Beer On The Rug

[gmanyo]

Beer on the Rug is a great record label. I just recently found it and wanted to share it here, because I think it deserves more cred than it has. One of the artists, Napolian, ended up on Software (Daniel Lopatin's record label). Much of the stuff is sort of chill wave like, much like Com Truise, but more experimental. Sort of mixed in with Eccojams style. Not all of it, though.

 

http://beerontherug.bandcamp.com/

 

http://soundcloud.com/yyu/yyyy

 

http://soundcloud.com/beerontherug/napolian-olympia

 

I think this one might just be slowed down looped music, but it still sounds cool:

http://soundcloud.com/beerontherug/macintosh-plus

[rstark]

my friend who used to live here in town used to help run the label and is in the band C V L T S.. i have like 5 beer on the rug tapes

check em out

 

 

that's macintosh plus, C V L T S, Boy Snacks, and Napolian

 

I have laserdisc visions around here somewhere too.. that one was good

[gmanyo]

That's pretty sweet. My favorite of the label is probably yyu even though they are (he is?) very different from the rest of them. Kind of like Grizzly Bear but more experimental.

 

My friend almost sold the guy from Casino Gardens his Ensoniq. I think he lives in my town.

[Guest KY]

I think this one might just be slowed down looped music, but it still sounds cool:

http://soundcloud.com/beerontherug/macintosh-plus

 

this is what instantly turns me off, honestly—passing off glorified chopped and screwed mixes of 1980s music as anything original. can't do it

[rstark]

i think they do a good job of changing it enough so it loses the original heart of the work personally

 

mediafired is pretty sweet also

http://soundcloud.com/beerontherug/mediafired-innuintendo

[gmanyo]

I think this one might just be slowed down looped music, but it still sounds cool:

http://soundcloud.com/beerontherug/macintosh-plus

 

this is what instantly turns me off, honestly—passing off glorified chopped and screwed mixes of 1980s music as anything original. can't do it

I figured some people would get annoyed with that (I do find it kind of dumb that they make you pay so much for it; the label's stuff is actually quite expensive) but there are plenty of artists that don't do that on the label.

 

On a personal level, I care more about how the music sounds than how hard it was to make or whatever. Now I'm not going to pay for it, but I'll listen to it on the site. I'll buy the music that isn't like that.