Go Down Records is an
independent record label
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based in Treviso, Italy. It was founded by Leonardo Cola and Max Ear (drummer of the rock bands
OJM and Ananda Mida) in 2003 and the headquarters were in
Savignano sul Rubicone up to 2019.
History
Go Down Records started in 2003. The first release was ''Play at High Level'' by Italian hard-rock band
Small Jackets in 2004, followed by ''The Light Album'' by Italian stoner band
OJM. Then the
record label grew, involving many other artists of the independent music scene such as ALiX, Veracrash, Deadpeach and so on.
Since its foundation, the label's mission has been to support the independent music scene and in particular
stoner rock,
garage rock
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and
rock'n'roll genres.
Today, Go Down Records is one of the most important Italian and international rock record labels. So far, it has released almost two hundred albums by various artists:
Karma To Burn,
Vibravoid,
Fatso Jetson,
OJM,
The Fuzztones,
The Morlocks
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,
Link Protrudi and the Jaymen,
Solrize,
Dome La Muerte and the Diggers, Rock'n’Roll Kamikazes,
The Hormonauts,
Small Jackets,
Gunash, among others.
Go Down Records, inspired from the sounds of the 1960s and 1970s, doesn't produce only digital music but also physical formats such as
vinyl records and CDs.
The Go Down Studio, active in Savignano sul Rubicone from 2011 to 2018, was a professional recording studio headed by sound engineer Alfredo 'Epi' Gentili and managed by Marcello Piastra.
Artists
List of Go Down Record's bands:
* Alice Tambourine Lover
* ALiX
* Bleeding Eyes
* Bones & Comfort
*
Clepsydra
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* Clepsydra, an alternative name for a water clock.
* In ancient Greece, a device (now called a water thief) for drawing liquids from vats too large to pour, which utilized the principles of air pressure to transport the ...
*
Cut
* Deadpeach
* Dome La Muerte and the Diggers
* Douge
* El Thule
* Elbow Strike
* Electric 69
* Elepharmers
*
Frigidaire Tango
* Glincolti
* Gorilla
* Grand Sound Heroes
*
Gunash feat.
Rami Jaffee
* Horrible Porno Stuntmen
* Humulus
* Jack La Motta And Your Bones
* Jahbulong
* Kani
* Last Killers
* Les Bondage
* Link Protrudi & The Jaymen
* Lord Shani
* Los Fuocos
* Lu Silver & String Band (ex Small Jackets)
* Mad Penguins
* Maya Mountains
* Muffx
* Muzzled
*
Not Moving
*
OJM
* Pater Nembrot
* Poison Deluxe
* Re Dinamite
* Slick Steve and the Gangsters
*
Small Jackets
* Solrize
* Supertempo
* T.H.U.M.B.
* The Astrophonix
* The Barbacans
* The Brain Washing Machine
* The Clamps
*
The Fuzztones
*
The Hormonauts
*
The Morlocks
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* The Rock'n'roll Kamikazes
* The Sade
* The Shoes
* The Strange Flowers
* The Vindicators
* Three Eyes Left
* Underdogs
* Veracrash
* Vibravoid
* Vic Du Montes's Persona Non Grata
* Volcano Heat
*
Yawning Man
Distribution Shop:
* 3 Mexicans From Gorma
* Autumn's Rain
* Belfast
* Black Dago
* Bodyntime
* Bones & Comfort
* D.O.A.
* Fango
* Fuck Knights
* Herbamate
* Hormonas
* I Ciuffis
* King Howl Quartet
* King Size
* Los Explosivos
* Love In Elevator
* Loveland
* Manta Rays
* Maya Galattici
* Mondo Naif
* Mr Bison
* Mr Soul
* Perro Malo
* Quiet Confusion
* Sendelica
* The Bermudas
* The Bone Machine
* The Fastback
* The Peawees
* The Vindicators
* Thee Catacombs
* Using Bridge
* Volcano Heat
* Whartey
References
External links
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Record labels established in 2003
Italian independent record labels
Indie rock record labels
Italian companies established in 2003