Placenta Recordings - End Of The Year Newsletter - 2012
2012 has been a whirlwind of activity for the Placenta Recordings family! I want to start out by giving my sincere appreciation, love, and respect for everyone who represents and supports PR, big to small.
This year marked a number of historical happenings, including our 200th release, the addition of such legendary acts to our roster as Merzbow, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Mauthausen Orchestra, Black Mayonnaise, Chulo, Tumor Ganas, Hemorragia, K2, Alienslang, and tons more, with our intention to release a massive amount of obscure and diverse music from an extensive international community, working with artists from such lands as Iran, Mexico, Japan, Spain, France, Colombia, Ecuador, United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, U.S.A., Germany, Indonesia, Serbia, Greece, and tons of other amazing countries. We have shipped packages to each corner of the earth over the last 12 months (and of course the last 7 years) reaching all of these places and more! We even accept paypal now and introduced our first Italian Skate Punk, American Hip Hop, and Iranian Black Metal albums into the catalog. Diversity is key.
We have continued on our tradition to form solid and unique connections all over the planet this year, teaming up with our friend's companies Pirates Press, BSharp Productions, Grindcore Karaoke, Halfway House, Mannequin Rein Distro, Lion Cool Man, Crucial Blast Records, Decibel Magazine, Studio Anatomy, Trashfuck Records, Ratskin Records, Love Earth Music, Norcal Noisefest, Northern Express, Sirona Records, Blue In The Face, WNMC FM Traverse City, Rachel Viola, S.S., Sean Barry, Brain Rape Fanzine, Psycho+Logical Records (yes, we even did an interview with Brooklyn, NYC rapper/producer Necro) and a number of different art galleries, studios, radio stations, websites, and venues to bring more exposure, networking, information, performances and merchandise out in the open!
Our operation has continued to expand from music, art, and events into producing magazines, film, pornography, interviews, reviews, radio broadcasts, recordings, t-shirts, stickers, buttons, merchandise distribution, importing, exporting, design, promotion, and whatever else we can get our paws into! We have PR shirts available, featuring a huge picture of my cat/PR mascot “Rostov”, which are moving fast and we are finally to the point of releasing 7" & 12" vinyl on our own & with co-releasers and continuously releasing CD, CD-R, DVD, Cassette, and Digital Downloads on a much more regular basis.
People are really spreading the word of PR, this year has by far received the highest volume of orders, demo submissions, support, and interest. 2012 was also responsible for our largest amount of releases put out in a year, including Crochetcatpause "Cool Teeth", Kawabata Makoto/Acid Mothers Temple vs. Dental Work "Lemonade Station Destruction 25" (CD Re-Issue), Mauthausen Orchestra "Under Control" (7"), Merzbow "Samidara" (12“), Chulo/Tumor Ganas “Third World Nightmare” (CD), Alienslang “Hall Of Tongues” (CD), Mama Baer & Kommissar Hjuler “Zhan - Polizei” (CD-R), xPUSx “Giussago” (Cassette), K2 “Made In Erehwon Box Set (CD-R), Faction Disaster + Bruxism “Split” (CD), Tropical Painforest + tooth_eye - “Split” (CD) Hemorragia “Demo” (CD-R), To Die + HolidayxSuckers - “Split” (CD-R), Thesonnybono - “Ndrame Luminose” (CD-R), Barbeque “Growth” (Cassette), Merciless Precision + Toecutter HC - “Noise For Fucks Sake” (7”), Dental Work + Ecoute La Merde + Fistule Davai “Split” (CD-R), I.M.d.P. “La Sua Gamba” (CD), Corot Ghost “Changes” (CD-R), Bagman & Vulgar Disease “Mary Bell/Los Poquianchis” (CD-R), Pollux “Optical” (Digital Video Collection), Right Eye Rita “The WTCH on The WZRD” (CD), Otomo Hava “Encephalomyopathy”, Venta Protesix “Erotic Dreams Of A Young Slut With An Amputated Leg” (CD Re-Issue), Medicine Mouth “Wild Wild Midwest” (CD-R),Arvo Zylo, Dental Work, Mama Baer & Kommissar Hjuler, Vicious Institute, and Zeid Bin-Zubala “2012 - The Truth” (CD-R) Dental Work “Seraphine Diary” (CD) Raven “Anima Mundi” (CD-R), Harem “Issue #1” (Magazine/CDr) Pig Shrapnel + Fist Taker “Hambeast” (CD-R) God Pussy, Torturing Nurse, & Richard Ramirez “Death Of A Memory” (CD) and many more which are all available through our online mail order catalog!
Press has been good for PR this year also. Decibel Magazine featured articles about Placenta Recordings 4 times over the course of the year, in one issue labeling us as "Label Of The Month Part 2" and spot lighting us in the "Debutante’s Ball" article in issue #95! A popular German review site known as “Kulturterrorismus.de” has been running an ongoing special on PR releases and an interview with Dental Work, which are available to read on their site. Other press who featured our releases this year include: Vital Weekly (Netherlands), The Big Takeover (Sacremento, CA), and Brain Rape fanzine (Lansing, MI) who did a multi-page re-cap of PR’s no holds barred version of Woodstock: “Mental Spaghetti Fest (#3)”, which I will tell you about now.
Our crew managed to take over a northern Michigan compound known as "The Property" to hold an annual celebration of freedom, music and art known as "Mental Spaghetti Fest #3", bringing such diverse acts as Right Eye Rita, Crochetcatpause, Bruxism, Dental Work, Medicinal Groove, Bubblegum Octopus, Eprom Colony, Selector Catalog, Kevin Summers, Watabou, Faction Disaster, RedSK, Kessenchu, Barbeque, Medicine Mouth, Flylingual Sound Poet, Amigo, Consumption, All Odds Against, Lady Cumdumpster, Swallow Or It’s Going In Your Eye, Pep-Step, Ein Sof Goyle, Fluff, Jimmy Olson, Rory Johnson, Total Hipster Crusher, and many more. A data disc compilation was released after the event containing 16 full live sets and a billion digital photos from the event This will become a tradition every year now! Thanks to Patrick Doyle for being our official audio bootleger, and thanks to EVERYONE who made this event possible!
Our artists have been infecting various live music scenes across the country and globe, every time I check online I am seeing our artists playing shows from Oakland, CA to Tokyo, Japan, with strong footholds in Detroit, MI, Chicago, IL, New York City, NY, Minneapolis, MN, Denver, CO, Sacramento, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Bogota, Colombia, all over Europe, Asia, and North/Central/South America! My 2012 flier collection is HUGE! Man there were some great shows this year! Code Name: Dracula, Norcal Noisefest 16, the Crank Sturgeon/Styrofoam Sanchez tour, Art.Audio.Angst. 5, the infamous Chicago show where William Sides Atari Party disguised himself as Dental Work and played the first ever DW cover band scenario, the K2 IS OK party, Michigan Grindfest 2, Pop Your Cherry Fest, Dental Work’s B-Day show, Romperprop, Chulo, & Rotten Bitch in Bogota, Black Mass Sunday’s, and tons of others! great times fam!
Our "subsidiary companies" have also received a nice boost this year, our official modeling team "HAREM" is reaching an online cult status since the birth of it's own website, we have added over a dozen new models including Bronze Jones, Laura Maier, Brionna Mix, Lucy Aguilar, Michelle Shears, Luna Seraphine, and more! We released our first issue, and are now working on HAREM #2! Kittendorf Piezo Co. unleashed their 2nd model of contact microphones, and are officially sponsoring Dental Work with the use of the KPC Rechteck Modulator. Snitch Carnitas Russian Imports is hard at work on the bootleg scene, and are about to drop the “Made In Lebanon” Box Set and various cassette releases by Thug Bites and Fattoush Douche.
All in all, 2012 has been fucking insane, and I can't wait to see what 2013 will offer! I know we are all looking forward to Mental Spaghetti Fest #4 next August 16, 17, and 18th which will feature CRANK STURGEON as one of our headliners, and the Agoraphobic Nosebleed/Dental Work collaborative 12" LP, the Bubblegum Octopus 12” LP, the Archagathus/Jeffrey Dahmer - Mincecrusher 7" EP, the Agothocles/Hogra - Split 7", the Cock E.S.P./Dental Work "Heart Attacks & Plane Crahses" Split 12" LP, the Acid Mothers Temple - 12" LP, the Crochetcatpause 7” + DVD + Zine, the SMG/Terlarang - Split 10", the Ro So Matix And Egogod - “String Killer” CD, the Praying For Oblivion + Flutwacht “Collaboartion” CD, the Winters In Osaka/Owwl - “Split” CD, the long awaited Watabou full length CD, and of course new albums by Passenger Of Shit, DJ Rainbow Ejaculation, Vomir, Twodeadsluts Onegoodfuck, The Haters, Eprom Colony, Sid Yiddish, RedSK, Dental Work, Rubber O Cement, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Dead Church, Industria Masoquista, Maurizio Bianchi, Murder Junkies, Scissor Shock, Striations, Tasuketekun, Total Hipster Crusher, Detroit Dad, Mummifier, Heartworm, Liver Cancer, Instagon, Xrin Arms, Drill Scare, Intercamalemelont, Dogwater, Aterpe, Lost Appeal, Bear Trap, Stiverson, DJ Embryonic Petit Sac, Otomo Hava, Rotten Bitch, Torturing Nurse, Orgasm Denial, Chulo, Mustafio, Vans La Furka, and hundreds more!!!
I love all of you, please keep in touch, let’s do it fucking huge in 2013! <3
Get in touch for Demo Submission, Mail Order, Wholesale/Distribution Rates, Modeling Opportunities, Booking Info, Remixes, Co-Releasing, Job Quotes, Recording Rates, Design Rates, and Collaborations!
-Jay “Dental Work” Watson,
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49685
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The list below contains a handful of goodies from 2012 that would make excellent additions to your ever growing collection of Placenta Recordings treasures! Order while supplies last!
I accept payment via PAYPAL as a “gift” or “donation” sent to: placentarecordings@gmail.com
or
CASH/CHECK/MONEY ORDER made out to: “Jay Watson”
and sent to:
Placenta Recordings
c/o Jay Watson
P.O. Box 1642
Traverse City, MI
49685
U.S.A.
Placenta Recordings “Rostov” T-Shirt

$10 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$10 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
Currently Availability: Black (Small/Large) or Red (Medium/XL)
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Merzbow “Samidara” 12” LP Edition or Cassette Edition (PR#217) PRE-ORDER ONLY!
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12” LP:
$20 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$20 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
Cassette:
$10 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$10 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
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Mauthausen Orchestra “Under Control” 7” (PR#200)
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$10 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$10 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
Choose Blood Red or Navy Blue vinyl!!
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Merciless Precision + Toecutter HC “Noise For Fucks Sake” 7” EP (PR#194)
$10 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$10 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
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Mental Spaghetti Fest #3 - Data Disc Compilation (PR#215)
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$10 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$10 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
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Kawabata Makoto + Acid Mothers Temple vs. Dental Work “Lemonade Station Destruction 25” CD (PR#210)

$10 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$10 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
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Crochetcatpause “Cool Teeth” CD (PR#180)
$10 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$10 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
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Alienslang “Hall Of Tongues” CD (PR#172)

$10 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$10 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
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Chulo/Tumor Ganas “Third World Nightmare” CD (PR#188)

$10 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$10 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
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K2 “Made In Erehwon” Box Set (4 Discs) (PR#178)

$20 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$20 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
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Dental Work “Circle Jerk Of Youth” 1.5” Pins

$1 each or 5 pins for $4 + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$1 each or 5 pins for $4 + $8 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
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Dental Work “Fire Starter Omen” Sticker/Patch Combo Pack

$5 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$5 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
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Harem “Issue #1” Magazine (PR#196)

$5 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$5 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
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Kittendorf Piezo Co. “KPC Contact Mic #1”

$20 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$20 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
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Kittendorf Piezo Co. “KPC Contact Mic #2”

$20 each + $2 Shipping & Handling (U.S. orders)
$20 each + $10 Shipping & Handling (International orders)
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I accept payment via PAYPAL as a “gift” or “donation” sent to: placentarecordings@gmail.com
or
CASH/CHECK/MONEY ORDER made out to: “Jay Watson”
and sent to:
Placenta Recordings
c/o Jay Watson
P.O. Box 1642
Traverse City, MI
49685
U.S.A.
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