Wildfire Wildfire Records is an American

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

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History

The Wildfire Wildfire project was founded in 2005 by Devon Deimler, Matthew Papich, and Michael Petruzzo while students at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD. While there, Deimler and Papich became friends with many musicians of different influences and were inspired to collaborate and curate shows according to their own aesthetic.Baker, Raven (February 10, 2008).
"Interview with Devon Deimler of Wildfire Wildfire"
''Beatbots''. A website was created and managed to announce independent local shows of their liking and often featured drawings of local bands as a visual element. In 2006, Wildfire Wildfire became a record label as well, intending their first release to be a Baltimore mixtape by Cex. In addition to releasing records, Wildfire Wildfire has also hosted dozens of DIY music shows, many notably at the warehouse space Floristree in downtown Baltimore. In 2007, they collaborated with Dan Deacon to curate and host the Whartscape Festival, and in 2008 collaborated with Floristree to present Full House Festival, which included a performance by the Krautrock band

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. Matthew Papich is also a founding member of

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and is currently the band's only permanent member.

Manifesto

On their website, Wildfire Wildfire lists their influences as 60s zine culture and its art world crossover, along with an early DIY punk rock ethos. Notes Deimler, such a combination allows the label "to release music and artwork important to our generation of experimentation". Poster design and multimedia elements beyond music are often incorporated into Wildfire-curated shows, blurring the line between the art and music world. Wildfire Wildfire illustration, media, and poster design have become a staple in the burgeoning Baltimore experimental music scene "Drawn Together"
'' Baltimore City Paper''

Catalog

WFWF001 -

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''Anima Mundi'' CD
WFWF002 - ''Thank You'' ''World City'' CD
WFWF003 - Dan Deacon '' Spiderman of the Rings'' LP
WFWF004 -

Video Hippos Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) sy ...

''Unbeast the Leash'' LP
WFWF005 - OCDJ ''Hooray'' CD
WFWF006 -

''Living'' EP + CD
WFWF007 - Cex ''Dannibal'' LP
WFWF008 - Sandcats /

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''Friendship/Trip01'' Split 7"
WFWF009 -

Lucky Dragons Lucky Dragons is an experimental music group consisting of Luke Fischbeck and Sarah Rara. Based in Los Angeles, California, the band are noted for their unusual sound, described as having the ability to make "'everyday sounds' become alluringly ...

''Friendship/Trip02'' Split 7"
WFWF010 -

Dustin Wong Dustin Wong is an American guitarist formerly active in the art-rock band Ponytail and a former member of the experimental guitar duo, Ecstatic Sunshine (along with Matthew Papich). Biography Wong's style is characterized by influences of surf ...

''Seasons'' LP (June 2009)
WFWF011 -

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''Friendship/Trip03'' Split 7"

External links

Wildfire Wildfire - official site

Notes

{{Authority control American independent record labels Record labels based in Maryland