Rotorelief
Encyclopedia
Rotorelief is a record label
for artists with record pressings, fine art and graphic arts editions in any format. The label seeks to propose unexpected artists and concepts, often hard to classify in the industrial
and experimental
fields.
Compact Disc :
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
for artists with record pressings, fine art and graphic arts editions in any format. The label seeks to propose unexpected artists and concepts, often hard to classify in the industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
and experimental
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
fields.
The main bands of the label
- Art&Technique (fr)
- Bela Goosy (fr)
- Brume (fr)
- Bryin DallThee MajestyIn 1998, Genesis P-Orridge was ending his association with the name Psychic TV, the band he created after the termination of Throbbing Gristle. At the same time, he began conceptualizing Thee Majesty as a spoken word-based project springing from his Splinter Test project with PTV alumnus Larry...
(us) - CoHCoH (musician)CoH is the musical alias of Ivan Pavlov , a Russian-born sound artist and engineer. He has lived in Sweden since 1995. After Pavlov moved to Sweden, he adopted the alias CoH which can be read in Cyrillic as well as in Latin alphabet and means in Russian sleep or dream...
(sue) - Coilectif / In memory ov John BalanceJohn BalanceJohn Balance , born in Mansfield, England, was the founder of the experimental music group Coil, along with his partner Peter Christopherson...
and homage to CoilCoil (band)Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be... - Current 93Current 93Current 93 is an eclectic British experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet .-Background:Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton has appeared on...
(uk) - Déficit Des Années Antérieures [DDAA] (fr)
- De Mange Machine (fr)
- Désaccord Majeur (fr)
- Étant DonnésÉtant donnésÉtant donnés is Marcel Duchamp's last major art work which surprised most of the art world who believed he'd given up art for chess almost 25 years earlier...
(fr) - Ether (us)
- Gas Anorex (fr)
- Gitanjali & The Masters Of Mystic Entertainment Vox Populi! (fr)
- Ilitch (fr)
- Jack Belsen MKB (fr)
- Jac BerrocalJac BerrocalJacques "Jac" Berrocal is a French trumpeter, singer and composer. He has been active since the 1970s in the independent and avant-garde music scene, and has released many albums. He also founded and performed in the group Catalogue, and has collaborated with Ron Anderson...
[Catalogue] (fr) - Jacques Barberi [Palo Alto] (fr)
- Laurent Pernice [Nox] (fr)
- Les Belles Noïseuses (fr)
- Le Syndicat (fr)
- Lieutenant Caramel (fr)
- Maurizio BianchiMaurizio BianchiMaurizio Bianchi is an Italian pioneer of noise music, originating from Milan.-Biography:...
(it) - Les Nouvelles Lectures Cosmopolites [NLC] (fr)
- Othila (fr)
- Pacific 231 (fr)
- Palo Alto (fr)
- Roxy EpoxyThe EpoxiesThe Epoxies were an American New Wave band from Portland, Oregon formed in 2000. Heavily influenced by punk rock and New Wave the band jokingly described themselves as robot garage rock. Members included FM Static on synthesizers, guitarist Viz Spectrum, leading lady Roxy Epoxy, bassist Shock...
(us) - SandKrautrockKrautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...
(ger) - Servovalve (fr)
- Takaaaki (jp)
- Vivenza (fr)
- Vox Populi! (fr)
Releases
Vinyl Records :- ROTOR0026 Vivenza "Réalité de l'automation directe" LP (1st September 2011)
- ROTOR0025 Les Belles Noïseuses "whither than white" LP (1st February 2011)
- ROTOR0024 Bryin DallThee MajestyIn 1998, Genesis P-Orridge was ending his association with the name Psychic TV, the band he created after the termination of Throbbing Gristle. At the same time, he began conceptualizing Thee Majesty as a spoken word-based project springing from his Splinter Test project with PTV alumnus Larry...
"Deconstructing Hank" LP (1st February 2011) - ROTOR0023 Vivenza "Modes Réels Collectifs" LP (8th November 2010)
- ROTOR0022 Pharmakustik "neurochemie" LP (7th July 2010)
- ROTOR0020 Le Syndicat "festin d'acier" LP (7th July 2010)
- ROTOR0019 Roxy EpoxyThe EpoxiesThe Epoxies were an American New Wave band from Portland, Oregon formed in 2000. Heavily influenced by punk rock and New Wave the band jokingly described themselves as robot garage rock. Members included FM Static on synthesizers, guitarist Viz Spectrum, leading lady Roxy Epoxy, bassist Shock...
"1000" EP 12" (7th July juillet 2010) - ROTOR0018 Brume "Ainsi soit-il!" LP (5th January 2010)
- ROTOR0017 Ilitch "Life out of Time" LP (5th January 2010)
- ROTOR0015 Pacific 231 & Lieutenant Caramel "Just digging the crazy art" LP (8th July 2009)
- ROTOR0014 Vivenza "Réalités Servomécaniques" LP (8th July 2009)
- ROTOR0013 Maurizio BianchiMaurizio BianchiMaurizio Bianchi is an Italian pioneer of noise music, originating from Milan.-Biography:...
/ M.B. "Persecutionem" LP (8th July 2009) - ROTOR0012 Ether "Music for air raids V2.0" LP (8th July 2009)
- ROTOR0010 Current 93Current 93Current 93 is an eclectic British experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet .-Background:Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton has appeared on...
" when the may rain comes" 12" (November 2010) - ROTOR0007 SandKrautrockKrautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...
"Desert Navigation" LP (1st September 2011) - ROTOR0006 SandKrautrockKrautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...
"Golem" LP (November 2010) - ROTOR0003 Jac BerrocalNurse with Wound listThe Nurse with Wound list is a list of 291 musicians and bands that accompanied Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella , the first album by Nurse With Wound...
, Marie FranceMarie FranceMarie-France Garcia is a French singer and actress. She is transsexual and a Parisian pop icon of the 1970s.- Biography :...
& Jack Belsen "Marie-Antoinette is not dead" 7 inch (25th November 2008) - ROTOR0002 Pacific 231 - "Ethnicities" LP (13 novembre 2006)
- ROTOR0001 CoilectifCoil (band)Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...
- "In memory ov John BalanceJohn BalanceJohn Balance , born in Mansfield, England, was the founder of the experimental music group Coil, along with his partner Peter Christopherson...
and homage to CoilCoil (band)Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...
2LP (13 novembre 2006)
Compact Disc :
- ROTORCD0026 Vivenza "Réalité de l'automation directe" CD (1st September 2011)
- ROTORCD0023 Vivenza "Modes Réels Collectifs" CD (1st September 2010)
- ROTORCD0021 CoHCoH (musician)CoH is the musical alias of Ivan Pavlov , a Russian-born sound artist and engineer. He has lived in Sweden since 1995. After Pavlov moved to Sweden, he adopted the alias CoH which can be read in Cyrillic as well as in Latin alphabet and means in Russian sleep or dream...
"Z-Rated" CD (October 2010) - ROTORCD0016 Pacific 231 & Vox Populi! "Aramesh" CD (8th July 2009)
- ROTORCD0014 Vivenza "Réalités Servomécaniques" CD (8th July 2009)
- ROTORCD0010 Current 93Current 93Current 93 is an eclectic British experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet .-Background:Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton has appeared on...
" when the may rain comes" CD (2 titles) (1st September 2010) - ROTORCD0007 SandKrautrockKrautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...
"Desert Navigation" CD (1st September 2011) - ROTORCD0006 SandKrautrockKrautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...
"Golem" CD (1st September 2010) - ROTORCD0002 Pacific 231 - "Ethnicities" CD (13th November 2006)
- ROTORCD0001 CoilectifCoil (band)Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...
- "In memory ov John BalanceJohn BalanceJohn Balance , born in Mansfield, England, was the founder of the experimental music group Coil, along with his partner Peter Christopherson...
and homage to CoilCoil (band)Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...
CD (13th November 2006)