BCore Disc 30

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the seminal Barcelona-based indie label BCore Disc. Upon learning of this fact I made a rush decision to make the ultimate list of the label's best releases as a means of celebrating. This intention was eating me for months. Initially I intended to use 'an album a year' approach. Then 'ten albums per decade'. Then I tried to make a selection of ideological milestones, as the label broadened the array of 'goods for sale' introducing step by step not only the genres previously missing in its DNA but also the people who would be widely associated with BCore in subsequent years. Then, in contrary, I tried to single out the albums that deviated the most from the label's course. And every time it turned out to be unbearable task cuz, man, we’re talking about 350+ releases! It’s quite significant quantity - even without speaking of the top notch quality of the majority of them. It took a little while for me to listen to the most part of the back catalogue to form the weighed opinion. Before I started this I had thought I was in good terms with the label's legacy. It turned out wrong so it appeared as a path of discoveries all the way through. The final list is the mix of all aforementioned approaches. Please take in mind that one can create a plenty of equally valid lists but whatever list you make it's absolutely impossible to cover the full spectre of BCore's vast cache of jewels.

The one last thing I'd like to say: the times are demanding to frame it into the Spotify playlist but I'm the old-fashioned 'album kind of guy' and I like it the old way because it needs some more than just one song per album to tell you the story. So, this is the list of 30 essential records in their fullness, in chronological order.

Trip Inside "Trip Inside" BC008 (p)1992 listen

Corn Flakes "Tracklist" BC017 (p)1993 listen

Passion Fish "Thank God It's Friday" BC023 (p)1995 listen

Swinepox "TV Shop EP" BC024 (p)1995 listen

Xmilk "Function" BC046 (p)1996 listen

No More Lies "Seeds Of Enthusiasm" BC055 (p)1998 listen

Slang "The Day The Sun Shone Cold EP" BC062 (p)1998 listen

Aina "Aina" BC064 (p)1998 listen

24 Ideas "Discografia Completa" BC075 (p)2000 listen

Zeidun "001" BC077 (p)2000 listen

The Unfinished Sympathy "The Unfinished Sympathy" BC080 (p)2001 listen

Les Philippes "Philharmonic Philanthropy" BC107 (p)2003 listen

Standstill "Standstill" BC113 (p)2004 listen

Delorean "Into The Plateau" BC139 (p)2006 listen

Sibyl Vane "Turismo De Interior" BC142 (p)2006 listen

Madee "L'Antarctica" BC150 (p)2007 listen

Charades "En Ningun Lugar" BC153 (p)2008 listen

The New Raemon "A Propósito De Garfunkel" BC159 (p)2008 listen

La Celula Durmiente "Miente!" BC163 (p)2008 listen

Persona "Dead Make-Up" BC168 (p)2008 listen

Jeremy Enigk "Vale Oso" BC170 (p)2009 listen

Nueva Vulcano "Los Peces De Colores" BC180 (p)2009 listen

Muy Fellini "Muy Fellini" BC182 (p)2009 listen

Vistalegre "Vistalegre" BC193 (p)2010 listen

Betunizer "Gran Veta" BC248 (p)2013 listen

Eric Fuentes "Barcelona" BC255 (p)2013 listen

Bullitt "Sparks" BC273 (p)2015 listen

Cala Vento "Cala Vento" BC285 (p)2016 listen

Power Burkas "Llarga Vida Al Tarannà" BC286 (p)2016 listen

Aldrin Y Collins "Odisea En El Espacio De Confort" BC334 (p)2018 listen