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"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."
- Plato
Greetings from California!
Blue Bell Records was created-given birth to-started-dreamed up into reality
by a girl in beautiful Midtown Sacramento, California USA. She loves robots, vans shoes, and still can't believe that "The Terminator" is the
current governor of her state.
This young lady "did some time" as a representative and moved her way up to lead supervisor for the customer service department at the infamous Tower.com (Tower Records USA - R.I.P.). Soon after that, she "did some more time" and learned many things at an indie record label/distribution company in California where she worked for a couple of years. This place is called Darla Records.
When asked by her professor to use only one word or a short sentence to describe herself, these three words immediately (and without question) flew out of her mouth: "I love music."
Blue Bell Records was born, and our goal is to release music by artists both new and known for the whole world to hear. One may describe the music of BBR as fun, melodic, pop, electronic, pretty, new wave, indie, beat heavy, synth, dancey, idm, and almost everything in between.
Blue Bell's debut release, "Various Artists - Hear You Soon : Part One," released in 2004, is an album featuring diverse tracks from some of our favorite new and known musicians from around the world: Figurine, Sybarite, 808 State, Blue Ribbon, HollAnd, Freescha, Lullatone, Tycho, Greg Davis, I am Robot and Proud, and Marumari ... just to give you a taste of future Blue Bell Records releases.
Blue Bell's second release, "Blue Ribbon - Another Time," released in 2005, is from a brilliant four piece synth band from Providence, Rhode Island. We are proud to release their debut album!
And our third and NEWEST cd release is from a very talented young man out of Provo, Utah - OK Ikumi! His album, "Spirits" is full of many surprises and promises to be a great listen.
We plan to be around as long as you'll have us, so please stay tuned for more awesome releases. Please always support independent record labels, artists, shops, and college radio stations. Feel free to say hello anytime, as reading your emails is always a pleasure.
Our music is available worldwide physically on CD as well as digitally in the USA, Europe, and Japan from iTunes, Amazon, Napster, eMusic, Rhapsody, + tons of other websites. Check out the Blue Bell Records website for direct download links .
Folks in our lovely city of SACRAMENTO in California may find our CD releases at our friends' music store RECORDS at 1618 Broadway (at 16th) or at THE BEAT located @ 1700 J Street.
Check out an article by Jackson Griffith from the Sacramento News & Review newspaper all about Blue Bell Records and how we started HERE.
If you want to know the latest news and listen to some songs, go to our official web site aquí.
Hear You Soon,
Blue Bell Records
Various Artists / Hear You Soon : Part One
"Overall, the music on "Hear You Soon" comprises artful tunes that implore the listener for repeated play until every last note is absorbed."
- The Sacramento Bee - Sacramento, California
"When you used to murmur "Calgon, take me away," did you ever wonder where you might go? Whatever strange magical land it might have been, the soundtrack to your trip would surely be Hear You Soon. Hear You Soon is certainly an auspicious beginning for the label, offering a playful and unassuming brand of musical intelligence and futurist beauty that makes for pleasant living and gentle dreams."
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- Res Magazine - New York City, New York
01. Figurine - Way Too Good (2 Good Mix)
02. Junobot - Baby
03. Marumari - Casium
04. Tycho - Dream as Memory
05. Aarktica VS. Aaron Spectre - Alceria
06. I am Robot and Proud - Circuit Breaker,
Line Noise Faker
07. HollAnd - I Steal and Do Drugs (mixed)
08. 808 State - Metaluna
09. F+N=Robot - Learning a bicycle
10. Blue Ribbon - Eagles Fly
11. Lifeliner+ - Platform
12. Hausmeister - Ruben
13. Greg Davis - Good Morning, Amanda
14. Sybarite - Chewing Gum & Polaroids
15. Technicolor - Et Jam
16. Freescha - Making Oranges: Version
17. Lullatone - Ballet Recital
This release is available on CD only - Recently SOLD OUT and back in stock.
Blue Ribbon / Another Time
"Warm & passionately crafted, this is simply a superb album, believe me. So if you fancy hearing what The Field Mice covering 'Dare' by The Human League would result in . . . Buy buy buy!!!!"
- Norman Records - Leeds, United Kingdom
"These songs can get stuck in your head, whether you like them or not; they are that catchy."
- Regen Magazine - San Francisco, California
01. Icicle
02. Another Time
03. Eagles Fly
04. Army Song
05. 2012205
06. Your Izod
07. My Face
08. Miami
09. Feel the Weight
10. Lyra
11. Roll Your Eyes
12. Radar
This release is available on CD and Digitally.
OK Ikumi / Spirits
"The result is a debut that’s slight and charming, polished and upbeat."
- PopMatters
"Spirits show a great deal of promise for an artist who I hope will be
rocking my bedroom for years to come."
- Three Imaginary Girls - Seattle, Washington
01. Relocation
02. Always Stay the Same
03. Star Radio
04. Salty Apple
05. No Matter
06. Lift Up Your Eyes
07. Midnight
08. True Ghosts
09. Heart Not Stopping
10. Look Back
11. Reform
12. The Common Good
13. Spirits
This release is available on CD and Digitally.
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