco (US)
  • Dark Blue Inc. (DE, SE, DK)
  • Dust & Bones (DE)
  • Envenomed (AU)
  • Garage days (AT)
  • Ginger Red (DE)
  • Maryann Cotton (US / DK)
  • Mission in Black (DE)
  • Necronomicon (DE)
  • Nightqueen (BE)
  • Pendulum Of Fortune (DE)
  • Phonomics (DK)
  • Reece (US)
  • Sainted Sinners (US, DE, HU)
  • Sons of Sounds (DE)
  • Soouldrinker (DE)
  • Stepfather Fred (DE)
  • The Phans (DE)
  • Undertow (DE)
  • Welicoruss (RU)
  • Witchbound (DE)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Südwest Presse Online -dienste GmbH: Music: Record company: Torsten Ihlenfeld operates “El Puerto Records” in Gerstetten . In: swp.de . October 28, 2017 ( swp.de [accessed March 6, 2018]).
  2. ↑ SAINTED SINNERS - a new band with a top line-up! | | X-ACT Music Magazine. Accessed March 6, 2018 (German).
  3. ↑ gogol medien GmbH & Co. KG: Everything Cooper or what? In: myheimat.de . ( myheimat.de [accessed on March 6, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Undertow - want to know again • metal.de . In: metal.de . April 25, 2018 ( metal.de [accessed October 10, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Germany's NECRONOMICON To Release 'Unleashed Bastards' Album In September . ( blabbermouth.net [accessed October 10, 2018]).
  6. ^ Mission in Black - Anthems of a Dying Breed (May 4, 2018) Decibel Geek . April 28, 2018 ( decibelgeek.com [accessed October 10, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Ginger Red show 'Donuts And Coffee' clip . In: RockHard . ( rockhard.de [accessed October 10, 2018]).
  8. ↑ https://powermetal.de/news/news-PENDULUM_OF_FORTUNE_segelt_kuenftig_unter_der_Flagge_von_El_Puerto_Records,43944.html
  9. ↑ DARK BLUE INC. : Record deal with El Puerto Records. Retrieved March 24, 2019 .
  10. ↑ bravewords.com: DEEP PURPLE drummer IAN PAICE Guests On DARK BLUE INC.'s "Deep Blue Sea"; Official Video Released. Accessed April 14, 2019 .
  11. ↑ admin: EL PUERTO RECORDS bring NIGHTQUEEN on board. Retrieved on March 24, 2019 (German).
  12. ↑ bravewords.com: Australia's ENVENOMED Sign With Germany's El Puerto Records. Accessed April 14, 2019 .