First of all - thank you to everyone for the support and kind messages on the release of B1215 and B1216. It really means a lot to us.

Since both records sold out so quickly - in less than a day on our shop - we have repressed 500 copies of both B1215 and B1216 for all the people who wanted it on vinyl but missed out. Each repress has different artwork clearly labelling it as 'Second Edition' and comes on black vinyl only (still with the engravings in the runout grooves)



Also - B1217 is completed and mastered, and we'll be cutting it to vinyl very soon, hopefully for release in September. It features three new B12 tracks (there are some previews on the myspace player) and again there will be a bonus remix track to download from Bleep.com



We've been listening to lots of demos - some really good stuff being sent in - please keep it coming! And we can reveal that there will be an old friend returning to B12 with a new release later this year...

Both new records went on sale on the morning of June 11th, and completely sold out within the day.

We will be repressing both records (on black vinyl only - no coloured repressings) - however, the artwork will be changed slightly and clearly marked "2nd edition"

you can preview and download the tracks on bleep.com/b12

For more information on this, please visit our site

B12 live @ Norberg Festival 2005 - free mp3 download



In July 2005, B12 headed up a showcase of electronic artists from the UK (with Milanese, Posthuman, Digitonal, Kansas City Prophets & others) playing the Kraft Central stage at Norberg Festival. An incredible setting: an abandoned iron mine, in the Swedish countryside, in the middle of summer.

You can download a live recording of their set here (mp3 128kbs, 75 mins, 100 meg)

More photo's from the festival can be found here on Mike's photoblog.

B12 RADIO SHOW DOWNLOAD

Last September Sonic Sunset Radio broadcast a special B12 show. Here's what they said:

"A retrospective set of London's B12 Records. We've been wanting to do this show for many years, and decided no better time in space than now: "Expressions of the Future" as viewed in 1991 from B12 in London, through a lens that built on Detroit's original foundation, but angled the sound into a unique British unknown. Michael Golding & Steve Rutter crafted this vision under numerous artist names on their B12 imprint, releasing one of the pillars of the Artificial Intelligence era, Electro Soma (primarily a collection of their early 12"s), on Warp Records. We love the 12" philosophy they adopted, with super-limited colored vinyl among an already-limited total pressing. The records have gorgeous cutting jobs with massive etchings before and after the grooves, not unlike the look of UR/Red Planet records from that same era. B12 was a key first step for UK's clinical twist on soulful circuitry, we dug deep to play many of their originals we had."

You can download an mp3 of the show here (78 mins, 90 megs)

Tracklisting:

B12 - Soundtrack of Space - Electro Soma (Warp) 1993
Cmetric - Tribeca (B12 10) 1994
2001 - Rings of Saturn - Space Age EP (B12 02) 1991
Musicology - Telefon 529 (B12 01) 1991
Redcell - Paradroid - Redcell (B12 05) 1992
Musicology - Bubbles - Outlook (B12 04) 1992
Redcell - Phett - Time Tourist (Warp) 1996
Musicology - Boundaries - Hall of Mirrors (B12 06) 1992
Redcell - Soundtrack Of A Strange Era - Retreat from Unpleasant Realities (B12 07) 1992
Redcell - Interim (B12 08) 1993
Musicology - Obsessed - Musicology (B12 01) 1991
Stasis - The Point of No Return - The Point of No Return (B12 11) 1993
Redcell - The City [Inhabited by Cmetric] - (A.R.T. / B12 14.1) 1995
Redcell - Practopia (A.R.T. / B12 14.2) 1995
Redcell - In Version - Virtual Sex (Buzz) 1993
Phenomyna - Travellor (Explained By Red Cell) (A.R.T. 5.1) 1994
Redcell - The Silicon Garden - Likethemes (Likemind 3) 1995

BOOTLEGS

A number of records have been circulating since late 2005 claiming to be represses of older B12 releases

We have not repressed any of the older releases. These records are illegal bootlegs, and not mastered from the original plates - they are most likely ripped from CD or mp3, or even recorded from the old vinyl onto CDR.

You can check if the vinyl you have is geniune - all B12 releases have messages etched into the run-out grooves.

We will be making the old material available again - the back catalogue has been completely re-mastered, and will be released on a 12 disc CD box set later this year, with bonus remixes and unreleased tracks. So if you're looking for old B12 - please be patient and get the geniune article!

Remember - the Truth is in the Run-out Grooves

NEW RELEASES

Out June 11th 2007:

B12-15
B12 aka REDCELL


First recordeded in 1996, only 5 test pressings were sent out as promos - the record was never released. Now, fully remastered and with a bonus track 'Ecliptic' it's set for release on June 11th. 700 black vinyl, 300 translucent red vinyl - all with hand engraved messages in the run-out grooves.

B12-16
B12


First new tracks for nearly 10 years!
700 copies black vinyl, 300 copies blue vinyl, every 12" has hand engraved messages in the run-out grooves...keep an eye on the breakdown in Slope
The digital version of this release contains the extra track Hall of Mirrors (Digitonal Strings in Space remix)

You can buy both records direct from us for £5.00 GBP (+p&p) from our online shop, which goes live on June 11th. We have a number of the coloured vinyl which will be sent out on a first-come, first-served basis.

Both releases will also be available for download in high quality mp3 and FLAC formats from bleep.com/b12

B12 Records are distributed by Rubadub / Blackhole