Krod Records

KROD Records
Founded	2015
Founder	Jordan Calvi
Genre	punk rock
Country of origin	France
Location	Berlin, Germany
Official website	www.krodrecords.com

KROD Records is an independent punk rock record label based in Berlin, Germany. KROD Records was created in 2015 in Toulouse, France, and it is owned by Jordan Calvi. The label was named Keine Rose ohne Dornen at the beginning and it evolved into Krod quickly. The label currently has 11 active bands. ^[1]

History

KROD Records is a French punk rock independent record label created in Toulouse, France, in 2015 by owner Jordan Calvi. Shortly thereafter, Loïc Gauthey joined the team.

In 2016, KROD Records began to work with the French punk hardcore band Fire At Will to release Life Goes On album. ^[2] They followed this up with the addition of Colour Me Wednesday ^[3] from London ^[4] and German band The Deadnotes ^{[5] [6]} to release a retrospective ep Anyone & Everyone followed by a full-length album I'll Kiss All Fears Out Of Your Face .

In February 2017, they celebrated their second birthday with a show in Toulouse with Tiny Moving Parts, Trash Boat, Daylight and Skull Soda at Le Cri de la Mouette. ^{[7] [8]}

In May 2017, they announced the release of the second album Club Dragon from Hightower. ^{[9] [10] [11]} In June, they signed Dream Nails for the release of two singles. ^{[12] [13]}

In the end of 2017, they add South Berkeley in their family.

In 2018, they celebrated their third anniversary in Berlin with Daggermouth, Hightower, The Deadnotes and Kill Her First.

Active KROD Records bands

• Atlas for Home
• Back Garden Light
• Back On Earth
• Basement Gary
• Between Bodies
• Between Owls
• Can't Bear This Party!
• Chaos Commute
• Colour Me Wednesday
• Dream Nails ^[14]
• Droïd Fantôm
• Elm Tree Circle
• Homeground
• Kill Her First ^[15]
• Liotta Seoul
• Livingston
• P.O. Box
• Phantom Bay
• Pluto The Racer
• Quitters ^[16]
• The Kid Vs. Me
• The Vernal
• Topsy Turvy's
• XO Armor
• Yvet Garden

Previous and affiliated KROD Records bands

• Adversity
• Bloodsport
• Cold Reading ^{[17] [18]}
• Earl Grey ^{[19] [20]}
• Fake Off
• Fire At Will ^[21]
• Flèche
• Forgive
• Gibberish
• Hell's Ditch
• Hightower ^[22]
• Makeshift Promise
• Prey Drive
• Raincheck
• Resolve
• Skull Soda
• South Berkeley
• The Deadnotes ^[23]
• This Life

Releases

Catalog Number	Artist	Title	Format(s)	Release date
KRD001	Quitters	Move On To Honest Things	LP	May 1, 2015
KRD002	Earl Grey	Passing Time	CD/LP	October 9, 2015
KRD003	Topsy Turvy's	I Expect Nothing and I'm Still Let Down	10"	October 16, 2015
KRD004	This Life	Stories of the Year	CD	October 14, 2015
KRD005	Fire At Will	Life Goes On	CD/LP	April 14, 2016
KRD006	Colour Me Wednesday	Anyone & Everyone	7"	July 12, 2016
KRD007	The Deadnotes	I'll Kiss All Fears Out Of Your Face	LP	October 7, 2016
KRD008	Adversity	Figure Out	DL	July 20, 2016
KRD009	Fake Off	Boréal	LP	October 27, 2016
KRD010	Raincheck	True Love	LP	March 24, 2017
KRD011S	Cold Reading	Books & Comfort	DL	July 18, 2017
KRD011	Cold Reading	Sojourner	LP/DL	September 22, 2017
KRD012S	Hightower	The Party	DL	May 22, 2017
KRD012	Hightower	Club Dragon	CD/LP	September 15, 2017
KRD013	Kill Her First	Born To Be Strong	DL	March 29, 2016
KRD014S	Dream Nails	Deep Heat	DL	June 5, 2017
KRD015S	Dream Nails	DIY	DL	June 28, 2017
KRD016	Kill Her First	Kill Her Sexismracismhomophobia First	DL	February 5, 2014
KRD017	Makeshift Promise	I'm Not As Good As I Thought	DL	April 24, 2014
KRD018	Gibberish	Between Timid And Timbuktu	DL	July 22, 2016
KRD019	Skull Soda	Sleep Hunt Through The Mirror	DL	January 15, 2018
KRD020S	Dream Nails	Tourist	DL	October 13, 2017
KRD020	Dream Nails	Dare To Care	DL	October 27, 2017
KRD021S	South Berkeley	Tiny Rascals	DL	October 27, 2017
KRD023	Elm Tree Circle	The Good Life	CD/DL	May 11, 2018
KRD023S1	Elm Tree Circle	Feel The Burn	DL	February 9, 2018
KRD023S2	Elm Tree Circle	The Lease	DL	March 9, 2018
KRD023S3	Elm Tree Circle	Unleaded	DL	April 13, 2018
KRD024	Prey Drive	Tabula Rasa	DL	April 6, 2018
KRD025	Colour Me Wednesday	Counting Pennies in the Afterlife	LP/DL	May 15, 2018
KRD026TAPE	Hightower/Daggermouth	Last Minute Split	Tape	April 21, 2018

Krod Records Crew

• Jordan Calvi – Owner/Label manager ^[24]
• Loïc Gauthey – Label Assistant

See also

• List of record labels

References

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16. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY KROD RECORDS !!!". Scream For Me Toulouse (in French). March 7, 2016.
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24. "Jordan de KROD records A T'Il Bon Goût ?". Les Rêveries (in French). February 1, 2017.