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Guest Mix: Slumberland Records
A little mix I put together for Get Bent featuring such typical C86-obsessed twee luminaries as Unsane, Head of David, Bastards and Drunk Tank.
Today we’ve got a guest mix from Mike Schulman of Slumberland Records, who is responsible for putting out some of the most solid and noisy pop we know. If you’re not familiar with the label, well, get acquainted! If you like the mix, download it here. Check out our other mixes here or on 8tracks.
When Get Bent asked me to do a playlist, I’d been spending a lot of time listening to and thinking about some of the great noise records that formed such a huge part of my listening diet back in the late 80s when I started playing music, forming bands and started Slumberland…
Posted on February 2, 2012 via GET BENT! with 18 notes
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have been enjoying...mix and recommend
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Slumberland began operations in 1989 as a collective effort consisting of members of DC area bands Velocity Girl, Big Jesus Trash Can/Whorl, Black Tambourine and Powderburns. We were inspired by such musical happenings as C-86, early Creation, Postcard, K, Bus Stop, lower East Side noise, and also the renegade art aesthetics of people like Cage, Burroughs and Duchamp. We were complete musical neophytes but so pumped-up about all the amazing things going on in post-punk independent music that we just had to jump in.
The explosion of punk had left behind a thriving network of 'zines, labels and distributors and we felt that there was room for our noise-loving, pop-obsessed aesthetic. While there were loads of US indie labels releasing a steady stream of 7"s, there wasn't much pop going on. Notable exceptions included Bus Stop, K and Picture Book, and we hoped to join that group and help chisel out some space for melodies amongst the noise.
Early releases from Velocity Girl and Black Tambourine struck a note, and we found like-minded popsters getting in touch from all over the world. As we expanded the label roster and our own horizons, the goal was always to bring you great songs and interesting sounds from a range of styles. And so it continues over twenty years later and 150+ releases later. We still get excited about listening to and sharing new music, and hope to be delivering sublime slabs of pop beauty for many years to come.
