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
