Trensmat Records are an Independent record label

Independent record label

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 based in Ireland

Ireland

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. They specialise in drone

Drone (music)

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, noise music

Noise music

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, krautrock

Krautrock

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 and grooves. All releases are on 7" vinyl in very limited editions, sometimes utilising King Worldwide

King Worldwide

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 manufactured lathe records and occasionally coming with multimedia compact disks featuring audio

Music

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 and video

Video

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 with tr20 being a CD compilation of the very rare & highly sought after initial releases.

Artists associated with the label include The Telescopes

The Telescopes

The Telescopes were formed in 1987 by Stephen Lawrie and could best be described as a noise/space rock band - the Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and Spacemen 3 being influences and contemporaries.-History:...

, Mugstar

Mugstar

Mugstar are a rock band, formed in England influenced by kraut/psych/space/noise rock. Mugstar hover in the realm of Oneida and Sonic Youth, fitting well beside artists such as Pink Floyd, Neu! and Hawkwind. Since 2003 they have issued a few full lengths, a split with Mudhoney, an etched 10”,...

, AreaC, Magnetize, Heavy Winged, Circle

Circle (band)

Circle is an experimental rock band, founded in Pori, Finland in 1991. Their eclectic style is "ever changing, ever Circular", classified into genres such as progressive, Krautrock, ambient, heavy metal, speed-kraut, and avant-rock, among others...

, Astral Social Club, The Shining Path, Cave

Cave

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, Cheval Sombre, Mudhoney

Mudhoney

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, Acid Mothers Temple

Acid Mothers Temple

Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is a Japanese psychedelic band, the core of which formed in 1995. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career featured many musicians, but by 2004 the line-up had coalesced with only a few core members and frequent guest...

, White Hills

White Hills

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, Kinski

Kinski

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, Bardo Pond

Bardo Pond

Bardo Pond are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1991, and who are currently signed to London based label Fire Records. The current members are Michael Gibbons , John Gibbons , Isobel Sollenberger , Clint Takeda , Jason Kourkonis , and Aaron Igler...

Discography

• The Telescopes
  The Telescopes
  The Telescopes were formed in 1987 by Stephen Lawrie and could best be described as a noise/space rock band - the Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and Spacemen 3 being influences and contemporaries.-History:...
  
   - Night Terrors 7" (TR001) August 2006
• Mugstar
  Mugstar
  Mugstar are a rock band, formed in England influenced by kraut/psych/space/noise rock. Mugstar hover in the realm of Oneida and Sonic Youth, fitting well beside artists such as Pink Floyd, Neu! and Hawkwind. Since 2003 they have issued a few full lengths, a split with Mudhoney, an etched 10”,...
  
   - Bethany Heart Star 7" (TR002) February 2007
• The Telescopes - Psychic Viewfinder 7" (TR004) May 2007
• Area C - Trick with a Knife 7" (TR003) June 2007
• Magnetize - Noise to Signal 7" (TR005) July 2007
• Heavy Winged - On the Marble Cliffs 7" (TR006) August 2007
• Circle
  Circle (band)
  Circle is an experimental rock band, founded in Pori, Finland in 1991. Their eclectic style is "ever changing, ever Circular", classified into genres such as progressive, Krautrock, ambient, heavy metal, speed-kraut, and avant-rock, among others...
  
   - Vaahto 7" (TR007) December 2007
• The Telescopes - Another Whip 7" (TR008) December 2007
• Astral Social Club - Skelp/Ginnel 7" (TR009) April 2008
• The Shining Path - Live at the Voltaire Commune 7" (TR010) April 2008
• Cave - Live at the Voltaire Commune 7" (TR011) April 2008
• Cheval Sombre - Live at the Voltaire Commune 7" (TR012) April 2008
• Mudhoney / Mugstar - Sonic Attack (Motorheads) 7" (TR013) November 2008
• Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno
  Acid Mothers Temple
  Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is a Japanese psychedelic band, the core of which formed in 1995. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career featured many musicians, but by 2004 the line-up had coalesced with only a few core members and frequent guest...
  
  / White Hills - Sonic Attack (Psychedelic Warlords) 7" (TR014) November 2008
• Kinski / Bardo Pond - Sonic Attack (Lords of Light) 7" (TR015) November 2008
• Expo'70 - Sunglasses 7" (TR016) January 2009
• Black to Comm - Incidents 7" (TR017) January 2009
• Mugstar - Today Is the Wrong Shape 7" (TR018) August 2009
• Our Love will Destroy the World - Yellow Nirvana 7" (TR019) August 2009
• Various - Every Noise Has a Note CD LP (TR020) December 2009