M.A.C.E. Music

Infobox record label
name = M.A.C.E. Music


image_bg =
parent =
founded = Start date|1993|4
founder = Michael Angelo Batio
status =
distributor =
genre = Heavy metal, progressive metal, instrumental rock, neo-classical metal
country = United States
location = Gurnee, Illinois
url = [http://www.angelo.com/ www.angelo.com]

M.A.C.E. Music, Inc. is an American record label founded by Michael Angelo Batio in April 1993. Currently based in Gurnee, Illinois, [cite web |url=http://www.angelo.com/html/contact_us.html |title=Contact Us |publisher=M.A.C.E. Music |accessdate=2008-05-29 ] the label's main job is that of selling material and merchandise of Batio's, including his albums, videos and accessories such as the "MAB String Dampener". The label also releases material by other artists, including Batio's side-project C4, T. D. Clark, Tom Kopyto and The Flyin' Ryan Brothers. M.A.C.E. distributes material both directly and through other labels, to over 40 countries worldwide including the United States, the United Kingdom, all throughout Europe, Canada, Japan, Qatar, South Africa, Australia, Mexico and Brazil. [cite web |url=http://www.angelo.com/html/about_us.html |title=About Us |publisher=M.A.C.E. Music |accessdate=2008-05-29 ]

M.A.C.E. has its own recording studio in Gurnee called Monster Mix, [cite web |url=http://www.angelo.com/html/monster_mix_studio.html |title=Monster Mix Studio |publisher=M.A.C.E. Music |accessdate=2008-05-29 ] which has been the location of the recording of some of the later Batio material, most notably "Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity Part 2" [cite web |url=http://www.guitar9.com/lucidintervals2crd.html |title=Michael Angelo Batio "Lucid Intervals And Moments Of Clarity Part 2" Artist Credits |accessdate=2008-05-25 |publisher=Guitar Nine Records ] and "2 X Again". [cite web |url=http://www.guitar9.com/2xagaincrd.html |title=Michael Angelo Batio "2 X Again" Artist Credits |accessdate=2008-05-25 |publisher=Guitar Nine Records ] Earlier albums like "No Boundaries" and "Planet Gemini" were recorded at an old studio owned by the label, known simply as M.A.C.E. Studios.

M.A.C.E. allocates each artist on the label a number group, and all of their releases are given an issue number within this group. For example, Michael Fath CDs are all numbered as 3xx, from 301 to 310, and Lyden Moon CDs are numbered 202 to 204.

Artists and releases

*C4 [cite web |url=http://www.angelo.com/html/mab_cds_page_2.html |title=MAB CDs page 2 |publisher=M.A.C.E. Music |accessdate=2008-05-29 ]
**108: "Call to Arms"

*The Flyin' Ryan Brothers [cite web |url=http://www.angelo.com/html/the_flyin_ryan_brothers.html |title=The Flyin Ryan Brothers |publisher=M.A.C.E. Music |accessdate=2008-05-29 ]
**261: "Sibling Revelry"
**262: "Colorama"
**264: "The Chaos Sampler"
**265: "Legacy"

*Francesco Fareri [cite web |url=http://www.angelo.com/html/t_d__clark___francesco_fareri.html |title=T.D. Clark / Francesco Fareri |publisher=M.A.C.E. Music |accessdate=2008-05-29 ]
**281: "Suspension"

*Holland
**"Wake Up the Neighbourhood"

*Jimmy Ryan
**263: "Finally"

*Katrina Johansson [cite web |url=http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=54549 |title=Katrina Johansson |publisher=Encyclopaedia Metallum |accessdate=2008-05-29 ]
**"Guitarsongs Volume 1"

*Kiloton [cite web |url=http://www.angelo.com/html/ross_butterfield___kiloton.html |title=Ross Butterfield / Kiloton |publisher=M.A.C.E. Music |accessdate=2008-05-29 ]
**243: "The Seeds of Genocide"
**244: "Knock the Box"

*Kopecky [cite web |url=http://www.angelo.com/html/lyden_moon___kopecky.html |title=Lyden Moon / Kopecky |publisher=M.A.C.E. Music |accessdate=2008-05-29 ]
**222: "Serpentine Kaleidoscope"
**223: "Orion"

*Lyden Moon
**202: "Supersonic Musical Voyage"
**203: "In the Groove"
**204: "Fire It Up"

*Michael Angelo Batio
**101: "No Boundaries"
**102: "Planet Gemini"
**103: "Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity Part 2"
**109: "Holiday Strings"
**110: "Hands Without Shadows"
**111: "2 X Again"
**601: "Performance"
**602: "25 Jazz Progressions"
**603: "MAB Jam Session
**701: "Speed Kills"
**702: "Speed Lives"
**703: "Speed Kills 2"
**704: "Speed Kills 3"

*Michael Fath [cite web |url=http://www.angelo.com/html/michael_fath.html |title=Michael Fath |publisher=M.A.C.E. Music |accessdate=2008-05-29 ]
**301: "Sonic Tapestries"
**302: "Suspended Animation"
**303: "Baptism By Desire"
**304: "Shake"
**305: "Country Squire"
**306: "Flick of the Wrist"
**307: "Profile"
**308: "Songs for Marie"
**309: "The Early Years"
**310: "Yesterday's Child"

*Nitro [cite web |url=http://www.angelo.com/html/nitro.html |title=Nitro / Tobias Hurwitz |publisher=M.A.C.E. Music |accessdate=2008-05-29 ]
**107: "Gunnin' for Glory"

*Richard Jessee Project [cite web |url=http://www.angelo.com/html/tom_kopyto___richard_jessee.html |title=Tom Kopyto / Richard Jessee |publisher=M.A.C.E. Music |accessdate=2008-05-29 ]
**282: "INTRO-P"
**283: "Ostinato"

*Ross Butterfield
**241: "A Major Nuisance"
**242: "Post Traumatic Shred Disorder"

*T.D. Clark
**251: "Personalities"
**252: "Perspective"

*The Tobias Hurwitz Band
**291: "Zen Shred Zone"

*Tom Kopyto
**272: "YTK"

References

ee also

*List of record labels

External links

* [http://www.angelo.com/ Official site]