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MiniDisc Day 2020 – Official Releases Announced

February 23, 2020 — 2 Comments

The long wait is over and we’re proud to announce that a stunning 28 labels are taking part in the first MiniDisc Day.

A total of 54 official releases will be dropping on March 7th, as we celebrate the MiniDisc revival for the first time. We’ll be updating this list to include purchase links, but for those of you wanting to know a little more about how MD Day will work there’s a useful guide – HERE.

MiniDisc Day – Official Releases 

ADEPTUS MINOR | Desco Radio-Club EP– Golden Moon 3 BUY ONLINE

ALOE CITY RECORDS | Haircuts for Men – 19-83 BUY ONLINE

ASURA REVOLVER | Ursula’s Cartridges & Kizunaut – 07151405 OFFLINE BUY ONLINE

ASURA REVOLVER | Jamie Awakshidar – Complete Corruption BUY ONLINE

ASURA REVOLVER | Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza – Rainforest Hill (I & II) BUY ONLINE

BEETAWAVE RECORDS | Analogue Electronic Whatever – Dots and Wobbles BUY ONLINE

BLACK RING RITUALS RECORDS | Compactor – Digital Forensics BUY ONLINE

BROWN DWARF | Language of Prairie Dogs – The Water Boatman BUY ONLINE

猫シCORP. | 猫シcorp. –Hiraeth BUY ONLINE

猫シCORP. |猫シcorp. –News at 11 BUY ONLINE

猫シCORP. |猫シcorp. – Palm Mall BUY ONLINE

猫シCORP. | 猫シcorp. – Lofi BUY ONLINE

CORASPECT RECORDS | Tokyo Wanderer – Incubus BUY ONLINE

CORASPECT RECORDS | SUI UZI – Heartbreak Beat BUY ONLINE

CORASPECT RECORDS | ev.exi – Remember BUY ONLINE

DREAM MUSEUM RECORDS | CEL SHADE – ec0system/d r e a ‪http://m.ing‪ BUY ONLINE

FENNEC RECORDS |  Cyparissus– Sleep Witch BUY ONLINE

FISH PRINTS | Barbara Morgenstern– Unschuld und Verwüstung (Petridisch Remixes) BUY ONLINE

FISH PRINTS | Twin Towers– Tennis Academy on a Hill BUY ONLINE

FISH PRINTS | Quarks– Zuhause Plus BUY ONLINE

GIVE/TAKE | Tulip Tiger – Your Muse Follows Me BUY ONLINE

GULF AUDIO COMPANY | danger.ファルコン.1989– .gold BUY ONLINE

GULF AUDIO COMPANY | ミストM Y S T– 。黄金 BUY ONLINE

HIRAETH RECORDS | 猫シCorp. & t e l e p a t h– Building a Better World BUY ONLINE

HIRAETH RECORDS | 地球– ジャングル BUY ONLINE

HIRAETH RECORDS | Passive Refraction– 27th Floor BUY ONLINE

HIRAETH RECORDS | Zer0 れい– Hellveterra BUY ONLINE

HIRAETH RECORDS | Insanity Check– Unrecoverable Reality BUY ONLINE

HOUDINI MANSIONS | Takahiro Mukai – Multiple Connections BUY ONLINE

HOUDINI MANSIONS | Cris Pellnat – Rain BUY ONLINE

LAVENDER SWEEP | Various Artists – Beyond the Bleak Volume 1 BUY ONLINE

MIDWEST COLLECTIVE | Polygon Dreams – Zeldawave // 近藤 浩治 // OOT BUY ONLINE

MY PET FLAMINGO | Hotel Pools – Constant BUY ONLINE

MY PET FLAMINGO | Lola Disco – Girl Talk BUY ONLINE

MY PET FLAMINGO | Luxury Elite – Prism BUY ONLINE

MY PET FLAMINGO | Saint Pepsi – Hit Vibes BUY ONLINE

NEEDLEJUICE RECORDS | Lemon Demon – Spirit Phone BUY ONLINE

NEEDLEJUICE RECORDS | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland BUY ONLINE

NEEDLEJUICE RECORDS | desert sand feels warm at night – Tomorrow, 2096 BUY ONLINE

PACIFIC PLAZA | Strawberry Station – Lowlight BUY ONLINE

PALM 84 | AMBASSADOR CLASS – Living in Micronesia BUY ONLINE

PALM 84 | Chiba City Blues– Catalina Nights BUY ONLINE

PALM 84 | GROOVE FM & West Palm Beats – PALM BREEZE BUY ONLINE

PALM 84 | Paradise of Yesterday – Miami BUY ONLINE

PALM 84 | Fat Man Miami – Codename: Fatwave Therapy BUY ONLINE

PINK DOLPHIN MUSIC LTD | Cyber Monday X Daniel Hall – Waves BUY ONLINE

RETRO REVERB RECORDS | Various Artists – MiniDisc Day Vol.1 BUY ONLINE

STADIN RECORDS | Various – Boozedrome II (Back To The Hills) BUY ONLINE

SEASIDE TAPES | Vayu – The Spacedance BUY ONLINE

TIMESLAVE RECORDINGS | Ace Buchannon – Magenta Nights BUY ONLINE

TIMESLAVE RECORDINGS | Occams Laser – The Grid Part I & II BUY ONLINE

TIMESLAVE RECORDINGS | Timecop 1983 – Lovers I & II BUY ONLINE

TIMESLAVE RECORDINGS | Wolfclub – Chasing the Storm BUY ONLINE

UNDERWATER COMPUTING_ | desert sand feels warm at night – 夜道 BUY ONLINE

UNDERWATER COMPUTING_ |Mindspring Memories – The Safe Inside Chronicles (MiniDisc Day Edition) BUY ONLINE

VAPE TAPES | Penthouse Suite – Taking Flight BUY ONLINE

WICHITA LIMEWIRE w/My Pet Flamingo | Wichita LimeWire – Still on the Lime BUY ONLINE

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About MiniDisc Day… Almost

February 19, 2020 — 5 Comments

March 7 marks the first ever International MiniDisc Day. We’ve signed up around 30 labels and artists to take part, with more than 40 official releases slated to drop on the day itself. We’ll also be announcing the full list of releases on Saturday Night at Midnight (UK). But in the meantime, here’s how it works.

When will MiniDisc Day Releases Be Available to Buy?

Official Releases will drop on Saturday March 7th, from Midnight (00:01 UK). 

Where Can I Buy MiniDiscs?

We will be publishing a comprehensive list of official releases, including the platforms on which they can be purchased. 

Like Cassette Store Day, labels will host their own stock and it’s also useful to follow the labels you’re most interested in on social media! 

How Much Will MiniDisc Day Releases Cost to Buy?

We have labels from across the World taking part in International MiniDisc Day and manufacturing and other costs may vary. Prices will be set by the Labels themselves, so follow them on social media for more information and to stay up to date with any special variants or offers they may be doing on the day.

How Many Copies Of Each Will Be Available?

The quantities available will be set by labels themselves – and there may be all manner of reasons why the quantity will be different from one release to the next. 

The best bet is to follow the labels you are most interested in online, and to bookmark the releases which catch your imagination in order to have the best possible opportunity to grab a copy!

Will MiniDisc Day Releases be Available in My Local Record Shop?

This is the first International MiniDisc Day and we are extremely grateful to Band CDs and the Audio Tape People for their support in helping labels to manufacture MiniDiscs. As we write this article, we are working to ensure that as many Record Stores as possible are aware of the titles available. However, the best way to make sure your local store stocks MiniDiscs is to tag them in posts about the day – or to pop in and make them aware that there is local interest.

How Can I Help Make MiniDisc Day a Success?

We’ve set this up to celebrate a format that we all love. Like Cassette Store Day, and Record Store Day before that, we have to start from scratch – but from the tiniest seeds can grow the most beautiful trees. 

Metaphor aside… Please follow us on social media, please share posts and let people know that you’re excited about the renaissance of MiniDiscs! Hell, tag Sony in too and maybe they’ll start producing more stock 🙂

When using social media to post about MiniDiscs, or the day itself, please use the hashtag #MiniDiscDay!

First Wave of MiniDisc Day Labels Unveiled!

February 19, 2020 — Leave a comment

We’re proud to announce the first wave in labels and artists taking part in the first ever MiniDisc Day!

Over the next few days we’ll be publishing a comprehensive list of releases coming out on the 7th March – as well as letting you know where you can go to purchase them. As you can see, MiniDiscs are well and truly back and it’s great to see so many independent labels taking part in reviving our favourite format…

Underwater Computing_ [France]

Fish Prints inc. [Boston, Massachusetts]

猫 シ Corp. [Netherlands]

Fennec Records [UK]

Needlejuice Records [USA]

TimeSlave Recordings [Wales]

Aloe City Records [UK]

Houdini Mansions [USA]

Seaside Tapes [Netherlands]

Stadin Records [Finland]

Palm ’84 [Marshall Islands]

Vape Tapes [USA]

Fish Prints’ “Curiously Composed” sounds signed up for MiniDisc Day

January 11, 2020 — Leave a comment

Founded by darkwave artist Petridisch in 2018, Fish Prints Inc. aims to bring curiously composed sounds to the world, past and present, with no specific or planned genre ties binding.

They become the latest label to sign up for the first MiniDisc Day, and for the uninitiated, they release music on cassette, CD, and handmade minidisc editions – in addition to limited related ephemera.

Check out the current roster on BANDCAMP.

Label head – Thor Maillet – said:

When the idea of IMD was presented to us, we couldn’t resist participating! Clearly everyone involved is doing this for the pure love of Music on Minidisc, and all presented in our own styles. FP truly believes MD is the best of CD and cassette type technologies rolled into a palm-sized rewriteable (permanetly cased) disc, with unique compression (ATRAC) that offers a truly different sound from any other physical format.

Thor Maillet, Fish Prints

Hiraeth Confirms MiniDisc Day Participation

January 11, 2020 — Leave a comment

Hiraeth Records is the latest label to sign up for MiniDisc Day on March 7th! 

Founded by 猫シ Corp., Hiraeth specialise in music ranging from vaporwave to dark ambient and is based in Netherlands, Europe.

Hiraeth Records was founded in late 2018 and started releasing records in 2019. The name comes from the iconic vaporwave album title “Hiraeth”, by 猫 シ Corp.

Check them out now on BANDCAMP.

Stay tuned for more news! We’ll be announcing individual releases throughout the next few weeks. 

“HIRAETH”

1) homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, or for a home which may have never been
2) an intense form of longing or nostalgia, wistfulness
3) the grief for the lost places of your past

BREAKING: Palm ’84 Sign Up for MiniDisc Day

January 10, 2020 — Leave a comment

Influential Vaporwave label – Palm ’84 – is the latest to sign up for MiniDisc Day – an event organised by the founder of My Pet Flamingo to celebrate the enduring love many music fans feel for MiniDiscs. 

Established in 2018, Palm ’84 put out new releases every Saturday and have worked with scene luminaries including: Tupperwave, HATENA, UNI DELUXE and ConsciousThoughts.

Check out their back catalogue on BANDCAMP.

Stay tuned for more news! We’ll be announcing individual releases throughout the next few weeks. 

One for The Lovers as Timecop 1983 signs up for MiniDisc Day

January 10, 2020 — Leave a comment

Synthwave legend Timecop 1983 will be taking part in MiniDisc Day 2020 with an MD edition of his seminal EPs – Lovers Part 1 & 2.

Timecop 1983 – from Eindhoven in the Netherlands – is known for his cinematic ‘Dreamwave’ production style, and his album ‘Night Drive’ became the first synthwave album pressed to MiniDisc when it was released last year.

Originally released as two separate digital EPs on Timecop’s BANDCAMP, TimeSlave Recordings have signed ‘Lovers’ up for MiniDisc Day.

Label founder, Enzo Van Baelen, said:

“Jordy is one of the best producers out there and he’s a trailblazer anyway having been the first retrowave producer to release on MiniDisc.

“This, however, is an album that has never been released on physical formats of any kind and it’s a beautiful collection of Dreamwave songs.”

Enzo Van Baelen, TimeSlave Recordings

Coraspect to take part in MiniDisc Day 2020

January 10, 2020 — Leave a comment

We’re extremely pleased to be able to confirm that Coraspect Records will be taking part in the first MiniDisc Day!

Famous in the future funk and vaporwave scenes for prestigious vinyl pressings, Coraspect have put out high end material from artists including: Fibre, Pad Chennington, ev.exi, Tokyo Wanderer and many more besides.

Stay tuned to our social media accounts for more information on official MiniDisc Day releases! And, If you want to register your release, you’ve got until the 1st February 2020. Simply email us at minidiscday@gmail.com or visit our portal HERE.

MiniDisc Day is here!

January 10, 2020 — Leave a comment

The future isn’t a cassette. It’s MiniDisc…

Or at least that’s what Sony once claimed. Either way, if you love MiniDisc then you’ll want to be a part of this celebration of a format that lives on in our hearts – and which is being embraced once more by labels, musicians and collectors the world over.

On March 7th we’ll be celebrating the ever stylish MiniDisc.

Follow us for more information about the labels and artists taking part, and to find out where you can get your fix of MiniDisc action on the day itself. We’ll be keeping this site updated as new labels sign up and in early February we’ll announce all of MiniDisc Day’s official releases.

If you want to register your release you’ve got until the 1st February 2020. Simply email us at minidiscday@gmail.com or visit our portal HERE.