Tartarus Records

Label
Datering:
2012 - nu
Gronings label:
Ja
Plaats:
Groningen (gem)
Adres:
-
Samenvatting:
Gronings muzieklabel van Richard Postma, dat zich richt op het in kleine oplage en met exclusieve vormgeving uitbrengen van albums, EP's en cassettes.
Biografie
Algemeen
Releases: overzicht
Tartarus Records is een initiatief van Richard Postma, tevens gitarist-zanger van Ortega. Hij zet het label op in 2012 en richt zich de eerste jaren vrijwel uitsluitend op het uitbrengen van albums en EP's op compact cassette. Hoewel cassettes op dat moment al jaren een rol in de marge van de muziekindustrie spelen, zijn ze binnen bepaalde genres, waaronder de (underground) metal, nooit helemaal verdwenen. De oplage is meestal beperkt tot zo'n 100 items. Het leeuwendeel van de releases bevindt zich in het hardere muzieksegment, met name sludge en doom. |
Vormgeving Opvallend zijn de bijzondere ontwerpen en verpakkingen van de releases. Cassettes in verschillende kleuren siliconen omhulling, in gips, in houten doosjes, etc. De kartonnen omhulsels zijn vaak zowel van binnen als van buiten bedrukt en gezeefdrukt. Enkele opmerkelijke releases: Amenra, Menhir, Ortega, Willie Darktrousers. |
Uitbreiding In 2018 betrekt het label een nieuw kantoor in de stad. Het vouwen en verpakken van honderden tapes vergt meer ruimte en dat kan beter in een daartoe ingerichte ruimte dan in het appartement waar ook nog geleefd moet worden. |
Ook op een ander vlak is er uitbreiding: in januari 2019 komt Gerald Timmermans, zanger van bands als ...And The Gods Made Coffee en Suffering Quota bij Tartarus. Timmermans is in 2015 opvolger van Richard Postma bij laatstgenoemde band. |
Eersteling op vinyl Het label dat zich tot dan toe heeft gericht op het uitbrengen van bijzondere cassettes, begint dat jaar ook met vinyl. Daarbij de split van Bismuth en Undersmile niet meegerekend, die in 2014 in samenwerking met de labels De Graanrepubliek en At war With Satan wordt uitgebracht. De eerste vinyl in 2019 is een eenmalige heruitgave van de EP 'Woestenij' van de Nederlandse band Nihill. Deze EP was in 2012 ook de eerste release op cassette van Tartarus Records. Bovendien is het een eerbetoon aan zanger Michiel Eikenaar van Nihill, die in april 2019 overlijdt na een ziekbed. |
Na dit vinyl-album volgt nog een tweede release op vinyl, 'The Eternal Marshes' van het Engelse Bismuth. Ondertussen blijven er regelmatig nieuwe cassette-uitgaven verschijnen via Tartarus Records. |
Een overzicht van de releases van het label. De releases van acts met een directe link met Groningen staan ook in het menu Releases. De gegevens van de releases zijn als volgt weergegeven: Artiest - 'Titel release' (info release), Jaar van uitgave, Releasecode. De lijst is niet compleet. 1. Nihill - 'Woestenij' (Cassette, EP, Ltd, Gre), 2012, TAR001 2. Bismuth - 'The Eternal Marshes' (Cassette, EP, Red), 2012, TAR002 3. Ortega - 'The Serpent Stirs' (Cassette, S/Sided, EP, Ltd), 2012, TAR003 4. Undersmile - 'Narwhal' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2012, TAR004 5. War Iron - 'The Fifth And Final Sun' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2012, TAR006 6. Ortega - 'A Flame Never Rises On Its Own' (Cassette, S/Sided, EP, Ltd), 2012, TAR2.5 7. Gigatron2000 - 'The Cosmic Desert Cruise' (Cassette, Album), 2013, TAR005 8. Entrapment - 'Crawling Morbidity' (Cassette, S/Sided, EP, Whi), 2013, TAR007 9. Persistence In Mourning / Pentadrvg - 'Alice' (Cassette, EP), 2013, TAR008 10. Witch Mountain - 'Cauldron Of The Wild' (Cassette, Album), 2013, TAR009 11. Pohl - 'Pohlsmoker' (Cassette, EP), 2013, TAR010 12. Transatlantic Rat's Atom / Bird Eye - 'Transatlantic Rat's Atom / Bird Eye' (Cassette, Album, Ltd, Bro), 2013, TAR011 13. Eight Bells - 'The Captain's Daughter' (Cassette, Album, Num), 2013, TAR012 14. Moan - [zonder titel] (Cassette, EP, Ltd, Ivo), 2013, TAR013 15. Spider Kitten - 'Cougar Club' (Cassette, Album), 2013, TAR014 16. Toner Low - 'III' (Cassette, Album, Ltd, Gre), 2013, TAR015 17. Herder - 'Herder' (Cassette, Album, Ltd, Bla), 2013, TAR016 18. Herder - 'Horror Vacui' (Cassette, EP, Ltd, Red), 2013, TAR017 19. Verbum Verus - 'Melkiresha' (Cassette, Album, Whi), 2013, TAR018 20. Lord Mantis - 'Pervertor' (Cassette, Album, Bro), 2013, TAR019 |
21. War Wolf - 'Crushing The Ways Of The Old' (Cassette, Album, gre), 2013, TAR020 22. Grinding Halt - 'Discography Tape II' (Cassette, Comp, Ltd, Num, Bla), 2013, TAR021 23. Ortega / Of Spire And Throne - 'Serpents And Thrones' (Cassette, Comp, Ltd), 2013, TAR022 24. Bismuth / Undersmile - 'Bismuth / Undersmile' (Cassette, Ltd), 2013, TAR023 25. Bismuth / Undersmile - 'Bismuth / Undersmile' (Vinyl (12"), Split, Ltd), 2014, TAR023LP, Graan#25, ATWAR149 26. Megalodoom - 'Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Grief' (Cassette, EP, Ltd, Blu), 2013, TAR024 27. Primitive Man - 'P//M' (Cassette, EP, Ltd), 2014, TAR025 28. Suma - 'You're Such A Disappointment: A Split Compilation 2005 - 2012' (Cassette, Comp, Ltd), 2014, TAR026 29. Ethereal Riffian - 'Aeonian' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2014, TAR027 30. Grizzlyman - 'Grizzlyman' (Cassette, Ltd), 2014, TAR028 31. Slomatics - 'Estron' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2014, TAR029 32. Ortega - 'Crows' (Cassette, EP, Single, Ltd), 2014, TAR30 33. Ggu:ll - 'Waan:Hoon' (Cassette, EP), 2014, TAR031 34. Toner Low - 'II' (Cassette, Album, sil), 2014, TAR032 35. Het Droste Effect - 'We Are All Hallucinating' (Cassette, EP, Ltd), 2014, TAR033 36. Uzala - 'Uzala' (Cassette, EP), 2014, TAR034 37. Bitcho - 'Toybox' (Cassette, Album, Ltd, Num, RE), 2014, TAR035 38. Menhir - 'Uberlith II' (Cassette, EP, Ltd, Num), 2014, TAR036 39. O - 'When Plants Turn Into Stones' (Cassette, Album), 2014, TAR037 40. Venowl / Highgate - 'Vacant Cellar / Carved Into Winter' (Cassette, Album, Ltd, C70), 2014, TAR038 |
40. Venowl / Highgate - 'Vacant Cellar / Carved Into Winter' (Cassette, Album, Ltd, C70), 2014, TAR038 41. Vermin Womb - 'Permanence' (Cassette, Album), 2014, TAR039 42. Galg - 'Afzicht' (Cassette, MiniAlbum, Ltd, C35), 2014, TAR040 43. Telepathy - '12 Areas' (Cassette, Album), 2014, TAR041 44. Megalodoom - 'Tectonic Oblivion' (Cassette, EP), 2014, TAR042 45. Primitive Man - 'Scorn' (Cassette, Album, Ltd, RP, Cle), 2014, TAR043 46. Ommadon - 'I-IV Discography' (2xCassette, Comp + Box, Ltd), 2015, none 47. Hemelbestormer - 'Portals' (Cassette, Ltd), 2015, TAR044 48. Inter Arma - 'Sky Burial' (Cassette, Ltd), 2015, TAR045 49. Amenra - 'I-V Discography' (Comp, Album), 2015, TAR047 50. Terzij De Horde - 'Self' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2015, TAR048 51. Ultha - 'Pain Cleanses Every Doubt' (Cassette, Album), 2015, TAR049 52. CHVE - 'Rasa' (Cassette, Album), 2015, TAR054 53. 3((0)),((0))((0))((0)) M((o))nkies - 'Watch The Dr((o))ne' (Cassette, EP, Red), 2016, none 54. Diverse artiesten - 'Forever Out Of Control: A Tartarus Mixtape' (Cassette, Comp, Ltd), 2016, TAR050 55. Bismuth - 'Unavailing' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2016, TAR051 56. It Only Gets Worse - 'Christian Country Home' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2016, TAR052 57. Of Spire & Throne - 'Sanctum In The Light' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2016, TAR053 58. Venus Sleeps - 'Dead Sun Worship' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2016, TAR055 59. Eight Bells - 'Landless' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2016, TAR056 60. Menhir - 'Hiding In Light' (Cassette, EP), 2016, TAR058 |
61. Toner Low - 'Toner Low' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2016, TAR059 62. Amenra - 'Afterlife' Boxset (Cassette, Album +Cassette, Album + Box, Comp, Ltd), 2016, TAR060 63. Ggu:ll - 'Dwaling' (Cassette, Album), 2016, TAR061 64. Ultha - 'Dismal Ruins' (Cassette, EP, Ltd), 2016, TAR062 65. Syndrome - 'Forever And A Day' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2016, TAR063 66. LGHTNNG - 'Night Change Days' (Cassette, EP), 2016, TAR064 67. Fistula - 'Longing For Infection' (Cassette, Album), 2016, TAR065 68. Suma - 'The Order Of Things' (Cassette, Album), 2016, TAR066 69. CHVE - '10910' (Cassette, Ltd), 2016, TAR067 70. Ortega - 'Sacred States' (Cassette, Album, Dlx, Ltd, Box), 2016, TAR068 71. Gnaw Their Tongues - 'Hymns for the Broken, Swollen And Silent' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2016, TAR069 72. Teethgrinder - 'Nihilism' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2016, TAR070 73. Cocaine Piss - 'The Dancer' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2017, TAR071 74. Unkirk - '.burial' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2017, TAR072 75. Ultha - 'Converging Sins' (Cassette, Album), 2017, TAR073 76. Axioma - 'Opia' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2017, TAR074 77. Palace Of Worms / Ecferus - 'Palace of Worms/Ecferus' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2017, TAR075 78. The Thing With Five Eyes - [...], 2017, TAR076 79. A Hundred Black Kites - 'Arrow Of Time' (Cassette, Album, Ltd, Bla), 2017, TAR077 80. Amenra - 'Alive' (Cassette, Album), 2017, TAR078 |
81. Gnaw Their Tongues, Bismuth - 'Split' (Cassette, EP, Ltd), 2017, TAR079 82. Inter Arma - 'The Cavern' (Cassette, EP), 2017, TAR080 83. Inter Arma - 'Paradise Gallows' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2017, TAR081 84. A Fugitive - 'Coincidence' (Cassette, EP, Ltd), 2017, TAR082 85. Wolvon - 'ease.' (Cassette, Album), 2017, TAR083 86. Willie Darktrousers & De Splinters - 'Glibberburen' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2017, TAR084 87. Project Nefast - 'SEX MONEY POWER' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2017, TAR085 88. Ultha / Paramnesia - 'Ultha / Paramnesia' (Cassette, Split), 2017, TAR086 89. Atomic Trip - 'Strike #1' (Cassette, Album), 2017, TAR087 90. Amenra - 'Mass VI' (Cassette, Album, Dlx, Ltd, Num, RE, Box), 2018, TAR 91. Primitive Man - 'Steel Casket' (Cassette, Album), 2018, TAR090 92. Servants Of The Apocalyptic Goat Rave - 'Queen Of Darkness' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2018, TAR091 93. Onhou - 'Onhou' (Cassette, EP), 2018, TAR092 94. King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - 'Polygondwanaland' (Cassette, Album), 2018, TAR093 95. Gnaw Their Tongues - 'Genocidal Majesty' (Cassette, Album), 2018, TAR093 96. DNMF - 'Smelter' (Cassette, Album), 2018, TAR095 97. Bell Witch - 'Longing' (Album), 2018, TAR096 98. Bell Witch - 'Four Phantoms' (Album), 2018, TAR097 99. Bell Witch - 'Mirror Reaper' (Album), 2018, TAR098 100. Nefast - 'NEE' (Cassette), 2018, TAR099 |
101. Fister / CHRCH - 'Fister/CHRCH' (Cassette, Album), 2018, TAR 101 102. Ûngrûn - 'Demo 2019' (Cassette, Dlx, Dem, Ltd), 2019, TAR102 103. Bismuth - 'The Slow Dying of the Great Barrier Reef' (Cassette, Album), 2018, TAR 103 103. Throane - 'Plus Une Main À Mordre' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2018, TAR105 104. DDCHDRN [Dodecahedron] - 'Live In Leiden 2017' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2018, TAR106 105. Heavy Natural - 'Heavy Natural' (Cassette, Album, EP, Ltd), 2018, TAR107 106. Abstracter - 'Cinereous Incarnate' (Cassette, Album, Ltd, Whi), 2018, TAR108 107. Petbrick - 'Petbrick' (Cassette, EP, Ltd), 2018, TAR109 108. Gnaw Their Tongues & Crowhurst - 'Burning Ad Infinitum: A Collaboration' (Cassette, Album, Ltd), 2018, TAR111 109. Moloch - 'A Bad Place' (Cassette, Album, Gre), 2018, TAR113 110. Moloch - 'Possession' (Cassette, Album, Gre), 2018, TAR113 111. Bismuth - 'The Eternal Marshes' (Vinyl (12"), S/Sided, RM, Sil), 2019, TAR002LP 113. Grey Aura - '1: Gelige, Traumatische Zielsverrukking' (Cassette, Dem, Ltd), 2019, TAR114 114. Grey Aura - '2: De Bezwijkende Deugd' (Cassette,Dem, Ltd), 2019, TAR115 115. Bell Witch - 'Demo 2011' (Cassette, Demo, Ltd), 2019, TAR119 116. Atomic Trip - 'Strike #2' (Cassette, Album, Ltd, Red), 2019, TAR121 117. Adoran - 'Artemisia' (Cassette, Album, ltd), 2019, TAR122 |
Overige betrokkenen
Releases
![]() | Tells It Like It IsGlitch2022 - |
![]() | [All Are To Return]All Are To Return20-08-2020 EP |
![]() | [Onhou]Onhou09-02-2018 EP |
![]() | GlibberburenWillie Darktrousers & de Splinters14-10-2017 Album |
![]() | Ease.WOLVON13-04-2017 Album |
![]() | CoincidenceA Fugitive01-04-2017 EP |
![]() | Sacred StatesOrtega05-10-2016 Album |
![]() | Nights Change DaysLGHTNNG30-08-2016 EP |
![]() | Hiding in LightMenhir17-04-2016 EP |
![]() | Forever Out Of Control: A Tartarus MixtapeMenhir, Diverse Artiesten01-04-2016 Compilatie |
![]() | Uberlith IIMenhir05-08-2014 EP |
![]() | CrowsOrtega04-2014 EP |
![]() | Discography Tape IIGrinding Halt18-11-2013 Compilatie |
![]() | [Moan]Moan02-08-2013 EP |
![]() | Serpents and ThronesOrtega2013 Compilatie |
![]() | Crawling MorbidityEntrapment01-03-2013 EP |
![]() | A Flame Never Rises On Its OwnOrtega12-10-2012 EP |
![]() | The Serpent StirsOrtega2012 EP |
![]() | AATR IIAll Are To Return26-11-2021 EP |
![]() | MonadFarer- Album |
Weblinks
Zie ook
![]() | Ortega2007 - nu |