D-Trash Records
Encyclopedia
Formed in 1998
, Canada
's D-Trash Records started as an online collective by members of Cpuwar and DJ Rabies as the beginnings of an international network of electronic music
artists.
In 2000, the group formed into an official record label, headed by D-Trash artist Schizoid, the label now releasing professionally pressed CD releases for sale in stores; as well, continuing the practice of putting full-length albums online for free MP3 download, along with full artwork.
The label's material was picked up for a North American distribution deal with infamous German label Digital Hardcore Recordings
, with many D-Trash artists also appearing on the 3xCD DHR compilation "Don't Fuck With Us". Many artists recording for D-Trash Records have some kind of tie to the Digital Hardcore
style of music, known for its extreme combinations of electronic, punk
, metal
and noise music
elements, and the label has become known for its championing of the genre. Some artists have released on D-Trash Records after releasing on DHR, such as Panic DHH, Fidel Villeneuve (aka The Bureau De Change), and Heartworm
.
The record label has received regular airplay on Canada's national radio network, The CBC
, which broadcasts Brave New Waves
, an eclectic mix of experimental material - In 2005 and 2006, D-Trash Records music and interview material were featured as the main artists of an episode; as well, BNW asked labelhead Schizoid to perform at their 20-year anniversary live celebration, and later broadcast this set. The band has received acclaimed reviews from mainstream and independent music magazines such as Kerrang, Rock Sound
, Terrorizer
, The Wire
.
In 2008, the D-Trash released "DTRASH100: D-Trash Records' Music Videos", the first DVD for the label, celebrating its 100th release milestone and its 10th year of operations. The label's office is located in Toronto, Canada.
Recent bands signed and released on D-Trash Records include: Schizoid, 64Revolt, The Art Of Seppuku, Babylon Disco, Boy+Girl, BlipVert, Candiru, Cloning Experiment Failure, Contra, DexAndTheCity, Digital By Birth, DK Dance, DDT, Drugzilla, Eraplee Noisewall, Orchestra, Faux Pride, Feuh!, The First Seed, The Gigglin Dildas, Grrzzz, Hansel, Himiko, Hyperdriver, Jul!e D:Stroy, Junkie Kut, Knar, MataMachete, The M.E.M.O.R.Y. Lab, Mind Disruption, Mr. Genetor, The Named, No Brigade, Not Half, Nwodtlem, Oxygenfad, Phallus Uber Alles
, The Phoeron, Princesse Rotative, Robot(A), Subvert Punx, Tuareg Geeks, VXXXK.
Other bands that have recorded for D-Trash Records include: Ambassador 21
, All Out Assault, Asure, Avorza, Bastards United, B57 / CPUWar, The Bureau De Change, Celebrity Dead, Cutting Pink With Knives, CTRLer, DHC Meinhof, DJ Rabies, Emergency Instructions, Enapa, ENSC, Evestus, Exist, Extasick, F_Noise, Hatestar, Heartworm, Hercklekot, John Merrick's Project, Klubkuttaz, Megatron, noCore, Noize Punishment, Panic DHH, Permanent Frost, Punish Yourself
, Redlevel Terrorism, Refuzer, Refuzer Vs. Schizoid, Sangre, Renegade Android, Secret Life Of Teenage Girls, The Shizit
, Stunt Rock, Unitus, Zymotic.
1998 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
's D-Trash Records started as an online collective by members of Cpuwar and DJ Rabies as the beginnings of an international network of electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
artists.
In 2000, the group formed into an official record label, headed by D-Trash artist Schizoid, the label now releasing professionally pressed CD releases for sale in stores; as well, continuing the practice of putting full-length albums online for free MP3 download, along with full artwork.
The label's material was picked up for a North American distribution deal with infamous German label Digital Hardcore Recordings
Digital Hardcore Recordings
Digital Hardcore Recordings is a record label set up in 1994 by Alec Empire, Joel Amaretto and Pete Lawton. Most of the music is recorded in Berlin, though the label is based in London where the records are mastered and manufactured...
, with many D-Trash artists also appearing on the 3xCD DHR compilation "Don't Fuck With Us". Many artists recording for D-Trash Records have some kind of tie to the Digital Hardcore
Digital hardcore
Digital hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk incorporating influences from electronic music. Digital hardcore fuses elements of hardcore punk with various forms of electronic music...
style of music, known for its extreme combinations of electronic, punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
and noise music
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
elements, and the label has become known for its championing of the genre. Some artists have released on D-Trash Records after releasing on DHR, such as Panic DHH, Fidel Villeneuve (aka The Bureau De Change), and Heartworm
Heartworm
Heartworm is a parasitic roundworm that is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. The heartworm is a type of filaria, a small thread-like worm. The definitive host is the dog but it can also infect cats, wolves, coyotes, foxes and other animals, such as ferrets, sea lions and...
.
The record label has received regular airplay on Canada's national radio network, The CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
, which broadcasts Brave New Waves
Brave New Waves
Brave New Waves was a Canadian radio program which aired on CBC Stereo, later known as CBC Radio 2, from 1984 to 2007. Airing weeknights from midnight to 4 a.m., the show profiled alternative and indie music and culture, including film, comics, literature and art...
, an eclectic mix of experimental material - In 2005 and 2006, D-Trash Records music and interview material were featured as the main artists of an episode; as well, BNW asked labelhead Schizoid to perform at their 20-year anniversary live celebration, and later broadcast this set. The band has received acclaimed reviews from mainstream and independent music magazines such as Kerrang, Rock Sound
Rock Sound
Rock Sound is a British magazine which champions rock music. The magazine aims at being more "underground" and less commercial, whilst also giving coverage to more well known acts.-History:...
, Terrorizer
Terrorizer
Terrorizer is an American grindcore and death metal band formed in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. After disbanding, its members gained recognition by playing in influential extreme metal bands, such as Morbid Angel , Napalm Death and Nausea...
, The Wire
The Wire (magazine)
The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music...
.
In 2008, the D-Trash released "DTRASH100: D-Trash Records' Music Videos", the first DVD for the label, celebrating its 100th release milestone and its 10th year of operations. The label's office is located in Toronto, Canada.
Recent bands signed and released on D-Trash Records include: Schizoid, 64Revolt, The Art Of Seppuku, Babylon Disco, Boy+Girl, BlipVert, Candiru, Cloning Experiment Failure, Contra, DexAndTheCity, Digital By Birth, DK Dance, DDT, Drugzilla, Eraplee Noisewall, Orchestra, Faux Pride, Feuh!, The First Seed, The Gigglin Dildas, Grrzzz, Hansel, Himiko, Hyperdriver, Jul!e D:Stroy, Junkie Kut, Knar, MataMachete, The M.E.M.O.R.Y. Lab, Mind Disruption, Mr. Genetor, The Named, No Brigade, Not Half, Nwodtlem, Oxygenfad, Phallus Uber Alles
Phallus Über Alles
Phallus Über Alles is a digital hardcore band from Bloomington, Indiana. The group combines layered female shouts, distorted beats, and punk guitars with feminist and anarcho-political lyrical themes.-Members / History:...
, The Phoeron, Princesse Rotative, Robot(A), Subvert Punx, Tuareg Geeks, VXXXK.
Other bands that have recorded for D-Trash Records include: Ambassador 21
Ambassador 21
Ambassador 21 is an Industrial/Digital Hardcore band from Minsk, Belarus. Most of AMBASSADOR21's lyrics are in Russian and English languages. AMBASSADOR21 play breakbeat hardcore / industrial / hardcore techno with punk elements.-History:...
, All Out Assault, Asure, Avorza, Bastards United, B57 / CPUWar, The Bureau De Change, Celebrity Dead, Cutting Pink With Knives, CTRLer, DHC Meinhof, DJ Rabies, Emergency Instructions, Enapa, ENSC, Evestus, Exist, Extasick, F_Noise, Hatestar, Heartworm, Hercklekot, John Merrick's Project, Klubkuttaz, Megatron, noCore, Noize Punishment, Panic DHH, Permanent Frost, Punish Yourself
Punish Yourself
Punish Yourself is a French electronic rock band best known for their stage theatrics and innovative style of industrial/punk music. They describe their style as "Fluo Cyber Punk".-Current members:...
, Redlevel Terrorism, Refuzer, Refuzer Vs. Schizoid, Sangre, Renegade Android, Secret Life Of Teenage Girls, The Shizit
The Shizit
The Shizit was a digital hardcore act from Seattle, Washington, USA, initially formed by J.P. Anderson and Brian Shrader in 1999. The music was an intense mix of gabber, breakbeat, drum and bass, hardcore techno, hardcore and heavy metal guitars, amped up with aggressive political lyrics...
, Stunt Rock, Unitus, Zymotic.