# Perishable Records

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{{Short description|Independent record label based in Chicago}}
'''Perishable Records''' is an [independent record label](/source/independent_record_label) founded by [Chicago](/source/Chicago) musicians [Ben Massarella](/source/Ben_Massarella) and [Tim Rutili](/source/Tim_Rutili) in 1993.<ref name=newcity>[http://weeklywire.com/ww/11-02-98/chicago_raw.html Perish the Thought: A Fresh Take on Perishable Records] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205024213/http://www.weeklywire.com/ww/11-02-98/chicago_raw.html |date=2021-12-05 }}. ''[NewCity](/source/NewCity)'', November 2, 1998.</ref> Rutili and Massarella were both members of [Red Red Meat](/source/Red_Red_Meat) at the time, and released the band's "Hot Nikkity Truck Monkey" as its first single.<ref name=newcity/> The band was almost immediately after signed to [Sub Pop](/source/Sub_Pop), but after Red Red Meat broke up in 1997, the pair revived the label name and began releasing new material on it.<ref>"Red Red Meat". [Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin), ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music''. Oxford University Press, 2000.</ref> Its first release after the dissolution of the Sub Pop contract was an album by [Loftus](/source/Loftus_(band)), released in 1998.<ref name=rutili>[http://www.illabirinto.com/features/0calif.htm Interview with Tim Rutili]. ''Il Labirinto'', 2002.</ref>  Perishable's recording studio initially was a renovated first-floor apartment in Chicago, and musicians recorded to 2-inch [analog audio](/source/analog_audio)tape before moving on to processing using the [digital audio workstation](/source/digital_audio_workstation) [ProTools](/source/ProTools).<ref>[https://www.emusician.com/gear/orso-changes-its-tune Orso Changes Its Tune]. EMusician, November 1, 2000.</ref> The label's offices, in 1999, were in a truck wash in south Chicago that doubled as the office for Massarella's side business, BJ Transportation Service.<ref name=newcity/> In 2002, the label lost some of its flagship acts - [The Fire Show](/source/The_Fire_Show) had broken up, and [Fruit Bats](/source/Fruit_Bats_(band)) had signed with Sub Pop - and Massarella and Rutili openly talked about potentially winding down its operation.<ref>[https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/perishable-perishablelame-lineupelectro-clash/Content?oid=909479 Perishable Perishable?]. ''[Chicago Reader](/source/Chicago_Reader)'', August 22, 2002.</ref> However, by 2003, the label was operating out of an erstwhile elementary school in the [Pilsen](/source/Pilsen%2C_Chicago) neighborhood, where the group had also outfitted a studio it dubbed Clava.<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-04-11-0304110317-story.html The Tuneful, Hyperactive Subtlety of Califone]. ''[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)'', April 11, 2003.</ref> Clava was located in a converted garage next to the school,<ref name=rutili/> was financed by Massarella, and was operated by [Brian Deck](/source/Brian_Deck) of Red Red Meat.<ref>[https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/fresh-goods-from-perishable/Content?oid=898599 Fresh Goods from Perishable]. ''[Chicago Reader](/source/Chicago_Reader)'', March 4, 1999.</ref>

Some artists on the label include [Califone](/source/Califone), [HiM](/source/HiM_(band)), [Joan of Arc](/source/Joan_of_Arc_(band)), [oRSo](/source/oRSo), [Red Red Meat](/source/Red_Red_Meat), [Loftus](/source/Loftus_(band)), [The Fire Show](/source/The_Fire_Show), [Sin Ropas](/source/Sin_Ropas), and [Fruit Bats](/source/Fruit_Bats_(band)).

==See also==
* [List of record labels](/source/List_of_record_labels)

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