Wampus Multimedia introduces
Foldback Records,
specializing in should-be classic and outsider music, and seeking rare,
offbeat, and out-of-print titles for licensing and release. Foldback is
a subsidiary of the Wampus Multimedia label, home of Arms of Kismet,
tvfordogs, Cafebar 401, Kowtow Popof, Wampeters,
Casey Abrams, Johnny J Blair, Alice Despard, J.T.
Bowman, Amateur God, and others. Foldback artists benefit from
Wampus marketing, promotion, and distribution, and enjoy a partnership-based
royalty structure that ignores industry norms.
Currently in
the pipeline for 2005-06:
- Jo Jo
Laine's Greatest Hits. Vintage material from Paul McCartney & Wings
collaborator, produced by Rolling Stones producer Jimmy Miller with Joe
Viglione.
- Johnny
J Blair: Fire. Immaculately crafted pop 'n' roll with a streak of
gospel-inflected, blue-eyed soul.
- The Village
Green Preservation Society: Milgram, GA. Scarce resources. Class warfare.
Cruelty and compassion, as the suburbs bite the dust. Welcome to Milgram,
Georgia. The future is local in this sprawling morality tale.
Contact Foldback
Records at mail4@wampus.com.
http://foldbackrecords.com
http://wampus.com
********
Get the Good Stuff: Releases from Wampus
http://localmusicstore.com
Prefer
downloads to CDs? Wampus titles are now available from Buy.com,
iTunes, MusicMatch, and many others!
Casey
Abrams / Like a Mirror
Reflecting
folk, jazz, and the American songbook, Abrams takes Paul Simon and Don McLean
back to their roots.
Cafebar
401
Brimming
with darkly sweet pop hooks, Cafebar 401 calls to mind Coldplay, Masters
of Reality, Muse, Beck, Soulwax, Radiohead, and Queens of the Stone Age.
Arms
of Kismet / Eponymous
Literate
and insidiously catchy, Arms of Kismet is postmodern pop for the savvy,
ironic streetcrawler.
Various
Artists / After Hours: a Tribute to the Music of Lou Reed
From the optimism of Johnny J Blair's "Sunday Morning" to the ambivalence
of Brook Pridemore's title track, After Hours tells the story of
an artist unencumbered by popular expectations, yet... popular.
Various
Artists / If I Were a Richman: a Tribute to the Music of Jonathan Richman
A
wildly entertaining ride through the repertoire of one of rock's most original
and eclectic songwriters. From his early days with the original Modern Lovers,
through numerous iterations of the Lovers, to his latter-day solo career,
Richman's work has mixed an arresting sense of innocence with a deep sensitivity
to human emotion.
tvfordogs
/ Heavy Denver
Definitive
modern rock from London-based trio.
Kowtow
Popof / Kowtow Drops the Pop Off
Powerfully
nuanced postmodern rave-ups that set the car radio ablaze. "Preternaturally
surrealist post-pop." --Eve Zibart, The Washington Post
Amateur
God / Near Life Experience
Dark
gothic-semi-vocal-ambient music in the tradition of Mylene Farmer, All About
Eve, Celtic Frost, Type O Negative, Sisters of Mercy, The Gathering, Jean
Michel Jarre, Orbital, Front 242, Rammstein, Art of Noise, and Voivod.
J.T.
Bowman / J.T. Bowman & Lerlene Stackwood
A
rollicking tour de force of canny Nashville twang. Earnest plea or
scathing parody?
Mitch Renault &
Arms of Kismet / Ted's 12: Original Soundtrack
Snappy
songs and snippets from the forthcoming film.
Various
Artists / Glass Flesh 2: a Tribute to Robyn Hitchcock
Twenty-one
great ways to skin Robyn Hitchcock's cat.
Wampeters
/ Murder Your Darlings
Smoldering
chamber rock descended from the Band, the Beatles, and the Beach Boys.
"A great narrative album. The last great mainstream release
that exemplifies this method of development of style and sound is Wilco's
Summer Teeth." --Heidi Drockelman, IndieMusic.com
Wampeters / Bloodline (remastered)
The
connections between people are indecipherable and everlasting.
Wampeters
/ Pagan's Nest (remastered)
Ringing guitars,
searing melodies and playful distortion -- everything you need for your
'90s Friday night.
Wampeters
/ Folk Medicine (remastered)
Wampeters'
sophomore disc captured the lightning of '80s pop in a bottle... and then
shot the bottle with a BB gun.
Mark
Doyon / Bonneville Stories
Crisp
fiction from Arms of Kismet's Mark
Doyon that's as dark as optimism gets. "A brilliant collection
of beautifully written stories that made me cringe, grimace, and laugh,
while sometimes moving me to great pity.... There just aren't any
flaws here, and I can't possibly do this book justice in a review. No one
could, really...." --Laurie
Edwards, CultureDose.net
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1929763093/qid=1034199246/sr=8-7/ref=sr_8_7/102-8551637-2399362?v=glance&n=507846
********
Coming
in 2005-06
- Arms
of Kismet / Cutting Room Rug (April 2005)
- Wampeters
/ Screen Test, remastered (April 2005)
- Various
Artists
/ Hurry Home Early: the Songs of Warren Zevon (May 2005)
- Johnny
J Blair / Treadmarks (June 2005)
- Donnie
/ Kissing the Kaaba (July 2005)
- Alice
Despard / Wampus session (August 2005)
- Rake's
Progress / Leaves and Grass, remastered (September 2005)
- Mark
Doyon / Slingshot to Obscurity (2006)
- Kowtow
Popof / End of Greatness (2006)
- Kowtow
Popof
/ Exalted Headband (2006)
- Wampeters
/ Days of Beer and Daisies: 1994-2006 (2006)
- Arms
of Kismet / Play for Affection (2007)
- J.T.
Bowman / Cowpie Beach (2007)
********
Wampus
Multimedia values you as a supporter of independent music and will never
share your contact information with anyone.
We welcome your ideas and suggestions with regard to promoting the
work of indie artists. Contact us anytime at mail4@wampus.com.
wampus
multimedia launches foldback
records