SIMPLE MACHINES

In the fall of 1994 we released all the Working Holiday 7''s on one CD, plus live tracks from 15 bands at the party, and early in 1995 we compiled all the Tsunami 7''s on one CD, World Tour and Other Destinations. From 1994 on we also began to focus on more on full-length projects with a small number of bands: Tsunami, Grenadine, Ida, Liquorice, Danielle Howle, Sea Saw, Retsin, Scrawl, The Raymond Brake, Franklin Bruno and The Monorchid. In all we manufactured and distributed 18 full-lengths and a dozen 7"s for these bands, as well as sending CDs to press and radio, and helping them with their tours... We started Simple Machines for a few reasons, the most obvious being because no one else wanted to release our records. It was fun and within a year we were putting out records by our own bands and helping our friends. A few years later, thanks to some incredibly great records and Tsunami's erroneous tag as riot grrrl flagship band in England, we turned a hobby into a full-time..

Primary location: Washington United States