v/a - Auteur Labels: Independent Project

The compilation series Auteur Labels profiles independent record labels with a unique and enduring sound, vision and design sensibility, usually guided by one or two directors, concerned more with art than commerce.

This volume surveys Independent Project Records, the Californian label founded by artist and musician Bruce Licher, or Savage Republic.

Tracklist:

1. SAVAGE REPUBLIC The Ivory Coast
2. HUMAN HANDS Dilemmas
3. PARTY BOYS Jim Jones
4. TEN FOOT FACES Don't Want Love
5. CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN Take the Skinheads Bowling
6. FOR AGAINST Shine
7. DECEPTION BAY Fence and Flag
8. ABECEDARIANS Benway's Carnival
9. SAVAGE REPUBLIC O Andonis
10. WOO Down Town Suburbia
11. INDIAN BINGO Separation Days
12. RED TEMPLE SPIRITS New Land
13. AUTUMNFAIR So Far From God
14. FOURWAYCROSS Halloween
15. HALF STRING Eclipse
16. TONE The Power of Introspection
17. ALISON'S HALO Dozen
18. SCENIC Sage
19. JEFFREY CLARK Exploded View
20. SPRINGHOUSE Moving Van
21. BRUCE LICHER Life Begets a Reprise
22. PROJECT 197 Nine
23. BRIDGE Underground, Pt 4 + Bridge

Reviews:

"Outstanding compilations, sophisticated scholarship" (The Wire, 08/2008)

"One of the most fascinating label samplers, IPR is a magical realm where uncommercial approach meets accessible hook - with complete love, care and joy in creation. Here's to another 30 years!" (The Big Takeover, 05/2010)

"Ordered more or less chronologically, it's possible to chart the development not just of the label, but the ramshackle, reckless postpunk which it championed from its inception. A stark, abrasive reminder of the power and importance of artistic purity and freedom. Four stars" (Record Collector, 07/2010)