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The Grinds of March, March 13th: A benefit for the Ann Arbor skatepark

2010-03-03T08:39:07Z

The Grinds of March, March 13th: A benefit for the Ann Arbor skatepark

Skatejam, Halfpipe and street contests, tons of prizes and giveaways, pro demo by Andy Macdonald.

Sponsored by: Red Belly Boardshop, Fingerle Lumber, Silvio's Organic Pizza, Local Chaos, Plus Skate Shop, VG Kids, Zingerman's, Bubble Island, Einfach Skate, Morgan & York, Acme Mercantile, Positiv Skateboards, The Vault of Midnight, Moosejaw, Who Skates, Ann Arbor Art Center, Native Skates, Crowdrise, Arbor Brewing Company, Roos Roast, and Low Res Records.

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FREE compilation = Ear To The Ground: Tokyo, Feat. Himawari, Not Robo Boy, DJ Honda, more...

2009-12-18T06:58:24Z

Our friends over at NewYork-Tokyo.com have selected Himawari 'Wheel Of Life' and Takeshi's blistering remix of Gr3yman & Valerye Boybender's 'The Message' (under his Not Robo Boy alias) to be a part of the insanely cool Ear To The Ground series of compilations. Every month a different city is featured as a theme for each compilation and this month is Tokyo, featuring other amazing artists such as Hifana (long time fans of Hifana at Low Res HQ), DJ Honda and DJ Kentaro to name a few...

This is available NOW for FREE DOWNLOAD over at the Limewire store. GET ON IT.

LINK TO FULL ARTICLE AT NEWYORK-TOKYO

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Read more about the compilation and all featured artists at Newyork-Tokyo.com.

'Ear To The Ground: Tokyo' Compilation featured at Limewire Store

2009-12-17T07:34:56Z

'Ear To The Ground: Tokyo', including Himawari and Not Robo Boy, is featured as a FREE download through the Limewire store and on their Limewire Music Blog. This is a wicked good exclusive compilation curated by the great people at Newyork-Tokyo.com. Did we mention it was FREE? More info available at the links below:

LIMEWIRE MUSIC BLOG

DOWNLOAD (within U.S.)
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Detroit...

2009-12-16T04:58:45Z

Low Res Records FLICKR page

2009-10-04T06:24:05Z

An ongoing archival process and collection point for both current and vintage Low Res media. There's some laughable stuff up there already and it's all still a pretty new effort. Official event flyer archive and plenty of other stuff that probably won't have a reason to find it's way on to the official (mockery of a) website.

LOW RES RECORDS' photostream @ FLICKR

c64 Lowest Moments review at GrindThieves

2009-09-07T06:18:38Z

"...If you're familiar with either c64 or Low Res, you have a pretty good idea of what to expect. If you're not down with either, you're in for a full on crunchcore assault assembled by one of the more in tune with the music DJs in breakcore/hardcore. ."

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C64 - "Lowest Moments"

Digging exclusively into the Low Res catalogue, c64 delivers all of my personal favorites from the label and leaves out the material I was never particularily fond of. If you're familiar with either c64 or Low Res, you have a pretty good idea of what to expect. If you're not down with either, you're in for a full on crunchcore assault assembled by one of the more in tune with the music DJs in breakcore/hardcore. Riding a perfect wave and flow into and out of some of Low Res's best output, c64 deftly tells a decade old story still in the making. Classic Low Res material assembled superbly. Crazy to think that some of the material included is 10 years old! In a word - essential.

GRINDTHIEVES, seriously great site and the definitive mid-west authority on knowing what's up.

Schizophrenia 4 | Sat. Sept 5 2009 | PRESS RELEASE

2009-08-24T05:29:02Z

DOWNLOAD SCHIZOPHRENIA 4 FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE

DOWNLOAD SCHIZOPHRENIA 4 PRE-PARTY @ McCARTHY'S PUB FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SCHIZOPHRENIA 4, DETROIT, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, ALL NIGHT, ALL AGES, FEATURING SOMATIC RESPONSES & EXTENSIVE ROSTER OF DUBSTEP, BREAKCORE, HARD TECHNO, AND EXTREME ELECTRONICS

Public info / directions: 313-483-1544 (infoline) and http://schizophrenia.c8.com

Detroit, MI -- This Labor Day Weekend, the Schizophrenia event series returns to Detroit, where it established itself in 2007 as North America's premiere event for hardcore techno, breakcore and extreme electronics. Schizophrenia 4 takes place on Sat, Sep 5 (address TBA on day of event), with headlining acts Somatic Responses (UK), Sickboy (Belgium), Cdatakill (Denver), Dev/Null (Boston), and many more. The event runs all night from 8 PM to 6 AM, cover is $15 before 9 PM and $20 after 9 PM, and is open to all ages.

As Detroit's own purveyors of hard, broken beats, Low Res Records and From the Gut join forces with Ohio's No Room for Talent Records to present the fourth installment of Schizophrenia. Not wanting to be outdone by last year's installment in Madison, the series returns to the birthplace of techno with none other than the UK's Somatic Responses, in their first ever visit to Detroit, and their first performance in the United States in over a decade. Riding the wave of their recent Reformation release (Ad Noiseam), comprised of earth shattering dubstep, the Welsh duo's live performance will also dig deep into their extensive discography of complex dislocated & broken beats, distorted intelligent constructions, and fascinating sonic structures, on revered labels such as Drop Bass, Hymen, Industrial Strength, Zhark, and Praxis Records, with promised injections of hardcore, breakcore, and hard Midwest acid.

Supporting acts will include Cdatakill (Denver, Low Res, Ad Noiseam, Zhark Records), a one-man wrecking crew who has worked closely with Schizophrenia veteran Abelcain and headlined last year's preparty event in Madison; Sickboy and Droon (Belgium, Peace Off, Tigerbeat6 Records), the co-founders of Belgium's influential Breakcore Gives Me Wood events crew; Dev/Null (Boston, Cock Rock Disco); Unibomber (Chicago, Distort, Noizetek Records) and Fishead (Northern Hardcorps, Montreal), notable veterans of every Schizophrenia event since 1997, and acts not to be missed; Stagediver (Milwaukee, Distort Records), J-Stat (Detroit, Void, From the Gut), Deadlines (Detroit, Void, From the Gut), In Broken Key (Akron, No Room For Talent), and K.Attic (Detroit, randomreason), in addition to three VJ's from Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal, respectively, performing live projected video installations.

The event runs all night from 8 PM to 6 AM, cover is $15 before 9 PM and $20 after 9 PM, and is open to all ages. Event location will be announced on the day of the event at infoline 313-483-1544, and event website http://schizophrenia.c8.com.

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Schizophrenia is an annual event dedicated to boundary pushing electronic music in the Midwest and beyond, and is supported by No Room for Talent Records, Low Res Records, From the Gut, and a collection of dedicated individuals. With an explosive archive of international talent unseen stateside for over a decade, the Schizophrenia series works to revive a scene of cutting-edge electronic talent from coast to coast and beyond. Building upon the momentum of underground electronic music events in the late 1990s that saw the development of the influential sounds of Midwest hardcore and breakcore, Schizophrenia has hosted a variety of national and international pillars of extreme electronic music. Veteran Schizophrenia performers include Noize Creator (Germany), Mark N (Australia), Doormouse (Miami), Fishead (Montreal), Unibomber (Chicago), Abelcain / Davros (Madison), Adjust (Detroit), Prometheus Burning (Pittsburgh), Split Horizon (Detroit), Fanny (Winnipeg), and Baseck (Los Angeles), among many others.

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Public info / directions: 313-483-1544 (infoline) and http://schizophrenia.c8.com

Mudgie's Deli & Low Res Records collab shirt

2009-08-08T05:19:01Z

available now and looking freaking fabulous. stop in mudgie's deli to grab one in your person while you stuff your piehole with a sandwich the size of your head.

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Schizophrenia 4 | Sat Sep 5 2009 | Detroit MI USA

2009-07-06T06:43:50Z

SCHIZOPHRENIA 4
Saturday Sep 5 2009 / Detroit
Labor Day Weekend (USA)
Somatic Responses - Wales
Cdatakill - Denver
Dev/Null - Boston
Unibomber - Des Plaines
Fishead - Montreal
Sickboy - Belgium
J-Stat - Detroit
Droon - Belgium
Stagediver - Stallis
In Broken Key - Akron
Deadlines - Detroit
K.Attic - Detroit
Jaymez (VJ) - Winnipeg
Parul Io (VJ) - Toronto

SCHIZOPHRENIA PREPARTY
Friday Sep 4 2009 / Detroit
S/M - Minneapolis
Xanopticon - Pittsburgh
Rtype - Oakland
Cutups - Pittsburgh
Mark Lancaster - Portland
Vasculator - Pittsburgh
Metria - Detroit
Selector Catalogue - Ann Arbor
The Artbreaker - Fargo
Synthamesk - Montreal
Sporadik - Denver

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Himawari wins Shojo Beat Reader poll

2009-05-11T03:20:30Z

HIMAWARI has been chosen as the winner for Best Experimental Japanese Band by the readers of Shojo Beat magazine! In the June 2009 issue, Himawari received a landslide 78% of the vote to lock down the experimental category, flattening the competition with a brutal KO in the first round! AWESOME. Thanks Shojo Beat readers!

new vinyl stock in low res store

2009-05-02T03:09:06Z

new 12" vinyl in stock at the low res store featuring releases from Mirra, Davros/Unibomber on Noizetek, Current Value, Kid Kyptic, Spektrum, Infamy, Andy Skopes & The Sith on Soothsayer, the new Praxis Anonymous series, LFO Demon, Innasekt, Sumone on Sprengstoff, Vile Enginez on Sub/Version and Zhark, Komonazmuk on Terminal Dusk and more! Guaranteed best prices in the States on these thrashing vinyl gems, extremely limited quantities on most titles so don't miss out!

AVAILABLE IN THE LOW RES STORE NOW.

c64 'Lowest Moments' review at Igloo Mag

2009-02-11T06:47:51Z

Courtesy of soul brother number uno Jericho Maxim:

[7:39 am] Lowest Moments, a mixed compilation of tracks on the Low Res label, mixed by C64. This is a mash-up of 26 tracks from the excellent Low Res in Detroit, mixing sounds of hardcore breakbeat, industrial, and speed-glitch, touching most of the major releases from the label's first ten years in operation.

[7:46 am] In the first four tracks on this, C64 has brought together label head Adjust, Venetian Snares, Bombardier, and I:Gor, all easily identifiable as Low Res artists and all classics in their own rights. A record like Lowest Moments makes me want to immediately purchase the entire back catalog. I'm going to resist this time, but so far this album has been all gravy.

LINK TO FULL REVIEW AT IGLOO MAGAZINE]]> [7:49 am] The punishing breaks at the end of I:Gor's "Happy Mechanical Unit" lead directly to the vacuum cleaner-bass tone and overdriven snare of Kamphetamine's "Exorcism Threshold," and early classic from Low Res sub-label Division 13. This goes into the mighty "Forsaken" from underground power-star Abelcain, one of my personal favourite Low Res artists.

[7:58 am] Starting to feel a little fatigued, like maybe I should have slept a little bit later into the morning. C'est la vie. C64 is on the decks and I'm getting jolted out of my stupor with this disc. Really digging how C64 manages the mood and tempo in his track selections and mixing. Like all good DJ's, he knows when to take it down a notch or two and when to crash the faders all the way up and blow everything out. Really expert control of the vinyl here. Currently on the Adjust remix of Delien's "Aon." Delien always reminded me of what Skinny Puppy should have turned into after Last Rights, instead of what they became on The Process. They should have kept it digital. Adjust remixes their track sympathetical to that. And C64 takes it to the next level by seamlessly mixing it with Tarmvred's "Oskulden." Not 10 tracks into this CD and we're hitting all the right high notes in the Low Res catalog. Other artists included in this mix are Davros, Theeq, Ubergang, Cdatakill, and Kero. All excellent on their own (Davros, especially), here they become the ultimate hardcore DJ party. This disc could be 12 hours long and it would keep me moving.

[8:22 am] Really not much more to say about this album that wouldn't be repetitive, but C64 is in top form using the Low Res catalog as building blocks for Lowest Moments. There is a superb mastery of mood and tempo that wouldn't be as effective should the same tracks be used in the same fashion for another mix by another mixer. Low Res is one of the best underground labels going, and a true shining star for the city of Detroit - an innovative underdog that takes what the city gives and spins it into genius.

LINK TO FULL REVIEW AT IGLOO MAGAZINE

c64 'Lowest Moments' review at Cuemix Mag

2009-02-10T04:36:23Z

"C64 hailing from Toronto is one of my super heroes. He keeps the faith in straight Breakcore music and invests time, money and heart blood in this music. As a Dj, musician and label chief he always searches the boundaries of electronic music and merges styles together to create something new.

Celebrating its ten-year anniversary Low Res Records, the pathbreaking pioneers of Breakcore from Detroit, links up with C64 and his wonderful Drosstik label to release a very special album."

LINK TO FULL REVIEW AT CUEMIX MAGAZINE]]> "Lowest Moments" a breathtaking album mixed by C64. Twenty-six tracks, the complete Low Res catalogue mixed perfectly together to a nonesuch journey into the history and magic moments of this great label. Mixing these tracks together to a mix seems to be impossible, but not for C64. He represents the tracks in a new context and let them shine in a new light. A real masterpiece. The timing and sequencing is perfect and the way he merges these tracks together is unbelievable. He leaves each track enough space to show its personality, but he also mixes all together to a great piece of music. A monolithic soundtrack for the apocalypse. I know that a lot of people, think that Breakcore is a musical style that can only be heard in dark cellars and strange guys dancing around - this mix proves that black is white. Intelligent music with message and soul, building headmovies and musical landscapes.

This is a must have - a perfect ten album, not just for those who love Breakcore!

Lowest Moments' (DTK08 / LOW 022) mixed by c64, a split release by Dross:tik Records in Toronto and Low Res Records in Detroit.

Abelcain & Cdatakill - 'Passage' split cd available in store now

2009-02-08T06:45:30Z

Abelcain & Cdatakill - 'Passage' split cd on the always incredible Ad Noiseam label. Features four new tracks in the remix saga: Abelcain's 'Musica Domestica' and 'Black Bone Orchid' remixed by Cdatakill, and Cdatakill's 'Raining Glass' and 'Tornado Warning' remixed by Abelcain. Also includes for the first time, CD format tracks of the Abelcain & Cdatakill split releases Playing With Knives EP on Low Res and The Six Stigmata EP on Zhark International.

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Low Res Store OPEN NOW!

2009-01-01T09:13:19Z

Guaranteed only place you'll find the hard to find, if it's still in print, it's here. Sublabels and Likeminded madness from other labels also stocked in the store for the getting while the gettings to be got, got that Chico? Low Res, Division 13, Rematter, Praxis, Zhark, Eupholus, Sub/Version, Zod, Darkmatter, and more of the moreness. All those shirts, you wondered where they came from Tom Tucker? They came from here Tom, they came from here. ENTER STORE HERE.