LA-TI-DA RECORDS is a Canadian independent label in Vancouver. There’re mainly garage rock and punk bands as Ape City R&B, Needles/Pins, Fist City, but you can also find 60s garage: The React, 70s glam rock: Paralel, soul: The Jay Vons, and one man band: Skip Jensen. My favourite is a garage soul band, The Ballantynes. You can listen to these on the label’s Bandcamp site.

What was the cause of starting of the label?

While hung over on vacation in Las Vegas in 2004, my good friend and I (Dale Davies, who is the graphic designer for everything we do) decided it would be a good idea to start a label. A lesson was learned that day: don’t make decisions while dehydrated in midday desert heat! Against our better judgement, we haven’t stopped yet.

What’s the main profile?

In terms of a goal? Our reason for doing it? To help get our favourite bands from home out into the world and help bring some of our favourite bands in the world back home with us! The fun part is when the two parts meet.

What was the greatest success?

In terms of releases, probably The Tranzmitors and The Ballantynes, as we have worked with those two bands every step of the way and it’s been really gratifying that both have found an audience. That said, our new Steve Adamyk Band single has been very well received and our strongest pre-seller ever. In terms of putting on shows, I’d have to say our annual festival, The Fall Down/Get Down!

What was the greatest surprise in the course of your story?

The greatest surprise is that after nearly ten years, we’re still standing! Somehow, we’ve managed to maintain this thing and continue to grow slowly and steadily. By maintaing our friends and relationships with bands and labels around the world, by continuing to adapt and change with the times, and by bridging our love for bands old and new, we’ve kept our enthusiasm and drive.
Again, with the Fall Down/Get Down festival, there’s been some tremendous surprises, but only upon reflection. At the time, we are so busy running the festival to stop and think how weird it is to bring in artists like Death and Roky Erickson, but after it’s over, it’s hard not to pause and say, wow, we just flew in Death and Roky Erickson!

What will be the next release?

The next release will be a brand new band called The Flintettes, featuring Mike Flintoff of the Tranzmitors. The Flintettes are a three piece from Vancouver who play in a style similar to early Stiff Records releases. Great stuff!

Lowlander Doom Surfers

Er garage doom grunge surf or such a thing by The Wytches. Gravedweller

from the same titled free EP

Matsuki Ayumu is a mad about cat Japanese musician. Playful orchestral J-Pop alone

Terraforming (Alternative) LP by Ample Play. Originally it was released in June 2013 in digital format. His brand new album Enterkey.co.jp is released in January only in digital.

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Psychedelic no wave disco with gothic and oriental moments by Tucan feat. jabbaboy, who is saxplayer of the Italian noise attack  Hiroshima Rock Around.

Cold Cold – digital album & cassette by Bloody Sound Fucktory (Italy) and Jus de Balles (Belgium)

By the way, Padre Pio non è tucano.

Gert Krawinkel played on guitar in Trio. A Yoko Ono cover

He was 66

The founder of Tinariwen Ibrahim Ag Alhabib has seen a cowboy to play on guitar in a western film in his childhood. After happy end he fabricated his first instrument from a tin can, a stick and bicycle brake wires. He has formed his band with musical Tuaregs in a Lybian refugee camp, where they were in military training in 1979. North-African desert blues from the album Emmaar

Euro tour in Feb-March

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Some years ago some girls walked in a pawnshop in Atlanta, and bought the most cheapest instruments.

Coathangers – Suck My Shirt LP by Suicide Squeeze

Much Ado About Noise

bedroom hip-hop by a Shakespearean rapper, Signor Benedick The Moor. The Tragic Tale of Bisen Francisco

from the album El Negro

TOTAL NO WAVE RAVE TÓTH KÍNA HEGYFALU  KEGYENC TELEP  LÉTRÁK  MKB FACEBOOK

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OLD COOL  ÚJ LÁTÁSMÓD FÚZIÓ     FACEBOOK

Teledrome from Canada – synth pop punk like Digital Leather

S/T LP by Mammoth Cave (CND), FDH (USA) & P Trash (EU)

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Sad Italian shoegazers

Be Forest – Earthbeat by WWNBB Colletctive

Euro tour March-May