An independent tape label specialising in Ambient, Drone, and Experimental Music
This instalment of 'The Maker' features Wil Bolton, the London-based experimental musician whose latest album 'April Spiral' was released on RTR earlier this month. Wil is a veteran within the experimental music scene, having released music under his own name on labels such as Hibernate Recordings, Time Released Sound, Dauw, Fluid Audio, and many more … Continue reading The Maker #7 – Wil Bolton
For this instalment of 'The Listener', we chat to Nicholas Turner about Post-Rock, discovering new music, and the importance of physical formats. Nick is a multi-instrumentalist from Chicago, Illinois, with recent cassette releases on Neologist Productions, Endangered Species Tapes, and Obsolete Staircase under the name of Tyresta. Our regular listeners will have heard the sounds … Continue reading The Listener #4 – Nicholas Turner
Possibly our longest 'The Maker' instalment for a while (at least to date, as AHFG is a duo!), brings Bristol-by-Farnham-based two piece, A Home For Ghosts, into conversation with RTR. Mutual friends for years through a similar taste in ambient and experimental music, the duo of Neil Carter (Carter) and James Edward Armstrong (Slow Clinic) … Continue reading The Maker #6 – A Home For Ghosts
This instalment of The Maker presents silentwave: the ambient and minimalist solo project of Yoshinori Noguchi from Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. Yoshinori has been on the RTR radar since the beginning, and we're thrilled to be releasing his latest album, 'The Scenery That Was Forgotten' (RTR015). Here's an interesting bit of RTR trivia: Yoshinori was the … Continue reading The Maker #5 – silentwave
As of yesterday (22/01/2019), RTR has been in operation for a year. In 2019 the label has been expanded to include an official website, including regular interview features with artists and listeners linked to RTR and a series of guest mixes. The latter is kickstarted by James Osland. James Osland James is a musician, photographer, … Continue reading RTR Guest Mix #1 – James Osland
The second instalment of our 'The Maker' series shines the spotlight on Michiru Aoyama. Based in Kyoto, Japan, Michiru is an artist who has been on RTR's radar for quite some time. His warm and fuzzy approach to guitar-based ambient music is unique and consistent in quality, and can be found not only through his … Continue reading The Maker #2 – Michiru Aoyama
Welcome to the first instalment of 'The Maker'; a regular interview feature with artists who have released works on RTR. There will also be a regular accompanying feature, 'The Listener', which engages with the label's listeners. To kickstart the series and celebrate the launch of the new RTR website, The Maker #1 features Spheruleus, who … Continue reading The Maker #1 – Spheruleus
Rusted Tone Recordings 