Re-Constriction Records

{{Short description|US record label}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox record label  | name = Re-Constriction Records | image_name = Re-Constriction-Records-Logo.png | image_size =  | image_bg =  | parent = [[Cargo Music]] | founded = {{Start date|1992}} | founder = [[Chase (label manager)|Chase]] | status = Defunct | distributor = [[Cargo Music|Cargo Music, Inc.]] | genre = [[Electro-industrial]], [[industrial rock]] | country = United States | location = [[San Diego, California]] | url =  }}

'''Re-Constriction Records''' was a division of [[Cargo Music]] based in [[California]]. The label was founded in 1992 and headed by Chase, who previously was the music director at [[KCR (San Diego State University)|KCR]], a student radio station on the campus of [[San Diego State University]]. They specialized in releasing bands belonging to the [[Industrial music|industrial]], [[aggrotech]], and [[Electronic body music|EBM]] genres.<ref name="cmjsep">{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LhGxd6mX1UUC |title=Back to School Dialogue |journal=[[CMJ New Music Monthly]] |publisher=CMJ Network, Inc. |date=September 8, 1997 |volume=51 |issue=537 |pages=44 |access-date=July 26, 2020}}</ref>

After the label folded, Chase worked for Access Communications for 14 years in video game-related public relations, including helping to launch [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] in 2011. In May 2013, he took a staff job at Twitch overseeing all of their PR efforts.<ref name="cmjnov">{{cite journal |last=Moose |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oVDTEZdWha0C |title=Dialogue |journal=[[CMJ New Music Report]] |publisher=CMJ Network, Inc. |date=November 10, 1997 |volume=52 |issue=545 |pages=47–48 |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> In 2019, he left Twitch <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prweek.com/article/1525756/longtime-pr-director-chase-leaves-twitch|title = Longtime PR director Chase leaves Twitch}}</ref> and soon joined StreamElements.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/twitch-pr-chase-streamelements-1203177838/|title = Twitch PR Guru Named Head of Communications at StreamElements|date = April 2, 2019}}</ref> After 6 years, he left StreamElements to work at videogame publisher Metatheory in 2025 to help launch Gido Gido: Kaiju Battle Party.

==History== Chase contacted [[Belgium]]-based [[Industrial music|industrial]] label [[List of industrial music labels|KK Records]], a division of Cargo Music, to arrange for product servicing for the station which led to him getting a job with Cargo. While doing promotional work for their KK label in [[North America]], Chase convinced Cargo Music to allow him to start a new division called Re-Constriction Records.

The first band signed to the label was [[Diatribe (band)|Diatribe]] and then [[16volt]] and [[The Clay People]]. That helped define the "Re-Con" sound of heavy guitars over [[Electronic music|electronics]] with vocalists who did not overprocess their voices. Chase adhered to this blueprint throughout much of the label's existence. The label's debut release was the 1992 [[Extended play|EP]] ''[[Nothing (EP)|Nothing]]'' by [[Diatribe (band)|Diatribe]].<ref name="sonicboomdiatribeint">{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/interview/diatribe.interview.html |title=Interview with Diatribe |journal=Sonic Boom |date=May 7, 1997 |volume=5 |issue=4 |access-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref> The top selling release on his label was ''[[Shut Up Kitty: A Cyber-Based Covers Compilation|Shut Up Kitty]]'', the first domestic [[Industrial music|industrial]] dance [[cover song]] compilation. It inspired other compilations notably [[21st Circuitry|21st Circuitry's]] ''[[Newer Wave]]'' and ''[[Newer Wave 2.0]]'' releases. Other unique industrial cover song releases which predated the popularity of this trend included ''[[Operation Beatbox]]'' (covers of [[Hip hop|Hip Hop]] songs),<ref name="altpressoperation">{{cite journal |last=columnist |title=Various Artists: ''Operation Beatbox'' |journal=[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]] |date=February 1997 |page=66 }}</ref> ''[[TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse|TV Terror]]'' (a 2 CD compilation featuring covers of [[List of TV theme songs|Television]] [[Theme music|theme songs]]),<ref name="sfweeklytv">{{cite journal |first=Jeff |last=Stark |url=https://www.sfweekly.com/music/reviews-66/ |title=Various Artists: TV Terror |journal=[[SF Weekly]] |date=December 24, 1997 |access-date=July 26, 2020}}</ref> ''[[Cyberpunk Fiction: A Synthcore "Soundtrack"|Cyberpunk Fiction]]'' (A satirical spoof of the [[Pulp Fiction soundtrack]])<ref name="lollipopmagazinecyberpunk">{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Best |url=https://lollipopmagazine.com/1999/04/cyberpunk-fiction-review/ |title=''Cyberpunk Fiction'' |journal=Lollipop Magazine |date=April 1, 1999 |access-date=July 26, 2020}}</ref> and ''[[Nod's Tacklebox o' Fun]]'' (assorted [[Pop music|pop]] hits).<ref name="ink19nods">{{cite journal|first=Nirav |last=Soni |url=https://ink19.com/1999/08/magazine/music-reviews/nods-tacklebox-o-fun |title=Nod's Tacklebox o' Fun: A Collection of Synthcore Cover Songs |journal=Ink 19 |date=August 26, 1999 |access-date=July 26, 2020}}</ref>

Re-Constriction Records folded in 1999 after releasing approximately 40 records.<ref name="cmjapril">{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8t1nP58JaSgC |title=RM News |journal=[[CMJ New Music Monthly]] |publisher=CMJ Network, Inc. |date=April 26, 1999 |volume=58 |issue=615 |pages=41 |access-date=July 23, 2020}}</ref> While running Re-Constriction, Chase began, owned, and ran a compilation-only label called If It Moves... which featured ''[[Torture Tech Overdrive]]'' (1991),<ref name="schwannspectrum">{{cite journal |first=Becky |last=Barnhart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOwZAQAAIAAJ |title=Schwann Spectrum |journal=[[Schwann Catalog|Schwann Spectrum]] |publisher=Stereophile, Incorporated |date=1996 |volume=Winter 1996-1997 |pages=255 |isbn=9781575980386 |access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> ''[[The Cyberflesh Conspiracy]]'' (1992),<ref name="sonicboomcyberflesh">{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/review/cyberflesh.conspiracy.html |title=Various Artists: ''The Cyberflesh Conspiracy'' |journal=Sonic Boom |date=October 1995 |volume=3 |issue=8 |access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> ''[[Rivet Head Culture]]'' (1993),<ref name="allmusicrivet">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000102115|pure_url=yes}}|title=Various Artists: ''Rivet Head Culture'' > Overview |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref> and ''[[Scavengers in the Matrix]]'' (1994).<ref name="a&areviewsscavengers">{{cite journal |first=Jon |last=Worley |url=http://www.aidabet.com/archives/archV.html#SCAVENGERS |title=Various Artists: ''Scavengers in the Matrix'' |journal=Aiding & Abetting |date=May 31, 1994 |issue=55 |access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> ''The Cyberflesh Conspiracy'' featured the only song which [[Stabbing Westward]] released on CD prior to being signed to a major label, while ''Rivet Head Culture'' was notable for popularizing the term "rivet head" (a descriptor for fans of industrial dance music) and featuring a song by [[Raw Dog (band)|Raw Dog]], an unreleased side project by [[Nivek Ogre]] and [[Dave Ogilvie]] of [[Skinny Puppy]].

==Discography== * [[Re-Constriction Records discography]]

==Notable artists== * [[16volt]] * [[Apparatus (band)|Apparatus]] * [[Christ Analogue]] * [[The Clay People]] * [[Collide (band)|Collide]] * [[Diatribe (band)|Diatribe]] * [[H3llb3nt]] * [[Hexedene]] * [[Iron Lung Corp]] * [[Killing Floor (American band)|Killing Floor]] * [[Leæther Strip]] * [[Non-Aggression Pact (band)|Non-Aggression Pact]] * [[Numb (band)|Numb]] * [[Purr Machine]] * [[SMP (band)|SMP]] * [[Society Burning]] * [[Swamp Terrorists]] * [[Tinfed]] * [[Vampire Rodents]] * [[Waiting for God (band)|Waiting for God]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Discogs label|label=Re-constriction Records}} * {{MusicBrainz label|id=6c03254e-75b5-4e8b-9f1e-d16c527a57ee}}

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