The list of top-notch acts that have passed through
our doors continues to grow – check out some of these:
Swound: The recordings done
here have taken Radio1 by storm. "What's your
poison" received eight plays in a three week period and
prompted Rob Da Bank to name them as one of his top five tips
for 2006 – despite them being the only unsigned band
in contention – and invited them to record them to record
their first Radio1 session on the strength of that demo.
“The production is spot-on, using the
gang vocals and three-guitar assault to maximum effect”
– check out the press this band has got here: www.swound.co.uk/press.htm
Trippin' over wah: This young
band (average age 14!) walked into Random for their first
ever studio experience and came out with three songs –
recorded and mixed in one day. The results were so strong
that they were played on Phil Jupitus' sixmusic breakfast
show. Check out their "contempory bluesy swagger with
a touch of glam".
Huw Costin: Our own Huw Costin
spent his Christmas recording his
album ‘Regrets’ (including Christmas Day, mainly
because that was the only time he could get in!) The album
– co-produced by Guy Elderfield and with a limited white
label run of just 100 – caused such a buzz in the industry
that it led to James Endercott naming it at number four in
his top songs of 2005 in the NME Yearbook – despite
it being an album!
He said: “It’s like the third Big
Star album mixed with the Stone Roses. It’s an album
– I can’t choose one track. It will make you cry.”
Plays at all the top night spots in Nottingham
followed, along with a play of the Christmas song –
Full Moon at Christmas Time – on KRCW in LA. Negotiations
continue with Wyndham Wallace's Ever Records for an August
release.
The Kull: The Kulls's 1st
single Tic Tac Toe, mixed by Guy Elderfield was released on
our own Random Recordings label and received airplay on more
than 35 radio stations nationwide.
Punish The Atom: Filthy Boy
was recorded at Random and was so strong that it led to an
appearance at the South by Southwest festival 2005 in Austin,
Texas and used on the official SXSW sampler for the worlds
leading music industry festival.
Amusement Parks on Fire: APOF
holed up in Random for most of December 2005 and January 2006
recording their 2nd album for V2 records, to add to the EP
that was completed here in Autumn 2005.
They then swapped the atmosphere of Random for the tranquillity
and
seclusion of Sigur Ros' studio in Iceland to finish the mix
for what is a much anticipated and highly likely to be massive
album. www.amusementparksonfire.com
Earth the Californian Love Dream:
Random’s daddies ECLD have had singles played on leading
radio stations around the world including daytime plays on
radio1, inclusion on the A playlist on BBC 6music and numerous
plays on the legendary KCRW station in LA. The singles also
paved the way for an appearance at the 2004 SXSW festival
in Austin, Texas.
Seachange: Guy Elderfield
produced Seachange's first single Superfuck at Random, which
received Radio1 and XFM airplay and helped Seachange to become
the first British band to be signed to the influential Matador
label...
