Seed Records

Seed Records 1972-1981

Seed Records was a record label started by Paul Clark in 1972. The label ran until circa 1981, when he started Minstrel's Voyage Music. Seed Records was distributed by Word Records and ABC Records.

Seed Records early-mid 90's

Seed Records was a short-lived American independent record label owned by Atlantic Records.^[1][2] The label has released music by artists such as Tumbleweed, Madder Rose, Leatherface, The Nightblooms, Ivy, Television Personalities, The Pooh Sticks, The Earthmen, and The Pastels.

Seed Records 1999-present

A London based record label also named Seed Records was set up in 1999 by Rich Bevan and Joshu Doherty of electronica duo Posthuman. Posthuman also promoted a series of events called 'Seed Showcases', including UnderLondonGround, held in the disused underground Aldwych tube station. Artists that played these events included the label's roster, alongside guests such as Aphex Twin, Alison Goldfrapp, Richard X, Plaid, Luke Vibert, T.Rauschmeire, Funkstörung, Mark Moore and many more.

Joshu Doherty left Seed in late 2006, turning over control to Bruce, who had been involved with the label and live events for several years. He is faithfully continuing the label's modus operandi "To Seed, to Grow" of promoting unknown and up & coming acts by releasing their music alongside that of established artists.

The original roster of artists who released music on Seed includes Cursor Miner, Ardisson, Kansas City Prophets, The Doubtful Guest, Digitonal, and Posthuman. A number of these acts have now gone on to sign deals with larger labels.

Seed's current roster includes Zombi, Legowelt, Tobias Schmidt, Antoni Maiovvi, EYES, Skitanja and others including Italo disco producer Alexander Robotnick and world-renowned techno artists Mark Verbos and Neil Landstrumm. As of 2010, the quirky folktronica duo Sleeps In Oysters, Antoni Maiovvi, The Dagger Brothers and 8Bitch (aka Nightwave) were the latest signings to the label. Bastard pop bootleggers, Frenchbloke & Son, have also put out a cassette and USB release with the label.

Sleeps in Oysters second album, Lo!, was released during April 2011. The first 50 editions came with animal masks and sewing kits. Antoni Maiovvi's double album of lost TV OSTs entitled 'Battlestar Transreplica / Trial By Bullet' was released worldwide on 5 September 2011. The first fifty editions of this record came with a Maurizio Merli / Maiovvi t-shirt.

Hot Doctor by The Dagger Brothers was released on 5 March 2012. Remixes were to be provided by Nightwave and Sleeps in Oysters. The special editions came with a 'Singalong a Dagger Brothers' song sheet.

In April 2012, Sleeps in Oysters, put out 'Don't Drum For Other Girls,' a special edition single with remixes by Christ and Diasonic. The Strangest Pet contributed spoken word and Madrid's Carlos Saez produced and directed the video.

The debut album 'Paperships' by Berlin/Bristol duo The Cold Hand was released in May 2012. They have described their music as Funeral Folk.

Australia's, 'The Night Terrors,' released the Monster / Lasers For Eyes EP with Seed in July. Antoni Maiovvi and Ash Wednesday provided remixes.

On 5 November 2012, Seed distributed the final album of the legendary Japanese games music producer Kazuki Sakata.

Halloween 2013 saw the release of The Dagger Brothers' new album 'Bwananapple.' The record comes as a ltd edition USB with songs about Bruce Willis and a lyric sheet. It also included the 'Beast Tour 2009' rockumentary filmed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2012 and which didn't include any footage of Daniel Kitson.

October 16, 2015, Seed put out a limited edition of 100 10" vinyls by Rutger Hauser and Eftus Spectun. This was a joint release with The Lumen Lake and Void of Ovals.

Many of the Seed Records releases are highly limited in number and sought after by collectors and completists. The main genres covered by the label are electronica, techno, post-rock, and IDM. That said, you never really know what you are going to get on a release by release basis.

An A-Z of artists who have released music with Seed Records:

[snyzch] 65daysofstatic 8Bitch (Nightwave) Alexander Robotnick Andreas Tilliander Antoni Maiovvi Ardisson Arthur Mittens Bauri Black E (Cristian Vogel and Ben Mallot) Capracara Cold Fusion Mafia Company Fuck Cursor Miner Dave Tarrida dDamage Debasser Derehctub Dethscalator Digitonal Dressed In Wires Eftus Spectun Eyes Frenchbloke & Son Goodiepal Janos Andersson Jaques Leuder Jazzfinger Kansas City Prophets Kazuki Sakata Le Couteau Jaune Legowelt LJ Kruzer Ludvig Elbaus Machars Action Mark Verbos Mary and Polly Matkore Milanese Mokira MoQ Neil Landstrumm Ola Bergman On/Off Peachfish Plaid Posthuman Redcell Reels Romvelope Rutger Hauser Sancho Skitanja Sleeps in Oysters Snakefork Standard Planets Stendec The Cold Hand The Dagger Brothers The Doubtful Guest The Exgirlfriends The Night Terrors The Shepardtones The Video Age Tobias Schmidt Unit Black Flight Woody McBride Yard Zombi

Discography

The following is a list of physical releases from Seed Records. A number of download only releases were also made available from the label, some via password on the official site, others on their Bleep.com page.

References

External links

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