Trensmat Records was an

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based in

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. It specialised in

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noise music Noise music is a genre of music that is characterised by the expressive use of noise within a musical context. This type of music tends to challenge the distinction that is made in conventional musical practices between musical and non-musical ...

krautrock Krautrock (also called , German for ) is a broad genre of experimental rock Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments ...

and grooves. All releases were on

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in limited editions. The label's name was a made up word, based on "transmit." Making up a word for the label name tied in with the "every noise has a note" tagline on earlier releases. Having a made-up word for the label name also made the label name appear sooner in Internet searches. TR020, one of the label's releases, marked the end of the first phase of the label in which it had grown to be internationally distributed - a move away from its traditional method of small-run handmade editions sold directly to its mailing list and handful of shops. This phase nearly finished the label and it took 18 months out to rebuild and re-launched in 2011. That year saw it return to its original concept to great success with three sets of very well received 7"s. Artists associated with the label include

The Telescopes The Telescopes are an English noise, space rock, dream pop and psychedelic band, formed in 1987 by Stephen Lawrie, David Fitzgerald and Joanna Doran that drew influence from artists such as Suicide, The Velvet Underground, Trite and The 13th ...

Mugstar Mugstar are an English rock band, influenced by kraut/psych/space/noise rock such as Oneida, Sonic Youth, Neu! and Hawkwind. Since 2003 they have issued several full-length albums, a split release with Mudhoney and two live albums performing ...

, AreaC,

Magnetize Magnetism is the class of physical attributes that are mediated by a magnetic field, which refers to the capacity to induce attractive and repulsive phenomena in other entities. Electric currents and the magnetic moments of elementary particles ...

, Heavy Winged,

Circle A circle is a shape consisting of all points in a plane that are at a given distance from a given point, the centre. Equivalently, it is the curve traced out by a point that moves in a plane so that its distance from a given point is const ...

Astral Social Club Neil Campbell (born 19 May 1966) is a British musician, notable for his vast catalogue and his many collaborations. In 2005, ''The Wire'' declared that he, Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower had ''"provided the map co-ordinates for much of what pa ...

, The Shining Path,

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, Cheval Sombre,

Mudhoney Mudhoney is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1988, following the demise of Green River. Its members are singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison and drummer Dan Peters. Orig ...

Acid Mothers Temple Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., commonly shortened to Acid Mothers Temple or AMT, is a Japanese psychedelic rock band, the core of which formed in 1995. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career feat ...

, White Hills, Kinski,

Bardo Pond Bardo Pond are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1991, and who are currently signed to London-based label Fire Records. The current members are Michael Gibbons (guitar), John Gibbons (guitar), Isobel Sollenberger (flute and vocals), Cl ...

GNOD Gnod are a British rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester, England.Smith, Samuel A.''INTERVIEW: Gnod'' The Quietus, 14 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.Connolly, Lea''Poking fun at religions, praising jungle and re-working the rules ...

Discography

- ''Night Terrors'' 7" (TR001) August 2006 *

- ''Bethany Heart Star'' 7" (TR002) February 2007 *The Telescopes - ''Psychic Viewfinder'' 7" (TR004) May 2007 *Area C - ''Trick with a Knife'' 7" (TR003) June 2007 *Magnetize - ''Noise to Signal'' 7" (TR005) July 2007 *Heavy Winged - ''On the Marble Cliffs'' 7" (TR006) August 2007 *

- ''Vaahto'' 7" (TR007) December 2007 *The Telescopes - ''Another Whip'' 7" (TR008) December 2007 *

- ''Skelp/Ginnel'' 7" (TR009) April 2008 *The Shining Path - ''Live at the Voltaire Commune'' 7" (TR010) April 2008 *Cave - ''Live at the Voltaire Commune'' 7" (TR011) April 2008 *Cheval Sombre - ''Live at the Voltaire Commune'' 7" (TR012) April 2008 *Mudhoney / Mugstar - ''Sonic Attack (Motorheads)'' 7" (TR013) November 2008 * Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno / White Hills - ''Sonic Attack (Psychedelic Warlords)'' 7" (TR014) November 2008 *Kinski / Bardo Pond - ''Sonic Attack (Lords of Light)'' 7" (TR015) November 2008 *Expo'70 - ''Sunglasses'' 7" (TR016) January 2009 *Black to Comm - ''Incidents'' 7" (TR017) January 2009 *Mugstar - ''Today Is the Wrong Shape'' 7" (TR018) August 2009 *Our Love will Destroy the World - ''Yellow Nirvana'' 7" (TR019) August 2009 *Various - ''Every Noise Has a Note'' CD LP (TR020) December 2009 *Astral Social Club - ''Snaefell'' 7" (TR021) April 2011 *Evan Caminiti - ''Distant Lights'' 7" (TR022) April 2011 *Ashtray Navigations - ''3 Rockets Thicken'' 7" (TR023) August 2011 *White Hills - ''Measured Energy'' 7" (TR024) August 2011 *Carlton Melton / Mugstar - ''Company / Black Fountain'' 7" (TR025) December 2011 *Tlaotlon / Whirling Hall Of Knives - ''Attitudes Blankets To Nada / Synapse Snaps'' 7" (TR026) December 2011 *Tlaotlon - ''Squirt Image Flex'' LP (TR027) February 2012 *The Telescopes - ''Black Eyed Dog'' 7" (TR028) May 2012 *Cheval Sombre - ''Couldn't Do'' 7" (TR029) May 2012 *GNOD - ''5th Sun'' 7" (TR030) July 2012 *Whirling Hall Of Knives - ''Alternate Devil'' 7" (TR031) July 2012 *Cloudland Canyon - ''Born Blonde'' 12" (TR032) November 2012 *A.M - ''Black Night Burning'' LP (TR033) December 2012 *GNOD - ''Presents.. Dwellings & Druss'' LP (TR034) February 2013 *The 15 Dead Minutes - ''Scheming Things'' 12" (TR035) April 2013 *Whirling Hall Of Knives - ''Devisions'' LP (TR036) 2013 *My Cat Is An Alien - ''Alien, All Too Alien'' LP (TR037) 2013 *Astral Social Club - ''Electric Yep'' LP (TR038) 2013 *Dwellings - ''Don't Say Nothing'' LP (TR039) 2013 *Stave - ''Trust'' 12" (TR040) 2013 *AM - ''Dragonfly'' LP (TR041) 2014 *Love Cult Take Druss - ''Yr Problems'' LP (TR042) 2014 *Stefan Jaworzyn - ''Principles Of Inertia'' LP (TR043) 2014 *Valved - ''AnD / WHOK Remixes'' 12" (TR044) 2014 *Sunil Sharpe - ''Cadya'' 12" (TR045) 2014

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