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R.I.P. Output Recordings
Reviews of albums from Output Recordings at Prefix:
Black Strobe: Chemical Sweet Girl EP
Channel 3: A Compilation of Output Recordings
Colder: Again
Mu: Out of Breach (Manchester's Revenge)
Letter from Trevor Jackson, Founder and Owner of Output Recordings
10 years of consistently great bands and continually no income finally took
its toll
Running a record label started as fun and ended up as a nightmare, I saw
people I thought were my friends turn into monsters, Sycophantic fools
jump bandwagons quicker than sneaker styles, And individuals I thought
were affiliates stab me in the back without even thinking twice. Baby
-sitting grown adults is not a skill I possess, So I am more than happy to
pass the gauntlet onto trust funded pseudo indies with fat pockets and no
imagination, let them deal with paranoid artists with inflated egos
who believe their own hype and request tour riders fit for royalty.
The label remained a true independent for its entire lifetime and was never
run by a staff of any more than two, So I'm extremely proud of what was
achieved and really hope the music and spirit of the label made even the
smallest impact on peoples lives. Nobody taught me how to run the label, it
just started with a dream to create an international genre-less platform for
musical outcasts who couldn't get their music released anywhere else, And
ended up becoming a highly respected label spoken about in the same breath
as labels which had inspired me to create Output in the first place. I got
the chance to meet and work with some of the most wonderfully talented and
inspiring people on the planet, And had the pleasure of getting support and
feedback from people I had respected and admired for years.
Its not so easy living in one of the most expensive cities in the world
running a label with the sole purpose of releasing music that I love,
(regardless of style or current musical trend). I never once made a musical
decision based on the amount of revenue that an artist could bring in to the
business, and perhaps that's partly responsible for the position I am in
today. I never wanted to become flavor of the whatever, or become part of
any new movement or scene, But as more success and attention was thrown at
us, the bigger problems became. I never wanted to have all my passion
and enthusiasm knocked out of me, But somehow it's happened. I simply wanted
to showcase exciting, experimental and forward thinking music with
individuality and personality that at the same time was accessible, Both
packaged in away that would force people to look twice, And desirable enough
to purchase and possess as a treasured item.
I would like to express my gratitude to the all the music lovers, buyers,
record stores, radio & club DJ's, journalists, labels, artists, promoters
and remixers worldwide who supported the label, (many of you from day one!),
and will miss all the positive feedback and kind words which i constantly
found uplifting, and gave me the energy to carry on even in the most
difficult of circumstances. It was an honor to be involved with the majority
of artists I worked with, and I wish them unlimited amounts of success in
the future. The final Output releases (taking the label up to release 100)
will be available as free mp3 downloads on the website from October 1st for
one month only, I hope you enjoy them.
I truly am sorry to have to end it, but I did what I set out to do, And
really tried to offer a genuine diverse alternative. Quite how much further
I could of taken it without selling my soul I don't know, But I genuinely
doubt that I could of enjoyed it more than I did at the very best of times,
And eventually the most important people, My artists, Would of suffered.
Trevor Jackson
Output Recordings 1996-2006
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i still like that mu record a lot.

Mike Krolak

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