Machine Records

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Machine Records
Founded 2001
Founder Dan Haines
Genre Electronic
IDM
Drum'n'bass
Country of origin UK
Location Cardiff
Official website http://www.machine-records.com/

Machine Records is an independent record label specialising in electronic music. It was set up in 2001 in Cardiff, Wales and is currently run from Wellington, New Zealand.

In March 2005, it was voted 'Best Label' in the Welsh Music Awards, creating the most visible sign of Cardiff's thriving underground electronic scene. The majority of artists involved with the label are Welsh or have a strong Welsh connection.

Between October 2003 and September 2006, the label ran a monthly night in Cardiff called 'Terminal' featuring live sets from electronic acts. This included artists from the label's roster, as well as guests such as Chris Clark (Warp Records), Cylob (Rephlex), Yellotone (AI Records), Nathan Fake (Border Community), Schneider TM, Dogmixer, Random Number (Highpoint Lowlife), Kansas City Prophets (Seed Records), and others.

The label has had close associations with the Access Tonal Communications collective, High Quality Recordings, Fourier Transform, and Post Office Records, all of which are also Welsh based or Welsh in origin. These labels together define 21st century electronic/experimental music in Wales, which is largely dominated by guitar-based indie-rock and haircut metal as typified by the Manic Street Preachers or Funeral for a Friend.

To date, Machine Records has 40 releases, featuring music by over 20 artists, in its catalogue. Machine Records tracks have had airplay from Huw Stephens, Bethan Elfyn and Rob da Bank on BBC Radio 1, Mixing It on Radio 3, Adam Walton on BBC Radio Wales, and on Resonance FM, The Selector, Radio Active and a host of Internet-based Radio shows.

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Cat. Artist Title
MR07/ATC THE HIDDEN PERSUADER Electrocratic
MR07/026 LIFTING GEAR ENGINEER Jumble Heads
MR06/025 BLOKE Tears Of The Broken Warrior
MR06/024 ANATOMIST In Fading Light EP
MR06/023 REDFALLS If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now
MR06/022 EAKUI Keremkerem EP
DMR06/012 ODDSKOOL 'Micro Jackson'
MR06/021 LIFTING GEAR ENGINEER Fridges Of Nature EP
MR06/020 STABMASTER VINYL Strictly Bollocks EP
MR06/019 ODDSKOOL Two Ways To Listen
MR06/018 ACCESS TONAL COMMUNICATIONS The Struggle Against Ourselves
MR06/017 MACHINE.MIX 1 mixed by ANATOMIST
DMR06/011 ORCOP 'Tyrant Human King'
DMR05/010 ODDSKOOL 'Monostril'
DMR05/009 BLOKE 'Untitled'
MR05/016 SHAUN ROBERT Tape Machine Swan Song
DMR05/008 THE INSTRUMENT PANEL 'Everybody Do Dat Ding'
MR05/015 STEREO MINUS ONE 5.wav
MR05/014 LIFTING GEAR ENGINEER Brain Holiday
DMR05/007 LIFTING GEAR ENGINEER 'Rainly Mainly'
DMR05/006 JOHN BARNES '1 Before 3'
MR05/v001 ORCOP Diablo and Drum [12" Vinyl]
DMR05/005 ORCOP 'Impetus'/'Menemy'
DMR05/004 ACCESS TONAL COMMUNICATIONS 'Deconstruction Theory'
DMR05/003 REDFALLS '5 Mile Drop'
DMR05/002 LIFTING GEAR ENGINEER 'Cables Pt. 1'
MR04/013 MIDDLEKID Worry Wires & Digital Scraps
DMR04/001 FUMEZOMBIE 'The Good Fight'
MR04/012 FUMEZOMBIE Amongst Unequals
MR04/011 VARIOUS ARTISTS machine.music 2
MR04/010 ANATOMIST Violence Is Its Own Reward
MR04/009 SUPERIMPOZER Lines Of Flight
MR04/008 JR and THE INSTRUMENT PANEL Radio Dada 3
MR04/007 STEREO MINUS ONE Totl.
MR04/006 SUPERIMPOZER VS. ANATOMIST Psy-Ops EP/Material Witness EP
MR03/005 THE INSTRUMENT PANEL Holiday on Earth
MR03/004 VARIOUS ARTISTS metal.machine music
MR02/003 STEREO MINUS ONE He Made Strange Noises
MR01/002 STEREO MINUS ONE Lie Alone On The Floor Wearing Headphones
MR01/001 STEREO MINUS ONE The Sound Inside Sound

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