Pretension Records — releases

PT060 · Interdimensional Warlock — Castlevania Vibes

PT060 · Out Fall 2026

HEAR YE, HEAR YE! Naives, Gather round! All ye weary rogues; battle worn warriors, lute-wielding bards, and brooding dark magis. FEAST YOUR EARS! And restore your health - upon these mystical rhythms & enchanted beats, The latest offerings from mysterious time-traveller: 'INTERDIMENSIONAL WARLOCK'. Prepare your party for victory!! Arm yourselves with dance-floor weaponry - remixes, from the mighty b0t23, and the ruthless iXians - tools of annihilation, made from pure unobtanium, forged in the fires of hell..

Castlevania Vibes
Castlevania Vibes (b0t23 Remix)
Castlevania Vibes (iXians Remix)
Wizard Juice
Wizard Juice (iXians Remix)

PT059 · Infinite Hand — Infinite Hand

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PT059 · 2026

Jon Drukman (Bass Kittens) and Tim Soete (The Fucking Champs) were working together at GameSpot in the late 90s. They discovered a shared love of jungle and drum and bass music. Tim laid down some sick drum beats which Jon then took into the studio and processed through an arsenal of gear.

Blowjob
Horizon
Tempest
Here U Are
Stations and Trains

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PT057 · Bass Kittens — Something New

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

PT057 · 2025

Something New

Bandcamp · Apple Music

PT056 · Bass Kittens — In Dub

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

PT056 · 2025

I Exist
360 Degrees
Ecosphere
Systems of Architecture
Tomorrow Said The Wind
You Are All My Children
Cat In My Laundry
Rotating Outage Block
The Dancing Serpent
Red-Headed Stepchild

YouTube · Bandcamp · Apple Music

PT051 · Bass Kittens — Planet Of Noise 1996 (Remastered 2024)

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT

PT051 · 2024

Tracks 1-4 were originally released as the "Suck On This, Planet Of Noise Bimbo" 12" on Oxygen Music Works in 1996.

Nation of Lumpheads
Heartbreak Factory (Industrial Mix)
Porcelain Bisque
Sold To The Highest Buddha
Heartbreak Factory (Spin Control Version)

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PT052 · Pretension All-Stars — All My Bloops Gone

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT

PT052 · 2024

All My Bloops Gone
All My Bloops Gone (Freaky Chakra Mix)
All My Bloops Gone (Single Cell Orchestra Mix)

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PT050 · DVS NME & Bass Kittens — Nothing Exploded

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT

PT050 · 2024

Bass Kittens – Nothing Exploded (feat. DVS NME)

Bandcamp · Apple Music

PT049 · Bass Kittens — The Bridge

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT

PT049 · 2023

The Bridge

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PT048 · Bass Kittens — Guessing Game

Wed, 24 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT

PT048 · 2023

Bass Kittens & Emma Rodriguez – Guessing Game
Bass Kittens & Emma Rodriguez – Inside My Head

Bandcamp · Apple Music

PT047 · Bass Kittens — Self-Help

Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

PT047 · 2023

Invest In Yourself
Believe

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PT046 · Bass Kittens — Velveeta Nachos

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT

PT046 · 2022

Velveeta Nachos
A Fundamentally Better Sun

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PT045 · Nebulous Amphibians — The Perils of Smoking

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT

PT045 · 2022

Friction Hop
Mika's Dub
Pngauh
Smoke Me A Kipper
Dangerous Days
Stratosphere Candelabra

YouTube · Apple Music

PT044 · Bass Kittens — All About The Music

Sun, 03 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT

PT044 · 2022

Every Time (feat. Emma Rodriguez)
All About the Music (feat. Emma Rodriguez)

Bandcamp · Apple Music

PT042 · Bass Kittens — Weird Sisters

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT

PT042 · 2022

Blue Dub
Bass Kittens & Thee Mellowtrons – Busters Gone
Bass Kittens & Lynn Farmer – Hautboys and Torches
Obscure Bird
Sentinel
Satellite Music
A Seeking Soul
Weird Sisters
Every Point Twice Done (And Then Done Double)

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PT041 · Bass Kittens — The Harbinger

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT

PT041 · 2022

Neural Peptide Overspill
Shift to Cast
Dropping Dimes
Bass Kittens & Justin Maxwell – The Red Kiss
Surcease Success
Stars, Hide Your Fires
Through the Breach
Bass Kittens & Lynn Farmer – Unexpected Time

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PT040 · KittyTr0nz — Another Life

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT

PT040 · 2022

Another Life
Time Factor
Astroblade
Eccentrikcity

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PT055 · Bass Kittens — Get A Grip (2021 Remaster)

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT

PT055 · 2021

Originally released in 1994 on Mephisto Records.

Get A Grip (Mission Street Mix)
Get A Grip (South Of Market Mix)
Another Rainy Day

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PT039 · Bass Kittens — Antarctica

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT

PT039 · 2021

This album was inspired by Sara Wheeler's excellent book "Terra Incognita: Travels In Antarctica". There is plenty of scientific and academic writing about Antarctica, but Sara was one of the first people to write about it from the human perspective.

Erebus
Mcmurdo Base
Pole of Inaccessibility
Ross Ice Shelf
Sanae
Terra Nova Bay
Vinson Massif
Vostok

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PT038 · Memory Overrelease — Contamination

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

PT038 · 2021

Drowning (feat. Mark Pistel)
And You Know
Corrupted Conscience (feat. Mark Pistel)
Aspartame
No Means No (feat. Mark Pistel)

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PT031 · The JDs — Proust EP

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

PT031 · 2021

Original versions taken from the long player "The Texas Chain Store Manager"

Proust (V1)
Proust (V2)
Proust (V3)
Kitty Litter (Bass Kittens Remix)
Kitty Litter (Single Cell Orchestra Remix)
Kitty Litter (Extended Litterbox Destruction)
Shelf Stalker

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PT037 · Memory Overrelease — Agent Of Chaos

Sun, 11 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

PT037 · 2020

Agent of Chaos
Agent of Chaos (Chaotic Mix)

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PT036 · Memory Overrelease — Illicit Concept Denied

Sat, 18 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

PT036 · 2020

Four tracks of modern industrial mayhem guaranteed to give you outrage fatigue.

Promise of Life
Digital Deceit
Keep Breathing
Judge Not

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PT034 · The JDs — The Texas Chain Store Manager

Sat, 22 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT

PT034 · 2020

The second album from Northern California's premier electronic music duo is a concept album about shopping and supermarkets.

Poinsettias
Store Detective
Duraflame (Crackle Mix)
Kitty Litter
Diaper Astronaut
Olive Bar
Coin Star
Proust (Produce Aisle Mix)
Autobahn (Flavor-Aid Mix)
Checkout! (Raving In The Self-Service Line Mix)

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PT033 · Bass Kittens — Altered States Live

Sat, 29 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT

PT033 · 2019

This album documents a series of live jams performed in the Altered States studio in April & May 2019. The tracks have been edited for length but otherwise it's as played - no overdubs. The original unedited performances are available on the Bass Kittens YouTube channel.

April 9 2019
May 11 2019
April 3 2019
April 12 2019
April 20 2019
April 13 2019
May 7 2019
May 2 2019
May 12 2019
May 26 2019
May 27 2019

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PT032 · Full Court Press — Full Court Press

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT

PT032 · 2018

Recorded in Jon and Keith's studios in the early 1990s.

We Are Full Court Press
Metal Phase
Charlene's Recoil
Dynamometer
False Head Pipe (Jon's Jazz Mix)
Runaway Truck
False Head Pipe (Keith's Clav Mix)
Winstrol
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It
Twister

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PT030 · Bass Kittens — Play It Backwards

Fri, 18 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT

PT030 · 2018

Play It Backwards
Play It Backwards (Freaky Chakra Remix)
Play It Backwards (Bass Kittens Club Mix)
Play It Backwards (Mark Pistel Remix)
Play It Backwards (Single Cell Orchestra Remix)

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PT029 · Bass Kittens — World Music

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT

PT029 · 2018

Written at various times in the 21st century.

It's All in the Details (Flow Control)
Tickworld
Omniworld
Blipworld
Thumpworld

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PTVR004D · Volsoc — Final Transmission from Deepest Space

Fri, 10 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

PTVR004D · 2017

Evacuate the Planet
Fluoxetine (Is All About Bees)
Easy Edit (My Shoe Hz Too, Dad)
Clickpopbot
Cybrid – Bumper (Volsoc's 10,000 + 1 Spaceships Attacking a Very Small Planet Remix)

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PT026 · Bass Kittens & Volum — Big Bang Broadband

Fri, 10 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

PT026 · 2017

Big Bang Broadband
Big Bang Broadband (Wee DJs Mix)
Big Bang Broadband (Wee DJs Other Mix)
Big Bang Broadband (Wee DJs More Mix)
Mucus Liver Experience

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PT025 · Single Cell Orchestra — Slow-Fi EP

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT

PT025 · 2016

1:11 A.M. (Slow Down)
Pentagonal Drift
Beast Beats
Electrical
Hext Message
The War Is Coming
Slow-Fi

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PT024 · Bass Kittens — Xenon

Fri, 27 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT

PT024 · 2015

Real-Time Travel Machine
Xenon 1
Base Station
Xenon 2
Chronic Hysteresis
Omnious Capenteir
Face Is the Place
Xenon 3
Dark Side of the Bong

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PT023 · Bass Kittens — Equidistance

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT

PT023 · 2015

Recorded at Altered States & Clutterbox

Equidistance
Mille Feuille
Almost
Shield Dub
The Carrier

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PT022 · Bass Kittens — On Acid

Thu, 01 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT

PT022 · 2014

A celebration of old school acid house, acid electro, uptempo acid, downtempo acid. ACIEEEEEED.

Chaise Duo
Brothers & Sisters
Arctic Dak
Growth Therapy
Calcite Redo
Mono Melo
Using Your Loaf
Wurzelbacher

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PT020 · The Pretension All-Stars — The Inevitable Consequence Of Complex Chemistry

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT

PT020 · 2014

That title's a real mouthful, huh?

Complex Chemistry
Complex Chemistry (Carl A Finlow Remix)
Complex Chemistry (All Stars Remix)
Complex Chemistry (Code Rising Remix)

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PT022 · Single Cell Orchestra — Hear Them Calling

Thu, 13 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT

PT022 · 2014

Hear Them Calling (Electric City Mix)
Hear Them Calling (Chemical Burn Mix)
Hear Them Calling (Bass Kittens Remix)

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PT027 · Bass Kittens & Volum — 120

Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

PT027 · 2013

Das Erdgeschoß (Bass Kittens Original)
Forced States of Matter (Volum Original)
Das Erdgeschoß (Volum Remix)
Forced States of Matter (Bass Kittens Remix)

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PTNA01 · Nebulous Amphibians — Infinity Lake

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

PTNA01 · 2013

Ethernet Fry-Up
Acute Oblong
Supernebula
Dimensionless/Binarium
Cell On Wheels
Transverse Observation
Slipstream Agenda
Arza Lint

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PT019 · Bass Kittens — A World Without Zinc

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

PT019 · 2011

Change of pace for Mr. Kittens as he takes us on a dark downtempo trip. IDM, dub, experimental synth washes, drones, ambience - it's all in there. One for dark rooms and late nights.

Lick My Love Pump
Intelligence
Isolated Speech
A World Without Zinc
When We Were The Sun
Do It For Her
Something Promising
Logical State
Sauicer

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PT018 · jsd — Nitrogen

Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

PT018 · 2011

Do you like classic synth music like Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, etc. ?

Nitrogen 1
Nitrogen 2
Nitrogen 3
Nitrogen 4
Nitrogen 5
Nitrogen 6
Nitrogen 7
Nitrogen 8
Nitrogen 9

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PT017 · Bass Kittens — Click Death

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

PT017 · 2011

Four tracks of DSP-heavy, crunchy, bone rattling electro. A stormer.

Click Death
Cracking Up
Hard Corpse
You Can't Hurt Me Anymore

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PT016 · Bass Kittens — Ecstasy Flashback

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

PT016 · 2011

Late one night in the Pretension Studio, after too much red wine, Bass Kittens fell asleep. Just slumped right over on the synthesizer keyboard. He had a crazy dream in which he was transported back to an illegal warehouse party in 1992, but in possession of a laptop full of all the production software he loved from the 21st Century. Upon awakening, he found three mysterious new files on his hard drive.

First You Don't
Hands In The Air
Raving 7 Days A Week

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PT015 · The JDs — Education

Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

PT015 · 2010

JD#1 = Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto

Into The World
Now Returns
Dead Calm
I Don't Know When To Stop
Core Limey
Inuit Bedouin
Heterodyne
Computer Woes
Radiation
Come See Goat
Who Controls The Controllers

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PT013 · Bass Kittens — Terminus

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

PT013 · 2009

Another odds and ends compilation, but the Bass Kittens Sound is so cohesive that it works (or you could just say that I'm a lazy bastard who only ever writes one kind of music.)

Mono Melo
Ah Yeah Let's Do It
Bastard Squad
Signs And Portents
Angry Birthday
Where My Dogs At

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PT012 · Jeff Taylor — Forgotten Colonies

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

PT012 · 2009

Everybody who knows Jeff had a copy of this album on CD-r for years. And the one question was on everyone's mind was, when the hell was Jeff going to release it? We begged, we pleaded, we cajoled, we whined... Finally, he could hold out no longer and Pretension won the bidding war.

Forgotten Colonies
Electressa
The Mechanic
Escape Pod
Approach
Eluxtria
Spiritual Machine
Lux Uvoxa (Freaky Chakra Remix)

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PT011 · Bass Kittens & Various Artists — Vs.

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

PT011 · 2009

I love working with other artists. This release is so much fun for me, mainly because I can ignore all the parts that I did that I'm not so sure about and focus on the stuff that the contributors did. Getting "Storm The CPU" out was a real triumph too - I'm pretty sure we originally did that track in 2001! It hasn't aged a microsecond.

Bass Kittens vs Volum – Storm The CPU
Bass Kittens vs Single Cell Orchestra – World War 2.5
Bass Kittens vs Justin Maxwell – Delicious Algae
Bass Kittens vs Volum – Robots 1, Hippies 0
Bass Kittens vs Single Cell Orchestra – Look At The Sky
Bass Kittens vs Freaky Chakra – Ill Machine

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PT010 · Bass Kittens — Inside The Electron

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

PT010 · 2009

This, for my money, is really where Pretension 2.0 starts. No more messing around. We're going to have a regular release schedule and we're going to make sure our stuff is everywhere people want it (except vinyl - don't get me started on that).

Air Quotes
Inside The Electron
Pro One
Robotique

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PT008 · Bass Kittens — Dude, Where's My Sequencer?

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

PT008 · 2008

After Carl's last record came and went we went into lockdown mode for a bit of a rethink. Actually, that makes it sound all cool but really we just sort of gave up with a disgusted shrug.

Self Destruct
Arctic Dak
Love Robot F1-11
You Must Find Strength

Apple Music

PT005 · Justin Maxwell — Pillow Filter

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

PT005 · 2006

Pillow Filter
Is That A Gameboy Or A Cellphone
Pillow Filter (Insectoid Inversion)

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PT004 · Diskchordians — M439 Class A

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

PT004 · 2006

Diskchordians is Carl Bradshaw (Limbertimbre) & Justin Maxwell. Carl's solo music is punishing. Justin's is mechanically funky. Put them together and you have a recipe for supreme evil metal machine music. I hadn't listened to this EP in forever, but I just listened to it today and christ it's good. The bit in the first track where it drops out for the sample about factories and battle stations, and then the beat comes back but rearranged and even funkier than before just kills me.

Diskchordians – M-439 Class A
Kraddy – New World Empire (Reassembled By The Diskchordians)

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PT006 · Bass Kittens + Single Cell Orchestra — Easy Money

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT

PT006 · 2006

Easy Money
Down With Digital
Easy Dub

YouTube · Apple Music

PTVR003D · Volsoc — Here Come Volsoc

Wed, 09 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

PTVR003D · 2005

Here Come Volsoc
Try to Save Your Song (Ok Robot)
Needleintuit
Calzoni (Il Computer)

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PT003 · Limbertimbre — One Big Bit

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT

PT003 · 2005

Carl Bradshaw, aka Limbertimbre, is one of my favorite producers. The stuff he did for Pretension is among my favorite stuff on the label. He's got such a unique style. Not quite industrial, not quite techno, not quite electro... not quite normal. All good.

One Big Bit
Mercury
One Big Bit
Nofi

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PTVR002D · Volsoc — Compuphonic Mutations

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT

PTVR002D · 2003

Compuphonic Intelligence (Bass Kittens vs. Single Cell Orchestra Remix)
Compuphonic Intelligence (Silicon Scally Remix)
Compuphonic Intelligence (Jeff Taylor)
Compuphonic Intelligence (Bolz Bolz Remix)

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PT002 · Bass Kittens — Another Day/Silent Running (Volsoc Remixes)

Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT

PT002 · 2003

I don't know how these artist/title mistakes get out there, but they do. iTunes has this listed as "Bass Kittens & Danja Koja" which is nice and generous but I sure never mentioned her name when I set up the release. Also the single was never called "Remixed by Volsoc". I learned long long ago that the music business is no place for people who are careful about details and like having their name spelled correctly.

Another Day
Another Day (Vol Mix)
Silent Running
Silent Running (Soc Mix)

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PTVR001D · Volsoc — Compuphonic Intelligence

Sat, 09 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

PTVR001D · 2002

Compuphonic Intelligence
Shout Out
Jrumn
Shout Out (John Tejada Remix)

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PT001 · Bass Kittens — Four Things I Hate About You

Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT

PT001 · 2000

This is where it all began. Originally self-pressed on standard 12" vinyl, we searched for a distributor for ages. I don't remember all the details now, I think we got some of them to a US based distributor, who went under without paying us. I eventually found a box of them in the Lower Haight at the office of Fuel Records USA. They were supposed to distribute them, which never really happened. I sent the box over to the UK where they were sold, and again I never saw a dime.

Beside
Sluggo Anatomy
Touch It
www.pretension.com

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