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Border Community

Profile:
Record label started in Summer 2003 by DJ and producer James Holden.

PO Box 38846
London W12 8YT
Contact Info:
tel 44.0.151.709.2323
Fax 44.0.151.707.0227
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Discography

Releases:
01BC Holden* A Break In The Clouds (3 versions) 2003
02BC Nathan Fake Outhouse (2 versions) 2003
03BC MFA, The The Difference It Makes (2 versions) 2004
04BC Avus Real (3 versions) 2003
05BC Petter* Six Songs EP (2x12", EP) 2004
06BC Nathan Fake The Sky Was Pink (3 versions) 2004
07BC Dextro Do You Need Help (3 versions) 2004
08BC Extrawelt Soopertrack / Zu Fuss (12") 2005
09BC Fairmont Gazebo / Gazelle (12") 2005
10BCCD Nathan Fake Drowning In A Sea Of Love (CD, Album) 2006
10BCLP Nathan Fake Drowning In A Sea Of Love (2x12", Album) 2006
10BCR Nathan Fake Drowning In A Sea Of Remixes (12") 2006
10BCX Nathan Fake Silent Night (7", Single, Whi) 2005
11BC Lazy Fat People Big City / Dark Water (12") 2006
12BC Petter* Some Polyphony (12") 2006
14BC Holden* The Idiots Are Winning (Album) (3 versions) 2006
15BC Misstress Barbara Barcelona (Maxi) (2 versions) 2007
16BC Avus Furry Hat / Spnkr (Maxi) (2 versions) 2007
17BC Nathan Fake You Are Here (12") 2007
17BCCD Nathan Fake You Are Here (CD, EP, Enh) 2007
18BC Ricardo Tobar El Sunset (Maxi) (2 versions) 2007
18BCD Ricardo Tobar El Sunset (3xFile, WAV) 2007
19BC Fairmont Flight Of The Albatross (Maxi) (3 versions) 2007
20BC Fairmont Coloured In Memory (CD, Promo, Car) 2007
20BCCD Fairmont Coloured In Memory (CD, Album) 2007
20BCLP Fairmont Coloured In Memory (Album) (2 versions) 2007
21BC Luke Abbott Tuesday EP (12", EP) 2008
22BC Wesley Matsell Bernwerk (12") 2008
23BC Ricardo Tobar Boy Love Girl EP (EP) (2 versions) 2008
24bc Fairmont I Need Medicine (12") 2008
25BCCD Nathan Fake Hard Islands (Album) (2 versions) 2009
25BCLP Nathan Fake Hard Islands (2x12", Album) 2009
26BC MFA, The Throw It Back (We Will Destroy You) (12") 2009
27BC Luke Abbott Whitebox Stereo (CDr, Promo) 2009
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Reviews & Discussion

Review by Mark_Anthony Nov 14, 2007
There's something about the artwork for Border Community's releases that gives me a sense of purity, peace, and well being everytime I look at it. I can't quite put my finger on it but its almost like I feel like a child again, just for a brief moment. I buy these releases just as much for the visual art as I do the sound. If you're deciding whether or not to buy one of these releases, remember that you have to approach it as purely a listening experience. If you try to imagine yourself mixing them on a dancefloor its just not going to work. That's not the intended use in my opinion.
Review by JohoKM-2 Sep 05, 2007 (edited over 2 years ago)
I have heard sky was pink, outhouse & many more tracks of border community, i have to tell that all of them just make me feel different and they can also change the feelings of the moment, for me is probably the only (more or less) label that keeps a way and produces good music and not toons of releases every month. Anyway the last track of Mr. Nathan - You Are Here - just make me feel like on the sky, for me is the best IDM, techno etc. track i have heard, it only brings me shine on all that crappy techno produced every day.
Review by kakanox Mar 19, 2007 (edited over 2 years ago)
Border Community got me hooked when I first heard Avus - Real in a club. I ran over to the DJ for the title and saw some weird windmill on the cover. Remembered it and after that started buying every single border community record I could get my hands on.
The fact I have all but 15BC (only because I haven't seen it in the shops yet) says enough about the extreme quality this label keeps on pushing!
Review by diamond_dog Dec 10, 2006 (edited over 2 years ago)
Fourteen releases in over three years of existence might not be much, but Border Community is all about quality, not quantity (sadly not the case with most labels).
Their catalog includes "The Sky Was Pink", "Soopertrack" and "Gazebo" - three superb tracks that have proven in different ways that dance music can be made with intelligence and emotion at the same time.
If you thought that house music was dull and burned out, these people want to make you think again.
Review by darktremor1 Jun 05, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
Probably the most interesting independent electronic dance label around at the moment. So far, they have yet to release anything that hasn't been of the utmost quality, and I consider the Border Community name alone to be a guarantee of excellence. In my opinion, I think any progressive, trance, house or techno DJ would do well to buy every release that comes out of this label. Some of the quirkiest baselines, most twisted melodies, and all around experimental and original tracks released in recent years are on this label: this is what the future of EDM looks like, and that future is bright.
Review by plastikau Feb 18, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
Border Community are definately releasing some of the most original stuff at the moment & you could hear any type of dj playing tracks from BC & why not, it's impossible to pigeonhole most of the stuff released & can fit in anywhere from house to minimal to techno, trance, ambient, even breaks get a look in on Petter's Six Songs EP.Not a bad release so far
Review by jetty_s May 04, 2004
I don't see Border Community as a Progressive label. You really have to show respect to James Holden here for achieving this success with such young and unheard talent. It's inspiring how he just releases "their" music no matter how different it sounds. I love him for it...