Alien8 Recordings is an
independent record label founded in 1996 in
Montreal
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, Quebec, Canada. The label was founded by Sean O'Hara and Gary Worsley.
The label released material from prominent
noise
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artists such as
Merzbow
is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by , best known for a style of harsh, confrontational noise. Since 1980, Akita has released over 400 recordings and has collaborated with various artists.
The name Merzbow comes from the German dada ...
,
Think About Life,
Aube
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Keiji Haino ( ''Haino Keiji''; born May 3, 1952) is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise music, percussion, psychedelic music, minimalism and drone music. He has been active since the ...]
,
Masonna
, better known by his stage name Masonna, is a Japanese noise musician. He was born on November 16, 1966, in Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan.
was started in 1987 in Osaka as Maso Yamazaki's noise project. The name is a combination of the Japanese words ...
, MSBR,
Francisco López,
Bastard Noise
Bastard Noise is an American noise band founded in 1991 by musicians Eric Wood, Henry Barnes, and W. T. Nelson. The project started as a type of sister band
to the trio's previous group Man Is The Bastard. While Man Is the Bastard broke-up in l ...
, and
Daniel Menche
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, as well as
electronic
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artists such as
Tim Hecker
Tim Hecker is a Canadian electronic musician, producer, composer, and sound artist. His work, spanning atmospheric ambient albums such as ''Harmony in Ultraviolet'' (2006), ''Ravedeath, 1972'' (2011) and ''Virgins'' (2013), has been widely cr ...
,
Lesbians on Ecstasy
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Lesbians on Ecstasy is a Canadian electronic band formed in 2003 in Montreal, Quebec.
The band toured across Canada and the U.S. with Le Tigre before the release of their first recording.
The first album, the self-titled ''Lesbians on E ...
,
Les Georges Leningrad, and
Books on Tape
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. Alien8 also is known for releasing the 2003 debut of indie-pop band
The Unicorns
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. It also had two sub-labels, Fancy Recordings and Substractif, which released music from 2001-2004.
In 2018, Worsley bought Montreal's famed record store Cheap Thrills, where he had been working since 1998.
Alien8 has not released any music since 2011. The last post on its website is dated December 2012.
Discography
See also
*
List of record labels
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References
External links
Official website
Record labels established in 1996
Quebec record labels
Canadian independent record labels
Noise music record labels
Experimental music record labels
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