Out On A Limb Records
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Out On A Limb Records is an independent record label
, based in Limerick, Ireland.http://www.outonalimbrecords.com The label was set up in the summer of 2003 with the release of Is it OK to be loud, Jesus?, the debut album from local band giveamanakick. It was set up by Albert Twomey and Richard Bourke, both of whom were involved in the Aspersion Music Collective, a non-profit gig promoter in Limerick. They were joined by Ciarán Ryan a couple of months after that, and the three have worked on the label ever sincehttp://www.drop-d.ie/article.php?article_id=265http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2006/0310/1673051583TK1003LIMB.html
In November 2009 it was announced that Twomey would no long be involved in the label http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17471093&blogId=517423118
, Hooray For Humans, Rest (band)
, Ten Past Seven, Waiting Room & windings.
Out On A Limb catalogue is distributed in Ireland through RMG Charthttp://www.rmgchart.ie.
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
, based in Limerick, Ireland.http://www.outonalimbrecords.com The label was set up in the summer of 2003 with the release of Is it OK to be loud, Jesus?, the debut album from local band giveamanakick. It was set up by Albert Twomey and Richard Bourke, both of whom were involved in the Aspersion Music Collective, a non-profit gig promoter in Limerick. They were joined by Ciarán Ryan a couple of months after that, and the three have worked on the label ever sincehttp://www.drop-d.ie/article.php?article_id=265http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2006/0310/1673051583TK1003LIMB.html
In November 2009 it was announced that Twomey would no long be involved in the label http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17471093&blogId=517423118
Artists
Since then, the label has put out eight more albums, two split singles and digital singles from the following acts: Crayonsmith, giveamanakickGiveamanakick
Giveamanakick—typeset as giveamanakick and abbreviated as GAMAK— were an Irish rock music duo from Limerick. The two band members were Stephen Ryan , the vocalist and guitarist, and Keith Lawler , the drummer.Giveamanakick performed regularly in Ireland, toured the United Kingdom with...
, Hooray For Humans, Rest (band)
Rest (band)
Rest are an instrumental rock group from Cork, Ireland. The group's sound has evolved over the course of their existence to incorporate elements of progressive rock, tech-metal, post-rock, doom, black metal and math rock...
, Ten Past Seven, Waiting Room & windings.
Out On A Limb catalogue is distributed in Ireland through RMG Charthttp://www.rmgchart.ie.
Releases
- giveamanakick - Is it ok to be loud, Jesus? (OOAL0001, Album, 2003)
- giveamanakick/Rest split Christmas Single cdr (OOAL1.5, 2003)
- Waiting Roomhttp://www.waitingroomfun.com - Catering For Headphones (OOAL0002, Album, 2004)
- Resthttp://www.myspace.com/rest - Burning In Water, Drowning In Flame (OOAL0003, Album, 2004)
- Out On A Tour Sampler (OOAL0003.5, CDr Sampler, 2004)
- windings - windings (OOAL0004, Album, 2005)
- giveamanakick - We Are The Way Forward (OOAL0005, Album, 2005)
- Ten Past Seven - Shut Up Your Face (OOAL006, Album, 2006)
- giveamanakick/Berkeley split 7" single (OOALVS1, 2006)
- Rest - Operation: Impending Doom (OOAL0007, Mini Album, 2007)
- Hooray For Humans - Signature (OOAL0009, Digital Single, 2007)
- Hooray For Humans - Safekeeping (OOAL0008, Album, 2007)
- Crayonsmith - Lost In The Forest (OOAL0010, Digital Single, 2008)
- Crayonsmith - White Wonder (OOAL0011, Album, 2008)