Archenemy Record Company | |
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Founded | 1997 |
Genre | Indie, synthpop |
Country of origin | U.S. |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
Official website | www |
The Archenemy Record Company is a record label founded in 1997 and located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is home to such acts as Freezepop, Lifestyle, The Texas Governor, Rockets Burst from the Streetlamps, Chop Chop, and Karacter. The label is perhaps best known for Freezepop, which has gained a nationwide following after having music appearing in several video games, including Guitar Hero and FreQuency .
Robotron may refer to:
Freezepop is an American electronic band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, formed in 1999 by Liz Enthusiasm, Sean T. Drinkwater, and The Duke of Pannekoeken. Since December 2009, the current lineup includes Enthusiasm, Drinkwater, Robert John "Bananas" Foster, and Christmas Disco-Marie Sagan. The band is named after the frozen snack, and they have described their music as "sweet and cold and fruity and plastic-y".
A Different Drum was an independent record label and online store based in Smithfield, Utah, founded in 1996. The label specialized in synthpop and related genres. A Different Drum has released hundreds of albums, singles, and compilations and was the biggest synthpop label in the U.S.
Kasson Crooker is an American electronic musician, a composer, and the artist behind Symbion Project, his solo moniker. His past bands are Freezepop, Splashdown, Larkspur, and Sirensong. DJ HMX, Komputer Kontroller, and Cosmonaut Zero were alias bands of Crooker used only for the videogames FreQuency and Amplitude.
Splashdown was an American pop rock band formed in 1996 in Allston, Massachusetts. The group disbanded in 2001; their last show was at the release party for the debut CD of Freezepop on February 2 of that year.
Freezepop Forever is the debut studio album by synthpop band Freezepop, originally released in 2000. The album has been reissued multiple times, each including different bonus tracks or videos. The 2002 European release on the Elefant label features a bonus song, two music videos, digipack packaging and an alternate album cover. The 2005 Archenemy Record Company reissue is entirely remastered and features a music video for "テニスのボーイフレンド".
Robotkid is the alias of Josh Randall, an electronic dance musician, video artist, and video game developer from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Along with PK, he was part of the mid-1990s synthcore band Institute of Technology. He is the former Creative Director at Harmonix Music Systems, the video game studio responsible for the Karaoke Revolution, Guitar Hero, and Rock Band series. Prior to Harmonix, Randall worked for Looking Glass Studios. Like Freezepop, whose Kasson Crooker also works for Harmonix, Robotkid's music has made appearances on the studio's game releases.
Cordless Recordings is a netlabel owned by Warner Music Group. The label was founded in 2005 by Jac Holzman, who also founded Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records.
Sean T. Drinkwater is a musician living and working in Boston, Massachusetts. He is best known as one of the four members of the synthpop band Freezepop, in which he performs under the name The Other Sean T. Drinkwater, posing as a clone of the original Drinkwater. He is also a member of Lifestyle, Karacter, and Veronica Black Morpheus Nipple, as well as of several currently unsigned bands. He is a founding partner of Archenemy Record Company. His commercial work includes the song "Boy Band" for Milwaukee's Best Light.
Fancy Ultra•Fresh is the second studio album by American electronic band Freezepop. It was released on April 20, 2004 by The Archenemy Record Company.
Fashion Impression Function is a 2001 EP by Freezepop. Tracks 5, 7, 8 and 9 are remix versions of songs found on the band's previous album Freezepop Forever. The Mastermind mix of the song "Manipulate" later appeared on the album Fancy Ultra•Fresh.
Chop Shop Records is a record label under partnership with Republic Records, headquartered in South Pasadena, California. The label was founded by Alexandra Patsavas, who also founded Chop Shop Music Supervision, which works with soundtracks on TV shows including Roswell, Boston Public, Grey's Anatomy, Gossip Girl, The O.C., and Chuck, as well as the Twilight series. John Rubeli, a former Atlantic Records vice president, is label manager.
Chop Chop is an electropop band out of Los Angeles, California, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, and is on the Archenemy Record Company, home to such acts as Freezepop, Lifestyle, The Texas Governor, Rockets Burst from the Streetlamps, and Karacter.
Boy in Static is an indie rock band currently based in San Francisco, California, composed of Alexander Chen and Kenji Ross. The band has toured internationally with bands such as 13 & God, Freezepop, and Lymbyc Systym.
Brian Choper is an American percussionist, band manager, and author. He has more than 30 years of experience playing both nationally and internationally, has been featured on nine CD's, authored an educational book on music management, and started his own entertainment management company, Washington's Entertainment Connection/Bigshot Records.
Ronald Rummell Coleman, better known for his stage name OG Ron C, is an American DJ, radio personality, record producer, and entertainment and management company executive, who currently signed to OVO Sound and is also an on-air DJ for KQBT 93.7 The Beat. He is the owner of the Houston-based urban music online radio station ChopNotSlop Radio, former DJ of Southern rappers Chamillionaire and Slim Thug. Along with Michael 5000 Watts, he co-founded Swishahouse Records and helped jump-start the careers of Slim Thug, Chamillionaire, Paul Wall and Mike Jones. The leader and founder of The Chopstars, he was the first Houston DJ to receive his own day when he got a proclamation from Mayor Sylvester Turner. He is most known for his F-Action Series Mixtape which features R&B songs Chopped and Screwed and to date has over 4,200 mixtapes and albums, both at regular speed and chopped and screwed speed. He has sold over 22,000,000 mixtapes and albums to date. He also is the founder of Chopnotslop Radio a 24-hour "Screwed" Radio station dedicated to DJ Screw.
Tyree Lamar Pittman, better known by his stage name Young Chop, is an American record producer, rapper, and songwriter. In 2012, he gained widespread recognition within the American hip hop community for producing Chief Keef's hits "I Don't Like", "Love Sosa", and "3Hunna". He released his first studio album Precious in 2013, established his own label, Chop Squad Records, and released the album Still the following year. Young Chop, with Chief Keef, the late Fredo Santana, and others, belong to the Chicago collective called 3hunna, making drill music in which they generally rap about drug dealing, weapons, and their lifestyles.
The Covers EP is a Freezepop EP. The EP is available for free for those who sign up for the band's email newsletter, being a gift for this action. After signing up for the band's email newsletter, a link is sent to the subscriber email that gives access to the EP download.
The Orange EP and The Purple EP are promotional EPs by the synthpop band Freezepop, released as CD-Rs. These albums are considered the rarest Freezepop recordings to obtain, according to fans and band members.
Mini Ultra•Fresh is a 2004 remix EP promo featuring various songs of Freezepop. The EP was made to promote their future album Maxi Ultra•Fresh. The four songs in this album are four of the eleven songs used in Maxi Ultra•Fresh.