Angular Recording Corporation

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Angular Recording Corporation
Founded2003
FounderJoe Daniel, Joe Margetts
Defunct2012
Country of origin United Kingdom
Location London
Official website Angular Store

Angular Recording Corporation was an independent record label founded in New Cross, South East London. It was established in June 2003 by two ex-Goldsmiths College students, Joe Daniel and Joe Margetts, who reclaimed a local Ordnance Survey Triangulation Station and made it their first artefact: ARC 001. [1]

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The label's founders were influenced by a love of angular pop music and the Manchester label Factory Records. Gaining funding through medical testing, Angular Recording Corporation was able to finance its debut release in November 2003, the NME -championed The New Cross : An Angular Sampler, making it the lead review in the magazine. [2]

In the 2011 England riots, the label lost all its stock and entire back catalogue in the PIAS warehouse fire. [3]

An Angular Store website remains active.

Discography

Catalogue numberArtistTitleRelease date
ARC 001Angular Recording CorporationOrdnance Survey Trig Point1 Jun 2003
ARC 002Various artistsThe New Cross: An Angular Sampler (compilation)25 Nov 2003
ARC 003Angular Recording CorporationThe Thrasher: An Angular Raffle
ARC 004Various artistsRip Off Your Labels: More Angular Product (comp)28 Jun 2004
ARC 005Elizabeth HarperElizabeth Harper (album)29 Nov 2004
ARC 006The FucksEP One15 Nov 2004
ARC 007 The Long Blondes Giddy Stratospheres (single)29 Nov 2004
ARC 008 The Violets Mirror Mirror (single)18 Apr 2005
ARC 009 The Long Blondes Appropriation (single)20 Jun 2005
ARC 010Angular Recording CorporationTrig Point 5488
ARC 011 The Violets Descend/Carnival (single)6 Feb 2006
ARC 012 Klaxons Gravity's Rainbow (single)27 Mar 2006
ARC 014 The Lodger Let Her Go (single)1 May 2006
ARC 015 The Violets Hush Away (single)21 Aug 2006
ARC 016 These New Puritans Now Pluvial (EP)30 Oct 2006
ARC 017Various artistsFuture Love Songs (compilation)27 Nov 2006
ARC 018Angular Recording Corporation Website
ARC 019Angular Recording CorporationOffice
ARC 020Angular Recording CorporationTrig Point 5486
ARC 021 The Violets Foreo (single)12 Feb 2007
ARC 022Angular Recording CorporationThe Townace
ARC 023 These New Puritans Navigate, Navigate (single)31 Mar 2007
ARC 024 The Lodger Kicking Sand (single)4 Jun 2007
ARC 025 The Lodger Grown-Ups (album)11 Jun 2007
ARC 026 The Violets Troubles of Keneat (single)1 Oct 2007
ARC 027 These New Puritans Numbers/Colours (single)28 Oct 2007
ARC 028 The Violets The Lost Pages (album)5 Nov 2007
ARC 029Various artistsA Free Angular Sampler (EP)1 Oct 2008
ARC 030Angular Recording CorporationTrig Point 6611
ARC 031 Findo Gask Va Va Va (single)24 Mar 2008
ARC 032 These New Puritans Beat Pyramid (album)28 Jan 2008
ARC 033Navvy4 Songs (EP)3 Mar 2008
ARC 034 These New Puritans Elvis (single)11 Feb 2008
ARC 035 These New Puritans Swords of Truth (single)28 Apr 2008
ARC 036 Wetdog Zah und Zaheet (single)7 Jul 2008
ARC 037 Wetdog Enterprise Reversal (album)28 Jul 2008
ARC 038 The Long Blondes Singles (album)20 Oct 2008
ARC 039 Findo Gask One Eight Zero (single)8 Dec 2008
ARC 040Angular Recording CorporationTrig Point 1385
ARC 041Je Suis AnimalSelf-Taught Magic from a Book (album)1 Dec 2008
ARC 042Je Suis AnimalThe Mystery of Marie Roget (single)1 Feb 2009
ARC 043 Crystal Stilts Departure (single)9 Feb 2009
ARC 044 Crystal Stilts Alight of Night16 Feb 2009
ARC 045Angular Recording CorporationAngular T-shirt
ARC 046 Gyratory System Barons Court Turret (single)23 Feb 2009
ARC 047NavvyDisco (single)9 Mar 2009
ARC 048NavvyIdyll Intangible (album)16 Mar 2009
ARC 049The Vichy GovernmentCarrion Camping (album)2 Mar 2009
ARC 050Angular Recording CorporationAngular enamel badge
ARC 051The Vichy GovernmentWhores in Taxis (album)16 Mar 2009
ARC 052The Vichy GovernmentWhite Elephant (album)29 Mar 2009
ARC 053The Vichy GovernmentVanity Publishing (album)13 Apr 2009
ARC 054 Crystal Stilts Love is a Wave (single)25 May 2009
ARC 055The Vichy GovernmentThe Man Delusion (single)August 1988
ARC 056 Gyratory System The Sound-Board Breathes (album)26 Oct 2009
ARC 057Angular Recording Corporation Spotify playlist
ARC 058 Gyratory System Cargo Cult (single)17 Aug 2009
ARC 059 Gyratory System Sea Containers House (single)21 Oct 2009
ARC 060Angular Recording CorporationAn Angular hamper31 July 2010
ARC 061Angular Recording CorporationAngular badge
ARC 062 Wetdog Lower Leg (single)2 Nov 2009
ARC 063 Wetdog Frauhaus! (album)30 Nov 2009
ARC 064 These New Puritans We Want War (single)12 Jan 2010
ARC 065 These New Puritans Hidden (album)18 Jan 2010
ARC 066 Gyratory System Yowser Yowser Yowser (EP)22 Feb 2010
ARC 067Various artistsCold Waves & Minimal Electronics, Vol. 1 (album)9 Mar 2010
ARC 068 Wetdog Wymmin's Final (single)10 May 2010
ARC 069E. Gold feat. AlexisSeparate our Hearts (EP)26 Jul 2010
ARC 071 Gyratory System Yowser Yowser Yowser remixes (single)22 Mar 2010
ARC 072 These New Puritans Attack Music (single)19 Apr 2010
ARC 073 Gyratory System Pamplona (single)15 Jun 2010
ARC 074Angular Recording CorporationAngular badge17 May 2010
ARC 075 David Westlake Play Dusty For Me (album)5 Jul 2010
ARC 076 These New Puritans Hologram (single)10 Aug 2010
ARC 077 Tim Key Tim Key. With a String Quartet. On a Boat. (album)8 Nov 2010
ARC 078RuthPolaroïd/Roman/Photo (album)22 Nov 2010
ARC 079 These New Puritans Hidden remixes (EP)15 Nov 2010
ARC 080Angular Recording CorporationTrig Point 322025 Aug 2012
ARC 081Angular Recording CorporationIndependent label market, Berwick Street (artefact)21 May 2011
ARC 082 Gyratory System New Harmony (single)4 Apr 2011
ARC 083 Gyratory System New Harmony (album)18 Apr 2011
ARC 084This Many BoyfriendsYoung Lovers Go Pop! (single)22 Aug 2011
ARC 085 Fresh Touch The Ethiopian (12" EP)27 Feb 2012
ARC 086Angular Recording CorporationIndependent label market, Brooklyn (artefact)8 Oct 2011
ARC 087Angular Recording CorporationAn Angular Nudge Pot (artefact)10 Dec 2011
ARC 088Angular Recording CorporationIndependent label market, Spitalfields10 Dec 2011
ARC 089Angular Recording CorporationAn Angular Tombola (artefact)10 Dec 2011
ARC 091This Many BoyfriendsStarling (single)20 Feb 2012
ARC 092Eleven PondWatching Trees (12" EP)23 Apr 2012
ARC 093This Many BoyfriendsI Should Be A Communist (single)21 May 2012
ARC 094Angular Recording CorporationIndependent label market, London19 May 2012
ARC 096This Many BoyfriendsNumber One (single)1 Oct 2012
ARC 097This Many BoyfriendsThis Many Boyfriends (album)8 Oct 2012

Samplers

The first two Angular samplers launched the careers of a number of bands, including: Art Brut, Bloc Party and The Long Blondes.

ARC 002: The New Cross

ARC 004: Rip Off Your Labels

References

  1. ↑ "Angular Recording Corporation's Spotify Playlist". The Quietus . 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Angular Shacks Up With Radar". NME . 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Independent record labels fear ruinous stock loss in London riots fire". The Guardian . 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
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