About Me
Ahoyhoy, my name's Dwight, and this is my record label: Royal Rhino Flying Records. Working since early 2007, I've managed to establish the label as a sort of informal creative collective, communicating with a variety of musicians and organizations all over the world. Though I work largely by myself these days, my great friend Tony Tooke (the mainstay of the stunning Electric Mystical Soul Vibration who I've been collaborating with for a while now) does a lot as our inhouse mastering and production officer... I also have to offer a neuter thank you to my variety of other friends who are groovy mcawesome. Right now my primary ambition here is to release the music of bands I enjoy and admire, whatever form or origin it might have, and I hope that I can do something in that vein for the rest of my life.
As a label though, I feel that my focus (as I currently constitute the mainstay of our creative department) musically is on the wonderful variety of indie/psychedelic pop and ambient/experimental genres, but I can generally enjoy almost every type of music imaginable, even country if it's done right (and it generally isn't). Working with that sort of material, our plans include a good load of CDs, annual compilations, and even some vinyl.
In doing this, it's been my goal to operate on a small scale, and distribute our music as simply as posssible... to that end, the vast majority of our releases will be small, and the lion's share of products will be available at shows and what not, although we will be getting some help from a few of our friends in distribution as well. Beyond that, we're trying to think of the most creative ways possible to get our releases out to you, and I'm sure some neat methods will pop-up, so keep your eyes peeled!
Demo Policy: As I've lately been getting a lot of messages regarding our demo policy and sending stuff in, it's become necessary for me to outline that aspect of the label a bit formally. I'm personally happy to receive anything that you might have to send me and considering the nature of our operations, there'll rarely be a time when you're certain of a negative response... if nothing else, I'll do my best to advise you, or if I liked the material a lot but couldn't work with it, write up a review for you to use (I may not be famous, but the people... they know me). So, just send me a message expressing your interest and describing you and your project in a little detail, and I'll supply you with an address where you can send me some material or a previous release... I wont refuse to listen to songs on myspace as a demo, but I very much prefer hard copies of anything I'm asked to consider, as I've been blessed with a tremendously high quality sound system that makes up for all of my own shortcomings in the ear department.
Our currently planned and completed releases:
RRFR-000, King of Prussia "Save the Scene"
RRFR-001, Michael Fitch "Yes, To The Boastfully Bright"
RRFR-002, Electric Mystical Soul Vibration "Soundscape Of A Modern Myth"
RRFR-003, Space Station Lounge "Across the Astral Plain EP"
RRFR-004, The Inflatable Orchestra "The Inflatable Orchestra: Volume One"
RRFR-005, Von Hemmling "La Guerre Est Muertra"
RRFR-006, Von Hemmling "99 From 1999"
RRFR-007, Translations "Investigations Into The Subconscious"
RRFR-008, Electric Mystical Soul Vibration "Transmissions From The Green Orchestra"
RRFR-009/Ache034, The Winks "Chorus Girls"
RRFR-010, Midget & Hairs "S/T"
RRFR-011, Jack Logan "TBA"
RRFR-012, Various Artists "Build Your Army With Potatoes"
RRFR-013, American Watercolor Movement "The Mustachio Suite"
RRFR-014, Amo Joy! "Theophrastis Bombastis"
Notes:
*For those buying from Europe, bear in mind that our prices are in US Dollars, and this translates to a little less then half as many pounds sterling or euros.
*We do accept money orders (cash or check), so please contact us via this page for details if you would rather not use paypal.
* If money's not something you're comfortable parting with, I'm personally more than happy to arrange any sort of trade that might occur to you.
Currently Available Releases:
RRFR-012, Various Artists "Build Your Army With Potatoes":
Now Available For Pre-Order, orders will ship early March
The culmination of more than a year of effort, Build Your Army With Potatoes is a rollicking romp through some amazing unreleased, new, and exclusive material from Volcano the Bear, the Instruments, Calvin Don't Jump!, the Diminisher, the Mendoza Line, Great Lakes, Folklore, Laminated Cat, Jack Logan, the Visitations, Sixth Great Lake, Mikal Cronin, Geoff Reacher, the Lilys, American Watercolor Movement, the Unreliable Narrator, Seamonster, Electric Mystical Soul Vibration, El Goodo, Stay, Fabulous Bird, Ideal Free Distribution, Von Hemmling, and Vince Mole & His Calcium Orchestra. Great stuff.
International Orders ($9 Postage Paid):
Domestic Orders ($7 Postage Paid):
RRFR-002, Electric Mystical Soul Vibration "Soundscape Of A Modern Myth":
The debut album from EMSV, Soundscape of a Modern Myth is a concept album of monolithic scope and vision that tells a true and human story in the form of some of the most masterfully assembled psychelic/electroacoustic compositions ever executed.
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RRFR-005, Von Hemmling "La Guerre Est Meurtre":
The long unreleased 70-minute masterpiece of avant-garde sound collages and sampling, representing more then a decade of recording on the part of band founder and current mainstay Jim McIntyre, released now with the original artwork that had been prepared for its aborted release on Shrat Field Recordings.
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Domestic Orders ($7 Postage Paid):
Self-Released, Jack Ohly "Now Down":
This title is being distributed in part by Cloud Recordings and Royal Rhino Flying Records.
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Hoorah, harooh, hooray!
Dwight Pavlovic
