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  Benbecula - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Benbecula   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Benbecula (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn na Faoghla, meaning "the mountain of the ford") is an island of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Benbecula's main settlement is Balivanich in the northwest.
Tricolour flags were virtually unknown in the British Isles and it has been widely suggested, especially with Benbecula's small population which hardly warrants a flag, that this is a modern design.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Benbecula.html   (157 words)

  
 Benbecula Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Benbecula Records embodies the 'Scottish' electronic music scene, and is the home of Christ.
Often described as, "Warp Record's Scottish Cousin", though not actually related, Benbecula have come to be relied upon by those in the know, for extremely high quality electronic/experimental/art music.
This article about a record label is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benbecula_Records   (78 words)

  
 List of electronic music record labels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A list of notable electronic music record labels:
In Trance We Trust (division of Black Hole Recordings)
List of jungle and drum n bass record labels
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_electronic_music_record_labels   (129 words)

  
 music.reviews
those two records featured excellent selection of idm of that most melodic kind, with strong analog influences.
benbecula with its taste and selection continue the traditions of best labels in this style, namely toytronic.
recently the label has released both records on one cd, a move confirming their undeniable popularity.
nezzwerk.com /seven/reviews/album_review.php?id=930&...&search=   (254 words)

  
 abv 0.35 ___ interview: benbecula records (scotland)
benbecula was quickly picked up by a distributor in 2000.
Hundreds of records like that are released every week, and are quickly forgotten about.
I think I do this because there are many records that have this effect on me. Similarly I can spot records that have no real thought put into the running order which isn't good to listen to.
www.abvmob.de /content/interview/int_benbecula.php   (1111 words)

  
 B Music Web Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bombay Records - A Montreal house label with releases from Miguel Graça, Derrick Carter and Chris Nazuka, and Roy Davis Jr.
Benbecula Records - Home to electronica and avant garde music from Scotland, including artists: christ., reverbaphon, greenbank and operator.
Bitboutique Records - An electronic record label, based in Zurich, Switzerland directed towards electronic music lovers in a not too specified area of electro/minimal/techno.
www.searchmusicnetwork.com /Styles_Electronica_Record_Labels_B.html   (1786 words)

  
 Novel 23 events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Pause_2 Records (UK) released "RND_0.34873349921" compilation which includes one track by Novel 23.
Pitchcadet Records (USA) re-released the album called "Melodies of Childhood for Advanced Imagination" as 12".
Benbecula Records (Scotland) released "Music Volume One" compilation includes one track from Novel 23.
novel23.mu.ru /Eng/events1997-2001.html   (520 words)

  
 Benbecula Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Please see the Benbecula Website for current news and releases.
For details of this EP, and his other albums, see the dedicated reverbaphon page.
For his other work, see his own label.
www.davidac.fsworld.co.uk /music_benbecula.htm   (240 words)

  
 B Arts, Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bombay Records A Montreal house label with releases from Miguel Gra+ºa, Derrick Carter and Chris Nazuka, and Roy Davis Jr.
Bitboutique Records An electronic record label, based in Zurich, Switzerland directed towards electronic music lovers in a not too specified area of electro/minimal/techno.
Benbecula Records Home to electronica and avant garde music from Scotland, including artists: christ., reverbaphon, greenbank and operator.
www.assnofcoachtraining.org /dGFjdF81ODE5NTE2.aspx   (155 words)

  
 Boards of Canada
By 1989, the band had been reduced to three people : Mike, Marcus, and Chris (now recording as Christ on the Benbecula Records label).
Many consider this record to be a masterpiece, while others point out that much of its tone has been obviously inspired from other Warp monikers, such as Autechre.
Nevertheless, the popularity of the record within the IDM community was substantial enough to start a wave of "sound-alikes," a few of which went on to find their own sound and become established in their own right.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/bo/boards_of_canada.html   (1081 words)

  
 Christ.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
There are also strong rumours to suggest he has released two other albums subsequent to his departure from BOC, on the 'Hyperact Records' imprint.
One of the tracks from 'Yugo 77', entitled 'Moxley Moy' has been released on Benbecula Records, on their high-quality IDM label sampler entitled 'Music Volume One and Two'.
His sound is not dissimilar to his ex-bandmates, but tends to be richer and darker.
www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ch/Christ.htm   (135 words)

  
 BBC - Radio 1 - One World
Benbecula is a label that the One World Team have been into for quite some time now so it's good to have them on the programme.
The first Capitol K record played on Radio 1 was on the One World Show over four years, the track, 'Pillow' even made it to the dizzy heights of daytime Radio 1 when it was played on the Jo Whiley Show.
His initial blend of weird but melodic electronics attracted us to his music and we're glad to say that his his original nuttiness is still there.
www.bbc.co.uk /radio1/urban/oneworld/benbecula_capitolk.shtml   (339 words)

  
 Christ. - www.ezboard.com
Judging by the output from KFM Records and Benbecula, residents in the audl reekie's most salubrious of day-trip districts, there's something peculiar blowing through the sea air.
Benbecula concentrate on laptop-generated soundscapes, and, in Christ, have an artist who's turned water into something a lot more stronger and warmer.
There are many ways to get noticed amongst the myriad of releases flooding record shops these days, but the mysterious character hiding behind this project has definitely chosen to take the most obvious route: get a name that everybody will understand and memorise quickly.
p218.ezboard.com /fhotelwombfrm29.showMessage?topicID=677.topic   (1746 words)

  
 cocteau twins | news archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
John Peel, the legendary BBC Radio 1 host who was instrumental in the early years of the Cocteau Twins' career—helping them secure their first recording contract with 4AD and precious radio exposure—has died of a sudden heart attack while on holiday in Peru.
Benbecula Records showcase artists to promote recent and forthcoming releases, with special guest appearance from Robin Guthrie, former member of the Cocteau Twins and co-founder of the Bella Union label.
Fresh from his production work on the forthcoming Autumns record In The Russet Gold Of This Vain Hour, Simon and partner Robin launch a fresh assault on the USA with work from their label Bella Union, recently prominent with the Ryko release of the Cocteau Twins BBC sessions.
www.cocteautwins.com /html/news_archive.html   (4060 words)

  
 Benbecula Records - Modern Music from Scotland
Benbecula Records began as a CDR based label in the late 90s.
From that point on, the label concentrated on cultivating home grown talent, culminating in a string of EP releases in 2003 from Greenbank, Frog Pocket and Reverbaphon.
Benbecula Records profile on BBC Radio 1 "One World" show to be broadcast on 29th August 2005 at 0100 GMT.
www.benbecula.com   (569 words)

  
 WARP RECORDS | REVERBAPHON | THE+MEDIUM+THRU+WHICH+SOUND+TRAVELS+IS+NO+LONGER+PRESENT | BEN020
The mood here is more pensive and chilled altogether, a large clue lying in the frosty exploits of the sound engineers depicted on the CD cover, we reckon rocking the river Volga.
Merging conventional and unconventional instrumentation: melodica, reverbaphone, banjo, biwa, guitar and the human voice all stand next to analogue electronics, field recordings and samples, deftly touched up on computer.
Information about reverbaphon from Benbecula website: "reverbaphon (glasgow) released his debut ep ‘the medium thru which sound travels is no longer present’ on benbecula records in march 2003.
www.warprecords.com /mart/music/release.php?cat=BEN020   (191 words)

  
 benbecula records
Benbecula Records embodies the 'Scottish' electronic music scene, and is the home of Christ, Reverbaphon, Frogpocket, and other influential artists.
benbecula records, home to artists: christ., reverbaphon, greenbank and operator
Benbecula Records Showcase 2004 - The Arches, Glasgow - 24-10-04
www.fact-library.com /benbecula_records.html   (66 words)

  
 Scottish Music Centre - Feature: Frog Pocket
He formed his own label, Mouthmoth, in 1999, around the same time as Benbecula's creation, and from that early stage the two labels have collaborated on various projects.
Benbecula records are Scotland's premier elctronic, ambient and avante garde label, sometimes described as Scotland's equivalent to Warp.
Benbecula Records continues to promote its music in film and television and also aims to strengthen existing
www.scottishmusiccentre.com /db/seriouslyscottish/index.php?id=22   (473 words)

  
 Igloo
The label was a result of increasing dissatisfaction within the area of our peers (club owners, labels) who did not reflect and/or understand the needs of the artists.
Steven: Again, the music that is given to Benbecula is what guides it, and many local and European artists are composing a lof of lo-fi material, sampling real instruments and messing things up digitally.
Not a new concept but there is a big push towards the "pop" format which augres well for the genre.
www.igloomag.com /document.php?task=view&id=238&category=profiles   (539 words)

  
 Junkmedia: Various Artists : Music Volume One and Two   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Benbecula is a scenic and dramatic Scottish island, geographically and culturally remote but now seemingly aspiring to join the de-centralized "global electronic network" by way of Benbecula Records.
It's never explicitly stated, but the record's (non)attitude makes this is an overtly "indie" collection.
By decimating the divisions between the subgenres of electronic music, Davis and Roux have crafted a record that even casual music fans can enjoy.
www.junkmedia.org /?i=459   (550 words)

  
 Stained Productions presents A Month Of Sundays 2
Collaborators in various other projects, they finally formed their own band in late 2002 to explore, within the context of a 'power trio,' fragmentary post/space-rock ranging sonically from washes of ambient sound to walls of fractured dissonance.
Their first full-length record, "The Air Grows Small Fingers" was released in June 2004 on Toronto's Piehead Records.
Recorded whilst living on the rural Japanese island of Shikoku, John returned to Australia last year to continue work on the follow-up to "Monoke" before relocating to London, England where he now lives, and where he completed his second album, "Locked In Hands", which was released earlier this year on Piehead Records.
www.stainedproductions.com /events/sundays2   (1398 words)

  
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They were recorded from 1999-2005, although me thinks he reworks some of his stuff in the digital realms, which is the way Merzbow does his recent material.
The recordings here are studio recordings, which can be heard, the quality is much better than on a live recording, and it seems to me the whole thing is mixed with great care.
Their 'Golem' LP was one of the classic krautrock records of the seventies and later on released by World Serpent on CD.
www.staalplaat.com /vital_archive/470.txt   (4572 words)

  
 Record Companies - EntsWeb Directory
Benbecula Records, home of electronica and avant garde music in Scotland.
FHP Records are a small independent label specialising mainly in modern instrumental crossover jazz fusion.
Riverrun Records is a record label that specialises in contemporary, classical and early music.
www.entsweb.co.uk /music/recordco   (822 words)

  
 Benbecula Records -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Benbecula Records -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Benbecula Records are a (The dialect of English used in Scotland) Scottish record label.
Benbecula Records embodies the 'Scottish' electronic music scene, and is the home of (additional info and facts about Christ.) Christ.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/benbecula_records.htm   (84 words)

  
 Business Arts and Entertainment Music Labels Specialty Electronica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Beatroot Recordings - A collection of Electro and Techno from a Newcastle, United Kingdom independent label.
Letzton Records - A Norwegian label with limited handcrafted releases, CDR and vinyl.
Metamorphis Records - Electronica with a distortion pedal from the core of Los Angeles, California, USA.
www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Business/Arts_and_Entertainment/Music/Labels/Specialty/Electronica   (1007 words)

  
 Ambient links
Alien8 Recordings is a record label releasing experimental, electronic and avant garde music by artists from around the world.
Kudos Records Ltd was founded in 1991 by Danny Ryan and Mike Hazell as a way of providing efficient and effective distribution services to a new breed of independent record label.
A record label dedicated to the development of progressive instrumental, electronic, acoustic, ambient atmospheric, esoteric music, which is intended for deeper listening and introspection; and seeks to advance the very boundaries of imagination.
www.easybe.com /record_labels_ambient.html   (4465 words)

  
 ★ recorded   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle Conversations Recorded by Friedrich Waismann Friedrich Waismann 0064973107
Record of Deaths in Columbia South Carolina and Elsewhere As Recorded by John Glass 18591877 John Glass 1859-1877 0913363057
On the threshold of a new age with Medhananda fragments of conversations recorded in French by Yvonne Artaud Yvonne Artaud 8186413146
www.kolonialisten.de /recorded.htm   (6097 words)

  
 Benbecula Records - Showcase 2004
The Showcase 2004 event for Benbecula Records was held on Sunday 24 October 2004, at The Arches in Glasgow.
In general, I'm not a concert-goer; however, this was such a special event that I made an exception, and attended; my first live event, in fact.
Thanks also to Benbecula for additional information which I've added in italics.
www.davidac.fsworld.co.uk /music_ben2004.htm   (730 words)

  
 UndergroundScene Forums - An interview with Christ (no, not that one)
He is signed to Benbecula records and you can check his stuff out here.
I use cubase, and some VST's, and plugins, but most of the sounds I use are derived from old monophonic synthesisers, guitars, a Rhodes piano, and various other bits of analog kit.
Benbecula admin kindly forwarded me the email, and Alias and I got chatting.
www.undergroundscene.co.uk /upload/showthread.php?t=26387   (967 words)

  
 DJneeds.com dance music & DJ site - House Music Labels
Fresca Recordings was founded by DJ Jes, Chicago underground DJ, producer and remixer.
Jellybean Recordings..an independent label designed around the concept that dance music needs to be more than simply an endless stream of faceless dubs in order to truly thrive as an enduring artform....
TILTED RECORDS Seattle-based Tilted Records has been making a name for itself under the direction of Brent Laurence and Jon Lee.
www.djneeds.com /links/housemusiclabels.html   (627 words)

  
 aberdeen-music.com - Thee More Shallows, Delicate AWOL & Genaro - Sunday 10th April 2005
Genaro's immediate appeal was the strength of the songs and being able to provide a coherent and solid performance.* Their unique style lies in the emotive ability to mix pathos, humour, love and politics with melodies that seize even the most casual listener.
It was after this event that the group, although remaining great friends, went off to record solo projects, now and again teaming up for duo song writing sessions.* Much of this solo work was recorded and it was during the summer of 2003 that some of these demos were sent to Benbecula Records.
Although not historically a "guitar" or "indie" music label, the latent talent in those early demos was immediately recognised as being something that the House of Benbecula could do something with, if only to promote the skills of the artists involved to something beyond their bedroom studios.
www.aberdeen-music.com /forums/showthread.php?t=22519   (713 words)

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