I was, and still am, in love with Stunned Records. The entire catalogue is wonderful.
Between 2008 and 2011, Philip and Myste French ran that label with impeccably high standards from packaging to extraordinarily good artwork and then you move on to the range of artists and approaches. Just WOW. I only found them about half way through and bought everything that I could get hold of. Given that it was a small tape / CDr label based in Long Beach, California (with no discernible European distro around), it took a bit of work to track the releases.
It was around this time that they moved to Portland, Oregan before ceasing operations with their 137th release in 2011. There was a
138th release in 2019 but it's really not part of the canon.
Here you will find Eureka (aka William Giacchi who was also in Super Minerals amongst others), Ear And Throat (their only release),
Rambutan (aka Eric Hardiman who was also in Burnt Hills, Century Plants and more and runs
Tape Drift Records),
Metal Rouge, Sleepwalkers Local 242 (which, whilst being a great name in its own right, is the work of Grant Capes who was in (VxPxC), Thousands etc),
SMGSAP (Shea M Gauer and Scott A. Peterson, geddit?),
Plankton Wat, The Doglands (the work of John Frank who in a completely different guise was in
Trotsky Icepick
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Danny and the Doorknobs), The Pistil Cosmos (aka Vincent Caylet who also recorded as "V", Archers By The Sea, Cankun and Thé Déluge as well as within
Ruralfaune Collective and Monks Of The Balhill),
Sean McCann and Enfer Boréal (aka Maxime Primault who recorded loads of great stuff as Annapurna Illusion, Black Zone Myth Chant, Black Zone One, High Wolf and Kunlun and as Iibiis Rooge with Neil Campbell, with Jani Hirvonen as Saturn Finger and as Voodoo Mount Sister with Alice Dourlen aka
Chicaloyoh). That is quite some list of wonderful people ...
Marking their 100th release, this is a six tape retrospective of, even then, out of print releases in a magnificent purpose built vinyl clip case tape box, with gorgeous artwork inside a woolen drawstring crocheted bag. A landmark release courtesy of
Stunned Records in 2010.
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All links are interchangeable but lean below first to share the load:
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Whilst you are waiting for them to download, you could do worse than listen to Enfer Boréal ...
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