Stuff we dig: Burritos, soda, old school hip-hop, 90’s dance music, prog-rock, EARLY 90’s boy bands / pop acts, old video games, bargain bins, Alesis Micron, Halloween, dogs, books, magazines, shopping for "bannas", arguing over the meaning of various words, making fun of Myspace addicts, Adobe Audition, money problems, politics, turntablism, "Tha Crossroads" by Bone Thugs, "just sayin’ ", electronic music, Arrested Development, 90’s r&b, Chex Mix, Akai MPC 500, making fun of Chris for always forgetting to save shit, forgetting how to set up stuff, Gas Station Taquitos, driving in swamps, FL Studio, ACID, SP-303, Jackie Chens, YO! MTV Raps, what people sometimes call pop-rap, Reason, the production in modern rap (but not the lyrics!), cassettes, Steve Winwood’s "Higher Love", Mint Cafe, cucumber water, Roland Fantom, animals, bad keyboards, leaving each other dumb voicemails in bad accents, bad horror movies, documentary films, indie movie theaters, "Rhythm Is A Dancer" by Snap!, hummus, 90’s alt-rock, sunshine, summer, Shawshank Redemption, Upright Citizens Brigade, House Party, Aqua Teen, tea, ghetto tea, Mongolian Barbeque, Taco Bell, Record Den’s tape bin, late night Guy’s Pizza runs, laughing, shitty cars, ice cream at 2am, World Market, booty bass, thinking we can sing, t-shirts, classic country, touring, embarrassing each other while grocery shopping by saying shit like "do WE need milk?", getting our own LRI track jackets, Jimmy Johns, girlfriends, mothers, rocking out, Toronto, Dj Shadow, and a bazillion other things.
Sounds Like
We sound like alot of different things. We aren't close minded. There's something for everyone on our roster. We gravitate towards hip-hop, but it's a different type of hip-hop. We don't back music that sticks a knife in the heart of rap. It's time that people see that hip-hop isn't just what they hear on the radio. It's an artform that's basically being murdered by the mainstream. You may hear some of our artists and say "that's not hip-hop". But, you'd be wrong. We'll school your ass. We also dabble in electronic music, rock "ish" type stuff, and even weirdness like chip tunes. We don't strive to make #1 hits (though no doubt we'd embrace it), just music people can respect and enjoy. Word.
12 Deep was a blog series designed to spotlight the artists who appeared on the Necker Cube 2 compilation. We will do this again in the future for Necker Cube 3.
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ABOUT US
LRI was formed by Johnny La Rock (Eddie Fleisher) as a plan to help promote his own projects as well as his friends' music. It's purpose is to expose GOOD music and to show people that there's really alot going on in Cleveland, if people would just look for it. It's like a collective that also happens to release music too. With so much to do, Fleisher joined forces with Aaron Donahoo (aka Mush Mouth) on the project, who acts as the label's VP - bringing his solid Sales skills to the mix. Mush is the social one, La Rock is the man behind the scenes. They make all major decisions together. Chris Mick (or chrismick) serves as the dude who helps Fleisher to make things sound good - CM is an audio genius. Vinnie Furman (aka FURFACE) designs amazing looking album covers, merch, and other things Fleisher (who also designs stuff) isn't fancy enough for. The DBA crew takes care of posting flyers everywhere. And, last but not least, Pugmaster Pokey acts as a security guard, although not a very good one :)
DEMOS
We are currently NOT accepting any demos, as our workload is going to be intense with upcoming releases. Sorry.
CATALOG
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NOTE: The first 5 LRI releases are now out of print. They were comprised of mostly One Day We Die releases (an indie rock band featuring people who would become Johnny La Rock & Mush Mouth and Subroc), as well as a collection of Johnny La Rock solo electronic tracks, and a JLR/MM Live @ Midnight Mixer instrumental set. We no longer carry these. Our current catalog consists of the following....
- LRI006 Johnny La Rock & Mush Mouth How To Survive.. CD EP [2005]
- LRI007 Subroc Duck & Cover CD EP [2005]
- LRI008 Johnny La Rock & Mush Mouth Hip-Hop Needs Us CD EP [2006]
- LRI009 Various Artists The Necker Cube Volume One CD [2007]
- DIYBANDITS* MC Homeless Trapped Under An Ohio Sky CD [2007]
* = Not an LRI release, we're assisting with promo.
- LRI010 Various Artists The Necker Cube Volume Two CD/MP3 [2008]
Sorry I missed the Presque Vu show... didn't hear about it until too late. Hope it went well! Looking forward to working on your new jamzzzz.... get in touch!
DBA's first album is droppin' oh-so-soon, jerks! Pix from the rec session will be up whenever I (Ray) get the chance to get them up. Hope someone other than us is excited! And La Rock, the record will be titled "Makeshifting the Arts" if you wanna put that in the upcoming releases category. Peace!
just stopping by to see if you're interested in our project....
We've started a collaborative radio station - and we're looking for people to contribute to our output....have a look, have a listen and join up if you'd like to join in!!!
Whenever, really. Right now, I'm busy grippin' my nuts, bein' disco as fuck, and accomplishing absolutely nothing. I think I'm still recovering from tour.
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