Ache Records

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Ache Records
Parent company none
Founded 1999
Founder Andy Dixon
Genre Indie music
Country of origin Flag of Canada Canada
Location Vancouver, British Columbia
Official website http://www.acherecords.com/

Ache Records is a independent record label based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was started by musician Andy Dixon around 1999. The first release on Ache Records was Hot Hot Heat's 1999 debut, Hot Hot Heat, a four-song EP. Other notable artists to work with Ache include Death from Above 1979 and Four Tet.

Andy Dixon's first band, d.b.s., released their final album on Ache in 2001, a five song EP called Forget Everything You Know.

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[edit] Artists with albums on Ache Records

The following artists have made at least one release through Ache Records.

  • Konono N°1
  • Radio Berlin
  • The Red Light Sting
  • Piers Whyte
  • The Winks
  • Winning

[edit] DIV/ORCE 7" series

The DIV/ORCE 7" series features split 7" singles, with the musicians on both sides having different musical styles. The series began in order to challenge what Ache Records calls "finicky sub-genrifying",[1] believing instead that "underground art forms should not be defined"[2]. These 7" split releases include:

[edit] Project: Bicycle

Another interesting project of Ache Records was their compilation album Project: Bicycle. The album had eleven songs by various electronic or electro-acoustic musicians. These musicians were given a single sample of music, a recording of a bicycle recorded by Jesse Gander at Vancouver's Hive Studios, and they were tasked with composing a song using only that sample.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gorge Trio / Uske Orchestra (ACHE031) Split 7"
  2. ^ DIV/ORCE 7" series information page
  3. ^ Project: Bicycle information page

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