Enemies List Home Recordings

ENEMIES LIST HOME RECORDINGS was created to explore something else; the inherent promise in the availability of the means of production. One person in a bedroom can write, record, burn and sell a record on par in quality with the best any label can offer, and for a tiny fraction of the cost. What does that actually mean?

It means that the Market Forces that have always acted as a restraint upon art are dead. Not dying. Not on the way out. Dead.

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This is a label I've wanted to write something on for a while. Enemies List is a vessel that celebrates people creating earnest pieces of art in their bedrooms or their basements, away from the influences of the industry and pressures for high production values. Many of the artists released by the label share members, but more noticeably, they often share a crushing emotional tone of bleakness and negativity. Something about the home made production of the music complements this mood so well, it feels more personal.

There's a few great bands I've managed to discover through this label.

Have a Nice Life
Genre: Industrial, shoegaze, doom
Probably the most well known artist, HaNL is a heavy band, not so much in music but in tone, production, lyrics and concept.
Bloodhail

Planning For Burial
Genre: Drone, shoegaze, ambient
PFB have this ability to slowly build intense music out of layers of fuzzy guitars, with hints of vocals, drums or keyboards usually playing supplementary roles.
Being a Teenager and the Awkwardness of Backseat Sex

Nahvalr
Genre: Black metal, noise
This was an open source black metal project that anyone could contribute to, with mixing of submissions done by Dan and Tim of Have a Nice Life. The result is a confronting and chaotic onslaught of barely distinguishable screeches and only god knows what else.
Chorus of the Blasphemes

Giles Corey
Genre: ????
This solo project of Dan seems to be an "anything goes" zone for various song ideas and experiments. The result feels familiar to fans of other EL bands, but has it's own flavor through use of country-style acoustic guitar and surprises such as brass instrumentation.
Blackest Bile

Xasthur
Genre: Black metal
Not too familiar with this artist yet, but my impressions so far are of completely raw low-fi black metal, with a bit of "weird sound" experimentation.
Soulless Elegy