Tornis is an independent record label founded in 1991 and based in Riga, Latvia. Since 1991 Tornis have released upwards of 80 records. Tornis is a non-profit NGO the main goal of which is to support Latvian unsigned / independent / underground music bands and artists. Some notable artists past and present include Kartaga, Sarkanais Oktobris, Sirke, Enu Kabinets, Balozu Pilni Pagalmi, Bernibas Milicija, DunDun.
CAUSTIC DEFIANCE / NEGATIVE ELEMENT SPLIT CD available NOW from AKASHIC Records (Japan)!
•Old School Chicago / Peoria hardcore punk reissue from 1982 & 1983
•20 Page deluxe booklet with tons of stories, lyrics, photos and flyers
•Contains the lost “Original Mix” of Negative Element’s rare 1983 “Yes, We Have No Bananas” EP (Version Sound)
•27 songs including many unreleased tracks
Steve Albini wrote that Negative Element’s “Yes, We Have No Bananas” EP is “just brimming with real enthusiasm, joy, intelligence, wit and well-directed anger.”
For fans of: Black Flag, Gang Green, Minor Threat, SOA, Void, Hated Youth, Wasted Youth, Descendents, Bad Brains, Circle One, Die Kreuzen, Jerry's Kids, Misfits, Roach Motel, Verbal Abuse, DRI, JFA, Neon Christ, FUs, 7 Seconds, Crucifix, Neos, Negative Approach, and Battalion of Saints.
Hey, I've got a new acoustic demo up of my song "Snapshot Chronicles" up now. Feel free to listen, comment, and if you like it tell your friends. If not, that's cool too.
-------------------------- The 1st English issue of the DRUNK NACH OSTEN zine has been finished already since a couple of months ago and now I finally got to put it on the web in .pdf file. So if you are interested in an English written fanzine about EastEuropean DIY punk/hc... you can download it from http://dno. maskcontrol. com
The zine itself is in PDF and the compilation CDr which is a part of the zine is in MP3s.
Feel absolutely free to spread it, make copies for your distro, infoshop, friends, whatever! I will be more than happy. Do it yourself..
If you want me to send you the zine in paper form+cdr, for whatever reason, just let me know at paaya. ds@seznam, we can trade some copies or something...no problem!
Take care and get in touch if you want to cooperate in any way!