30 November 2024

Innercity Grit Records – 2nd Transmission

Releasedate: 2010; Label: Innercity Grit Records
By: Sabine van Gameren

InnerCity Grit records is a quite young company from Bristol, UK. The label started in 2008 to break free from “the current dinosaur operations that are in motion in the music industry at the moment”. The label has band signed from UK as well as from The Netherlands. They released a second sampler: “2nd Transmission”.

Some of the names on this sampler have been seen before, on the first edition and some names you might recognize as being one of the bands that have been playing at festival De Bestuiving.
The first band is Illusion, a British band that, might appear a bit timid at first. A remarkable choice but you can consider it as the intro to this disc. It’s got followed up by the band Rock In Your Pocket from Bristol which got some more punch in their sound. There’s getting more electro in, when you get to the song “We Are The Illusion” contributed by Viso Nero. It’s a long one, having some dark vibes in it, would do great in an Industrial scene also. The band that surprised most at De Bestuiving festival, The Black Light Parade, is also represented. Towards the end, this sampler gets more energetic with bands like Wave Zero and Cradle FC. The definitely got the intensity going. Eventually it closes with The Black Bloc, which is a bit calmer at first bit works towards a climax at the end of the song.

Another collection of songs that represent Innercity Grit Records, for giving this a try yourself, visit their myspace

Tracklist:
01. Illusion – Walking
02. Rock In Your Pocket – Dirty Hands
03. Avacate (Mamuschka Remix) – Ghost of A Former Self
04. Zoon van Snook – Dirty Needles
05. Viso Nero – We Are This Illusion
06. Statix – Purgatory
07. Miss Anthrophy – If You Dare
08. Wild Dogs In Winter – EM-I-Nor
09. The Black Light Parade – Amongst The Trees
10. Kin – Something Stupid
11. I Wish I Knew – Did It Ever Occur To You (The Placebo Effect)
12. Mamuschka – I Adore You
13. Spirez And Emily Teague – Pocket Of Light
14. Wave Zero – The New Era
15. Cradle FC – When Love Is In Your Eyes
16. The Black Bloc – If You Want Success

Links:
Innercity Grit Records MySpace