Alien8 Recordings 3944003 213142587 2008-05-17T23:54:07Z Quiddity 210259 fix links, move ref down '''Alien8 Recordings''' is an [[independent record label]] founded in [[1996 in music|1996]] by [[Sean O'Hara]] and [[Gary Worsley]], under whose operation the label continues to this day. Originally focusing on [[noise music|noise]] and [[experimental music]], the label has since broadened its scope to include numerous other genres while becoming particularly active in releasing the works of artists based in its home town of [[Montreal]], including the indie-pop band [[The Unicorns]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.alien8recordings.com/info | title= Alien8 Recordings: Info | publisher = Alien8recordings.com | accessdate=2007-08-13}}</ref> The label has released material from prominent [[noise music|noise]] artists such as [[Merzbow]], [[Think About Life]], [[Aube (band)|Aube]], [[Keiji Haino]], [[Masonna]], [[MSBR]], [[Francisco López]], [[Bastard Noise]], and [[Daniel Menche]], [[Electronic music|electronic]] groups such as [[Lesbians On Ecstasy]], [[Les Georges Leningrad]] and [[Books on Tape]], and [[Indie (music)|indie]] favourites [[The Unicorns]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.alien8recordings.com/releases | title= Alien8 Recordings: Releases | publisher = Alien8recordings.com | accessdate=2007-08-13}}</ref> It is also affiliated with two sub-labels, [[Fancy Recordings]] and [[Substractif]]. ==Discography== Alien8 Recordings has released over 85 recordings, as of 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.discogs.com/label/Alien8+Recordings | title= Alien8 Recordings | publisher = Discogs.com | accessdate=2008-02-02}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! # ! Artist ! Recording ! Notes |- | ALIENCD 001 | [[Merzbow]] | [[Akasha Gulva]] | |- | ALIENCD 002 | [[Aube (band)|Aube]] | [[Cardiac Strain]] | Limited to 666 copies. |- | ALIENCD 003 | [[Keiji Haino]] | [[So, Black Is Myself]] | |- | ALIENCD 004 | [[Merzbow]] | [[Space Metalizer]] | |- | ALIENCD 005 | [[David Kristian]] | [[Cricklewood]] | |- | ALIENCD 006 | [[Aube (band)|Aube]] / [[Knurl]] | [[Split]] | Limited to 500 copies. |- | ALIENCD 007 | [[Masonna]] | [[Frequence LSD]] | |- | ALIENCD 008 | [[David Kristian]] / [[Sian]] | [[Tacoma Narrows / Someday Anywhere]] | Limited to 500 copies. |- | ALIENCD 009 | [[M.S.B.R]] / [[Kengo Tuchi]] | [[One]] | |- | ALIENCD 010 | [[Merzbow]] | [[Aqua Necromancer]] | |- | ALIENCD 011 | [[Loren Mazzacane Connors]] | [[In Twighligh]] | |- | ALIENCD 012 | [[Knurl]] | [[Tours]] | Limited to 100 copies. |- | ALIENCD 013 | [[Alexandre St-Onge]] | [[Image / Négation]] | |- | ALIENCD 014 | Various | [[Coalescence]] | |- | ALIENCD 015 | [[David Kristian]] | [[Woodworking]] | |- | ALIENCD 016 | [[David Kristian]] | [[Beneath the Valley of the Modulars]] | |- | ALIENCD 017 | [[Merzbow]] | [[Door Open At 8AM]] | |- | ALIENCD 018 | [[Bastard Noise]] | [[The Analysis of Self-Destruction]] | |- | ALIENCD 019 | [[David Kristian]] | [[Room Tone]] | |- | ALIENCD 020 | [[Francisco López (musician)|Francisco Lopez]] | [[Untitled #104]] | |- | ALIENLP 021 | [[Aube (band)|Aube]] | [[Sensorial Inducement]] | Limited to 500 copies. |- | ALIENCD 022 | [[Shalabi Effect]] | [[Shalabi Effect]] | |- | ALIENCD 023 | [[Tomas Jirku]] | [[Variants]] | |- | ALIENCD 024 | [[Monstre]] | [[Sucre 3]] | |- | ALIENCD 025 | [[Christof Migone]] | [[Quieting]] | |- | ALIENCD 026 | [[Artificial Memory Trace]] / [[Brume]] | [[1st Encounter]] | |- | ALIENCD 027 | [[Keiji Haino]] | [[Abandon all Words At A Stroke So That Prayer Can Come Spilling]] | |- | ALIENCD 028 | [[Kristian, Shalabi, St-Onge]] | [[Kristian, Shalabi, St-Onge]] | |- | ALIENCD 029 | [[Sam Shalabi]] | [[On Hashish]] | |- | ALIENCD 030 | [[Set Fire to Flames]] | [[Sings Reign Rebuilder]] | |- | ALIENCD 031 | [[Francisco López (musician)|Francisco Lopez]] | [[Untitled #123]] | |- | ALIENCD 032 | [[Shalabi Effect]] | [[Trial of St-Orange]] | |- | ALIENLP 033 | [[Tanakh (band)|Tanakh]] | [[Villa Claustrophobia]] | |- | ALIENCD 034 | [[Acid Mothers Temple]] | [[Electric Heavyland]] | |- | ALIENCD 035 | [[Francisco López (musician)|Francisco Lopez]] | [[Addy En El Pais De Las Frutas Y Los Chunches]] | |- | ALIENCD 036 | [[Daniel Menche]] | [[Beautiful Blood]] | |- | ALIENCD 037 | [[Sam Shalabi]] | [[Osama]] | |- | ALIENCD 038 | [[Merzbow]] | [[Animal Magnetism]] | |- | ALIENCD 039 | [[Set Fire to Flames]] | [[Telegraphs In Negative / Mouths Trapped In Static]] | |- | ALIENCD 040 | [[Soft Canyon]] | [[Broken Spirit, I Will Mend Your Wings]] | |- | ALIENLP 041 | [[The Unicorns]] | [[Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?]] | |- | ALIENCD 042 | [[Shalabi Effect]] | [[Pink Abyss]] | |- | ALIENCD 043 | [[Tanakh (band)|Tanakh]] | [[Dieu Deuil]] | |- | ALIENCD 044 | [[Acid Mothers Temple And The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.*]] | [[Mantra Of Love]] | |- | ALIENCD 045 | [[Les Georges Leningrad]] | [[Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou]] | |- | ALIENCD 046 | [[Molasses (band)|Molasses]] | [[Trouble at Jinx Hotel]] | |- | ALIENCD 047 | [[Tim Hecker]] | [[Mirages]] | |- | ALIENCD 048 | [[Tanakh (band)|Tanakh]] | [[Tanakh]] | |- | ALIENCD 049 | [[Les Georges Leningrad]] | [[Sur les Traces de Black Eskimo]] | |- | ALIENCD 050 | [[Mecha Fixes Clock]] | [[Orbiting With Screwdrivers]] | |- | ALIENCD 051 | [[Lesbians on Ecstasy]] | [[Lesbians on Ecstasy]] | |- | ALIENCD 052 | [[Et Sans]] | [[Par Noussss Touss Les Trous De Vos Cranes!]] | |- | ALIENCD 053 | [[Various]] | [[Blank Field]] | |- | ALIENCD 054 | [[Francisco López (musician)|Francisco Lopez]] | [[Live In Montreal]] | |- | ALIENCD 055 | [[Kiss Me Deadly]] | [[Amoreux Cosmiques]] | |- | ALIENCD 056 | [[Lesbians on Ecstasy]] | [[Giggles In The Dark]] | |- | ALIENCD 057 | [[Kiss Me Deadly]] | [[Misty Medly]] | |- | ALIENCD 058 | [[Nadja]] | [[Truth Becomes Death]] | |- | ALIENCD 059 | [[Hall Ranaldo Hooker]] | [[Oasis Of Whispers]] | |- | ALIENCD 060 | [[Books on Tape]] | [[Dinosaur Dinosaur]] | |- | ALIENCD 061 | [[Shalabi Effect]] | [[Unfortunately]] | |- | ALIENCD 062 | [[Acid Mothers Temple]] | [[Starless And The Bible Black Sabbath]] | |- | ALIENCD 063 | [[Tanakh (band)|Tanakh]] | [[Ardent Fevers]] | |- | ALIENCD 064 | [[Francisco López (musician)|Francisco Lopez]] | [[Untitled #180]] | |- | ALIENCD 065 | [[Think About Life]] | [[Think About Life]] | |- | ALIENCD 066 | [[Tim Hecker]] | [[Radio Amor]] | |- | ALIENCD 067 | [[Nadja]] | [[Touched]] | |- | ALIENCD 069 | [[Lesbians On Ecstasy]] | [[We Know You Know]] | |- | ALIENLP 069 | [[Lesbians On Ecstasy]] | [[We Know You Know]] | |- | ALIENCD 070 | [[Alexandre St-Onge]] | [[Mon Animal Est Possible]] | |- | ALIENCD 071 | [[Torngat]] | [[You Could Be]] | |- | ALIENCD 072 | [[Nadja]] | [[Radiance of Shadows]] | |- | ALIENCD 073 | [[CPC Gangbangs]] | [[Mutilation Nation]] | |- | ALIENLP 073 | [[CPC Gangbangs]] | [[Mutilation Nation]] | |- | ALIENCD 074 | [[Sam Shalabi]] | [[Eid]] | |- | ALIENCD 075 | [[Menace Ruine]] | [[Cult of Ruins]] | |- | ALIENCDR 001 | [[Dreamcatcher]] | [[Holysmokes: Live At CKUT 90.3 FM]] | |- | FANCYCD 001 | [[Molasses (band)|Molasses]] | [[You'll Never Be Well No More]] | |- | FANCYCD 002 | [[Molasses (band)|Molasses]] | [[Trilogie: Toil And Peaceful Life]] | |- | FANCYCD 003 | [[Hrsta]] | [[L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable]] | |- | FANCYCD 004 | [[Empty House Coopearative]] | | |- | FANCYCD 005 | [[Molasses (band)|Molasses]] | [[A Slow Messe]] | |- | FANCYCD 006 | [[Sloth Is The Love]] | | |- | SUBSF 001 | [[Mitchell Akiyama]] | [[Hope That Lines Don't Cross]] | |- | SUBSF 002 | [[Tomas Jirku]] | [[Immaterial (album)|Immaterial]] | |- | SUBSF 003 | [[Tim Hecker]] | [[Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again]] | |- | SUBSF 004 | [[Tim Hecker]] | [[My Love Is Rotten To The Core]] | |- | SUBSF 005 | [[Polmo Polpo]] | [[The Science Of Breath]] | |- | SUBSF 007 | [[Daniel Menche]] | [[Eye On The Steel]] | |} == References== {{reflist}} == See also == * [[List of record labels]] ==External links== * [http://www.alien8recordings.com Official website] [[Category:Record labels established in 1996]] [[Category:Quebec record labels]] [[Category:Canadian record labels]] [[Category:Independent record labels]] [[Category:Noise music record labels]] [[Category:Experimental music record labels]] [[fr:Alien8 Recordings]]