Unstable Ape Records is an Australia

Australia

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n 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:...

. Founded in Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

, it is now based in Melbourne

Melbourne

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. Unstable Ape's focus tends primarily towards indie rock and roll

Rock and roll

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, but also expands its interest to contemporary folk (Laura Jean, Marissa Nadler), jazz (Christopher Hale Ensemble) and world music (Zulya). In the early 2000s, the label became a home to many Melbourne indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 bands. Albums currently in print are available through the labels Australian distributor 'Inertia Music'

Artists on Unstable Ape Records

• At Sea
• Andrew McCubbin
• Jane Badler
  Jane Badler
  Jane Badler is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Diana, the chief antagonist in NBC's science fiction TV series, V, between 1983-85. Badler also appeared in ABC's "reimagined" version of V in 2011, again playing an alien named Diana, who this time is the mother of...
  
  
• Bird Blobs
  Bird Blobs
  Bird Blobs were a garage rock/post punk musical group from Melbourne, Australia. They formed in 2000 with Tim Evans and Ian Wadley as the core and only continuous members of the group. The first self-titled recording was performed with Evans on drums, with Wadley and Evans overdubbing the other...
  
  
• Christopher Hale Ensemble
• Die! Die! Die!
  Die! Die! Die!
  Die! Die! Die! is a noise pop/punk three-piece from Dunedin, New Zealand, formed in late 2003 and signed to Flying Nun Records.Their self-titled album Die! Die! Die! was released in 2005 in New Zealand, with an international release soon after. It was recorded in Chicago's Electrical Audio by...
  
  
• Jessica Says
• Laura Jean
  Laura Jean
  Laura Jean Englert is an Australian musician from Melbourne, Victoria who performs as Laura Jean. She is known for her classically inspired folk songs, often using a range of orchestral instruments. She garnered much critical acclaim for her debut album, Our Swan Song, receiving high rotational...
  
  
• Love of Diagrams
  Love Of Diagrams
  Love of Diagrams is an indie rock band from Melbourne, Australia, formed in 2001. Their sound is characterized by a mix of energetic drumming, angular guitar and bass riffs, and call-and-response vocals.- History :...
  
  
• Marissa Nadler
  Marissa Nadler
  Marissa Nadler is an American dream-folk singer-songwriter and fine artist based in Boston.-Early life:Marissa Nadler was exposed to art at a young age through her mother Pamela, an abstract painter, and her older brother Stuart, a guitarist and writer...
  
  
• The Night Terrors
• Ninetynine
  Ninetynine
  Ninetynine is an indie band based in Melbourne, Australia. The band was founded by Laura Macfarlane, who played drums in Sleater-Kinney, in 1996 as a solo project. The first album, 99, was recorded with her playing all the instruments. Not long after she assembled a band with Cameron Potts and...
  
  
• No Through Road
• Ricaine
• Sandro
• Sea Scouts
  Sea Scouts (band)
  Sea Scouts were a noise rock band, based in Hobart, Tasmania.-First formation:Following the split of his former band Mouth in 1994, Tim Evans began jamming with U.F.O. frontman Zach von Bamburger...
  
  
• Sir
• SNAP! CRAKK!
• VulgarGrad
• Zulya Kamalova
  Zulya Kamalova
  Zulya Kamalova is an award-winning Tatar singer. She currently resides in Australia though tours both countries frequently.-Life:Zulya grew up in Tatarstan and began performing and writing music at age 9. In 1991, she moved to Australia, settling in Hobart, Tasmania...