Hot City

[hpll031] - Yeah! / Headwork

Hot City is dropping some severely skewed house music, twisting it up with his own blend of jackin' chicago house, 2step/UKG, and bass bumpers.

Kwaidan

[hpll030] - Kwaidan

a one-off project from Mat Ranson (Fisk Industries), two enormous tracks of cinematic slow-building, synth driven techno..

Erstlaub

[hpll029] - I Am The Line Drawn In The Sand Between The Living And The Dead

Dave Fyans' second Highpoint Lowlife release, another epic journey into the depth of digital processing.

Stray Ghost

[hpll028] - Losthilde

Following on from his earlier self-titled web-release on Highpoint Lowlife, Stray Ghost's "Losthilde" album is a slow burning dense combination of doom-laden ambient noise and delicate beauty.

Funckarma

[hpll027] - Dubstoned EP1

Funckarma's first release on Highpoint Lowlife, a 5 track bass-weighted EP of evil instrumental dubstep influenced hip hop. killer stuff! 12" EP on 180g vinyl.

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[hpll026] - Magnetism, That Electricity..

a double album comprised of 4 EPs from our leading artists: Mandelbrot Set, Fisk Industries, The Village Orchestra, and The Marcia Blaine School For Girls. numbered copies of 300 double vinyl 12", and 100 CDRs.

Erstlaub

[hpll025] - On Becoming An Island

the latest release from Scotland's leading master of drone based miserablism! Limited release of 100 CDR copies in DVD box.

The Marcia Blaine School For Girls

[hpll024] - Halfway Into The Woods

Three Glasgow lads forging their own particular approach to electronic music, melding such disparate styles as American Minimalism, Detroit techno and the blunted groove of dancehall and then adding their own distinct signature treatment – crushed rhythms and affecting haunting melodies.

Tigrics

[hpll023] - Synki

Tigric's long awaited full length album for Highpoint Lowlife! Limited release of 100 CD-R copies in slimline DVD box.

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[hpll022] - Analog For Architecture

Our first limited edition release - available as a run of 100 DVD-Rs, and also as a digital release through all online outlets A fine collection of tracks from most all our artists and a few friends.

Mandelbrot Set

[hpll021] - All Our Actions Are Constantly Repeated

Mandelbrot Set are a Loud band. They like their drones and their converse-gazing, they like to use sample pedals and to change instruments during sets, but mainly they like to be Loud, and they like to do it differently...

Like A Stuntman

[hpll020] - Stan Places

Like A Stuntman are four people from in and around Hamburg. They are strange but friendly people who make some queer electronic indie-rock noises. They are rather good at what they do, and make us smile with their quirky melodies, off-kilter rhythms, funny dances, and on-stage banter.

Marshall Watson

[hpll019] - Math And Other Word Problems

Marshall Watson returns to Highpoint Lowlife records with his second collection of affecting electronic compositions entitled “Math And Other Word Problems”, carelessly weaving strands of cologne style dub techo, minimal house, avant-pop and shoegaze sensibilities. The end result is a refined and rich development in the maturation of Marshall Watson's style and sound.

Izu

[hpll018] - Going Salamander

Izu weds shiny melodics with filthy beats to create ill-informed, shortly-lived yet crunchily passionate marriages of noise.

Fisk Industries

[hpll017] - 77 And Rising

Fisk Industries follows up his 2003 release, The Isle Of Wight EP, with a second collection of depth-charge laden breaks and chunky analog manipulations...

Fuck-off Machete

[hpll016] - If Gold Was Silver, and Silver Was Gold

The Machete drop an awesome first release for Highpoint Lowlife, three thundering tracks of noise-pop anthems, and a quicktime vid.

randomNumber

[hpll015] - Golden Acre Sleeps

A mesh of emotive, brooding harmonies drawn and quartered by complex, beat-heavy rhythms...

The Village Orchestra

[hpll014] - Et In Arcadia Ego

Ruaridh Law, of Marcia Blaine School For Girls reknown, debuts his solo project's first full length release, focussing more on the quiet and instrospective side of his TVO alias.

Bovaflux

[hpll013] - Where There Was Nothing

Software games designer, Eddie Symons, drops his debut for Highpoint Lowlife - Aquatic and fluid dub bass lines underpin lurching slow hip-hop inspired beats, rising surges of digital atmospherics and subtle flowing melodies.

Like A Stuntman

[hpll012] - Fresh Air Is Not The Worst Thing In Town

Following their limited run 7" release, Reduce, Like A Stuntman follow up with their debut full-length - Fresh Air Is Not The Worst Thing In Town.

Like A Stuntman

[hpll011] - Reduce

Detuned guitars and a healthy dose of frantic noise-pop, propelled forward on a wave of Casio keyboards, lo-fi drum-machines, and infectious melodies! Limited to 300 copies, with full color design and sleeve.

The Marcia Blaine School For Girls

[hpll010] - Some Paths Lead Back Again

The Marcia Blaine School For Girls curate one of the finest compilations ever, comprising of the most innovative electronics around. Scotland's always thiving music scene lays down the blueprint for electronica in 2005.

Marshall Watson

[hpll009] - The Time Was Later Than He Expected

The sound of machines in love; Overflowing with beautiful melodies and bass heavy distorted drums, Marshall Watsons delicate constructions of complementary and contrasting layers of sound conjure images of summer romance, mischief and adventure.

Rashamon

[hpll008] - Windo Loca

Our first vinyl project! Lee Humes, of Brighton's Spirit Of Gravity collective, has been working hard, playing shows, releasing cdr projects and amassing a healthy following, with his hip hop inspired, indie rock leaning, electronic explosive beats and bass!!

Recon

[hpll007] - White Label

London based Chris Coode has released a substantial body of work under the name of Motion, from a split EP with Matmos on Fat Cat records, and one self released album which led to him being discovered and signed by Taylor Deupree's 12k label. With Chris' Recon project, he retains his subtle and immediate control of the music, his trademark balance of controlled noise and texture, but allows through a whole other dirtier and nasty detail to the sound, akin to a broken techno feel of machines in mid-crisis.

Si-cut.db

[hpll006] - Find Some Shade

Static infused, and processed dub basslines combine with german minimalist tech sounds and driving rhythms when Si-cut.db is at the controls. Douglas Benford, the man behind the Si-cut.db persona has over the past ten or so years released a vast catalog of solo work and collaborations on labels ranging from Spa.rk, Bip_Hop, BackGround, Expanding, and working with people like Benge, Scanner, and Stephan Mathieu, all while also co-running the London based monthly Sprawl club and label, alongside partner in crime, BitTonic.

Fisk Industries

[hpll005] - The Isle Of Wight EP

Fisk Industries is Londoner Mat Ranson. He concocts a heady blend of warp-driven basslines, chunky breaks and contrasts it all with field recordings and analogue synths.

n.Ln

[hpll004] - Astronomy For Children

Nyles Lannon is the guitarist and keyboard player for San Francisco based indie shoegazers Film School, whose warm, winding melodies wrap their way around legions of layered chords and sonic blasts of guitars which simmer into slow, dreamy waves. In his solo N.LN project, Nyles uses electronics and computer manipulations to create a similar aesthetic, gorgeous evocative atmospherics combine with constantly evolving crunched and gnarly beats.

DoF

[hpll003] - If More Than Twenty People Laugh, It Wasn't Funny

Brian Hulick meshs together his varied tastes in music, combining crunchy awkward electronics with the soothi ng acoustic sounds of guitar and piano. DoF creates his own unique sound and environment within which to work

Dalglish

[hpll002] - OtJohr

San Francisco's Chris Douglas, aka O.S.T. aka Rook Vallard present's his latest project under the pseudonym of Dalglish. A dark yet beautiful piece of damaged electronic music, that continue's Chris' uncompromising and highly original style of art.

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[hpll001] - Tired Of Standing Still

Double disc compilation. A snapshot of San Francisco, featuring a who's who of local indie/electronic bands, from Broker/Dealer, Wobbly, Tarentel, Xiu Xiu, The Evening, The Jim Yoshi Pileup, The Stratford 4, Boxleitner, including side projects by members of The National Trust, Thee More Shallows.