Paper Recordings

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Paper Recordings has been pushing all things deep house and disco from the furthest reaches of the world via the good old North of England since the early Nineties.
Founded by Ben Davis, Peter Jenkinson, Miles Hollway and Elliot Eastwick.

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Paper Disco, Paper Wave, Papercuts, Record Label Services, Repap

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  • brado50's avatar
    brado50
    Edited 5 years ago
    were any EPs ever released for 007, 008 and 009? New Phunk Theory -- Phunk Theory Theme was PAP 006 released in 1996; following that in 1996 Cine City -- Are You Sure Joe? / Plants, Animals, H2O was released as PAP010, but nothing to be found for the 3 spots in between. Any info on that? Record bags or clothing perhaps?
    • manuelvelascon's avatar
      Hello there... just wondering why Kimo´s Kindara EP is not listed on Discogs ¿?
      • LoversRecords's avatar
        On the mix CD that accompanies the splinter compilation (papCD02), the 'secret messages' up to 38 are read out by the windows speech tool during the mix (around 40 minutes in). In typical Paper Recordings fashion, there is also a spelling mistake that the computer voice reads out.

        Paper recordings is easily the most value-for-money record label in the world ever. Consistently cool, necessarily tough and always funky house grooves all presented in a half-assed way that ensures the status of Eastwick, Holloway and Bradshaw as dance music pioneers.

        CTID!!
        • andrus's avatar
          andrus
          'Secret messages' from 1 to 36 can be heard here, starting around the 21st minute:
          http://www.mixcloud.com/RaadioBitid/paper-recordings-promo-mixoo-groove/
          • nickwharton's avatar
            nickwharton
            Awesome Label - my favourite ever

            Did anyone else see the 'secret message' on the releases?

            There was always a word on the spine of the sleeve and one on the flip side of the vinyl, preceded by a number.

            Anyone fancy helping me stitch them together.

            So far got:

            04 The Start
            07 To Hear What Is
            09 Three Moments

            12 Or Bust
            13 That's The Idea
            15 The Realisation
            17 The Sound
            • phrasedjs's avatar
              phrasedjs
              Edited 20 years ago
              This is without doubt the greatest label to emerge from the UK for a very long time. It has something for everyone, from dancefloor anthems to downtempo grooves.
              Some of the standout release have to be THE BOOK, OUR SUNSHINE SUITE and TRIO DE JANEIRO. But i am disappointed as the output seems to have stop. If the label has called it a day, then it leaves a big hole to be filled in the UK scene.
              • pete37406's avatar
                pete37406
                Quite frankly for me the epitaph of house music labels , A dimly lit dirty low down slinky raw underground showcase of deep house artists many who have grown from their debut releases on this subliminal label from a basement 50 fathoms down in deepest Manchester, The first release was an absolute epic and the 100th still shouts utter quality... oh... and the ones between 1 + 100 aren't too shabby either! Utter pornography in wax form , class.