NEW SHOW: March 12th 2027
@smote666 at @dingwallscamden
With Smote's show at 100 Club tomorrow sold out way in advance we're happy to announce their next London show
Tickets on sale now via Dice
SMOTE, once a solo endeavor by Daniel Foggin, now expanded to a fuller ensemble blends traditional instrumentation — creaking strings, funeral drums, somber winds — with thunderous synth work and desolate guitar to craft drone and dirge.
A full-scale psychic voyage into the ether and a drone-and-repetition-fuelled series of incantations that takes simple, primal ingredients and utilises them for the purposes of aural sorcery, summoning spectres and revelations aplenty in its wake.
As announced last month, J. Zunz, the musical project by Mexican artist Lorena Quintanilla has revealed a new album on Rocket – a mesmerising 9 track LP called ‘Obsidiana’.
Following on from the visceral repetition of ‘Silvia’ we are happy to reveal the second single from the album, the electronic noisegaze pop of ‘Osiris’ – listen now via your favourite streaming channel.
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‘Obsidiana’ which is released on 29 May is td to 300 copies on clear vinyl and spot gloss sleeve, is available to preorder from your favourite record shop, or via rocketrecordings.com
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‘Obsidiana’, the third J. Zunz album on Rocket – manages to be both more aggressive and more gentle than anything she’s previously created either on her own or in her work in Lorelle Meets The Obsolete. A study in balance, its emotional charge remains strong and intact whether on the eerie, almost Radiophonic ambience of ‘Imago’, the dancefloor-adjacent, Chris & Cosey-esque ‘Osiris’ or the abrasive, industrial-strength confrontation of ‘Silvia’. On ‘Final’ meanwhile, Lorena is joined by her only main collaborator this time around, Freddie Murphy (Father Murphy) whose trumpet and synth abstractions offer further vivid colour to ‘Obsidiana’s spectrum.
You can now listen to Episode 2 of Rocket’s ‘Out Of The Void’ mix for @rovr_live .
This month @johnny_o_rocket curates a fuzzy, beat driven mix of old and new tunes from his collection.
To listen, visit https://www.rovr.live/ and click on ‘Curators’, then scroll down to Rocket Recordings – then at the bottom of our profile is where you will find our mixes.
Enjoy.
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We have a very uber LTD pressing of Goat’s latest S/T album for sale.
The LTD edition of 140 copies on Fluro Pink vinyl is housed in a very special uniquely designed sleeve by John O’Carroll and has been hand screen printed by artist @greasytrucker with assistance by John too.
Why the limited number you ask, just simply put, we have 3 colour screens on both the front and back of the sleeve and; it was a lot of work. Rocket’s old friend Greasy Trucker who’s screen print work includes years creating posters and prints with Mackie Osbourne for the US band ‘Melvins’ was available in between touring with the band so hence we jumped on the chance to collaborate with him.
Printed at the great @printparadiso on East Street near Rocket HQ in Bedminster Bristol, we hired their equipment for several days (they run classes to introduce anyone who doesn’t have experience too) and proceeded to graft away in a very repetitive state to get that handmade sleeve finish - important in a world dominated by AI.
Each copy also comes with a hand numbered, double sided A4 insert.
+++Strictly one copy each+++
Shipping from next week.
Buy now from rocketrecordings.com
+++SOLD OUT+++
We have a very uber LTD pressing of Goat’s latest S/T album for sale.
The LTD edition of 140 copies on Fluro Pink vinyl is housed in a very special uniquely designed sleeve by John O’Carroll and has been hand screen printed by artist @greasytrucker with assistance by John too.
Why the limited number you ask, just simply put, we have 3 colour screens on both the front and back of the sleeve and; it was a lot of work. Rocket’s old friend Greasy Trucker who’s screen print work includes years creating posters and prints with Mackie Osbourne for the US band ‘Melvins’ was available in between touring with the band so hence we jumped on the chance to collaborate with him.
Printed at the great @printparadiso on East Street near Rocket HQ in Bedminster Bristol, we hired their equipment for several days (they run classes to introduce anyone who doesn’t have experience too) and proceeded to graft away in a very repetitive state to get that handmade sleeve finish - important in a world dominated by AI.
Each copy also comes with a hand numbered, double sided A4 insert.
+++Strictly one copy each+++
Shipping from next week.
You can buy one of these beautiful LP’s now via rocketrecordings.com
Billy Fuller ‘Rummer’ T-Shirt!!!
Now available to pre-order from the Beak> shop, link in bio ⬆️⬆️⬆️
This was the artwork for Billy’s first single ‘Rummer’ taken from his debut album ‘Fragments’ which is out now on vinyl & digital.
This design pays homage to the artwork to the legendary 1980’s ZX Spectrum computer game, ‘Horace Goes Skiing’!
This will be hand screen printed by the amazing @simpleprintstudio
J. Zunz, the musical project by Mexican artist Lorena Quintanilla has revealed a new album on Rocket – a mesmerising 9 track LP called ‘Obsidiana’.
Watch the John O’Carroll made video for first single – the visceral repetition of ‘Silvia’ via Rocket’s YouTube
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‘Obsidiana’ which is released on 29 May is ltd to 300 copies on clear vinyl and spot gloss sleeve, is available to preorder from your favourite record shop, or direct via rocketrecordings.com
As announced earlier today J. Zunz, the musical project by Mexican artist Lorena Quintanilla has revealed a new album on Rocket – a mesmerising 9 track LP called ‘Obsidiana’.
Watch the John O’Carroll made video for first single – the visceral repetition of ‘Silvia’ via Rocket’s YouTube
-
‘Obsidiana’ which is released on 29 May is ltd to 300 copies on clear vinyl and spot gloss sleeve, is available to preorder from your favourite record shop, or direct via rocketrecordings.com
-
‘Obsidiana’, the third J. Zunz album on Rocket – manages to be both more aggressive and more gentle than anything she’s previously created either on her own or in her work in Lorelle Meets The Obsolete. A study in balance, its emotional charge remains strong and intact whether on the eerie, almost Radiophonic ambience of ‘Imago’, the dancefloor-adjacent, Chris & Cosey-esque ‘Osiris’ or the abrasive, industrial-strength confrontation of ‘Silvia’. On ‘Final’ meanwhile, Lorena is joined by her only main collaborator this time around, Freddie Murphy (Father Murphy) whose trumpet and synth abstractions offer further vivid colour to ‘Obsidiana’s spectrum.
J. Zunz is celebrating the announcement of this new album with a special show:
April 17 / Tijuana / Malbouche
...and a J. Zunz European tour is in the planning for later this year.
We are very happy to reveal that J. Zunz, the musical project by Mexican artist Lorena Quintanilla has revealed a new album on Rocket – a mesmerising 9 track LP called ‘Obsidiana’.
Watch the John O’Carroll made video for first single – the visceral repetition of ‘Silvia’ via Rocket’s YouTube
-
‘Obsidiana’ which is released on 29 May is ltd to 300 copies on clear vinyl and spot gloss sleeve, is available to preorder from your favourite record shop, or direct via rocketrecordings.com
-
‘Obsidiana’, the third J. Zunz album on Rocket – manages to be both more aggressive and more gentle than anything she’s previously created either on her own or in her work in Lorelle Meets The Obsolete. A study in balance, its emotional charge remains strong and intact whether on the eerie, almost Radiophonic ambience of ‘Imago’, the dancefloor-adjacent, Chris & Cosey-esque ‘Osiris’ or the abrasive, industrial-strength confrontation of ‘Silvia’. On ‘Final’ meanwhile, Lorena is joined by her only main collaborator this time around, Freddie Murphy (Father Murphy) whose trumpet and synth abstractions offer further vivid colour to ‘Obsidiana’s spectrum.
J. Zunz is celebrating the announcement of this new album with a special show:
April 17 / Tijuana / Malbouche
...and a J. Zunz European tour is in the planning for later this year.
You can listen to Rocket’s first ‘Out Of The Void’ mix for ROVR now via their site.
Click on ‘Curators’, then scroll down to Rocket Recordings – then at the bottom of our profile is where you will find the mix.
This first one is a smorgasbord of different sounds, an eclectic mash-up of old and new tracks, with a couple of Rocket tunes thrown in for good measure.
The ‘Out Of The Void’ mixes will be uploaded every month and next one is live at midnight on 26 April, and then it will be available for streaming in the ROVR archive shortly after.
Enjoy.
And a massive thanks goes out to @ggtop_cherrystones for the ROVR hook-up…appreciate it G 🙏
Rocket Recordings is a UK label run by Chris Reeder and John O’Carroll, exploring sound without boundaries since 1998.
For the first Rocket ROVR show, Chris and Johnny put together an eclectic mix of sounds they love, including tracks from Rocket artists @bruise_blood , @j.zunz , Land Trance (@_dialect / @exeih ) and Yoke (@smote666 / @cantina_ncl ).
Out Of The Void w / Rocket Recordings
Sunday | 12AM | Monthly
