Ache Records

Infobox record label
name = Ache Records


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founded = 1999
founder = Andy Dixon
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genre = Indie music
country = CAN
location = Vancouver, British Columbia
url = http://www.acherecords.com/

Ache Records is a independent record label based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was started by musician Andy Dixon around 1999. The first release on Ache Records was Hot Hot Heat's 1999 debut, "Hot Hot Heat", a four-song EP. Other notable artists to work with Ache include Death from Above 1979 and Four Tet.

Andy Dixon's first band, d.b.s., released their final album on Ache in 2001, a five song EP called "Forget Everything You Know".

Artists with albums on Ache Records

The following artists have made at least one release through Ache Records.

* 2up
* Baby Control
* d.b.s.
* Death From Above 1979
* Andy Dixon / The Epidemic / Secret Mommy
* Femme Fatale
* Flössin
* Chris Frey
* Heavy Party
* Hot Hot Heat
* Jab Mica Och El
* JC
* Kid Commando
* Konono N°1
* Radio Berlin
* The Red Light Sting
* Piers Whyte
* The Winks
* Winning

DIV/ORCE 7" series

The DIV/ORCE 7" series features split 7" singles, with the musicians on both sides having different musical styles. The series began in order to challenge what Ache Records calls "finicky sub-genrifying", [http://www.acherecords.com/releases.php?release=31 Gorge Trio / Uske Orchestra (ACHE031) Split 7"] ] believing instead that "underground art forms should not be defined" [http://www.acherecords.com/releases.php?release=0 DIV/ORCE 7" series] information page] . These 7" split releases include:

* ACHE013 – Hella / Four Tet
* ACHE016 – Matmos / Die Monitr Batss
* ACHE019 – Sightings / Hrvatski
* ACHE023 – Kid606 / Kid Commando
* ACHE028 – Greg Davis / Of
* ACHE031 – Gorge Trio / Uske Orchestra
* ACHE035 – Bulbs / Wobbly

Project: Bicycle

Another interesting project of Ache Records was their compilation album "". The album had eleven songs by various electronic or electro-acoustic musicians. These musicians were given a single sample of music, a recording of a bicycle recorded by Jesse Gander at Vancouver's Hive Studios, and they were tasked with composing a song using only that sample. [http://www.acherecords.com/releases.php?release=25 Project: Bicycle] information page]

References

External links

* [http://www.acherecords.com/ Official website]