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SR is a DIY netlabel, bringing you many MP3 releases and the occasional handmade physical release, for your tactile pleasure. Most of our catalogue is freely available as 128kbps MP3s, or you can buy high quality audio via BandCamp and physical versions from this site. Artists retain all copyrights and ownership of their material; we are civilised after all. This is no business - we are artists and musicians ourselves. We love music.

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July 2011: NEW RELEASE: Stray Dog City 'Spitemask'

Stray Dog City 'Spitemask'

Stray Dog City unleash another bass-heavy journey into the darker recesses of the urban environment. Glamourous unglamour.

'Spitemask' is now available from BandCamp, more details here.


June 2011: NEW RELEASE: Compsey Tribunal 'The Compsey Tribunal Music Group'

Compsey Tribunal 'The Compsey Tribunal Music Group'

Finally, Compsey's debut album is remastered and available as a free download from here.


MUTATE track included on Electronic Musik's Fifth Compilation (Em146)...

Electronic Musik's Fifth Compilation

An exclusive MUTATE track 'Waif' is included on the latest Electronic Musik label sampler - download it here. Electronic Musik is an excellent netlabel and Ian has put out several MUTATE releases so far - please check them out here. Many thanks Ian !

May 2011: NEW RELEASE: Stray Dog City 'Ziff'

Stray Dog City 'Ziff'

Latest EP and first release on SR from Stray Dog City, 'Ziff' is now available from BandCamp, more details here. Stray Dog City is the alternative/dark/dub project of Ade Bordicott (MUTATE, AFWF, Compsey Tribunal, Odeama) and Milk (Mekano Set, Odeama, Abstinence and Sensibility).


NEW RELEASE: Thee Moths 'Soundcloudbusting'

Thee Moths 'Soundcloudbusting'

Another first, here is the latest album from Thee Moths. The physical release will be available asap - details here.


NEW RELEASE: Stray Dog City 'Dabeno'

Stray Dog City 'Dabeno'

Not satisfied with just one release, Stray Dog City have furnished us with another EP! 'Dabeno' is now available from BandCamp, more details here.

February 2011: NEW RELEASE: And Fate Was Foolish 'Alpha'



Debut EP from And Fate Was Foolish, 'Alpha' is now available free to download from here and here. And Fate Was Foolish is the alternative/punk/metal project of Black Country artists Mo (Bloodbath Picnic Heroine, Cascade of Darkness), Ade Bordicott (MUTATE, Compsey Tribunal, Odeama, Stray Dog City) and Dan Stinton (Cascade of Darkness). Physical copies only available at performances.


NEW RELEASE: Colossus Institute 'Colossus Institute'



We bring you Stourbridge indie rockers, Colossus Institute's self-titled EP, free to download. There may be a physical release in the tubes too, but in the meantime, help yourself to it here.


NEW RELEASE: Compsey Tribunal 'Drill and Preparation'

Compsey Tribunal 'Drill and Preparation'

Taken from a very early CT session, 'Drill and Preparation' includes material never before heard outside of our archive. An early version of 'Would you like to sleep with me' is here, along with unique improvisations such as 'Tallulah Gristle no new taxes'. The raw, early CT sound.


NEW RELEASE: Seņor Citizen 'Pieces'

Seņor Citizen 'Pieces'

Whilst preparing for a gig at Birmingham's Cafe One, SC recorded a session the night before. The normal context of SC is total improvisation. For this release however, SC member Ade Bordicott has used that rehearsal as raw material, sculpting it in order to throw a different light on the subject.
January 2011: MUTATE track on Volume 3 of Nektar 2017...

Nektar 2017 Vol 3

The MUTATE track, 'Subsonic Temple' from With Intent, appears on the latest edition of this fantastic on-line compilation series. Nektar 2017 Volume 3 is available to download here. As ever, many thanks to Ed!

July 2010: NEW RELEASE: Bloodbath Picnic Heroin 'The Sado-Ritual Syndrome'

Bloodbath Picnic Heroin 'The Sado-Ritual Syndrome'

Bloodbath Picnic Heroin's 'The Sado-Ritual Syndrome' is remastered and available as a handmade physical release from here, or you can purchase the high quality download edition from BandCamp. The is mid-era material, including such classics as 'Gerald' and 'ABP'. Not to be missed!

November 2010: MUTATE track in latest ROBO CAST episode...

ROBO CAST

A MUTATE track, 'Trapped' appears in episode #46 of the excellent ROBO CAST podcast - get it here. Many thanks ROBO CAST!
October 2010: MUTATE mentioned in Mekano Set interview...

Soundsphere

MUTATE gets a mention in a Mekano Set interview in the latest edition of on-line magazine, Soundsphere. Read it here.
June 2010: NEW RELEASE: MUTATE 'With Intent'

     

MUTATE's new EP, 'With Intent' is now available. Buy the physical release here, or download the lofi mp3 version here.

May 2010: SR artists appear on Volume 2 of Necktar 2017...



Tracks from several of our artists appear on Volume 2 of Necktar 2017. The set of themes for this edition are 'Random / Perception / Cycles : Reproduction'. Two MUTATE tracks, 'Trapped' (from the impending 'With Intent' EP) and an excerpt from 'The End of Bees' are included on this compilation. Also tracks from Glaciate (Ade Bordicott), Stray Dog City and Odeama. Download it here. Artwork and links to the other artists on the compilation can be found at the same url. Many thanks Ed!


MUTATE's impending EP, 'With Intent', is on its' way... artwork and mastering is almost complete. Plans are already well down the road regarding the next two EP's on SR, with 'DUBD' planned for 2011 and an EP of post-punk groovers after that. Anything could happen.
September 2009: NEW RELEASE: MUTATE 'The End of Bees'

     

Second release from MUTATE, 'The End of Bees' EP is now available on CDR and free download. This is a one-take improvised guitar drone, which shifts around so as to be constantly developing, whilst always maintaining its 'form'. Check it out here, download it here.


MUTATE track on latest Brumcast...



A MUTATE track, 'I used matches' appears on Brumcast 131. Download it here and check out the Brumcast Myspace page here. Many thanks to Chris!
September 2008: NEW RELEASE: MUTATE 'Homunculus'

     

MUTATE's long awaited first release, four-track EP 'Homunculus' is now available as a handmade CDR and free download. Check it out here, download it here.


NEW RELEASE: Halon 1301 'The Legacy Systems Integration Program'

   

Halon 1301's album 'The Legacy Systems Integration Program' has been remastered and is available on CDR. Hoorah!


NEW RELEASE: Cascade of Darkness 'Of Poisoned Minds and Sinful Men'

'Of Poisoned Minds and Sinful Men' is the second release from Cascade of Darkness - a slab of pure thrash from The Black Country - guaranteed to blister ANYTHING. Check it out here.
January 2008: Cascade of Darkness have videos on YouTube, for your viewing pleasure and edification.
August 2008: Erstwhile Stray Dogs Martin Taylor and Ade Bordicott got together recently for some random jams and inadvertantly came away with three new Stray Dog City tracks - the first material from that project since '98. You can listen to a couple of the tracks, 'Working on a New Story' and 'What You Upto?' here.
PRODUCT - free EP download...

 

PRODUCT is what Mark C (Compsey Tribunal) and Ade Bordicott (Compsey Tribunal, Stray Dog City) did between 2005 and 2007. There's a free download EP of rehearsals here and a MySpace page here. A physical release of the EP is also available.

Custodian:

Custodian was the metal behemoth out of which grew Bloodbath Picnic Heroine. Featuring members of BPH and Cascade of Darkness, prepare thyself for the onslaught because we have two albums and a live recording to release asap.


Nerveflower / Phobic International:

Nerveflower / Phobic International were the electronica/EBM projects of Jamie Wyld, another artist originally from the Black Country. We have his 1997 release 'Primary Second' and some Phobic International tracks which we'll be preparing for release asap.

Nation of Soul:

Whilst Mark C was providing pimp guitars in Compsey Tribunal, he was also frontman/guitarist to indie rockers Nation of Soul. We have an albums worth of tracks. Dare us to release it.
BPH:

Along with the release of Bloodbath Picnic Heroin's 'The Sado-Ritual Syndrome', we have video footage of a rehearsal and their final gig. No doubt some of this footage will find its' way onto Youtube. Again, very exciting news!
Compsey Tribunal:

Now that TCTMG is remastered, we still have the long-awaited 'Doing the Bins - out-takes and rehursals 2000-2001' and 'Buggered to Death' - yet more grist to the mill.

In fact, there's tons of stuff on tape which we'll be going through to find the best sounding tracks for release. This will include material from all ages of Compsey, so there'll be a good spread of old and new. Much of the latter material can only be found on these rehearsal tapes.

PRODUCT:

As with many of our artists, we have in our archives a lot of rehearsal tapes - this is no different for PRODUCT. We will be scouring the archive for unheard tracks, remastering and releasing them, as and when. Stay tuned.

We've dug out the old 4-track and if it still works, we'll have at least one extra track from the Halon 'Legacy Systems' session.
There's a boat load of NOISEBASTARD tapes to transfer to CD, so they'll be happening at some point.

Stray Dog City 'Spitemask'
Stray Dog City
'Spitemask'


Compsey Tribunal 'The Compsey Tribunal Music Group'
Compsey Tribunal
'The Compsey Tribunal Music Group'


Stray Dog City 'Dabeno'
Stray Dog City
'Dabeno'


Stray Dog City 'Ziff'
Stray Dog City
'Ziff'


Seņor Citizen 'Pieces'
Thee Moths
'Soundcloudbusting'


Seņor Citizen 'Pieces'
Seņor Citizen
'Pieces'


Compsey Tribunal 'Drill and Preparation'
Compsey Tribunal
'Drill and Preparation'


Colossus Institute 'Colossus Institute'
Colossus Institute
'Colossus Institute'


And Fate Was Foolish 'Alpha'
And Fate Was Foolish
'Alpha'


MUTATE 'With Intent'
MUTATE
'With Intent'


Bloodbath Picnic Heroin 'The Sado-Ritual Syndrome'
Bloodbath Picnic Heroin
'The Sado-Ritual Syndrome'


MUTATE 'The End of Bees'
MUTATE
'The End of Bees'


Halon 1301 'The Legacy Systems Integration Program'
Halon 1301
'The Legacy Systems Integration Program'


MUTATE 'Homunculus'
MUTATE
'Homunculus'


Cascade of Darkness 'World of Drones'
Cascade of Darkness
'World of Drones'


PRODUCT 'Rehearsal Tape'
PRODUCT
'Rehearsal Tape'


Compsey Tribunal 'Would you like to sleep with me?'
Compsey Tribunal
'Would you like to sleep with me?'



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