Our first podcast went live an hour ago.
‘On Becoming Invisible’ is a 70 minute exploration of drone, dark-ambient and post rock, blended together by Dundee-based artist Erstlaub who will be releasing new music with us in the next few months.
It’s pretty amazing stuff. Check the podcast link and get stuck in.
Next podcast is from label head TVO and should be here in a couple of weeks…
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welcome to Broken20.
Broken20 is a new label from ruaridhTVO, with assistance from production unit and erstlaub
Broken20 will release all sorts of music. Rather than be genre-tied, we will be releasing music rooted in a particular aesthetic – releases concerned with decay, erosion, entropy, mistakes and errors, line noise and tape hiss, hum and buzz.
We’ll primarily be a digital download label, although there will be forays into highly limited cd- and dvd-r variants of our releases. We hope to eventually release some vinyl editions.
2012
November 19th Production Unit – There Are No Shortcuts In A Grid System
2013
TVO/Covered In Sand – Red Night Variations cassette/DVD
Orphax DVD
EP Series 1: Semtek
further: Spatial, Tengui, Mick Finesse, DJ Votive/Dour Tonic Input, and a reissue from the 1950s
To accompany the amazing new album from Production Unit, we’ve developed a microsite to go with it featuring all of his past work, to give context to his debut album. As well as four full EPs, there are dj mixes and interviews to examine.
You can find it at broken20.com/grid
We’re very proud to have reached our milestone 10th release proper (15th in total).
Our 10th release is “There Are No Shortcuts In A Grid System”, the debut album from label co-founder Production Unit.
It comes on standard digital and deluxe boxed USB stick set, with art prints and additional material.
Full details, including clips and reviews, can be found on the dedicated release page.
Our 9th release is out now. It’s a digital release of gritty, broken techno from Denver resident Steve Penders aka Mick Finesse, and is accompanied by remixes from Cassegrain, Tengui and our own TVO.
Full details, including clips and reviews, can be found on the dedicated release page.
Our 8th release is out on August 27th. It comes from our Art Director and resident drone guru Dave Fyans, aka Erstlaub, on DVD and digital.
Full details, including clips and reviews, can be found on the dedicated release page.
Our 22nd podcast is now online from label friend and sometime host of our music, The Outer Church. A weird, double edged trip to the depths of the forest – simultaneously soothing and terrifying – it fills the listener’s head with crackle and flame. Grab it from the podcast tab above.
Red Night, label boss TVO’s 6th solo album, is out now on cassette and digital on our tape sub-label Broken60.
Clips, details and a couple of great reviews already – including a stellar one from The Wire magazine – are available over at Broken60 along with those all important purchase links. You can buy it direct from our store at store.broken20.com
Our 21st podcast is now online from our own artist Penalune. A dark, intense journey through the experimental side projects of metal musicians, it exemplifies the spirit of the label. Grab it from the podcast tab above.
Our 7th release is now out. From NYC artist Christopher Ernst, aka Penalune, it’s an hour of dark industrial drone and noise
Full details, including clips and reviews, can be found on the dedicated release page.
Not content with releasing the amazing ‘ICU Tracks’ from Production Unit, we’re moving straight on to our next, very different release. From Brooklyn’s Penalune, it’s a DVD/digital release that touches on classic British industrial sounds, noise and drone to mesmerising effect.
Check out the full release page here
b20_06 is now out. It’s a digital release, ICU Tracks, from Production Unit, which comes with remixes from Perc and Paul Purgas from Emptyset.
Full details, including clips and reviews, can be found on the dedicated release page.