JR #09 PRE-ORDER CARDS 13 November 2014

What do you do when your new record is not done in time for the artist's tour? You innovate.

So we came up with these pre-order cards, which you can buy on the gigs, directly from the man himself, with a customized code that he'll write down for you on the spot. That code, once entered on the checkout of our webstore, reduces your payment to zero (cause you already paid, duh!) and your record ships along the rest of the pre-orders.

Simple ideas, that's what we're about. Signor Benedick The Moor is currently touring the West Coast, more details on dates here.

JR #09: SIGNOR BENEDICK THE MOOR - Opus 3 - A Man Atop the Tower 12" LP 1 October 2014


A timeless story that has never been told, an exploration of intricate emotional depths in characters that will stay with you long after listening.
Signor Benedick The Moor delivers his most immersive and compelling work to date, in this new 12” LP that ventures into a new universe beyond his critically acclaimed debut album El Negro but still as charismatic and genre-breaking as ever.

With the artist delivering production, rhymes and artwork into a single conceptual piece - with a little help from Jonathan Snipes (of clipping. fame) and Thomas Dimuzio on mixing and mastering respectively – this is Benedick’s great opera in form of a record, a mature third opus in a very recent but already impressive body of work that yet stands out on its own and shows an evolution in songwriting and production style.

Call if fringe rap, punk rap, left field, experimental madness…Signor Benedick The Moor is a force to be reckoned with, sonically groundbreaking, acting without aesthetical constrainers.


Celebrating Juicy Records’ return to vinyl releases, we proudly present our most detailed record to date: a 140g vinyl record in “frosted” clear colour, complete with original artwork on both outside jacket cover and inner sleeve. Detailed lyrics insert sheet and digital download card included inside.

PRE-ORDER HERE. 


Here's a video interview shot in a nice but windy rooftop in New York back in June, where Benny finally took time to answer questions sent by fans and talk about the new record. Thanks to Robert for being such a cool guy with the such a beautiful dog.


Benedick is Benny is also becoming a non-stop live machine with a November West Coast Tour lined up, here's all his upcoming live dates:

5th October at The Smell in LA with:
clipping., Divtech, Evolve, Decide Today, I.E., Gang Wizard
                         
11th October at Tribal Café in LA with:
Meta Mantra (from Portland), Safari Al
 
18th October at Superchief Gallery in LA:
as part of True Neutral Crew

West Coast Tour
Nov 5th in Tucson TBA
Nov 6th in Phoenix TBA
Nov 8th at The Lunchroom in Anaheim
Nov 9th at Onefam in Oakland
Nov 10th in San Francisco TBA
Nov 12th at Bat Cave (House Show) In Arcata
Nov 14th in Seattle TBA
Nov 16th at The Know in Portland
Nov 17th at The Basement (House Show) in Chico
Nov 19th in Sacramento TBA


Get in touch if you can help with the TBA dates.

UM DELICADO SENTIDO DE EQUILÍBRIO / 2nd Edition Release Party 9 July 2014


Penafiel welcomed us with open arms and we could not have wished for a better event to celebrate the re-edition of Nuno's book.

Thanks to everyone who came to hangout and showed us love. This book was made for all the people who were left without a copy the first time, and it felt good to see that even 3 years later those people didn't give up on us.

You can still order the book here , and bundle pack of book + limited edition t-shirt here .

THE JUICE Fanzine #02 - FINALLY! 8 June 2014

Fanzines are somewhat personal projects, that’s what I always loved about them.

As a result, my life got deeply involved in this second issue of the The JUICE. 

Last year I took a break from the trials and tribulations of London and decided to go on a six months trip that took me from Iceland to India. I didn’t plan and research every step of the way, so many times decisions made on the spot would completely reshape my future. It was all depending on me and the people I met along the way.

Some of these people found their way into this new fanzine. I saw in them the passion for music, for creative writing, for film…for the same things that first motivated me to create this project. The JUICE, at the end of the day, is about collaboration. It’s about bonding different people around an idea and making it happen.

It’s still a fanzine about music, arts, travels and everything in between. Emphasising on Do It Yourself, underground culture and open minded thinking, with this Issue #02 we take you on a journey around a variety of projects, people and events heart-warmingly curated to highlight different and sometimes lesser known parts of the world. 

THE JUICE Fanzine #02 contains: 

Iceland Scene Report, through the eyes of Muck, one of the very few hardcore bands in the country.

Around the World in 35 Movies

Interview with David Cabrita from Ementa Skateboarding

Article: My First Hardcore Show

Artist Profile: Michael Ribeiro 

Alex D'Alva Teixeira talking about his first vinyl

Interview with João Retorta focusing on his photographic work and his time in Brazil working with Vhils.

Interview with For The Glory

Article: Úlfur Alexander Einarsson – A Wolf in Hardcore’s Clothing

Trip Reports:

- Tracking Classics Between Italy and France

- Fluff Fest and Other European (Mis)Adventures

Photo Report: Lisbon Motelx

Vegan Cooking - Cruelty Free Flavours

+ Reviews and Playlist

It's a 8.5"x11" (21.6cm x 27.9cm) magazine, 78 pages, with coloured cover and black & white interior.
This issue is completely in English.

As for the video above, many thanks to our very talented friend Furia ACK for accepting the challenge of interpreting the Fanzine's cover over a wall in London and delivering such an amazing piece. Check out his work here.

ORDER the Fanzine here.

JR #05-R: NUNO SOUSA - UM DELICADO SENTIDO DE EQUILÍBRIO / 2nd Edition! 8 June 2014

In 2010, Nuno took a chance. He moved to India for some months and decided to make the best of it. Along the way, deprived from many things he once took for granted, he reflected on his own life, on his memories, on what really had a meaning.

In 2011, a book came to life. It collected those reflections and memories in an enclosing final chapter to Nuno’s Indian adventure, in which became Juicy’s first venture into the world of publishing.

“Um Delicado Sentido de Equilíbrio” sold out in less than a month, becoming our best selling release in four years of existence as a label. Truth be told, we didn’t see it coming, and surely the first press of 100 copies was miscalculated…a lot of people were left without a book, some of them have been asking for a repress ever since.

 

In 2014, a piece of history is reborn. Three years after the original book, we’re finally excited to announce the 2nd Edition of “Um Delicado Sentido de Equilíbrio”.
But this is not a repress. With a brand new cover, completely redesigned interior – amongst other things, the book is now over 50 pages longer and printed on cream paper - and a new preface by the author, this is a fresh creation that provides a completely different reading experience.

ORDER here.

JUICY LIMITED EDITION CLOTHING 7 March 2013

Instead of making a traditional "lookbook video", we opted for something that is closer to a short (tiny) film. The long-term objective is to create a series of videos with a continuous storyline that will serve to showcase the new items from the clothing line and add more depth to the actions & characters introduced on this first video.

More info on the items here.

Cast: 

Girl - Diana Antunes

Boy - Nuno Santos

Directed by the amazing JOÃO RETORTA, produced by Emanuel Matos & Juicy Records, with the help of Liliana Dias & Joana Castilho on the Production Assistant credits. Liliana Dias was also the Make-up Artist in charge,  check out her work.

Music: Azizi Gibson & Jeremiah Jae - Fish Scale (Instrumental), from Ignorant Prayers Mixtape (2012). Available to download for free here.

Some photos:



THE JUICE Fanzine - Issue #01 RELEASE PARTY 7 March 2013


From day one, Juicy has been about pushing boundaries

Although we're a record label at heart, and we come from a punk hardcore background that we still keep very alive in everything we do, we can't seem to be happy fitting a mould.

As an individual who never had any special talents for arts, I also created this project to push myself out of my comfort zone and to express my creativity through a medium that was more about ideas and making them a reality with the help of friends, and less about abstract concepts and artistic values.


That's how The Juice was born, and it was really an amazing feeling to see all the hard work recognized by the people that showed up for the Release Party.

It was a very special afternoon in the company of old friends, new friends, and people that just wanted to check us out and see what we had to offer.


The smiles, the nice words, the people we met and the fact that we managed to gather people from different backgrounds, all hanging out, having fun and sharing ideas, are enough to consider this event a success.





Thank you for your interest, your support, your love. Thank you to the friends who helped out in anything that was needed, to the ones that cam from out of town, to the ones that were there in spirit. This is just the start.


Ema

All photos are from the brilliant Rui Gaiola. Check more photos here.

THE JUICE Fanzine #01 IS READY! TIME TO PARTY! 6 February 2013

THE JUICE Fanzine - Issue #01 RELEASE PARTY from JUICY TV on Vimeo.

YES. After months of preparation, gathering collaborators, interviews and a lot of visualization and design, the first issue of our Fanzine is ready.
It's called The Juice, and it's about music, arts, travel and everything in between. Emphasising on Do It Yourself and underground culture, our aim is to get to know projects and people that do creative and challenging things outside the mass-media spectrum. The Juice IS NOT about Juicy as a label or brand, so don't expect to read about us in more than one article and a couple of ad's.

It's a 8.5"x11" (21.59cm x 27.94cm) magazine, 62 pages, with coloured cover and black & white interior. It’s written in Portuguese and English, in a 40/60 ratio respectively. You can pre-order it here.

And with every copy of the fanzine, comes a gift...

THUNDER TIGER - Spares & Bitters EP

This will be our first DIGITAL release (don't worry, we'll keep pressing vinyl and physical stuff), which will be premiered on the party.
It's a 3 songs EP from our beloved Thunder Tiger, aka Bráulio Amado, 2 new songs and a mysterious cover of one of the tracks from the last LP performed by a third party. It will come as a FREE DOWNLOAD with the Zine, and you'll also be able to get it from our webstore on a Name Your Price policy (coming soon). Yes, we are that generous.

JUICY x RUINS Winter Mixtape 3 February 2013


JUICY x RUINS Winter Mixtape by Juicy Records on Mixcloud


Time has been our worst enemy since the beginning, and once again we didn't manage to be as productive as we wished. Before we could release a second mixtape to the Autumn Series, Winter was already upon us.

So it only made sense not only to start a Winter Series, but to get a collaborator that fitted the profile. It's fair to say we got them.

One of the most recent and most prolific record labels coming out of Portugal is Ruins Records. They have 2 vinyl releases already out, and two weeks ago curated their first label showcase, joining music and arts in the same gig and giving support to other labels as well.

Without further ado, here's the words from the Ruins boys about their choices:

To us, this mixtape represents some of the bands that inspired the inception of our record label.

We give the nod to some classics, some modern stuff, and of course our two releases so far. We've tried to arrange these songs in an order that really flows, to provide the listener with something that's worth experiencing more than once.

Honestly? Just shred and destroy!

JUICY TV'S 100th VIDEO! 18 December 2012

Today we posted our 100th video on the JUICY TV Video Channel. It's from BIRDS IN ROW and was recorded just last Sunday, here in London:


It's been a wild ride this one. When I bought myself a cheap camera and started shooting gigs I did it mainly as a side project to the label, just supporting the music and bands/artists that I love. I would never dream that we would reach video number 100, or that we would have almost 50,000 plays from pretty much every continent on the planet.

My infinite gratitude goes to Fábio who still today is the star of this project and a very talented videographer, to Nuno who helped me in the beginning and is still an active supporter, to Sunny and hate5six for the inspiration and to everyone who ever played or shared one of our videos.

On a side note, we will continue to use Vimeo as our platform for video. Not only Youtube has lousy HD quality on their videos, but they have turned into a mass-media platform that serves consumerism and tries to sell you bullshit at any click, and we do not want to be part of that. Vimeo is the best thing that ever happened to online video sharing. That being said, we have no problems with people downloading our videos and reposting them on youtube or using them for other projects, as long as you give credit where it's due.

We'll keep them coming, slowly but surely.

JUICY PODCAST - EPISODE 05 10 December 2012


YES! A very special podcast, with a very special guest!

Following the "thematic" approach that we've been doing recently, I invited my friend Jonathan to select some tracks from/about London and record a new episode with me, so for the first time we're putting out a podcast in English, which features the collaborator's presence in recording. Basically two guys drinking cider and talking music.

The result is here for you to enjoy. Expect good tunes, laid-back mood and a lot of shit-talking (from my end mainly ahah).

Download the MP3 version here(right click over the link and select "save as...").