Downwards Records

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Downwards Records is a record label founded by the techno DJs and producers Regis and Female in Birmingham, England in 1993.{{Citation|last=Finlayson|first=Angus|title=Downwards is the Only Way Forward: An interview with Regis|magazine=Electronic Beats|publication-place=Berlin|publisher=EB|publication-date=2013-03-01|url=http://www.electronicbeats.net/en/features/interviews/downwards-is-the-only-way-forward-an-interview-with-regis/|accessdate=2013-07-07|archive-date=15 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715040340/http://www.electronicbeats.net/en/features/interviews/downwards-is-the-only-way-forward-an-interview-with-regis/|url-status=dead}} The label was initially established to release the set of tracks that fellow Birmingham DJ and producer Surgeon had recorded in the small studio that ex-Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris had built in his downstairs toilet.{{Citation|title=Bleep43 With Surgeon, Dj Pete And Scorn at Corsica Studios|publisher=Resident Advisor|publication-date=2008-12-05|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?69196|accessdate=2013-11-10}}

Although most closely associated with techno's Birmingham sound, which it pioneered, the label has released a wide range of music, from garage rock and shoegaze to industrial music and electronica.{{Citation|last=Sande|first=Kiran|title=Regis: blood into gold|magazine=FACT Magazine|publication-place=London|publisher=The Vinyl Factory|publication-date=2010-06-09|url=http://www.factmag.com/2010/06/09/regis-blood-into-gold/|accessdate=2013-07-07}}