Sugar Shack Records Presents - Greatest Hits VOL 1 Sugar Shack Records Presents Greatest Hits Volume One Funny things hobbies, the way they can go from a harmless week-end dallying in the garden shed to critically applauded, global business concern in the space of 18 months. Mike Darby, head of Bristol based Sugar Shack Records could tell you a thing or two about when pastimes go mental. The self confessed "punk turned suit" started the label in 1999 because A: "...I was never very good at playing an instrument back in the punk day, even by the standards of punk musicianship so I had to knock that idea on the head. " B? "I just love music, I've never stopped going to gigs even though I got a 'respectable' job. I was just amazed at all the talent in Bristol that was being overlooked because they weren't Trip-Hop or whatever. I've always believed in that punk ethic, here's three chords, just do it yourself if nobody else will. But also I'm a business man at the end of the day and I couldn't let talent like that go unrecorded and unreleased. I liked what people like Postcard in Scotland did in the 80's, I thought it was time we had a label for the sound of young Bristol, it didn't exactly turn out like that though, because now we've got bands from Switzerland, Australia, Sheffield...but, you know what I mean" And C? "I'm just stupid, I guess." Just doing it has paid dividends. With a healthy roster of acts and a stack of fine press and Singles Of The Week from the inkies and rock mags, Sugarshack records has gone from being Mike's hobby to a limited company with global ambitions for the Bristol and beyond acts it signs. What you are about to feed to your CD is truly a platter fit for a King. An extraordinarily eclectic and eclectically extraordinary selection of tracks representing Sugar Shack's bulging (and still growing) roster of acts. From the teeth gritting angst of future metal pups Redefine to the slick sassy, and for alliteration's sake, sexy sound of avant pop-dubsters Moqsha; the perfectly crafted snook cocking of Steve Bush to the psyche-folk chow down of swish Swiss hipsters Cléan; the floor filling jump-up punker antics of Two Day Rule to the break out the kitchen knives sigh of the unbelievably underrated Rita Lynch; the elaborate epic scale pop of romo-rompers Action Spectacular and the heart torn lyricism of Oz mood setters Bluebottle Kiss. And then there's Madnomad - Bristol's best kept sonic secret/weapon soon to go stella but right now tantalizingly tight lipped with this just over a minute introductory slice of mayhem. Hey, we know this is a press release but believe us when we say that, come the release of their album they're going to fuck with your head. And not always in a nice way neither. Just thought we'd warn you.

Tracks... 1. Redefine - Jennifer Cried 2. Action Spectacular - The Roxy Music 3. Madnomad - Thanx 4. Cléan - Walking 5. Moqsha - Super Massive Black Holes 6. Bluebottle Kiss - Ounce Of Your Cruelty 7. Two Day Rule - Had A Good Thing 8. Rita Lynch - Delight 9. Steve Bush - Lady In The Lake 10. Apache Dropout - Yellow Fever SUGAR SHACK RECORDS FOD 037  CD ALBUM