Buzz Records is a

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-based independent record label with headquarters in

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. 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". The Garage was closed down in 2012 but the label continued to release local, underground records in the cassette format. Buzz Records is a collective, co-founded by Denholm Whale, Ian Chai, Dean Tzenos and Erik Jude. The documentary Untold Noise, which focused on the Toronto noise punk scene, features interviews with Buzz Records co-founder Denholm Whale and Buzz Record signees, HSY. The label has had showcases at Toronto's North by North East (

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) and New York City's

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. Canadian brewery Steam Whistle has collaborated with the record label for their Unsigned Music Series. In 2017 the label received two

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nominations, one for Dilly Dally's "Sore" and one for Weaves' self-titled debut album.

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