Rotorelief is a French
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 ...
founded in 2005. The label seeks to release unexpected concepts albums, new releases and reissues often hard to classify in the
psychedelic
Psychedelics are a subclass of hallucinogenic drugs whose primary effect is to trigger non-ordinary states of consciousness (known as psychedelic experiences or "trips").Pollan, Michael (2018). ''How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of ...
electronic music
Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...
,
industrial
Industrial may refer to:
Industry
* Industrial archaeology, the study of the history of the industry
* Industrial engineering, engineering dealing with the optimization of complex industrial processes or systems
* Industrial city, a city dominate ...
and
experimental fields.
The main bands of the label
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Nurse With Wound (uk)
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Sand
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(de)
*
Silver Apples (us)
*
Cromagnon (band)
Cromagnon was an American experimental music band that was active during the late 1960s. Led by multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriters Austin Grasmere and Brian Elliot, the band's only release was the album ''Orgasm'' in 1969, which was later r ...
(us)
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Jac Berrocal
Jacques "Jac" Berrocal (born 22 October 1946, Saint-Jean d'Angély) is a French trumpeter, singer and composer. He has been active since the 1970s in the independent and avant-garde music scene, and has released many albums. He also founded and p ...
(fr)
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Conrad Schnitzler
Conrad "Conny" Schnitzler (17 March 1937 – 4 August 2011) was a prolific German experimental musician associated with West Germany's 1970s krautrock movement. A co-founder of West Berlin's Zodiak Free Arts Lab, he was an early member of Tangeri ...
(de)
*
A.I.Z (fr)
*
Vivenza (fr)
*
Maurizio Bianchi
Maurizio Bianchi (born 4 December 1955 in Pomponesco in the Province of Mantua) is an Italian pioneer of industrial music, originating from Milan.
Biography
1979–1983
Bianchi was inspired by the music of Tangerine Dream, Conrad Schnitzler an ...
(it)
*
Die Form (fr)
*
Urbain Autopsy (fr)
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Brume (band) (fr)
*
Le Syndicat (band) (fr)
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Pacific 231 (band) (fr)
*
Pharmakustik (de)
* Coilectif / In memory ov
John Balance
Geoffrey Nigel Laurence Rushton (16 February 1962 – 13 November 2004), better known under the pseudonyms John Balance or the later variation Jhonn Balance, was an English musician, occultist, artist and poet.
He was best known as a co-founde ...
and homage to
Coil
Releases
* ROTOR0079
Urbain Autopsy "Inonu"
LP, 2CD(2022)
* ROTOR0078
Conrad Schnitzler
Conrad "Conny" Schnitzler (17 March 1937 – 4 August 2011) was a prolific German experimental musician associated with West Germany's 1970s krautrock movement. A co-founder of West Berlin's Zodiak Free Arts Lab, he was an early member of Tangeri ...
&
Pharmakustik "Schubkraft"
P(2021)
* ROTOR0077
Nurse With Wound "Gyllensköld, Geijerstam And I At Rydberg’s"
LP (2020), CD + Art Book (2021)* ROTOR0076
Beuys + Pissoff "Creamcheese Düsseldorf 1968"
P, CD(2021)
* ROTOR0075
Moodie Black "MB III"
0 inch(2019)
* ROTOR0074
Alesia Cosmos "Aeroproducts"
LP, 2CD(2019)
* ROTOR717273
Jac Berrocal
Jacques "Jac" Berrocal (born 22 October 1946, Saint-Jean d'Angély) is a French trumpeter, singer and composer. He has been active since the 1970s in the independent and avant-garde music scene, and has released many albums. He also founded and p ...
"1973-1976-1979"
OX Set 3xLP + Book(2019)
* ROTOR0073
Jac Berrocal
Jacques "Jac" Berrocal (born 22 October 1946, Saint-Jean d'Angély) is a French trumpeter, singer and composer. He has been active since the 1970s in the independent and avant-garde music scene, and has released many albums. He also founded and p ...
"Catalogue"
P(2019)
* ROTOR0072
Jac Berrocal
Jacques "Jac" Berrocal (born 22 October 1946, Saint-Jean d'Angély) is a French trumpeter, singer and composer. He has been active since the 1970s in the independent and avant-garde music scene, and has released many albums. He also founded and p ...
"Paralleles"
P(2019)
* ROTOR0071
Jac Berrocal
Jacques "Jac" Berrocal (born 22 October 1946, Saint-Jean d'Angély) is a French trumpeter, singer and composer. He has been active since the 1970s in the independent and avant-garde music scene, and has released many albums. He also founded and p ...
"Musiq Musik"
P(2019)
* ROTOR0070
Nurse With Wound "Homotopy To Marie"
LP, 2CD + Art Book(2018)
* ROTOR0069
Sand
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"Vibrating Cloud"
P, CD(2019)
* ROTOR0068
The Bonaparte's "Welcome To The Isle Of Dogs"
P, CD(2019)
* ROTOR0067
La Division Technique "Nebula"
P(2019)
* ROTOR0066
Conrad Schnitzler
Conrad "Conny" Schnitzler (17 March 1937 – 4 August 2011) was a prolific German experimental musician associated with West Germany's 1970s krautrock movement. A co-founder of West Berlin's Zodiak Free Arts Lab, he was an early member of Tangeri ...
&
Pharmakustik "Extruder"
P(2018)
* ROTOR0064
La Division Technique P(2017)
* ROTOR0063
The Bonaparte's "Shiny Battles"
P, CD(2017)
* ROTOR0062
Maurizio Bianchi
Maurizio Bianchi (born 4 December 1955 in Pomponesco in the Province of Mantua) is an Italian pioneer of industrial music, originating from Milan.
Biography
1979–1983
Bianchi was inspired by the music of Tangerine Dream, Conrad Schnitzler an ...
"Technology"
LP(2018)
* ROTOR0061
Brume
Brume is a surname. It is also an English and French word for mist. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ese Brume
Ese Brume Member of the Order of the Niger, MON (born 20 January 1996) is a Nigerians, Nigerian Sport of athletics, athle ...
&John Grieve "Nihil Unbound"
P* ROTOR0060
Brume
Brume is a surname. It is also an English and French word for mist. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ese Brume
Ese Brume Member of the Order of the Niger, MON (born 20 January 1996) is a Nigerians, Nigerian Sport of athletics, athle ...
"Autoportrait"
P* ROTOR0059
Urbain Autopsy "From Somewhere To Nowhere"
LP* ROTOR0058
Siglo XX (band) "Still"
P* ROTOR0057
A.I.Z "Chaos Primaire"
P* ROTOR0056
Silver Apples "Contact"
P (2017), CD (2019)* ROTOR0055
Silver Apples "s/t"
P (2017), CD (2019)* ROTOR0054
Maurizio Bianchi
Maurizio Bianchi (born 4 December 1955 in Pomponesco in the Province of Mantua) is an Italian pioneer of industrial music, originating from Milan.
Biography
1979–1983
Bianchi was inspired by the music of Tangerine Dream, Conrad Schnitzler an ...
"Aktivitat"
P* ROTOR0053
Urbain Autopsy "Autopsies"
P* ROTOR0052
Étant donnés (band) "Le soleil, la mer, le coeur et les étoiles"
P* ROTOR0051
Conrad Schnitzler
Conrad "Conny" Schnitzler (17 March 1937 – 4 August 2011) was a prolific German experimental musician associated with West Germany's 1970s krautrock movement. A co-founder of West Berlin's Zodiak Free Arts Lab, he was an early member of Tangeri ...
&
Pharmakustik "Kontraktion"
P* ROTOR0050
Nurse With Wound "Spiral Insana"
LP, 2CD + Art Book(2016)
* ROTOR0049
Die Form÷Hurt "Hurt & Die Form"
P* ROTOR0048
Entre Vifs "Première Unité Bruitiste"
P* ROTOR0047
Bruitisme¹ "
Various artists:
Vivenza,
Brume (band),
Le Syndicat (band),
Lieutenant Caramel (band)"
P* ROTOR0046
Pacific 231 (band) "Unusual Perversions"
P
* ROTOR0045
Le Syndicat (band)&
Pharmakustik "Plasmoglitch"
P* ROTOR0044
Maurizio Bianchi
Maurizio Bianchi (born 4 December 1955 in Pomponesco in the Province of Mantua) is an Italian pioneer of industrial music, originating from Milan.
Biography
1979–1983
Bianchi was inspired by the music of Tangerine Dream, Conrad Schnitzler an ...
"Symphony For A Genocide"
P* ROTOR0043
Die Form÷
Fine Automatic "Fine Automatic & Die Form"
LP* ROTOR0042
Le Syndicat (band) "Audiostaik Repress"
P* ROTOR0041
Maurizio Bianchi
Maurizio Bianchi (born 4 December 1955 in Pomponesco in the Province of Mantua) is an Italian pioneer of industrial music, originating from Milan.
Biography
1979–1983
Bianchi was inspired by the music of Tangerine Dream, Conrad Schnitzler an ...
"Neuro Habitat"
P* ROTOR0040
Le Syndicat (band) "Second Empire"
P* ROTOR0039
Cromagnon (band)
Cromagnon was an American experimental music band that was active during the late 1960s. Led by multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriters Austin Grasmere and Brian Elliot, the band's only release was the album ''Orgasm'' in 1969, which was later r ...
"Orgasm"
P* ROTOR0038
Brume
Brume is a surname. It is also an English and French word for mist. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ese Brume
Ese Brume Member of the Order of the Niger, MON (born 20 January 1996) is a Nigerians, Nigerian Sport of athletics, athle ...
+
omir"Unstable"
P* ROTOR0037
Maurizio Bianchi
Maurizio Bianchi (born 4 December 1955 in Pomponesco in the Province of Mantua) is an Italian pioneer of industrial music, originating from Milan.
Biography
1979–1983
Bianchi was inspired by the music of Tangerine Dream, Conrad Schnitzler an ...
"weltanschauung"
P(2013)
* ROTOR0034
Le Syndicat
Le Syndicat () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Vosges department
The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Vosges department of France.
The communes cooperate in t ...
& Sektor 304 "Geometry Of Chromium Skin"
P(2013)
* ROTOR0033
Vivenza "Fondements Bruitistes"
P, CD, CD-Book(2014)
* ROTOR0032
Frog (band) "Frog 2"
P(2013)
* ROTOR0031
Fujako "Landform Erosion"
P(1 August 2012)
* ROTOR0030
Parazite "Le Bunker de la Dernière Rafale"
P(2013)
* ROTOR0029
Vivenza "Veriti Plastici"
P(19 June 2012)
* ROTOR0028
Brume (band) "
Xerxès"
P(10 July 2012)
* ROTOR0027
Takaaaki "Netsu"
P(14 November 2012)
* ROTOR0026
Vivenza "Réalité de l'automation directe"
P, CD(1 September 2011)
* ROTOR0025
Les Belles Noïseuses "whither than white"
P(1 February 2011)
* ROTOR0024
Bryin Dall "Deconstructing Hank"
P(1 February 2011)
* ROTOR0023
Vivenza "Modes Réels Collectifs"
P, CD(8 November 2010)
* ROTOR0022
Pharmakustik "neurochemie"
P(7 July 2010)
* ROTOR0021
CoH "Z-Rated"
D(October 2010)
* ROTOR0020
Le Syndicat (band) "festin d'acier"
P(7 July 2010)
* ROTOR0019
Roxy Epoxy "1000"
2"(7 July juillet 2010)
* ROTOR0018
Brume
Brume is a surname. It is also an English and French word for mist. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ese Brume
Ese Brume Member of the Order of the Niger, MON (born 20 January 1996) is a Nigerians, Nigerian Sport of athletics, athle ...
"Ainsi soit-il!"
P(5 January 2010)
* ROTOR0017
Ilitch (band) "Life out of Time"
P(5 January 2010)
* ROTOR0016
Pacific 231 (band) &
Vox Populi! "Aramesh"
D(8 July 2009)
* ROTOR0015
Pacific 231 (band) &
Lieutenant Caramel "Just digging the crazy art"
P(8 July 2009)
* ROTOR0014
Vivenza "Réalités Servomécaniques"
P, CD, CD-Book(8 July 2009)
* ROTOR0013
Maurizio Bianchi
Maurizio Bianchi (born 4 December 1955 in Pomponesco in the Province of Mantua) is an Italian pioneer of industrial music, originating from Milan.
Biography
1979–1983
Bianchi was inspired by the music of Tangerine Dream, Conrad Schnitzler an ...
/ M.B. "Persecutionem"
P(8 July 2009)
* ROTOR0012
Ether (usa band) "Music for air raids V2.0"
P(8 July 2009)
* ROTOR0011
Nurse With Wound "Chromanatron"
P, CD(2013)
* ROTOR0010
Current 93 "
when the may rain comes"
2", CD(November 2010)
* ROTOR0008
Sand
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class of s ...
"Sylph Ballet"
P, CD(2 August 2012)
* ROTOR0007
Sand
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class of s ...
"Desert Navigation"
P, CD(2011)
* ROTOR0006
Sand
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"Golem"
P, CD(November 2010)
* ROTOR0005
Sand
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"His First Steps"
P, CD(2015)
* ROTOR0004
Brume
Brume is a surname. It is also an English and French word for mist. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ese Brume
Ese Brume Member of the Order of the Niger, MON (born 20 January 1996) is a Nigerians, Nigerian Sport of athletics, athle ...
(band)
"(2009)
* ROTOR0003
Jac Berrocal
Jacques "Jac" Berrocal (born 22 October 1946, Saint-Jean d'Angély) is a French trumpeter, singer and composer. He has been active since the 1970s in the independent and avant-garde music scene, and has released many albums. He also founded and p ...
,
Marie France & Jack Belsen "
Marie-Antoinette
Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child and ...
is not dead"
"(25 November 2008)
* ROTOR0002
Pacific 231 (band) - "Ethnicities"
P, CD(13 novembre 2006)
* ROTOR0001
Coilectif - "In memory ov
John Balance
Geoffrey Nigel Laurence Rushton (16 February 1962 – 13 November 2004), better known under the pseudonyms John Balance or the later variation Jhonn Balance, was an English musician, occultist, artist and poet.
He was best known as a co-founde ...
and homage to
Coil"
LP, CD(13 November 2006)
See also
*
List of record labels
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