This is something of a cheat. Because this CD is something a bit more than a label sampler — it’s mostly acts from the Tigerbeat6 label, but there’s also other random people.
And I’ve tried to only feature label samplers that work as albums — that are more than just a collection of random tracks, and I’m not sure this one does, really. It’s sometimes difficult to tell the whether you like a record label sampler because you just like the record label a lot, or whether they’ve managed to put together a satisfying album, but I think this is more the former than the latter.
They have tried to do some sequencing here — they’ve put most of the slower songs on the second CD and the more punchy tracks on the first CD, but it doesn’t really work well.
Tigerbeat6 was just such a moment — fun and funny, abrasive and melodic, insane and heartfelt. It was kinda everything, and I have bought absolutely everything they released. And then, after a handful of brief years, it was over, and like with many of these record labels that were a zeitgeist, most of the bands associated with the label kinda dissipated when the label went down the drain.
I guess you’d call most of these bands brokebeat bands? And there’s a few noise acts, and some that do glitch music, and more than a few that are just noisy, bratty rock bands… It was a fun few years, and I guess this sampler works as a nostalgic reminder, if nothing else.
03:11 Gamers In Exile - I Am A Decent Man 01:26 Fossil - Kick'SC 03:57 Cex - Furcoat 02:22 Aelters - Poc Size 05:05 Jetone - Ginotopia 04:25 Joseph Nothing - Exoticmanwalking(Edit) 01:39 Knifehandchop - Sun Jammer Is My Favorite Pokeman Trainer 03:52 D84 - Rock-Its-Hip 04:11 Lesser - Mensa Dunce Squad (Leg Up Program) 02:23 Blectum From Blechdom - Always Frank 03:13 Sonic Dragolgo - Strange 02:59 Disc - Where My Brap At? 02:41 Goodiepal - Wooper 02:46 Dwayne Sodahberk - I Understand You 04:31 Medicine - One More Night 01:48 Tugboat Fantastic! - I Want To Go To The Disco 04:57 Lusine Icl - Shin 03:34 Noriko Tujiko - White Film 01:02 Pisstank - A Small Good Thing 03:58 Twerk - Jujik_Olop 02:49 Pimmon - King Coming Melodia 04:06 Ted Sulkowicz - Kid_Newtown 02:59 Wobbly - Made Happy
07:08 Kid606 - You Just Don't Understand 03:47 Com.A - Hallucination Acid Lobot 03:29 Gold Chains featuring Nina Oppenheim - Burn Babylon 02:37 Dwayne Sodahberk - Nu_Maschine 04:56 Languis - Snowfall 04:24 Electric Company - Lit Up And Protruding 01:41 Kevin Blechdom - Klardiscopic Remedy #1 01:27 Daedelus - Exp. 02:51 DAT Politics - #21 01:22 Max Tundra - The Bill 06:31 Geoff White - Fog G 04:44 Stars As Eyes - More Difficult 02:37 Steward - The Man With The Tiny Hands 02:25 Jean Bach - P-Mechccjoymx 04:42 Mikael Stavostrand - Or 03:56 Nut 'n' Honey - Eskimokisses 03:23 Swim With The Dolphins - Yr Guitar 02:10 Kpt.Michi.Gan - Yr Lips-Yr Eyes 00:37 About This Product - 18 Metal Birds Pt. 1 03:04 Leafcutter John - Untitled 4 [Edit] 06:08 Stilluppsteypa - Nice Things To File Away
Just about half of these tracks can be found on Youtube these days:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMf9ySTWxoc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfg0lKraTcE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kyaxOvhnE4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8H83zFrnBY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itrNYbOKpJk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyenw-qlVRU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RreMiBY0ESM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-TOZ-OIJ1E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSXcIsZHoaM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGvFeg53Uzc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl_sP6-D9DY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bgdrLGUv00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2kpq0TNDRU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjn8sJ3qQ-k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzkIZhECJJQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaA5rQ5KJBo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPG35ch9ZAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7M6naboRa0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEXGK6I1EHc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6hYZu97fWU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3f7PMz-HD0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNRjG0_xdcg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riOLp7YUZao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97srQQt7zIg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DvvOm824gI
This blog post is part of the Record Label Samplers series.