Naxatras on NativeDSD

We decided that the only digital format we will release in the future will be high resolution formats like 196/24 WAV and DSD format.

Here you find our first releases in DSD format:

https://fwrlrecords.nativedsd.com/albums/NXTRS01-naxatras-lp

NAXATRAS LP (2015)

NAXATRAS

Naxatras is a hard psychedelic rock band from Greece. They play a warm psychedelia full of fat grooves, dreamy melodies, heavy riffs and trippy guitar solos all with the vintage touch of the 70's.

They have been playing since 2012, developing their sound and finally recorded their first full-length album in a 100% analog way at Magnetic Fidelity (a studio in rural northern Greece) with Jesus Agnew, an engineer experienced in the field of analog and DIY recordings. Only analog equipment was used in the recording-mixing-mastering stages of the album. All the songs in the record were performed entirely live during just one day.

The band does high-energy live performances combining elements of psychedelic/progressive rock, stoner, funk, jazz and eastern music with a psychedelic video wall to accomplish full stimulation of the senses.

In summer 2015 they went on their first tour playing five European countries.

FWRL on NativeDSD!

We decided that the only digital format we will release in the future will be high resolution formats like 196/24 WAV and DSD format.

Here you find our first releases in DSD format:

https://fwrlrecords.nativedsd.com/albums/FWRL15ZOA001-meltdown

MELTDOWN (2015)

ZONE OF ALIENATION

This album was recorded, mixed and mastered using exclusively analog equipment and magnetic tape. The conversion to DSD was done with high quality equipment directly from the analog mastertapes. No signal processing was done in the digital domain. The DSD version is a direct transfer of the master tape, with every effort taken to ensure that it sounds as close as technically possible to the original analog recording.

FWRL is BACK!

We took a long break to reorganise our thoughts and direction. We realised long ago that we no longer wanted to release music on CD, we were not happy with our distribution deal, our digital distribution required a huge compromise in sound quality and we did not have a reliable way of manufacturing cassette tapes and vinyl records. We decided to stop, take a few steps back and find solutions to these issues.

Having found creative solutions, we are now thrilled to announce that we are back in business, with the same stated goal: To promote art that people are not, have never been, and will never be ready for.

We are no longer going to be releasing music on CD. Instead, we will focus on limited editions of handcrafted analog media, such as vinyl records and cassette tapes, with beautiful artistic packaging. In addition, some of our material will also be available as extremely high quality digital files in DSD and high definition PCM (WAV) format, for download.
Our distribution will be very small scale, which means we will no longer attempt to push our products under your snout. Those who are determined enough will easily be able to find and purchase FWRL releases. After all, they are not for everyone.
In addition, we welcome all interested artists to get in touch, as we are looking for weird and obscure material to release.

Beware, we're back!

Mind The Goon 7" Single: 100% analog and handmade records!

Mind the Goon

Smurf/ These Days
FRWL 2015

"Mind the Goon" is a goon with a mind of his own and an electric taste on music and sound. He is known to travel and live in several countries in Asia, South America, and occasionally Europe, while composing diverse songs, telling tales of the road, the river and the seas.
"Smurf" is a sort of surf tune with a vengeance while "These Days" is a romantic love song for the social networking generation.
This is a 100% analog recording on tape, 1950's style. The transfer to the disk medium was done entirely in the analog domain, using a vintage disk cutting lathe with an original monophonic cutterhead, at Magnetic Fidelity. Each record was hand-carved and numbered, with hand-painted covers and manually typeset labels. It is a limited edition of 200.
Artwork by Sabine Steldinger. Transfer to disk medium by J. I. Agnew.

The Dead Bluesmen 7" Single: 100% analog and handmade

The Dead Bluesmen

Shotgun Blues/I didn't wake up this morning
FWRL 2015

"The Dead Bluesmen" formed in 1932, in the Mississippi Delta area, where they were picking cotton at local plantations. Soon after forming, they murdered their bosses and hit the road. Little is known about them past that point. They are rumoured to have been sentenced to death in the early 50's, only to come back from the dead to haunt the world with their dark, authentic blues sound.
"Shotgun Blues" is an anthem of protest against unfair taxation, homelessness and corruption, ending with murder. It follows the path of the honest poor man through eviction, rejection and his eventual carefully crafted plan of revenge and justice.
"I didn't wake up this morning" sums up the entire tradition of the blues within its short duration. A song about death, it humorously reminds us of our common predicament.
The authentic 50's blues sound has been carefully preserved on the 7" records, which were individually cut on a vintage disk cutting lathe with an original vintage monophonic cutterhead and vacuum tube electronics, entirely in the analog domain, at Magnetic Fidelity. Each record is hand-carved and numbered, with hand-painted covers and manually typeset labels. It is a limited edition of 200.
Artwork by Sabine Steldinger. Transfer to the disk medium by J. I. Agnew.

Mind The Goon EP

Mind The Goon

Mind The Goon EP

Full Wave Rectifier Laboratories 2014

Mind The Goon's self-titled debut EP is an unlikely but very intentional merging of musical styles and life experiences. It was recorded, mixed and mastered in just two days of sparkling creativity at the rural culture studios, by a frenzid (mind the) goon, who played all the instruments himself. The recording took place immediately following the goons return from a lenghty tour of asia during which these songs where composed. As soon as the recording was finished, Mind The Goon embarked on a tour of europe by hitch-hiking and playing on the streets of several european cities, moving on with a tour of latin amerika. This EP is a heavily psychedelic mix of rock and folk with punk undertones, which will most certainly blow your mind. Mind The Goon has created a distinctive and unique sonic identity from the very beginning, but die-hard Secret Fool (the Goon's earlier band) fans will most likely find some common ground. Released on 10" venyl, cassette tape, cd, and digital downloads, by Full Wave Rectifier Laboratories.

http://www.fwrl.org

http://www.mindthegoon.blogspot.com

Moving a bit slow

Due to unforeseen circumstances, things have been moving a bit slow lately, here at FWRL Records Headquarters. Our new releases have been put on hold for the time being, but we hope, to be back in action soon. In the meantime you can still order any of our albums from our existing catalogue. We are regularly checking our emails and processing orders.

Back soon with even more ground-breaking music!

Review of Jesus is Angry's latest album on Vital Weekly

Vital Weekly has written a review of Jesus is Angry's latest album, yurop squeals like a pig in her deathbed while we watch and smile, which was released earlier this year on handmade 12" LP, MC, RR, CD and DD by FWRL Records. It can be found on issue 890.

Visit their website and have a read! They also do a podcast to go with each issue, on which they feature the Eighth Movement: Intergalactic Climax of the Half-Dead, from Jesus is Angry's album. You can download it here.

The latest albums on FWRL Records

The two latest albums on FWRL records are now available from our online record store so you don't even have to leave home. Yurop squeals like a pig in her deathbed while we watch and smile is a free jazz / doom metal hybrid by Jesus is Angry, while Cut Yourself EP by Nonnie Parry is an ethereal fuzzy goth gem! Get them both now! Both also available on Cassette Tape and vinyl.

Nonnie Parry - Cut Yourself EP

Nonnie Parry - Cut Yourself EP: Now available from Full Wave Rectifier Laboratories, the debut EP from Chicago's finest gothy fuzz-pop band is bound to enhance your sex life with suggestions of love in cemetaries and kissing dead girls. Haunting vocals, fuzzy guitars and groovy drumming. Available on multi-colored Cassette Tapes (Red, Pink, Yellow, Blue, Green), CD and Digital Downloads. Handmade lathe-cut vinyl available on request. 

Please welcome Nonnie Parry from Chicago, IL

Nonnie Parry are the latest addtion to the FWRL Records roster of artists. They come from Chicago, Illinois, and they haunt your skull with their fuzzy guitar, drums and mellow, melodic singing. Cut Yourself EP will soon be available from FWRL Records at select record stores and online shops.

Addicted...?

Addicted..? Get yr fix at Full Wave Rectifier Laboratories. We know just what you need, to make you feel better. We've got the stuff and we've got the works too. Just click your way to bliss, from our online store, or email us your order. In no time, you can have all the FWRL releases you need. Top quality stuff, undiluted, this is some pure dope right here.

What's the matter, ipod-boy? Afraid you might hear something?

We're offering some of the hottest music in three solar systems, on vinyl records, reel-to-reel tapes, cassette tapes, CD, floppy disk, and even disgusting digital downloads (just for you, ipod-boy/girl).

Now taking pre-orders for new Jesus is Angry album!!

Jesus is Angry - yurop squeals like a pig in her deathbed while we watch and smile

Front Cover

Back Cover

Booklet Page 1

Booklet Page 2

Booklet Page 3

Booklet Page 4

Booklet Page 5

Booklet Page 6

12" Vinyl Record Label Side A

12" Vinyl Record Label Side B

Available on hand-made 12" vinyl records, cassette tapes, 1/4" stereo quarter-track reel-to-reel tapes on 5" reels, CD and digital downloads. Secure your copy now!! Just contact us by email and tell us what format you would like, how many copies, and where you want it sent, so we can quote a price including postage.

New Jesus is Angry album to be released on FWRL Records

Here is a taster of what is going on in the depths of the Full Wave Rectifier Laboratories Rural Culture Studios, while a bunch of weirdos are working on the new Jesus is Angry album, which, as yet, remains untitled.

The album is going to be released on Full Wave Rectifier Laboratories. It is the heaviest album ever conceived by civilised man since 1354 BC. It will probably become illegal to possess or even think about.

This is yet another 100% analog recording, mixing and mastering, to satisfy passions for the audiophile purist. It features homemade analog modular synthesizers, analog bass effects, bass guitar, heavy drums with homemade cymbals, and saxophones, kindly provided by Free Jazz legend, William T. Hapalys.

William T. Hapalys requested some changes to the studio's lounge, in order to feel more inspired. This involved throwing out most of the furniture and emptying a garbage bin on the floor, among other, less radical changes.

Some fine music on FWRL Records