FIRE RECORDS

The Fire in Fire Records was restarted by James Nicholls and through a series of acclaimed reissues and new releases, revitalising the careers of indie royalty along the way, the label has a raft of new releases from the outer reaches of the sonic spectrum, combining the cosmic pop of Jane Weaver andVirginia Wing (both Manchester, England) with the haunting ambience of Death And Vanilla (Sweden) and Noveller (US) , the snarling chaos of Rats on Rafts (Netherlands), the freewheeling guitar driven vigor of Scott & Charlenes Wedding (Australia), the dreamy new wave of Las Kellies (Argentina) and recent signings Modern Studies, Pictish Trail (both Scotland) and brightest young things Hater(Sweden)

Alongside an impressive support of the underbelly of contemporary music, Fire also has an roster of established artists from The Chills (NZ), Josephine Foster. Howe Gelb & Giant Sand, Bardo Pond, Evan Dando and The Lemonheads, Half Japanese (all US) and many many more.

Originally founded in 1984 by Clive Solomon and the late journalist Jonny Waller the label trailblazed through the late 80s and 90s before burning brightly and burning out, right before the indie revival. Fire was the original maverick Psychedelic Art Pop label born out of the DIY independent label boom of the late 70s, and for sure, the Blue Aeroplanes with their revolving troupe of poet, dancer, record scratcher and massed guitars, were absolutely the closest thing around to the Exploding Plastic Inevitable of old; it intrigued and entranced with the splendidly surreal tales of early Pulp; embraced the famed pop shambolism of the Television Personalities, the baroque pop of the Moles, the legendary lo-fi art-rock terrorism of Half Japanese, and a wonderful tapestry of outre pop stretched over 30 years; and then on a tangential path, lay the pastoral psychedelia of Lives Of Angels and the overarching sonic sounds of Spacemen 3, right up to the bombastic majesty of Bardo Pond, and the transcendental psychedelic primitivism of garage rock’s lounge lizard and unsung hero, Dave Cloud.

Fires is an elemental flame which still connects and resonates with the label’s current flag-bearers

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