Our first compilation that features 14 tracks from 7 different artists: Von Sleight, Rubber Band Banjo, Revolutionary Cells, Machines For Hire, Bocinas, Mutant Microbes, and Borg and the Ultimate Seeds. The styles on this compilation include experimental rock, avant electronic, sci-fi soundtrack, krautrock, science music, space rock, post punk, jazz, avant rock, early industrial, black and avant-garde metal, progressive rock, psychedelic, cut-ups, soundscapes, pop, and dub. A limited number of 6-panel digipaks were available for free at many fine record stores such as Aquarius Records in San Francisco, Amoeba Records in Los Angeles, Other Music in New York City, Wall of Sound in Seattle, Waterloo Records in Austin, and Reckless Records in Chicago.

06. Mutant Microbes - Collapsing New Post-Punks

07. Borg and the Ultimate Seeds - Spank Machine

08. Von Sleight - Radiation in the Eyeball

09. Rubber Band Banjo - Wave Genetics

10. Revolutionary Cells - Bomb on the Carousel

11. Machines For Hire - Living in the Dead Lights

12. Bocinas - Tapatio Cholla

13. Mutant Microbes - Bogus Pimp

14. Borg and the Ultimate Seeds - All Roads Lead to the 70's

This is a free 60 minute mixtape of party and lounge music made for the Iceland Airwaves Festival, happening October 12-16, 2011 in Reykjavik, Iceland. The mixtape is arranged as a DJ set and includes music from Von Sleight, Rubber Band Banjo, Borg and the Ultimate Seeds, Revolutionary Cells, and Machines For Hire. There are three ways to win our entire catalog of mp3 albums by listening to this mixtape:

1. If we find you listening to this mixtape in the streets during the Iceland Airwaves Festival (it could happen).

2. If you write the most interesting/useful/zany comments for every track in this mixtape (13 tracks total).

3. If you email us the name the artist and track names in order (whoever gets the most wins).
This contest ends on October 17, 2011. Good luck!


Iceland airwaves mixtape

Fringe Biology Recordings is a Seattle-based record label of outsider musicians specializing in experimental rock, avant electronic music, sci-fi soundtracks, krautrock, and science music (direct application of scientific concepts into music creation). Subcategories include space rock, post punk, jazz, avant rock, early industrial, black and avant-garde metal, progressive rock, psychedelic, cut-ups, soundscapes, pop, and dub. The music is inspired by diverse and esoteric topics such as ancient technology, wave genetics, synthetic and evolutionary biology, urban decay, space travel, science run amok, the films of David Cronenberg, Alejandro Jodorowsky, David Lynch, Fritz Lang, and the literature of William S. Burroughs, J.G. Ballard, Philip K. Dick, Brion Gysin, and Jorge Luis Borges. Music videos are also released on DVD. We still believe in the full-length album with artwork that should be heard and felt as an entire work of art and not fragmented into individual downloads.

Current FB Recordings artists include Von Sleight, Rubber Band Banjo, Revolutionary Cells, Machines For Hire, Borg and the Ultimate Seeds, Bocinas, and Mutant Microbes. Older recordings from Rubber Band Banjo, Bocinas, and Brickburner are also available at the FBR website. Tracks from FBR artists have been played on KEXP, Warren Ellis mixtapes, Hollow Earth Radio, Don Campau's No Pigeonholes show and Weirdsville! Web Radio, made into Ninja videos, and have been the theme song for the sci-fi podcast Billibub Baddings. Several FBR releases are available on CD Baby, iTunes, Napster, eMusic, Amazon, and other digital distribution sites. Selected releases are available at Wall of Sound, Dissonant Plane, and Sonic Boom record shops in Seattle, WA.

Currently we are looking to expand our audio and video releases from like-minded artists. We will help you release your CD here, get it out to the masses through digital distributors such as iTunes, and market your release for review and radio play. See the demo policy if interested.

Some of our influences include Neu!, Can, Faust, Cluster, Kraftwerk, Heldon, Hawkwind, Keuhkot, Circle, Cleaning Women, Einsturzende Neubauten, Coil, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The Residents, Idiot Flesh, Moe!kestra, Secret Chiefs 3, Mr. Bungle, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Tuxedomoon, Wire, Gang of Four, Devo, Joy Division, Pere Ubu, La Dusseldorf, Bogus Blimp, When, Ulver, Arcturus, Solefald, Shining, Magyar Posse, Alamaailman Vasarat, Aavikko, Messer Chups, Henry Cow, Art Bears, Fred Frith, Chris Cutler, King Crimson, Brian Eno, DNA, Der Plan, Palais Schaumburg, and many more.

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