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DEBT Records is a label born out of troubled times, a label nurse-fed on the understanding that current music industry practices are failing both artists and listeners. DEBT IS A LABEL THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO THAT INDUSTRY

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Red Tides release WILD HOUR

02 September 2010

“Wild Hour” the new record by Debt’s jaw-dropping experimental folk outfit Red Tides is on general release from Monday 6th September 2010.

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It will be available from the Debt Records shop and all the usual digital retailers plus selected independent outlets.

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Un-Convention's Invisible Band

09 May 2010

The last few days have seen two historic events take place: the first UK hung parliament in thirty six years and the first album to be recorded, produced, pressed and released in a mere twelve hours.

The latter is, of course, Un-Convention Factory. Eight bands, Sixty music industry professionals and three hundred people in a converted factory space recreating Iggy Pop’s “The Idiot” album to mark the thirtieth anniversary since Ian Curtis hanged himself while listening to it.

One of those bands was Debt’s own Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six who were commissioned to rearrange track six “Dum Dum Boys”. Despite receiving praise on the day from everyone from Har Mar Superstar to UB40’s sax player they don’t get a credit on the album sleeve. The artwork for the record was produced and printed in-house and somehow the band with the longest name (playing the album’s longest song) was left off the sleeve notes. This oversight comes as no surprise to Louis:

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“It’s pointless getting annoyed about these things, it happens all the time and has characterized our musical career. We’re best known for our live presence but to the existing industry we’ve always been invisible - it’s apt for us to be anonymous on the only record that has any kind of mainstream appeal… it tickles my perverted sense of humour that anyone enjoying our track on the Unconvention album will have no idea who’s playing it. Besides, I’ve always said I’d rather be a myth than a legend.”

The whole Debt Records team were at the factory all day and were moved by the mixture of positive collaboration and useful discussion between current practitioners (coupled with the usual industry survivors wittering on about the good old days) - it was a curious harmony of new ideas, community spirit and optimism with a handful of irrelevant famous people wasting everyone’s time. A perfect mirror to what we now hesitantly call “the music business”.

For more information about the great things that Un-Convention gets up to visit their blog.

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MAPS Festival Tickets in our shop

26 April 2010

Tickets for this year’s MAPS Festival (which takes place between 30th April - 3rd May) are available in the Debt Records shop

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HONEYFEET!

18 March 2010

NEW SIGNING … NEW SIGNING … NEW SIGNING … NEW SIGNING … NEW SIGNING

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We are overjoyed to announce that Debt Records has now signed the wonderful, incomparable HONEYFEET. We’ve been hoping this would happen for some time now, they really are one of the greatest outfits on the gig circuit. We’ll be properly updating the website in due course to make room for their formidable boots to sit comfortably in the label’s hearth.

In the meantime, check out their music and upcoming shows on the Honeyfeet myspace

And join their facebook page for updates and discussion

Joy of joys.

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Free Fairhurst!

17 March 2010

ANTI-PRESS RELEASE - “FREE FAIRHURST - KING OF SPRING”

JOHN FAIRHURST’S ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FREE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING

21st March, the traditional beginning of Spring, will this year feature a unique opportunity to procure John Fairhurst’s highly praised debut album Joys of Spring for absolutely nothing.

“This is an unbridled, joyous explosion of simple textures, thrilling musicianship and handsome melodies.”
(Chris Long, BBC Radio Manchester)

When Joys was first released in 2008 critics and audiences alike were stunned by its sheer majesty - the common consensus was that it signaled the auspicious arrival of a formidable new talent.

Since its humble beginnings in a Wigan shed the album has reached audiences all over the world and accompanied its creator on tours that have included North America, Australia, continental Europe and the Far East, as well as nearly every music festival imaginable (including Glastonbury and Texas’ prestigious SXSW).

Now, we are pleased to announce that John is giving this infamous LP away free of charge to fans old and new. The national press don’t know about this one, the publicity is limited to informing individuals who have supported the independent music scene and followed the progress of artists affiliated with Debt Records and like-minded progressive labels.

How do you get it?

Avoid the usual retailers, head straight to John’s personal shop (which will be linked in to www.debtrecords.net/shop on the day of the giveaway) and download your copy in whatever format best suits you.

Offer is limited to Sunday 21st March.

Details of John Fairhurst’s follow up release will be announced in due course.

NOTES TO EDITORS

There shouldn’t be any editors reading this. This information is not for journalists, they received their free press copies years ago.

For more information about John Fairhurst’s music contact us or visit www.johnfairhurst.com

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Mum's The Word

16 March 2010

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We had a lot of responses about the Bedlam Six’s “Mother” release. Here’s a selection.

in the words of robert burns “The mother-linnet in the brake Bewails her ravish’d young; So I, for my lost darling’s sake, Lament the live-day long.”
- Connor Brook

It´s hard to raise a kid, but an english kid pfff. Congratulations for all the UK mother´s from México!! The relationship between a mother and a son, it is the most sincere in the world.
- Juan Carlos

i saw my mum (and dad for that matter) in a whole new light when i became a parent. Awesome people
- Nik Sheppard

Even though i’m a pretty good mum myself, my mam is a thousand times better and i love her loads!
- Elaine Pickup

ohhh mother!! It’s always your fault. :)
- Mick

Dear Mum Thank you for all the years of hard toil and graft that you put in to raise me, and the many more to come ;)
- Anthony Brown

Mother Nature……why she did make us this way? Sicko.
- Helen Crosbie

My mum the Mezzatron is a Irish robotic step boxing legend.
- J-Dog

My mum is fantastic because she understands me more than I understand myself. She’s beautiful and caring.
- Terri Lucas

I can’t be with my mum this year as I am at uni but I hope she has the best day :) She deserves it. Best mum in the world
- Hollie

can’t live with them, can’t be born without them!
- Gav

Oh mother, just look what you’ve started…
- Nim

Thank you for putting up with 13 hours of labor to eventually squeeze out this one of a kind jack-ass, i hope your proud, i know i am. i wouldn’t change anything about my upbringing. I Love You Mum.
- Dan Kennard

never try to break the bond
- Gill Watkins

Mother why did you raise me this way?
- Bill Stockham

Thanks a bunch of bananas, you are probably the only good person around these days , much love ste x
- Stephen Ballinger

Happy mothers day mum! Betcha never thought I’d remember!!
- Anna Mellow

My mum’s Janet Jackson.
- Laura Jackson

It’s not mother’s day in Australia
- Oli Pope

I like the moustache of both mother and son.
- Peter

I was a horrid, thoughtless, selfish teenager but She has never let me down..Always there with a dustpan, brush and words of glue to mend the pieces of broken hearts and other tragedies of adolescence. Plus the get out of debt free card, hotel bed and board and the personal taxi service, She has raised a child that can now happily face the world and survive! I now finally appreciate all that my mother given me…except for the hips - she coulda kept them!! :) x
- Claire

Great mothers sometimes make pancakes on mother’s day, but rarely do that pancakes make great mothers on pancake day…. I’d like mine with golden syrup and vanilla ice cream, please.
- Martyn Cawthorne

I am only a good Mum because my children made me so. I have been a Mum for the past 50 years with three great kids now grown up with their own families, they keep me young by producing offsprings, I have 8 grandchildren and a ninth due in June, and 1 Great grandson. xx
- Marie Boon

Some mothers do ave em
- Phyllida

Thank you for being so good to me without question or hesitation. I love you very very much
- Ali

Hi, i’m not really up to a radio-friendly witty request. i just would really like the single emailing to me please. Happy Mothers Day!
- Gareth

Dear Mum, happy mothers day , you are totally awesome and amazing at putting up with all my rubbish! well done!
Abigail xxx

Mother, why indeed did you raise me this way?????
- Adz

Happy Mothering Sunday to all the mothers out there….
- Miggs

Mother why did you let them lead me astray?
- Dexter

Well, this will be the first time I got a Mothers Day message! (You going soft?) Lots of love,
- Mother Barabbas xxx


The single “Mother” by Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six is now on general release and can be purchased in the Debt Records shop (as well as all the usual digital retailers).

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Save BBC 6 Music

10 March 2010

Below are some words from the Association of Independent Musicians about the BBC 6 Music fiasco:

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TAKE ACTION NOW TO SAVE BBC 6MUSIC & THE ASIAN NETWORK

You will all by now be aware of the recent announcement that BBC 6Music and The Asian Network are set to close as part of a costs review.

6Music has been a vital platform for independent music lovers since it was established in 2002. With diverse playlists, passionate presenters and a focus on all that is cutting edge and iconic, it has been the first station to provide cutting edge music that would not be heard elsewhere.

AIM has been quick to respond to this announcement and spread the message that 6Music and The Asian Network MUST NOT CLOSE. AIM CEO Alison Wenham, Beggars’ Chairman Martin Mills and Bella Union Founder Simon Raymonde have all spoken out on the news and in the press to explain the importance of 6Music. Together with the BPI, we have sent an open letter to BBC Director-General Mark Thompson (you can read this here), and we will be submitting a formal response to the BBC Trust consultation.

We must all do what we can to keep these important stations alive…let’s make our voices heard!

What You Should Do:

  1. Click the link below to complete the BBC Strategy Review Online Survey - tell them how important 6Music is!

http://consultations.external.bbc.co.uk/departments/bbc/bbc-strategy-review/consultation/consult_view

  1. Email the BBC Trust: srconsultation@bbc.co.uk

  2. Sign the petitions:

http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/BBCcuts http://www.petition.fm/petitions/6musicasiannet/1000/

  1. Join the Facebook group to Save 6Music: www.bit.ly/aJ04tq

  2. Show your support by listening to 6Music on the iplayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlive/bbc_6music/

  3. Forward this message or send the links to all of your colleagues, artists, friends and family, and post the links on Twitter (use tag #savebbc6music), Facebook, Myspace etc.

The BBC will take note if enough people take action, so spread the word!

“Commercial radio can never replicate 6 Music’s cultural value - it’s not viable for us to do so. The commercial landscape has featured many fine rock music stations that have never made any real money - over time we water them down and gently shepherd them back towards the traditional commercial heartland. We will gain nothing from this closure yet the music industry will lose much.”

Steve Orchard (a former group programme director of GWR, who launched Planet Rock and programmed Classic FM, also ex-group operations director of Gcap, responsible for XFM and Capital.)

“Cherry Red Records is one of the 3 or 4 independent record labels that started in the late 1970’s and is still going strong. Last year it released over 500 albums. The majority were catalogue releases, i.e. releases of music that was no longer available. Many were from artists that were long forgotten by all but a very few. 6 Music were one for the few radio stations that played some of these tracks enabling people to become aware of some wonderful music that was virtually forgotten about. It would indeed be a tragedy if this opportunity was lost to us all. We should all do what we can to make the BBC wake up to the monumental mistake that they are in the process of making.”

Ian McNay, Cherry Red Records

A message from Domino Recording Co. Ltd…

We would like to make it clear that we are extremely concerned by BBC plans to cut BBC 6 Music from its schedule. BBC 6 Music is an extremely important and rare outlet for much of the music that we release on Domino. For many of us who grew up listening to, and learning about music from John Peel, we’ve come to appreciate this station of mostly free playlists, diversity, new things, old things, the unexpected. Indeed we’d argue that the BBC should be making this fantastic station more readily available via the masses of unused FM bandwidth.

Comments from just a few of our artists…

Noah Lennox (Animal Collective/Panda Bear)

“When I was a lot younger radio used to be the place I’d go to find new music and I feel like I would find it everywhere on the dial. Since then it seems like less and less stations are willing to or have the means to play new music. I miss unpredictable radio. Please support these guys…”

Alison Mosshart (The Kills/The Dead Weather)

“Please don’t leave us musicians and music lovers with such a void. We need BBC6. It is the only radio station we all listen too, and seemingly, the only station that plays anything worth listening too. It would be culturally damaging to lose this station. I highly doubt I would ever listen to radio in England again, if it were gone. And that goes for a great many friends and colleagues of mine. BBC6 has been very supportive to the bands that I have been in and supportive of my friends and label mates. We are all greatly appreciative of the fine work they do, and the open minds that they have. It baffles me why art and culture must always suffer and get the boot before sport or the generic music which EVERYONE plays already, anyway. We can get these trashy things anywhere. But we’re relying on BBC6 to encourage and inspire. To shut it down would be a real shame and a real mistake. Think of it as the Tate Modern of radio. We want it; we need it… because it’s unique and culturally significant.

Please save BBC 6 Music.”

Hayden Thorpe (Wild Beasts)

“The closure of BBC6 music would be a huge blow to British arts in general. I don’t know any other established vehicle, which allows for inventive and contemporary music to reach such a wide audience. I’m in no doubt the unrelenting support we have had from BBC6 has massively helped our career. This sends out a damning message to creative young people.”

Jack Barnett (These New Puritans)

“BBC6 was and is incredibly important to bands like us. In the world of ‘independent music’, where it can be difficult to survive by your ideas, it really is a unique and completely positive force. Its closure would be a massive blow to the possibilities of creative people doing creative things in this country.”

Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion) “The end of 6Music is such a disgrace and catastrophe, I learnt so much from it, and imagine that if I was younger I would have learnt more. A lot of people are going to remember this. This is so upsetting for music fans across the country.”

Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) “Please don’t close down 6 music and Asian network. It’s important to have stations on the radio that don’t just play mainstream music.”

Finally, a note from AIM Board Member Martin Mills…

Good afternoon,

My name is Martin Mills, and I run the Beggars Group of independent labels, the largest in Europe producing new alternative music, comprising currently the labels XL Recordings, Rough Trade, 4AD and Matador. I am also a board member of PPL and UK Music, and of the independent label associations AIM, Impala and A2IM. I chaired the Department of Culture Committee which produced the report Consumers Call The Tune, and was awarded an MBE in 2008. A list of artists signed to our labels who have recently been played on 6 Music is attached below.

I firmly believe that the BBC should not close 6 Music. 6 Music is a station for music lovers and plays music that largely is not heard anywhere else on the dial. Isn’t that what the BBC is meant to do? The BBC’s public service remit charges it to do exactly that - and 6’s output is distinctive, eclectic and unique.

Radio’s 1 and 2 do a great job at what they do, but are essentially pop music stations. 6 is the Radio 3 version of that, and is a home to great artists and music, particularly independent, who don’t fit in with its larger brothers’ programming needs - ‘album’ artists who have large followings like The National, who can sell out the Albert Hall, but who won’t fit on 1 or 2 until when or if they come up with a pop radio-shaped track. Then there are new artists like The xx, who got all their initial radio exposure on 6.

This is not an area that the commercial sector will fill - Virgin and Xfm both started off with similar ambitions, but commercial pressures diluted and normalised them. A station like 6 can only survive and prosper in the public radio sector. See annexed below * for what a specialist in commercial radio had to say about 6’s prospects in that world.

91% of listeners to 6 Music say that it introduces them to music that is new to them, and 89% say they hear music on 6 that they don’t hear elsewhere. It plays five times as many new songs as any comparable commercial stations. Last week its playlist of 28 titles included just six that were also on Radio 1, three that were in the national airplay top 50, and one that was on Radio 2. 80% of 6’s music can not be heard elsewhere on the dial. This is exactly what the BBC should be doing.

Please don’t believe that integrating 6’s programming into Radio 1 and/or 2 is the answer. They cannot avoid operating in a competitive radio environment, in which the criteria for play are tight, logical and well-researched. The kind of music that 6 plays does not by definition belong or flourish in that space, it needs its own station, not its own programmes, or its space within programmes.

6 Music is a big part of the reason that the UK’s music scene is so vital and healthy at the moment - and I don’t just mean UK music making, I mean the appreciation for and love of artistic creativity in music.

I have nothing against commercial radio. Commercial radio is commercial radio. But the beauty of the BBC is that it is a public service. It can put art and culture above commerce. That is precisely what 6 Music does. And that is precisely why we need it. You’ll hear tomorrow’s Bob Dylan on 6.

Thank you for listening.

Martin Mills, Chairman, Beggars Group

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MAPS Line-Up

25 February 2010

Here is the line-up for the Debt Records Stage at Manchester’s MAPS Festival. Running order and stage times will be published nearer the event.

Where: The Bay Horse, Thomas Street, Manchester Northern Quarter
When: 2pm-10.30pm - 3rd May 2010

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  • JOHN FAIRHURST
  • DAVID RYBKA & THE VICTORIAN DAD BAND
  • SAMSON & DELILAH
  • THE SUNS
  • MOLLY MACLEOD BAND
  • AL BAKER & THE DOLE QUEUE
  • RICHARD BARRY & THE CHAPS
  • SR GENTS
  • BECCA & THE BROKEN BISCUITS
  • STILL DOWN GILL
  • LOUIS BARABBAS (acoustic)


Compere: MONKEY POET MATT PANESH

  • DJ Sets from ROXBY’S WONKY DISCO
  • BBQ (weather permitting)



Join the MAPS Facebook group here to be kept abreast of the latest festival developments and Manchester Arts news.

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LOVE IS...

15 February 2010

You wrote to us in droves, like swarms of angry cupids, some wanting to take advantage of our Valentine’s Day album giveaway, some merely wanting to share their innermost feelings about LOVE.

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So, what did you have to say for yourselves?

Here are a few of the responses we got (sorry, couldn’t publish them all - partly due to sheer numbers, partly for the sake of decency!)

LOVE IS…

…that indefinable feeling that sticks two together even when the glue stops working

… always being on your side even when you’re not on your own side.

…a hungarian poetry recital

…sadly slowing down my heart

…not buying your girlfriend a Valentines Day card or present, and her being remarkably calm about the let down.

…never running out of Marmite!

…champagne at lunch time and chunky Fanny Burney through a drunken haze in the afternoon.

…nearly as good as getting a free album

…freedom?

… someone that understands you when everyone else is left scratching their heads

… pain…

…never lost, just sometimes misplaced.

…everything

…A nice cup of tea being made for you just round about 3 in the afternoon. (biscuit/roll up optional)

…the only true adventure that keeps me guessing, sustained by action, communication and belief in yourself as much as trust in the other.

…a universal common thing that melt all the living things

…was and always will be exhausting- in a good way mostly.

…patient … a losing game … in the air … blind … just another word i never learned to pronounce

…very difficult and not hollywood-like at all, but usually worth the effort (if it’s really real…)

…like a new pair of Doc Martens, when you first get them you can’t stop looking at them, the longer you have them the better they become including creases and scuffs, you just love them for being them :-) x

…getting stuff free, especially good music!

…saying ‘I love you’ and doing (free) nice things every day and not just because it’s Valentine’s Day and the media say that you should spend lots of money doing it!!!

…food for the soul, devour it while you can!

…love is someone drawing on you with a biro

…the enemy of apathy.

…like a box of chocolates: you didn’t ask for it in the first place but you just can’t help dipping-in, pinching all the good stuff & feeling guilty about throwing away the hard bits.

…not what you think it is…

…wanting to spend all your time with someone, but understanding when they can’t!

…the slowest heart attack you will ever have.

…a pain in the heart, arse and wallet

…knowing someone has your back and you will always have theirs

…cabbage and chocolate soup.

…better than a warm trombone

…giving me a free download of an album. love is loving a free download. love is defining love.

…not for me

…a near-death experience.

…either a fools game or the most powerful force in the universe

…what happens when you didn’t believe in it anymore.

…blind… So why is lingerie so popular?!?

…a good excuse for a drink.

…usually over in the morning!!!

…like a plane ride - a huge amount of anticipation and uncertainty, a quick take off and takes ages to land. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes you get cheated. And it’s bloody expensive too.

…incurable

…an illusion lost in the mist of some distant misunderstanding, and a constant warmth embracing my solitary heart.

…never having to say ‘that’s disgusting’

…a fascinating combinations of chemical reactions in the brain. Rather than making love seem less special that fact we can understand it makes it even more immense.

…whatever you want it to be

…a green-eyed monster.  No, that’s jealousy.  Oh wait, what’s the difference?

…short-sighted

…the ultimate selfishness.

…not about looking in each others eyes …. it’s about looking in the same direction

…gleefully severing off an appendage of your choice then through the subsequent off-kilter blinking, nauseating pain and suffocating dizziness finding that the flailing, spurting stump has in its sanguinary writhings produced a dazzlingly accurate replica of your true and only heart’s desire, Les Dennis

…fighting the battle between my instinctive selfishness and the desire to make other people happy. If you can find balance from the chaos, you might occasionally glimpse real love.

…a morpheme which, through convention,now represents a feeling of affection from one human to another. Love is misleading. You don’t need to be loved back in order to love. But surely the more love you give, the more you will get back. Be loving.

…short and life is always over in the morning. …never having to go to Surrey. …the giving of an umbrella in a back street boozer in Salford.

…not a crackhouse, it’s a crackhome.

…Complicated… painful… obsessive…. hardwork.. but also beauteous, joyful, carefree and passionate….. to quote Tennyson “It is better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all”

…complicated..frustrating…obsessive…hard work…and yet beauteous, joyful, carefree, passionate….

…difficult, frustrating, heartbreaking… but always worth it

…the tragicomedy that makes life more than an empty stage…and we all know something is better than nothing..

…free, at least, it should, but every year as the 14th draws near, we wrestle ideas from behind blind eyes and between deaf ears in a crass attempt to tempt the attentions of those who are subjects of our amorous intentions, only to find that behind the lines that divide the sexes, the lovers , the ex’s, that money talks, but bullshit walks………

…everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.

…a dangerous and exiting poison that makes us think for a brief moment that our life has meaning. But when you’re alone, you realize that love is a horrible mirage and the only true love is the love for yourself. Women let me go…

And here’s a new one from Louis Barabbas:

LOVE IS…not some open road we walk in pairs. It is an open wound we salt with promises.

“Found Drowned” by Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six is now on general release.

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Happy Valentine's Day!

14 February 2010

Well it’s Valentine’s Day and the Debt Set are scattered across the world wondering what all the fuss is about. But, since romance is the number one cause of song-writing, we thought that it was appropriate for a record label to get in on the action.

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As you may know, Debt Records is giving away “Found Drowned” by Louis Barabbas and The Bedlam Six for free (today only!) as an antidote to all the rose-tinted mania. To claim your free download simply go to The Debt Records contact section and write a message with the subject line “Love Is…”. We will then send you a message with a special download key. Offer is open globally until midnight (we will take timezones into account - if you message us on monday we’ll probably just assume you’re in Samoa).

Many of you have already sent us your definitions and they’re absolutely brilliant! You’ll be hearing from us before the day is out.

In the meantime, give your lover a kiss from us…

(Illustration by Rebekah Joy Shirley www.rebekahshirley.com)

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DEBT MEETS MAPS

09 February 2010

Debt Records will be working alongside Manchester’s formidable MAPS Festival to make the 2010 Mayday Weekend a truly memorable event.

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The festival’s aim is to support and promote music, art and creativity in the busy Northern Quarter - and in Manchester as a cultural city - through involvement of the public in the wide variety of activities encountered in the area.

Unlike many city festivals MAPS has the full backing of The Musician’s Union with a programming and profit plan that follows a strict code of conduct.

Debt Records will be offering a free album made by contributing signees to MAPS weekend wristband holders. We will also be curating the Bay Horse underground stage for the all-dayer on 3rd May - a whopping eight hours of music, poetry and dancing. Our full line-up will be announced next month but so far we have confirmation from John Fairhurst, Al Baker & The Dole Queue, Molly Macleod Band and David Rybka. Monkey Poet Matt Panesh will be compering.

More details to follow nearer the time…

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Debt On The Net

10 January 2010

Debt Records New WebsiteThe brand new Debt Records website is now fully operational. Amongst its virtual pages you will find the particulars of our principal signings, links to venerable contemporaries and doffed caps towards our collaborators.

At Debt we are all achingly aware of the fearsome oscillations buzzing up from the very nucleus of the music industry and, with that in mind, we intend for this website (our primary hub) to reflect this ever-changing environment. Though the fundamentals of our creed remain stolidly unyielding we do not intend to remain static in anything we do. Consequently the news page of this site will be regularly updated with reports of our artists’ releases, collaborations, tours and deals; we will also upload any interesting industry mutterings that come our way from the various schmoozy events we’re obliged to attend. The music player will also be perpetually fed with whatever new material our people are putting out.

If you’d like to contact us then be assured that is checked daily (including weekends) so feel free to get in touch for more information about anything we or our affiliates are up to.

COMING SOON: A magazine edited by the Debt Set with content contributed by writers from across the world as well as diaries written by our touring artists and poetry from the finest scribes we come across. Plus… no record label would be complete without an online shop containing physical records as well as downloads, plus assorted merchandise. Watch this space…

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