Buzz Records

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Buzz Records
Founded2011 (2011)
FounderDenholm Whale, Ian Chai, Dean Tzenos and Jude
Country of originCanada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Location Toronto, Ontario
Official website buzzrecords.ca

Buzz Records is a Canadian-based independent record label with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. [1] The label evolved out of the underground performance space, The Garage. In 2011, the first releases from the Buzz Records collective were live recordings from the venue; a series titled "Live@The Garage". [2] The Garage was closed down in 2012 but the label continued to release local, underground records in the cassette format. [3]

Buzz Records is a collective, co-founded by Denholm Whale, Ian Chai, Dean Tzenos and Erik Jude. [1]

The documentary Untold Noise, which focused on the Toronto noise punk scene, [4] features interviews with Buzz Records co-founder Denholm Whale and Buzz Record signees, HSY. [5]

The label has had showcases at Toronto's North by North East (NXNE) and New York City's CMJ. [2] [6] Canadian brewery Steam Whistle has collaborated with the record label for their Unsigned Music Series. [7] [8]

In 2017 the label received two Juno Award nominations, one for Dilly Dally's "Sore" and one for Weaves' self-titled debut album. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Cemm, Ro (5 May 2014). "Ian Chai of Toronto's Buzz Records: If there's ever a conflict between the art and the commerce - we know the art will always win". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 Karim, PO (18 June 2014). "Why Buzz Records are buzzing at NXNE (and beyond)". Blog To. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Trapunski, Richard (11 February 2012). "Creating Buzz Records". Now Toronto. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "A guide to Toronto's feedback-drenched noise-punk scene". AUX.TV. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2025-05-05.
  5. ↑ "Untold Noise, a documentary exploring Toronto's noise punk explosion". June 27, 2014. Archived from the original on June 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ "A week in New York with 13 of our favourite Canadian bands". November 7, 2014. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Underground Beats – Independent music blog". indieunderground.ca.
  8. ↑ "UNSIGNED Steam Whistle's Indie Music Series". Archived from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  9. ↑ Canada, SiriusXM (2017-02-07). "We have your complete list of 2017 JUNO Award nominees". SiriusXM. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
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