Resipiscent is an

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

based in San Francisco California. The label was founded in 2005 by James Decker and Thomas Day. The label publishes a wide range of experimental music and film. Most of its releases are extremely limited editions involving handcrafted package art.

Liz Allbee Liz is a female name of Hebrew origin, meaning "God's Promise". It is also a short form of Elizabeth, Elisabeth, Lisbeth, Lizanne, Liszbeth, Lizbeth, Lizabeth, Lyzbeth, Lisa, Lizette, Alyssa, and Eliza. People * Liz Balmaseda (born 1959), Pulit ...

's "Quarry Tones" release is packaged in heavy hand-sewn felt with flowers and shredded circuits scattered inside.

Smegma Smegma (Ancient Greek σμῆγμα : ''smēgma'') is a combination of shed skin cells, skin oils, and moisture. It occurs in both male and female mammalian genitalia. In females, it collects around the clitoris and in the folds of the labia min ...

's ''Live 91-93'' relies on dumpster-dived mainstream CDs that the band then defaces to serve as packaging. The Anti-Ear ''Tre Picoli'' release appears to be a 7-inch record but contains two mini-CDs and one mini-DVD. Aaartfystte's ''22 Short Noise Videos'' comes in a four-color silkscreen package embellished with hand-carved relief prints by Maw Zuffler. The double CD compilation ''String of Artifacts'' requires listeners to solve a word jumble and then a crossword puzzle in order to decode the track listing, with some bands adding to the puzzle by imitating the style of other bands. The Bran(...)Pos "Quaak Muttar" package is a crude but functional pinball machine for which track indexes serve as scoreboard. The label name revives a word that had fallen into disuse. "Resipiscent" means "a return to one's senses following a brutal experience". Its tagline is "Unburying the meanest in criminally obscure sound."

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* 0th * Aaartfystte * Anti-Ear * At Jennie Richie * Audrey Chen *

Ava Mendoza Ava Mendoza is an American guitarist, vocalist, and composer. An avant-garde artist whose work is described as traversing a number of genres, Mendoza has performed with a wide range of musicians, including Nels Cline, Matana Roberts, Nick Zinner ...

* Black Mayonnaise * Bran(...)Pos * Cactus * Core of the Coalman (

Jorge Boehringer Jorge Boehringer is an electro-acoustic musician, composer, sound designer, and installation artist from the United States. He was born in New York in 1975, grew up in Texas, and in 1998 moved Oakland, California. He currently resides in Newcast ...

) * Critical Monkey * Earwicker *

Fat Worm of Error Fat Worm of Error is an avant-rock band from Northampton, Massachusetts. They are seen as staples of the underground noise and improvisation scene and have helped to start a regional scene of noise music called Western Mass Noise.They utilize tra ...

* Hans Grusel's Krankenkabinet * Kenta Nagai * Liz Allbee * Loachfillet * Masonic Youth * Midmight *

Miya Masaoka Miya Masaoka (born 1958, Washington, DC) is an American composer, musician, and sound artist active in the field of contemporary classical music and experimental music. Her work encompasses contemporary classical composition, improvisation, ele ...

* Nerfbau * Noel Von Harmonson * Occasional Detroit * Peter B * Porest * The Ritualistic School of Errors * Scott Arford * SIXES * fetish *

* Tarantism * Xome, Tralphaz, Eco Morti

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SFWeekly review of Resipiscent release party
{{Authority control American independent record labels Record labels established in 2005

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