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October 31st 2009

We've had a Christmas special, a summer special, and so here is another holiday special! Happy Halloween from Rack & Ruin, here is the glorious Witch Porn album to celebrate the holiday.

October 28th 2009

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October 28th 2009

Apologies for the server outage. Our server (along with many others) died on Monday, and since then this site has been unreachable. Don't worry though, we're back up and running, and looking forward to Saturdays Witch Porn release.

October 25th 2009

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October 21st 2009

Our final release until Halloween sees a strange, eerie record hit the site. Cutthroat Convention have already got a few people talking, and let us hope that their Rack & Ruin debut will see more people voicing their opinions. An often dark, frantic post-punk record that somehow reminds me a little of Deerhoof, without sounding anything like Deerhoof... download, and see what I mean!

October 16th 2009

After finding "Hungry Owl" high on Jason the Swamp's Myspace friends list, curiosity got the better of me. 30 seconds into listening to her opening track I knew that Hungry Owl needed to be heard by many more people. Her yesteryear folk stylings, and quickfire tracks are simply pure joy.

October 11th 2009

Some exciting news for fans of Adam Loomis' Elm. Adam has consistently surprised us with the amount of quality content he has been able to supply, hours of Elm material is already available of course but that figure is only going to get larger. November / December will see a trilogy of releases from Elm. ForThemFromThem, Significant Piano Movements, and finally Cloud Burst. Pencil that into your diaries!

October 10th 2009

Sub-Woofer Special's first release on Rack & Ruin sounds like the best video game end theme you will hear this year.... and that's just the opening track. Listing Lightspeed Champion, Islands, electronica and chiptune as his influences, you can expect to hear yet another great Rack & Ruin release.

October 8th 2009

Phoning it in have been very supportive of this label in recent times. First up they put up a session with Andy's Airport of Love (and NunParty), and now comes eight tracks from Dean Engle, aka Minor Constellations. You can check out the session by clicking the image.

October 3rd 2009

It seems an age since we've put out a sombre mood release - one full of sadness, and despair..... way too long. Well as the sunny days appear to be over where I live, then it seems a perfect time to put out this stark and yet beautiful piano driven release.