MTV BAND 2012. & GEENGER BANDS!

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“MTV BAND 2012.” and Geenger Records have a strong relationship! Our bands Hemendex and Embassy 516 are in the Top 20 chart after 2 weeks of voting. This moment, almost 200 artists entered the contest. Also, on the whole list you can find our bands Ruiz and Hesus Attor, too!

It will end on 15th of April, and until then you can help our bands with your clicks on the voting link. 3 best bands will enter the ‘final battle’ in Club Jabuka, Zagreb, so it would be nice to see at least one band from Geenger label there.

Helpour bands, you can vote for 3 of them at the same time!

NEW BAND ON GEENGER – CAN’T FAKE NATURE

Hello everybody, we have some great news for you – there’s a new band on Geenger Records, and it’s called Can’t Fake Nature!

Can’t Fake Nature was put up in Zagreb in 2010 as an exploration of slow, rolling ambient sounds that would perfectly fit as a soundtrack for documentary flicks on deep sea life. The early focus of the project was the process of creating musical structures over an imaginary image or a movie sequence. Thus the plot and context became the essence, while premeditated songwriting was secondary. Their music started to take desired form later when the project turned into a full band. Musically based in a somewhat heavier post-rock, Can’t Fake Nature laid down tracks to their story and self-released an EP entitled “You…” in September 2011.

Their newest EP named “High / Low Tide”, this time on Geenger Records, is expected very soon, so be sure to check back often for more fresh news and updates!

GEENGER LOOKING FOR ASSISTANTS!

Hello everybody from Geenger Records! In the following text we’re looking for Croatian-speaking assistants, so we apologize if you can’t understand our news this time :)

“Geenger Records je zagrebačka izdavačka kuća koja djeluje u sklopu Građanske udruge za kulturu (Gokul) iz Zaboka. Osnovali su je 2009. godine iskusni glazbeni entuzijasti te scenski djelatnici uz neke od pokretača Moonlee Recordsa, istaknute hrvatsko-slovenske nezavisne izdavačke etikete.

Od samih početaka djelovanja polazimo od uvjerenja da je glazbeno izdavaštvo jedan od najizravnijih načina poticanja glazbeno-scenskog stvaralaštva kod mladih umjetnika, te smo odlučili tim načinom promovirati i poticati kvalitetnu glazbu koja je u medijskom prostoru neravnomjerno ili gotovo nikako zastupljena. Geenger Records je u stalnoj potrazi za bendovima koji, kvalitetom svoje glazbe, ali i idejama koje promiču, odstupaju od prosječne glazbene ponude bez obzira na žanrovsku ili regionalnu definiciju. Neprestano surađujemo s pojedincima i bendovima koji aktivno sudjeluju u oblikovanju društveno angažirane glazbene scene, putem podrške udrugama odnosno društvenim grupacijama s čijim se ciljevima poistovjećuju.

Glazbenici s kojima surađujemo prisutni su na svim relevantnim glazbenim festivalima u Hrvatskoj i regiji, od kojih bismo kao najpoznatije izdvojili INMusic, EXIT i Terraneo. Iza sebe imamo deset glazbenih izdanja, a u pripremi imamo još nekoliko koja će biti objavljena tijekom 2012. godine. Zahvaljujući iskustvu, predanom radu i suradnji s brojnim domaćim i stranim izdavačima, promotorima i klubovima, Geenger Records je s vremenom postao svojevrsni temelj na kojem su se izgradili neki od najkvalitetnijih mladih hrvatskih bendova.

Hrvatska alternativna glazbena scena vrlo je bogata ali, nažalost, dobrim dijelom nedovoljno medijski pokrivena. Izuzev Geenger Recordsa (te sestrinske kuće Moonlee Records) i nekolicine glazbenih entuzijasta, u Hrvatskoj slične inicijative zapravo nema, pa sa sigurnošću možemo reći da smo skoro pa jedina izdavačka uća/promotivna agencija koja se usko specijalizirala za ovakvu vrstu glazbe. Svoju ulogu vidimo u stvaranju boljih preduvjeta za mlade autorske bendove, od jednostavnijeg objavljivanja albuma te svih koraka koji su neophodni da bi album bio medijski prezentiran te tako došao do publike, praćenja bendova putem medijske prezentacije, koncertne promocije i ostalih aktivnosti koje su potrebne da bi glazbeni uradak došao do publike. Time bendovima koje prati naša izdavačka kuća olakšavamo ostvarivanje punog stvaralačkog potencijala.

Sve ovo, dakako, ne pišemo kako bismo se besramno ispromovirali ili požalili na odnos medija prema glazbi koja nije hrvatski glazbeni mainstream, već kako bismo potražili pomoć među drugim glazbenim entuzijastima i pojedincima koji smatraju da svojim iskustvom i dobrom voljom mogu pridonijeti ostvarenju naših ciljeva te poboljšanju stanja na hrvatskoj alternativnoj sceni.

Naime, broj bendova koji su prepoznali naše aktivnosti i žele s nama surađivati neprestano raste, dok je naš tim vrlo malen, pogotovo uzevši u obzir želje i planove koje bismo željeli ostvariti. Geenger Records (još uvijek) djeluje kao ostvarenje zaljubljenika u glazbu - ukratko, na osnovama dobre volje i slobodnog vremena, kojeg je uvijek premalo, pa bismo u svojim redovima rado htjeli imati još nekoga.

Ako vam se sviđa ono što radimo i ako ste se prepoznali kao netko tko ima želje, volje te mogućnosti da postane dio našeg tima, javite nam se na geenger@geengerrecords.com i u najkraćem roku ćemo vam odgovoriti.”

NEW GEENGER BAND: MAKAZORUKI!

Newest sound from Geenger Records are Makazoruki! They are musical testimony fueled by blasting and occasionally distorted guitar riffs, vocals singing and screaming deep from both singer’s throat and heart, and elephant-like stomping rhythm section.

Band was formed in 2002. in Netherlands, where four childhood friends found refuge from their war-torn hometown Zenica in Bosnia. After ten years of hard working, and two releases behind them (Self-Titled Album, 2006.; Analogue Breakfast EP, 2007.), it’s time to join Geenger family!

Touring frequently from its beginning, Makazoruki has played several times all great Dutch venues such as Paradiso, Melkweg, Vera and others. They were lucky to share the bill with great bands like Gone Bald, Obojeni Program, Peach Pit, Jacuzzi’s Attempt, Terrie The Ex, Vuneny, and many others.

Keep your eyes on Makazoruki and Geenger Records, more info soon!

EMBASSY 516 VIDEO RECORDING!

Dubrovnik’s finest “Embassy 516” started to record official video for their single “Souverain Bien”, from the upcoming album “Surveillance Of The Environment”. Video single will collect a complex story with many dancing and acting scenes on the theater stage.

Production took place in Marin Držić City Theatre, Dubrovnik. Zlatko Tomic and Maro Bosnjak taped the video with the help of Mario Miljak and Marko Mijatovic. Main actress Katia Kozina is travelling back in time and watching her younghood version. Band members are representing the criticism of society with dark uniforms and black binding on their faces.

Embassy 516 would like to thank choreographer Deanira Popovic and girls from “Dance Studio Dea”. Also, they are grateful to director Jasna Jukic for the permission to use the Marin Drzic City Theater for production.

More pictures can be seen on band’s Flickr page.

RUIZ - LET’S MAKE A SOUND VIDEO!

In front of you on the screen you can see the new video for „Let’s Make A Sound“ from the Ruiz camp! This is the newest single that slowly is taking Croatia radio space (download for free on Ruiz official site)

Album RuizRadioRevolution (Geenger Records, 2011.) is chosen in Top 10 of the best Croatian albums, on the list of the known rock censors and proffesional musicians. In the last week of 2011., Radio 101 named album of the week, and „Let’s Make A Sound“ was on the top of the Indie Chart (Top 20) of the Radio 101 for long time. Ruiz took place on chart in front of the bands like The Black Keys, Arcade Fire, Fleet Foxes, dEus,… More than 100 concerts is behind them (Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia,…)

A part of the incomings of the every sold album Ruiz will give to the „Association For Unborn Life - Betlehem„ which helps and gives home for mothers with life troubles that still want to bring life on Earth.

They are Ruiz!

EMBASSY 516 EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW - „SOUVERAIN BIEN“ DIGITAL SINGLE!

Geenger Records presents new release on the label; digital single „Souverain Bien“ of theEmbassy 516 from Dubrovnik! This dream pop / shoegaze band has made respectable status on the demo scene in the past five years.

Single brings 3 songs for the free download, on official band Soundcloud and Bandcamp profiles. There are also 2 bonus tracks on the release; acoustic B – Side from the 2009. of the main track „Souverain Bien“ and song „Aftermath“. Both will be available in normal studio versions on the album „Surveillance Of The Environment“, which is announced for May 16th.

Embassy 516 spent 2011. in Kramasonik Studio, Zagreb; with producer Hrvoje Nikšić, and sound engineer Neven Marinac. Mastering of the project was given in the hands of the world known Tom Baker from Precision Mastering studio in Hollywood.

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