rr068: "amygdala" by madeline gorniak & audie ellis
two young, talented musicians turn primal fear into sound on this new retrac release, "inspired by pharmakon, throbbing gristle, john lennon and yoko onos unfinished music."
rr040:
James Ferraro - “Hacker Track”
@LIL_ICEBUNNY
LP edition of 400 copies.
This Friday, the 2009 cult classic entry in Ferraro’s quintessential Summer Headrush series is back in print on wax.
⌨️HACK YOUR MIND🕶
「メヒコに来て、何年にあるは?」
SONIC DRAGOLGO’s cult classic “MY SWEET HONEY BUNNY” comes to Retrac on tape and pre-order for LP on August 6th! CDs later down the line as well!
Hello all, hope you’re doing well. Today I just got laid off of work.
If you’re a fan of the label, or want to help support an LGBT run label, please RT. You can support the label directly on Bandcamp, linked below, or my P/a/y~P/a/l, also linked below. Thank you so much.
OUT NOW!
JAMES FERRARO - HACKER TRACK
@LIL_ICEBUNNY
Hack Your Mind via way of PVC Disc. Check the link to stream an excerpt from a direct rip of the vinyl!
RR044LP:
“Gray Data” by Five Star Hotel
@fivexhotel
The infamous 2014 power noise/footwork combo comes to wax to give you and your turntable’s stylus a workout!
feat. stunning exclusive art from Yam Lynn (
@sweetpotatopres
) on the back!
Limited to 100 copies on black vinyl!
rr050 is going to be a compilation:
send in a song you would play on loud speakers to confuse the clubgoers. make it weird, boisterous, quiet… LOUD, awkward, inaccessible. but just to clarify, don’t send in a shitpost!
you can use the bandcamp contact form to submit a track!
Taking submissions for next Retrac comp!
Looking for:
•Field recordings
•Sound collage
•Noise (preferably minimalistic)
•onkyo/EAI*
•All other non-music/sound art
Deadline is August 1st, extensions may be made, we’ll see!
Title and artwork TBD
ANNOUNCING: RR047…
Retrac presents HATENA’s (
@supergoing
) “EMAIL” on LP!
The incredibly innovative French House/glitch/noise(?) combo of 2021’s “EMAIL” still sounds just as fresh today! This LP comes with exclusive interactive artwork for its first time on any physical format!
It makes me a little sad when people don’t pay attention to the smaller releases on this label. Part of why Retrac is so eclectic is so that all musicians who release with the label can have a level playing field in terms of audience and reach.
ANNOUNCING RR050
"Club Confusion": a detour de force of modern experimental internet music, suitable for only the most surreal and disorienting of clubs.
releasing Thanksgiving, limited edition 100 copy vinyl up for order now!!
album art by
@god469suck
mastered by
@ecnerefer
It’s been a dream working with so many great artists these past two years, but I want to know… what your dreams are like? Send in a track that inspiration from a dream, follows dream logic, or just straight up feels like a dream.
send submissions➡️ retracrecordings
@gmail
.com!
rr037:
Retrac Recordings presents…
‘dreamtrac’
a 110-minute, 23-track odyssey dedicated to dreaming, awakening, and the blissful yet confusing states in between.
releasing may 6th on digital and tape pre-order. tapes shipping about a week or two after.
Out Now:
rr011:
“Night_Beach.mp3”
An hour of chill, sample-based ambient music curated by
@zoroarkfilms
. This is Retrac’s first OFFICIAL vinyl pressing, not a lathe cut. 50 copies, clear blue vinyl, $27... with shipping of course ;-]
Also, some of you may receive extra sleeves in your order, this is intentional. For one, it acts as a filler pad :P But the extra ones are slightly defective so I ordered reprints of all the jackets. Consider it a poster, you can rip the seams and hang it on ur wall!
rr016:
Star Searchers - “Avatar Blue”
(Pro-dubbed on fluorescent green tapes, 100 copies, 50 in the US)
Originally released on 2CD, this tape edition—dubbed the ICE COLLECTION—features 75 minutes and 13 of the greatest tracks from Spencer Clark (
@berltiz
)’s 2019 aquatic epic.
OUT NOW
rr034 / fcc089: “clust.r” by
@clustrrr
art by
@supergoing
co-released with
@firstclasslabel
physicals on our labels (CS here, CD there) coming Friday.
this one goes out to everyone browsing in incognito mode. your search history doesn’t define you.
RR052: “Outer body sky” by Agate Flow,
Out now for Bandcamp Friday! (Didn’t even realize that was today that’s just how it worked out)
"A cold air surrounds the space between us.
A bright light connects us, and its warmth keeps us alive."
also dropping tomorrow:
SONIC DRAGOLGO’s underrated debut: “のんびりポテトさん”!
limited to 100 clear tapes, also going up is a pre-order for 100 45 rpm 12” records in discobags, reminiscent of early Hyper Rich releases!
Submissions for Retrac are now OPEN!
Feel free to spread the word and share this link around to anyone you know making boundary-pushing, forward-thinking (or just plain good) music!
OUT NOW!
Tapes ltd to 50, shipping pretty much now
Vinyl ltd to 100, shipping Feb :(
May increase vinyl edition to 150 if it quickly sells out, and then if that sells out, I’ll do a repress when I can!
Tonight, I (RR) and Will and Nate of
@eyeclickeye
put our heads together to make some absolutely fire labels for the XTC market labels. You can take a look at the results:
THIS FRIDAY
rr067:
#303030
(
@nnpoc_
) - “who knows what you deserve”
an album dealing with “trauma, time travel, unrealistic goals, nostalgia, coping mechanisms, hiding scars, dreams, and confusion”, WKWYD was made exclusively after panic attacks and episodes of derealization.
if you recognize your track in here, you made it onto the retrac comp. more details to follow as the weeks go by!
overall it fills up a whole c90, it’s a trip and a half for sure…
rr064:
this friday…
Daryl Straits - “CYBORG 5”
some classic Retrac hypnagogia, a 90 minute concept album with epic drones under warbling tape distress. write-up/story included in case.
dubbed on to recycled c90s
rr020:
SAN PEDRO DIGITAL - ‘A Vast Sea of Clouds’
Released in 2018, but sounding like it was from another time entirely, this new-age opus from the mysterious S.P.D. is sure to take you above the clouds...
Limited to 10 c52 “computer-color” tapes...
So please, consider going through Retrac’s back catalogue and click on something that doesn’t ring a bell, you may find a new favorite, I promise! I wouldn’t put out any of these albums if I wasn’t a fan of them.
rr041: V/A - Nothing Comfort // Comfort in Nothing
a c90 of non-music focusing on textures and space rather than musicality, all the while remaining inviting, yet totally alien
over 20 artists/tracks, release date sometime this month!
art by the wonderful
@wtcwtcwtcwtc
ANNOUNCING RR046:
jksims - “familypet09”
Featuring the original “lost” release on side A and the stunning remaster on side B!
Blissful bedroom hypnagogic glitch pop. Intimate, but vague and dreamlike lyrics. In a perfect world this is what “hyperpop” would actually be.
announcing: rr043 (no i didn’t forget!)
from Ukraine-based artist
@rosskhmil
comes “GUARDIAN OF THE MIRRORS”
A 6 tracker of woozy, classical-infused hypnagogia, passed into my inbox by none other than Pacific City head honcho
@berltiz
. It’s a trip, get yr tape decks ready!
rr019:
zeroeros - ‘1+2’
Two mini-albums of digital chaos to floss your brain and speakers. Each album is on one side of this c36 fluorescent orange tape!
Limited to 10, with a few more copies to be available from
@supergoing
’s personal site!
Happy 1 year anniversary to this wonderful album I decided to reissue and change my life. Thank you to Sonic-san for his generosity in letting me give this album a new life.
Pre-orders for CDs up now! Includes physical bonus track "PINK," limited to 100.
It’s alllll sold out! Thanks to everyone who purchased. The pressing was completely paid in full yesterday. TPs should be here in about 5-6 weeks. Mobineko’s pretty quick :)
ll nøthing ll’s blown-out masterpiece “NOW THAT I’M GONE” also comes to Retrac August 6th! The follow up to the incredibly moving album “death” gets a much needed tape release. Comes on hand crafted black/clear red split tape.
💫incoming transmission from nightbus city <3🌟
apollo bitrate - ‘s space hut
❤️out this friday, limited to 10 tapes, 5 on rubine red and 5 on clear purple! shipping next week!💜
a joint release with
@fakenumberland
!
4/19/24
rr059:
"encore county ground" by
@fagelbanclub
"Yet another experimental electronic game-changer..." clocking in at 55 minutes and 8 tracks of breakcore, glitch, noise, dub, footwork, big beat, etc!
Available for preorder on tape, ltd to 50!