Alien8 Recordings
{{Short description|Canadian independent record label}}
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{{Infobox record label
| name = Alien8 Recordings
| founded = {{Start date|1996}}
| founder = Sean O'Hara
Gary Worsley
| status =
| distributor =
| genre = Noise music
| country = Canada
| location = Montreal, Quebec
}}
Alien8 Recordings is an independent record label founded in 1996 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The label was founded by Sean O'Hara and Gary Worsley.{{cite web |last1=Lanktree |first1=Graham |title=Interview Alien8 Recordings, Nov 2006 |url=http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/interview/alien8-recordings.html |website=stylusmagazine.com |publisher=Stylus Magazine |access-date=17 February 2022}}
The label released material from prominent noise artists such as Merzbow, Think About Life, Aube, Keiji Haino, Masonna, MSBR, Francisco López, Bastard Noise, and Daniel Menche, as well as electronic artists such as Tim Hecker, Lesbians on Ecstasy, Les Georges Leningrad, and Books on Tape.{{cite web | url= http://www.alien8recordings.com/releases | title= Alien8 Recordings: Releases | publisher = Alien8recordings.com | accessdate=2007-08-13| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070808112838/http://www.alien8recordings.com/releases| archivedate= 8 August 2007 | url-status= live}} Alien8 also is known for releasing the 2003 debut of indie-pop band The Unicorns.{{cite web | url= http://www.alien8recordings.com/info | title= Alien8 Recordings: Info | publisher = Alien8recordings.com | accessdate=2007-08-13| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070812165207/http://www.alien8recordings.com/info| archivedate= 12 August 2007 | url-status= live}} It also had two sub-labels, Fancy Recordings and Substractif, which released music from 2001 to 2004.
In 2018, Worsley bought Montreal's famed record store Cheap Thrills, where he had been working since 1998.{{cite web |last1=Giroux |first1=Stephane |title=A Montreal music institution...Oct 2021 |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/a-montreal-music-institution-celebrates-a-landmark-milestone-this-month-1.5636482 |website=montreal.ctvnews.ca |date=24 October 2021 |publisher=CTV News Montreal |access-date=17 February 2022}}
Alien8 has not released any music since 2011. The last post on its website is dated December 2012.{{cite web |title=News |url=http://alien8recordings.com/news |website=alien8recordings.com |publisher=Alien8 Recordings |access-date=17 February 2022}} The website went offline in 2022.{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2022 |title="502 Bad Gateway" |url=https://alien8recordings.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912013158/http://alien8recordings.com/ |archive-date=September 12, 2022 |access-date=February 21, 2023 |website=alien8recordings.com}}
Discography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| {{Abbr|Cat. No.|Catalogue number}}
! Artist ! Recording |
|---|
| ALIENCD 001
| Merzbow | Akasha Gulva (1996) |
| ALIENCD 002
| Aube | Cardiac Strain (1997) |
| ALIENCD 003
| So, Black Is Myself (1997) |
| ALIENCD 004
| Merzbow | Space Metalizer (1997) |
| ALIENCD 005
| Cricklewood (1997) |
| ALIENCD 006
| Split (1997) |
| ALIENCD 007
| Masonna | Frequency LSD (1998) |
| ALIENCD 008
| David Kristian / Sian | Tacoma Narrows / Someday Anywhere (1998) |
| ALIENCD 009
| M.S.B.R. / Kengo Tuchi | One (1998) |
| ALIENCD 010
| Merzbow | Aqua Necromancer (1998) |
| ALIENCD 011
| In Twilight (1998) |
| ALIENCD 012
| Knurl | Torus (1999) |
| ALIENCD 013
| Alexandre St-Onge | Image / Négation (1999) |
| ALIENCD 014
| Various | Coalescence (2001) |
| ALIENCD 015
| Woodworking (1999) |
| ALIENCD 016
| Beneath the Valley of the Modulars (1998) |
| ALIENCD 017
| Merzbow | Door Open at 8 am (1999) |
| ALIENCD 018
| The Analysis of Self-Destruction (2000) |
| ALIENCD 019
| Room Tone (1999) |
| ALIENCD 020
| Untitled #104 (2000) |
| ALIENLP 021
| Aube | Sensorial Inducement (2000) |
| ALIENCD 022
| Shalabi Effect (2000) |
| ALIENCD 023
| Tomas Jirku | Variants (2000) |
| ALIENCD 024
| Monstre | Sucre 3 (2001) |
| ALIENCD 025
| Quieting (2001) |
| ALIENCD 026
| Artificial Memory Trace / Brume | 1st Encounter (2001) |
| ALIENCD 027
| Abandon All Words at a Stroke, So That Prayer Can Come Spilling Out (2001) |
| ALIENCD 028
| David Kristian, Sam Shalabi, Alexandre St-Onge | Kristian, Shalabi, St-Onge (2001) |
| ALIENCD 029
| On Hashish (2001) |
| ALIENCD 030
| Sings Reign Rebuilder (2001) |
| ALIENCD 031
| Untitled #123 (2002) |
| ALIENCD 032
| The Trial of St. Orange (2002) |
| ALIENLP 033
| Tanakh | Villa Claustrophobia (2002) |
| ALIENCD 034
| Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Electric Heavyland (2002) |
| ALIENCD 035
| Addy en el país de las frutas y los chunches (2003) |
| ALIENCD 036
| Beautiful Blood (2003) |
| ALIENCD 037
| Osama (2003) |
| ALIENCD 038
| Merzbow | Animal Magnetism (2003) |
| ALIENCD 039 |
| ALIENCD 040
| Soft Canyon | Broken Spirit, I Will Mend Your Wings (2003) |
| ALIENLP 041 |
| ALIENCD 042
| Pink Abyss (2004) |
| ALIENCD 043
| Tanakh | Dieu Deuil (2004) |
| ALIENCD 044
| Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Mantra of Love (2004) |
| ALIENCD 045
| Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou (2004) |
| ALIENCD 046
| Molasses | Trouble at Jinx Hotel (2004) |
| ALIENCD 047
| Mirages (2004) |
| ALIENCD 048
| Tanakh | Tanakh (2004) |
| ALIENCD 049
| Sur les Traces de Black Eskimo (2004) |
| ALIENCD 050
| Mecha Fixes Clock | Orbiting With Screwdrivers (2004) |
| ALIENCD 051
| Lesbians on Ecstasy (2004) |
| ALIENCD 052
| Et Sans |
| ALIENCD 053
| Various | Blank Field (2005) |
| ALIENCD 054
| Live in Montreal (2005) |
| ALIENCD 055
| Kiss Me Deadly | Amoreux Cosmiques (2005) |
| ALIENCD 056
| Giggles in the Dark (2005) |
| ALIENCD 057
| Kiss Me Deadly | Misty Medley (2005) |
| ALIENCD 058
| Nadja | Truth Becomes Death (2005) |
| ALIENCD 059
| Glen Hall / Lee Ranaldo / William Hooker | Oasis of Whispers (2005) |
| ALIENCD 060
| Dinosaur Dinosaur (2005) |
| ALIENCD 061
| Unfortunately (2005) |
| ALIENCD 062
| Starless and Bible Black Sabbath (2006) |
| ALIENCD 063
| Tanakh | Ardent Fevers (2006) |
| ALIENCD 064
| Untitled #180 (2006) |
| ALIENCD 065
| Think About Life (2006) |
| ALIENCD 066
| Radio Amor (2007) |
| ALIENCD 067
| Nadja | Touched (2007) |
| ALIENCD 069
| We Know You Know (2007) |
| ALIENCD 070
| Alexandre St-Onge | Mon animal est possible (2007) |
| ALIENCD 071
| Torngat | You Could Be (2007) |
| ALIENCD 072
| Nadja | Radiance of Shadows (2007) |
| ALIENCD 073
| Mutilation Nation (2007) |
| ALIENCD 074
| Eid (2008) |
| ALIENCD 075
| Menace Ruine | Cult of Ruins (2008) |
| ALIENCD 076
| Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs (2008) |
| ALIENCD 077
| TechnoCalyps (2008) |
| ALIENCD 078
| Family (2009) |
| ALIENCD 079
| Zbigniew Karkowski & Daniel Menche | Unleash (2008) |
| ALIENCD 080
| Aun | Motorsleep (2009) |
| ALIENCD 081
| Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker | Fantasma Parastasie (2008) |
| ALIENCD 082
| Menace Ruine | The Die is Cast (2008) |
| ALIENCD 083
| Torngat | La Petite Nicole (2009) |
| ALIENCD 084
| Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Lord of the Underground: Vishnu and the Magic Elixir (2009) |
| ALIENCD 085
| Black Feelings | Black Feelings (2009) |
| ALIENCD 086
| Duchess Says / Red Mass | Fire Baptized Species / Red Mass (2009) |
| ALIENCD 087
| Liminoid / Lifeforms (2010) |
| ALIENCD 088
| Blessure Grave | Judged By Twelve Carried By Six (2010) |
| ALIENCD 089
| Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again (2001) |
| ALIENCD 090 |
| ALIENCD 091
| Picastro + Nadja | Fool, Redeemer (2011) |
| ALIENCD 093
| In a Fung Day T! (2011) |
| ALIENCDR 001
| Holysmokes: Live at CKUT 90.3 FM (2005) |
| ALIENDR 001
| Thisquietarmy | Transmissions (2009) |
| FANCYCD 001
| Molasses | You'll Never Be Well No More (1999) |
| FANCYCD 002
| Molasses | Trilogie: Toil and Peaceful Life (2000) |
| FANCYCD 003
| Hrsta | L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable (2001) |
| FANCYCD 005
| Molasses | A Slow Messe (2003) |
| SUBSF 001
| Mitchell Akiyama | Hope That Lines Don't Cross (2001) |
| SUBSF 002
| Tomas Jirku | Immaterial (2001) |
| SUBSF 003
| Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again (2001) |
| SUBSF 004
| My Love Is Rotten to the Core (2002) |
| SUBSF 005
| The Science of Breath (2002) |
| SUBSF 007
| Eye on the Steel (2002) |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.alien8recordings.com Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208225310/http://www.alien8recordings.com/ |date=2011-02-08 }}
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Category:Noise music record labels
Category:Experimental music record labels
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