Richter Collective Closing Party: The Redneck Manifesto Play Friendship

·21st November 2012·2 min read

The last ever Richter Collective gig is on this Saturday with Not Squares, BATS, Enemies, Squarehead and The Redneck Manifesto, who have announced that they’ll be performing their Richter-released LP Friendship in its entirety.

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The Richter statement on their closing from earlier this year:

It is with mixed emotion that we are announcing The Richter Collective will be coming to a close at the end of this year, December 2012. We are regretful that we will be losing the label but also very optimistic and excited about the future. The reasons for this are numerous and to go into in great detail would take far too long. In a nutshell it’s a decision that’s part based on money and part based on not wanting to compromise on the vision we had for the label when we started. It’s become increasingly difficult to apply new ideas within the constructs of a “traditional label” model and our label still falls within that remit. Instead of being doom and gloom about this decision we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped us along our journey, especially the amazing bands and artists we have had the pleasure to work with.

We started this label a mere four years ago and have had the pleasure of releasing over twenty seven amazing pieces of work. The support that we have had in terms of coverage has been far beyond any expectation we ever had when we set the label up. We managed to get our releases into stores all around Europe, the US and Asia and (hopefully) helped the acts we worked with reach new audiences around the world. We came from a hobby label background and tried to build a new label to rival the larger Independents in term of reach and scale and we are so proud of what we’ve achieved in the last few years on a relatively small budget. Now, it’s time to move on for both of us, we started the label at a time when there weren’t many other options for Irish acts in terms of independent labels but now there are many amazing new independents in this country and it’s such a great time for new music.

We will continue to be involved in independent music in Ireland and hope to work on some exciting new projects in the future. For now we will continue to operate “as normal” and sell off all remaining stock we hold. We are planning a big Xmas bash for the end of year and have a few more bits and pieces up our sleeves. If you have been thinking of buying any of our music in the past we’re still open for business at http://www.richtercollective.com and http://richtercollective.bandcamp.com

The lineup for the gig is:

The Redneck Manifesto
Not Squares
BATS
Enemies
Squarehead
The Continuous Battle Of Order
And So I Watch You From Afar (DJ Set)
Richter Collective DJs
The Button Factory
7:30pm, Saturday November 24th
Tickets are €15 from tickets.ie or on the door.