Genre Various Location San Francisco, CA Founded 1 November 2006 | Country of origin U.S. Founder Julie Schuchard | |
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Official website www.tricycle-records.com Albums Dying Is Fun, Heavenly Bodies, A Place of Long Years Profiles | ||
Tricycle Records is a San Francisco-based independent record label founded in 2006 by Julie Schuchard and Don Joslin (The Union Trade). The label launched with the release of The Union Trade's first EP, Now the Swell, in 2007. Since the launch, Tricycle records has grown into a multi-genre label catering to DIY artists in the Bay Area music community. The label operates with the philosophy that the artist should retain control and rights to the music, while Tricycle helps them in other areas. In an interview with Performer Magazine in 2007, Schuchard explained the role Tricycle Records plays with its artists:
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"We provide our bands with services they would normally have to pay for — such as web design, graphic design, packaging, photography, distribution, PR and booking. We also add them to our catalog and sell their record through our website. We don’t involve ourselves in producing the music — rather, we allow the bands focus on crafting songs to fulfill their artistic vision, and then we pick up the record once it is mastered. We also see ourselves as a stepping stone for smaller bands seeking exposure while they are working towards larger labels."In January 2011, Tricycle Records released the Friends of Tricycle Records Compilation Vol. 1, which featured music by Ash Reiter, Kill Moi, Fake Your Own Death, and many others. The compilation was mastered at Different Fur Studios in San Francisco, and is available for free download.
In August 2012 "Friends of Tricycle Records Compilation Vol. 2" was released and featured tracks by Bay Area artists: Big Tree, Mister Loveless, 8th Grader, Le Vice, The Hot Toddies, Loquat, Birdmonster, Sioux City Kid & The Revolutionary Ramblers, Rich Girls, Fake Your Own Death, Paranoids, I Am Animal, Here Come The Saviours, Magic Fight, Teenage Sweater The Union Trade, Lilofee and Vows. It is available for free download
In November 2013, "Friends of Tricycle Records Compilation Vol. 3" was released and featured tracks by: BLAUS, James & Evander, The Hot Toddies, Modern Man, Sioux City Kid, Odd Owl, Kill Moi, The Tambo Rays, Spendthrift, WOOF (ft. Kyle the Fantasy), Happy Fangs, Books on Fate (ft. Natalie Rakes), Stripmall Architecture, Swiftumz, The Union Trade, Kitten Grenade. This compilation is available for free download.
In November 2014, "Friends of Tricycle Records Compilation Vol. 4" was released and featured tracks by artists: Travis Hayes, Everyone is Dirty, The Union Trade, Sacred Caves, Meet Me in Orbit, NeZoomie (ft. Eitch), Sun Like Drugs, 8th Grader, El Elle, Breakdown Valentine, BLAUS, Seatraffic, Melvoy, Truth by Moonlight, Fritz Montana, Northern Key. Compilation available for free download.
In November 2015, "Friends of Tricycle Records Compilation Vol. 5" was released and featured up-and-coming Bay Area artists such as: The Union Trade, NRVS LVRS, n. Lannon, Bobbi rohs, Halou, The New Up, Rich Girls, Lemme Adams, Everyone is Dirty, Kitten Grenade, El Terrible, Annie Girl and the Flight, Unconditional Arms, Analog Dream, Garlands, Brasil, Jordannah Elizabeth. Available for free download.