KASSAR is instrumental minimalist doom noise

Midas: drums / Guido: bass / Pepijn: guitar

We make Bitwig Studio: a dynamic software for creation and performance of your musical ideas on stage or in the studio.

Home of Muziektaal, music for film and theatre and the former podcast series 'De platenkast van' (www.platenkastvan.nl): musicians talk (in Dutch) about their favourite records and about music & inspiration in general.

Poor Thing, sitting there behind his computer and cheap mono synth, all alone in his dark and cold laboratory. No one cares about him or his music. Truth be told, Mr Poor Thing doesn't care about them either. He just laughs hysterically while feeding on the tune that will ultimately destroy mankind.

Two daddy's with a love for music are going on a beer and cannabis fueled adventure, exploring music styles like old school drum 'n bass and dub.

Ipecac Recordings is the brainchild of Greg Werckman (former label manager for the legendary punk label, Alternative Tentacles, employee for Mercury Records for a record 15 minutes, currently operating Pick-A-Winner Management) and Mike Patton (former frontman for Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, currently of Fantômas, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom).

Werckman and Patton had been scheming for years (in between video games) about starting their very own label, waiting for just the right moment to unleash their master plan. Ipecac Recordings is not about to make music biz history and execute a revolution (although one is surely needed) or bore you by waxing poetic about their original musical philosophies. But if we have to adhere to a "mission statement," how about the notion of being an honest, artist friendly label run on a shoe string with no outrageous promotional or production costs. This label is a home to Mike Patton's eclectic musical collaborations as well as a place where bands we admire have the freedom to release music they might not be able to, or want to, release on other labels.

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