Robot Needs Home
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Robot Needs Home is a British
, Leicester
-based, non-profit independent record label
, booking agent, and PR company, which mainly handles the releases of a collection of bands from around the East Midlands, but has since grown to encompass artists from further afield.
Robot Needs Home is a trading name of RockFood Music
, a Leicester based Fanzine
and Promotions
Company which was founded in 2005 to handle releases from artists managed by RockFood
. Releases from this first year were not given catalogue numbers.
The label is run principally by John Helps of Maybeshewill
, with the assistance of other members of the band, and prominent members of the Leicester music community
within the music industry. Rather than aiming to make profits from artists, the label has stated that its aims are to assist the artists it looks after in moving on to larger independent or major labels.
United Kingdom
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, Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
-based, non-profit independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
, booking agent, and PR company, which mainly handles the releases of a collection of bands from around the East Midlands, but has since grown to encompass artists from further afield.
Robot Needs Home is a trading name of RockFood Music
RockFood Music
RockFood Music is a United Kingdom music promoter and music management company. It publishes a bi-monthly music magazine also called RockFood and co-runs a number of clubnights in the city of Leicester.-History:...
, a Leicester based Fanzine
Fanzine
A fanzine is a nonprofessional and nonofficial publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest...
and Promotions
Promotion (marketing)
Promotion is one of the four elements of marketing mix . It is the communication link between sellers and buyers for the purpose of influencing, informing, or persuading a potential buyer's purchasing decision....
Company which was founded in 2005 to handle releases from artists managed by RockFood
RockFood
RockFood is a free music magazine published in Leicester, UK.RockFood's stated aims are to cover and support the Leicester music scene and to promote new music from across the country within the city.-History:...
. Releases from this first year were not given catalogue numbers.
The label is run principally by John Helps of Maybeshewill
Maybeshewill
Maybeshewill are an instrumental band from Leicester, United Kingdom whose music is characterised by the use of programmed and sampled electronic elements alongside guitars, bass and drums....
, with the assistance of other members of the band, and prominent members of the Leicester music community
Ethics and ideals
The label is a strong supporter of DIY ethics and IndependenceIndependence
Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory....
within the music industry. Rather than aiming to make profits from artists, the label has stated that its aims are to assist the artists it looks after in moving on to larger independent or major labels.
Current artists
- Buenos Aires
- The Campbell Theory
- Cats & Cats & Cats
- Death of London
- Fight Fire with Water
- Gallery 47
- Herra Hidro
- MaybeshewillMaybeshewillMaybeshewill are an instrumental band from Leicester, United Kingdom whose music is characterised by the use of programmed and sampled electronic elements alongside guitars, bass and drums....
- These Furrows
CDs
- No Catalogue Number - Maybeshewill - Japanese Spy Transcript (CD EP)
- No Catalogue Number - Herra Hidro - The Second Gold Procession And The Royal Rape Of The Sun (CD EP)
- No Catalogue Number - Fight Fire With Water - Even If I Didn't Exist I'd Still Be Better Than You (CD EP)
- RNH001CD - Herra Hidro - Up Against The Bat (CD Single)
- RNH002CD - Maybeshewill - Seraphim & Cherubim / Heartflusters (CD Single)
- RNH001COMP - Kill All Humans Vol. 1 (Compilation)
- RNH003CD - Fight Fire With Water - There's Triangles All Over The Sky (CD Single)
- RNH004CD - Maybeshewill - Antisemantics: The Remixes Vol.1 (CD EP)
- RNH005CD - Buenos Aires - A Landscape To A Blind Man's Eye EP (CD EP)
- RNH006CD - Death Of London - The Life And Death Of Death Of London (CD EP)
- RNH007CD - The Campbell Theory - Underneath The Floor, It Will Stay (CD EP)
- RNH008CD - Various Artists - White Noise One (Compilation)
- RNH009CD - These Furrows - Masks (CD EP)
- RNH0012CD - Maybeshewill - The Complete Remixes 2005-2010