Basick Records Explained

Basick Records
Founder:	Nathan Philips & Jake Smith
Distributor:	Prosthetic/RED (North America), The Orchard (worldwide)
Genre:	Progressive metal, metalcore, ambient
Country:	United Kingdom
Location:	London

Basick Records is a British record label founded in 2005 by Nathan "Barley" Phillips and his half brother Jake Smith.^[1] Their business has since expanded into the Invictus Music & Media group, which includes Basick Records itself, the hardcore punk-oriented label Destroy Everything and the PR company Hold Tight! PR. Basick Records' first release was a compilation album, entitled, "Do You Feel This?", released on 8 August 2005.^[2] The first band to be signed to Basick was Fellsilent. They were also the first label to release material from Enter Shikari.

In 2011, Basick made a global distribution deal (excluding North America) with Warner ADA.^[3] Then, on 17 January 2012, they announced a North American distribution partnership with Prosthetic Records, in which selections from Basick's back catalog and all forthcoming releases would see distribution in North America from Prosthetic.^[4]

Roster

Current artists

• A Dark Orbit
• A Trust Unclean
• Alaya
• Aliases
• Bad Sign
• BEAR
• Chimp Spanner
• Create to Inspire
• Damned Spring Fragrantia
• Dissipate
• Fall Of Minerva
• First Signs of Frost
• FOES
• Misery Signals
• Murdock
• No Consequence
• Sikth
• The Colour Line

Past artists

• 7 Horns 7 Eyes
• Between the Screams
• Blotted Science
• Bury Tomorrow
• Circles
• Devil Sold His Soul
• Evita
• Fellsilent (except North America)
• Gehenna VII VII VII
• Glass Cloud
• Intervals
• Ion Dissonance
• Moesaboa
• Monuments
• My Minds Weapon
• Napoleon
• No Made Sense
• Shy Of The Depth
• Skyharbor
• Sleep Token
• The Abner
• The Algorithm
• The Arusha Accord
• The Comanche Cipher
• The Escape
• Uneven Structure
• Visions
• Without Thought

Notes and References

1. Web site: Neilstein. Vince. BASICK RECORDS FOUNDER NATHAN "BARLEY" PHILLIPS: THE METALSUCKS INTERVIEW. 20 April 2012 . MetalSucks. 17 October 2012.
2. Web site: VARIOUS ARTISTS - DO YOU FEEL THIS?. Basick Records. 18 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182522/http://www.basickrecords.com/releases/do_you_feel_this. 23 September 2015. dead.
3. Web site: BASICK in new distribution deal with Warner ADA . Sonic Shocks . 17 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110310074805/http://www.sonicshocks.com/BASICK-records-signs-distribution-deal-with-Warner-ADA.php . 10 March 2011 . dmy .
4. Web site: PROSTHETIC To Distribute BASICK RECORDS In North America. Prosthetic Records. 17 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130605172232/http://prostheticrecords.com/?p=3220. 5 June 2013. dead.