Border Community

Border Community

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

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

Releases

Status Catalog Number  Image Artist Title ( Format) Label Catalog Number  Country Year Actions
01BC Holden* - A Break In The Clouds Holden* A Break In The Clouds 01BC UK 2003 Sell This Version
01BCD Holden* - A Break In The Clouds Holden* A Break In The Clouds(3xFile, MP3, 320) Border Community 01BCD UK 2003
02BC Nathan Fake - Outhouse Nathan Fake Outhouse 02BC UK 2003 Sell This Version
02BCD Nathan Fake - Outhouse Nathan Fake Outhouse 02BCD UK Unknown
03BC The MFA - The Difference It Makes The MFA The Difference It Makes 03BC UK 2004 Sell This Version
03BCD The MFA - The Difference It Makes The MFA The Difference It Makes(3xFile, MP3, 320) Border Community 03BCD UK 2004
04BC Avus - Real Avus Real (Maxi) 04BC UK 2003 Sell This Version
04BCD Avus - Real Avus Real 04BCD UK Unknown
05BC Petter (5) - Six Songs EP Petter (5) Six Songs EP (EP) 05BC UK 2004 Sell This Version
05BCD Petter (5) - Six Songs EP Petter (5) Six Songs EP(6xFile, MP3, EP, 320) Border Community 05BCD UK 2004
06BC Nathan Fake - The Sky Was Pink Nathan Fake The Sky Was Pink 06BC UK 2004 Sell This Version
06BCD Nathan Fake - The Sky Was Pink Nathan Fake The Sky Was Pink 06BCD UK Unknown
07BC Dextro - Do You Need Help Dextro Do You Need Help 07BC UK 2004 Sell This Version
07BCD Dextro - Do You Need Help Dextro Do You Need Help (4xFile, MP3, 320) Border Community 07BCD UK 2004
08BC Extrawelt - Soopertrack / Zu Fuss Extrawelt Soopertrack / Zu Fuss 08BC UK 2005 Sell This Version
08BCD Extrawelt - Soopertrack Extrawelt Soopertrack 08BCD 2005
09BC Fairmont - Gazebo / Gazelle Fairmont Gazebo / Gazelle 09BC UK 2005 Sell This Version
09BCD Fairmont - Gazebo / Gazelle Fairmont Gazebo / Gazelle 09BCD UK 2005
10BCCD Nathan Fake - Drowning In A Sea Of Love Nathan Fake Drowning In A Sea Of Love(CD, Album) Border Community 10BCCD UK 2006 Sell This Version
10BCCDDA Nathan Fake - Drowning In A Sea Of Love Nathan Fake Drowning In A Sea Of Love (Album) 10BCCDDA UK 2006
10BCLP Nathan Fake - Drowning In A Sea Of Love Nathan Fake Drowning In A Sea Of Love(2x12", Album) Border Community 10BCLP UK 2006 Sell This Version
10BCR Nathan Fake - Drowning In A Sea Of Remixes Nathan Fake Drowning In A Sea Of Remixes 10BCR UK 2006 Sell This Version
10BCX Nathan Fake - Silent Night Nathan Fake Silent Night (Single) 10BCX UK 2005 Sell This Version
11BC Lazy Fat People - Big City / Dark Water Lazy Fat People Big City / Dark Water (Single) 11BC UK 2006 Sell This Version
11BCD Lazy Fat People - Big City Lazy Fat People Big City(4xFile, MP3, 320) Border Community 11BCD UK 2006
12BC Petter (5) - Some Polyphony Petter (5) Some Polyphony (Single) 12BC UK 2006 Sell This Version
12BCD Petter (5) - Some Polyphony Petter (5) Some Polyphony(3xFile, MP3, 320) Border Community 12BCD UK 2006
14BC Holden* - The Idiots Are Winning Holden* The Idiots Are Winning (MiniAlbum) 14BC UK 2006 Sell This Version
14BCDA Holden* - The Idiots Are Winning Holden* The Idiots Are Winning (MiniAlbum) 14BCDA UK 2006
14BCLP2 Holden* - The Idiots Are Winning Holden* The Idiots Are Winning(2x12", MiniAlbum, Ltd, RP, Cle) Border Community 14BCLP2 UK 2019 Sell This Version
15BC Misstress Barbara - Barcelona Misstress Barbara Barcelona (Maxi) 15BC UK 2007 Sell This Version
16BC Avus - Furry Hat / Spnkr Avus Furry Hat / Spnkr (Maxi) 16BC UK 2007 Sell This Version
16BCD Avus - Furry Hat Avus Furry Hat(4xFile, MP3, 320) Border Community 16BCD UK 2007
17BC Nathan Fake - You Are Here Nathan Fake You Are Here(12", W/Lbl) Border Community 17BC UK 2007 Sell This Version
17BCCD Nathan Fake - You Are Here Nathan Fake You Are Here(CD, Enh) Border Community 17BCCD UK 2007 Sell This Version
17BCR Nathan Fake - You Are Here Nathan Fake You Are Here (EP) 17BCR UK 2007 Sell This Version
18BC Ricardo Tobar - El Sunset Ricardo Tobar El Sunset (Maxi) 18BC UK 2007 Sell This Version
18BCD Ricardo Tobar - El Sunset Ricardo Tobar El Sunset(3xFile, WAV) Border Community 18BCD UK 2007
19BC Fairmont - Flight Of The Albatross Fairmont Flight Of The Albatross (Maxi) 19BC UK 2007 Sell This Version
20BC Fairmont - Coloured In Memory Fairmont Coloured In Memory (Album) 20BC UK 2007 Sell This Version
20bccd Fairmont - Coloured In Memory Fairmont Coloured In Memory(CD, Album) Border Community, Border Community 20bccd UK 2007 Sell This Version
20BCLP Fairmont - Coloured In Memory Fairmont Coloured In Memory (Album) 20BCLP UK 2007 Sell This Version
21BC Luke Abbott - Tuesday EP Luke Abbott Tuesday EP(12", EP) Border Community 21BC UK 2008 Sell This Version
22BC Wesley Matsell - Bernwerk Wesley Matsell Bernwerk (Single) 22BC UK 2008 Sell This Version
23BC Ricardo Tobar - Boy Love Girl EP Ricardo Tobar Boy Love Girl EP (EP) 23BC UK 2008 Sell This Version
24bc Fairmont - I Need Medicine Fairmont I Need Medicine 24bc UK 2008 Sell This Version
24BCD Fairmont - I Need Medicine Fairmont I Need Medicine(4xFile, WAV) Border Community 24BCD UK Unknown
25BCCD Nathan Fake - Hard Islands Nathan Fake Hard Islands (MiniAlbum, Album) 25BCCD UK 2009 Sell This Version
25BCD Nathan Fake - Hard Islands Nathan Fake Hard Islands (MiniAlbum) 25BCD UK 2009
25BCLP Nathan Fake - Hard Islands Nathan Fake Hard Islands (Album) 25BCLP UK 2009 Sell This Version
26BC The MFA - Throw It Back (We Will Destroy You) The MFA Throw It Back (We Will Destroy You) (Single) 26BC UK 2009 Sell This Version
26BCD The MFA - Throw It Back (We Will Destroy You) The MFA Throw It Back (We Will Destroy You)(4xFile, WAV) Border Community 26BCD UK Unknown
27BC Luke Abbott - Whitebox Stereo Luke Abbott Whitebox Stereo 27BC UK 2009 Sell This Version
28BC Avus - Poppy EP Avus Poppy EP (EP) 28BC UK 2010 Sell This Version
29BC Margot - France 2 EP Margot France 2 EP (EP) 29BC UK 2010 Sell This Version
30BC Luke Abbott - Holkham Drones Luke Abbott Holkham Drones(12xFile, WAV, Album) Border Community 30BC UK 2010
30BCCD Luke Abbott - Holkham Drones Luke Abbott Holkham Drones (Album) 30BCCD UK 2010 Sell This Version
30BCLP Luke Abbott - Holkham Drones Luke Abbott Holkham Drones(2x12", Album) Border Community 30BCLP UK 2010 Sell This Version
31BC Luke Abbott - Trans Forest Alignment Luke Abbott Trans Forest Alignment (Maxi) 31BC UK 2011 Sell This Version
31BCD Luke Abbott - Trans Forest Alignment Luke Abbott Trans Forest Alignment(4xFile, MP3, 320) Border Community 31BCD UK 2011
32BC Fairmont - Velora EP Fairmont Velora EP (EP) 32BC UK 2011 Sell This Version
33BCCD Kate Wax - Dust Collision Kate Wax Dust Collision (Album) 33BCCD UK 2011 Sell This Version
33BCE Kate Wax - The Holden Edits Kate Wax The Holden Edits(12") Border Community 33BCE UK 2011 Sell This Version
33BCLP Kate Wax - Dust Collision Kate Wax Dust Collision(2x12", Album) Border Community 33BCLP UK 2011 Sell This Version
34BC Luke Abbott Brazil 34BC UK 2011 Sell This Version
34BCD Luke Abbott - Brazil Luke Abbott Brazil 34BCD UK 2011
35BC Kate Wax - Dust Collision Remixes Kate Wax Dust Collision Remixes (Single) 35BC UK 2012 Sell This Version
36BCCD Nathan Fake - Steam Days Nathan Fake Steam Days (Album) 36BCCD UK 2012 Sell This Version
36BCCDD Nathan Fake - Steam Days Nathan Fake Steam Days(11xFile, FLAC, Album) Border Community 36BCCDD UK 2012
36BCLP Nathan Fake - Steam Days Nathan Fake Steam Days(2x12", Album) Border Community 36BCLP UK 2012 Sell This Version
37BC Nathan Fake - Iceni Strings Nathan Fake Iceni Strings(12") Border Community 37BC UK 2012 Sell This Version
37BCD Nathan Fake - Iceni Strings Nathan Fake Iceni Strings (EP) 37BCD UK 2012
38BC Nathan Fake - Paean Nathan Fake Paean (Single) 38BC UK 2012 Sell This Version
39BC Holden* - The Illuminations Holden* The Illuminations(12") Border Community 39BC UK 2013 Sell This Version
39BCD Holden* - The Illuminations Holden* The Illuminations(3xFile, MP3, 320) Border Community 39BCD UK 2013
40BCCD Holden* - The Inheritors Holden* The Inheritors (Album) 40BCCD UK 2013 Sell This Version
40BCCDD Holden* - The Inheritors Holden* The Inheritors(15xFile, FLAC, Album) Border Community 40BCCDD UK 2013
40BCCDJP Holden* - The Inheritors Holden* The Inheritors(CD, Album) Border Community 40BCCDJP Japan 2013 Sell This Version
40 BCLP Holden* - The Inheritors Holden* The Inheritors(3xLP, Album) Border Community 40 BCLP UK 2013 Sell This Version
41BC Holden* - Gone Feral Holden* Gone Feral(12") Border Community 41BC UK 2013 Sell This Version
41BCD Holden* - Gone Feral Holden* Gone Feral(3xFile, MP3, 320) Border Community 41BCD UK 2013
42BC Holden* - Circle Of Fifths Holden* Circle Of Fifths 42BC UK 2013 Sell This Version
43BC Holden* - Renata Holden* Renata Remixes (Single) 43BC UK 2013 Sell This Version
43BCD Holden* - Renata Holden* Renata (EP) 43BCD UK 2013
44BC Wesley Matsell - Total Order Of Being Wesley Matsell Total Order Of Being (EP) 44BC UK 2014 Sell This Version
45BCCD Luke Abbott - Wysing Forest Luke Abbott Wysing Forest (Album) 45BCCD UK 2014 Sell This Version
45BCCDJP Luke Abbott - Wysing Forest Luke Abbott Wysing Forest(CD) Border Community 45BCCDJP Japan 2014 Sell This Version
45BCDB Luke Abbott - Wysing Forest Luke Abbott Wysing Forest(10xFile, WAV, Album) Border Community 45BCDB UK 2014
45BCLP Luke Abbott - Wysing Forest Luke Abbott Wysing Forest(LP) Border Community 45BCLP UK 2014 Sell This Version
46BCD Maalem Mahmoud Guinia* / Floating Points / James Holden - Marhaba Maalem Mahmoud Guinia* / Floating Points / James Holden Maalem Mahmoud Guinia* / Floating Points / James Holden - Marhaba(4xFile, MP3, EP, 320) Border Community 46BCD UK 2015
47BCD RocketNumberNine - Two Ways RocketNumberNine Two Ways (EP) 47BCD UK 2015 Sell This Version
48BC James Holden & Camilo Tirado / Luke Abbott - Outdoor Museum Of Fractals / 555Hz James Holden & Camilo Tirado / Luke Abbott James Holden & Camilo Tirado / Luke Abbott - Outdoor Museum Of Fractals / 555Hz(2xLP, Album) Border Community 48BC UK 2016 Sell This Version
48BCD James Holden & Camilo Tirado / Luke Abbott - Outdoor Museum Of Fractals / 555Hz James Holden & Camilo Tirado / Luke Abbott James Holden & Camilo Tirado / Luke Abbott - Outdoor Museum Of Fractals / 555Hz(2xFile, MP3, 320) Border Community 48BCD UK 2016
49BC James Holden - A Cambodian Spring OST James Holden A Cambodian Spring OST(LP, Album) Border Community 49BC UK & Europe 2018 Sell This Version
49BCD James Holden - A Cambodian Spring OST James Holden A Cambodian Spring OST(14xFile, WAV, Album, 24-) Border Community 49BCD 2019
50BCCD James Holden & The Animal Spirits - The Animal Spirits James Holden & The Animal Spirits James Holden & The Animal Spirits - The Animal Spirits(CD, Album) Border Community, [PIAS] UK 50BCCD UK 2017 Sell This Version
50BCCDD James Holden & The Animal Spirits - The Animal Spirits James Holden & The Animal Spirits James Holden & The Animal Spirits - The Animal Spirits(9xFile, MP3, Album, 320) Border Community 50BCCDD UK 2017
50BCCDDS James Holden & The Animal Spirits - Pass Through The Fire James Holden & The Animal Spirits James Holden & The Animal Spirits - Pass Through The Fire(File, MP3, 320) Border Community 50BCCDDS UK 2017
50BCCDDS2 James Holden & The Animal Spirits - Each Moment Like The First James Holden & The Animal Spirits James Holden & The Animal Spirits - Each Moment Like The First(File, MP3, 320) Border Community 50BCCDDS2 UK 2017
50 BCLP James Holden & The Animal Spirits - The Animal Spirits James Holden & The Animal Spirits James Holden & The Animal Spirits - The Animal Spirits(2x12", Album, 180) Border Community 50 BCLP UK 2017 Sell This Version

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glitchtrauma

glitchtrauma

May 20, 2020
edited over 2 years ago
Let's hug arabella Porsh on a student house floor at an afters, only to notice that a random Tedious zip-up fleece B&Q peloton only does pills once a year at glastonbury worked hard for everything he's got sensible dickhead bloke can see your bearly concealed throbbing member, and that bloke being your very own father Nick Clegg. Fine for that as it goes, but you're better off either listening to shamelessly trashy supersaw hard trance or going into proper serious detroit/hard techno rather than remaining in this utterly miserable russell-group-indie mediocre middle.
CoZMo

CoZMo

May 7, 2020
Just found my opinion in the comments here from 2012. Still agree with what i wrote. Some good spare tracks here and there but that's it, its no way like before. Leafcutter John's release is the closest thing to the BC golden era.

Since The Inheritors the label seems to be mostly about Holden. Look back: only 2 releases from 2003 to 2013... then from 2013 hes already done 11 releases. He started getting rid of most artists because supposedly they were taking advantage of his label's name to get popular. I think he smokes too much weed and has paranoia or overthinks too much.

I cant believe how i went from admiring this guy like a hero to despising him. There were even internet blogs and forums just for this label, how often do you see that?
l555l

l555l

September 30, 2013
Legendary label, bringing quality since the very first release..
CoZMo

CoZMo

April 2, 2012
Best label until 30BC, after that its getting shittier on every release
progged

progged

October 17, 2010
Why are these releases so strangely expensive?
Mark_Anthony

Mark_Anthony

November 14, 2007
edited over 14 years ago
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, (especially from BC10 going forward), remember that you want to approach it as listening experience first and foremost. If you try to imagine yourself mixing them on a dancefloor its not always going to work out. That's not the intended use in my opinion. Although a portion of the tracks are workable in a typical dj set, the songs are more for the mind than they are for the body =)
JohoKM-2

JohoKM-2

September 5, 2007
edited over 16 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.
kakanox

kakanox

March 19, 2007
edited over 17 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!
diamond_dog

diamond_dog

December 10, 2006
edited over 17 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.
darktremor1

darktremor1

June 5, 2005
edited over 18 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.
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