Angular Recording Corporation was an

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founded in

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, South East

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. It was established in June

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by two ex-

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students, Joe Daniel and Joe Margetts, who reclaimed a local

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Triangulation Station and made it their first artefact: ARC 001. The label's founders were influenced by a love of angular

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label

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. Gaining funding through medical testing, Angular Recording Corporation was able to finance its debut release in November 2003, the ''

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''-championed ''The New Cross : An Angular Sampler'', making it the lead review in the magazine. In the 2011 England riots, the label lost all its stock and entire back catalogue in the PIAS warehouse fire. An ''Angular Store'' website remains active.

Discography

Samplers

The first two Angular samplers launched the careers of a number of bands, including: Art Brut,

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and

The Long Blondes The Long Blondes were an English indie rock band formed in Sheffield in 2003 by Dorian Cox (lead guitar and keyboards), Reenie Hollis (real name Kathryn Hollis) (bass guitar and backing vocals), Emma Chaplin (rhythm guitar, keyboards and backin ...

. ARC 002: ''The New Cross'' *

- "The Marshals Are Dead" *The Fairies Band - "Pink Socks Rock" *The Vichy Government - "Make Love to the Camera" *Nemo - "Picadilly in Sepia" * The Violets - "Laxteen" *

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- "Making Progress" *The Swear - "High Rise" *Elizabeth Harper - "Don Juan" *Lovers of Today - "Guy Fawkes" * Art Brut - " Formed a Band" *Lady Fuzz - "What's it Worth?" *Gifthorse - "You Save my Life, I'll Ruin Yours" *The Bridge - "First Frenzy" *Mark Sampson - "The London Eye" ARC 004: ''Rip Off Your Labels'' *The Vichy Government - "I Control Discourse" *The Violets - "Stealer" *Art Brut - "Top of the Pops" *The Fucks - "Argos" *

- "Autonomy Boy" *Showboys - "Factory" *The Swear - "Advert Boy" * The Boyfriends - "No Tomorrow" *Elizabeth Harper - "Trouble in the Palace" *Gifthorse - "Happy Daggers" *Lovers of Today - "A Short Nasty Shock" *Luxembourg - "Let Us Have It" * The Rocks - "We Got It (Galen Remix)"

References

External links

Angular Store
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