Darla Records

Since '94, Darla Records has evolved from cute little living room indie label into one of the most sought-after imprints-of-choice for progressive experimental electronic artists and hyper-intellectual indie pop bands you and your friends are too slow to know about yet. Owner James Agren and his wife Chandra's little Darla (and its affiliate, Fuzzy Box) has been one of the great independent success stories of the last decade. Be sure to check out Darla's web site for news, announcements, reviews, and a complete mail order catalog.

Color Filter With Sweet Trip
What is it about cool, cutting-edge music that always seems to convince the musicians that they're at the forefront of some kind of sexual revolution?

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Guaranteed to reconnect you with your silly, playful inner 10-year-old. More fun than a junior high school dance.

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Crispy Ambulance
Less celebrated but no less excellent than some of their Factory Records post-punk label mates of the early '80s, Crispy Ambulance has come out of retirement in the new millennium to offer more of the same engagingly dark and rough-hued rhythmic guitar rock that distinguished them the first time round.

The Plateau Phase - 1982
Scissorgun - 2002


Flowchart
Flowchart's hypnotic ambience has launched thousands of daydreams and provided millions with the soundtrack for their morning tea in the sun. This is dreamy pop music for those days that really ought to be Mentos commercials.

Tenjira
Multi Personality Tabletop Vacation - 1995
Cumulus Mood Twang - 1997
Gee Bee - 2000


Flowtron
Darla favorite Flowchart regroups to form Flowtron, whose singles get the retool from a select group of four-on-the-floor tech-house creators. Recline/Ovum recording artist Pete Moss and his bass drum grab the spotlight.

Tickle My Dolphin - 1999


Four Head
Another sweet treat from Darla Records' bottomless bag of delicious electronic-pop hybrids and groovy experimental sounds, courtesy of Clairecords.

Little Darla Has A Treat For You Volume 8


Fuxa
After the smash success of their world premiere video "Help, I'm Floating And I Can't Come Down" on the Science Channel, zero-G experts Nieman and Anderson release a documentary of their recent experimentation in deep space rock.

Venoy - 1998


Heartworms
Led by former Velocity Girl vocalist Archie Moore, the Heartworms play catchy, gentle, straightforward pop songs with honest lyrics that tell you how it really is.

Space Escapade


Holiday Flyer
For a lush pop banquet that is by turns both sweet and sour, give Holiday Flyer a listen. This California trio writes meditative, introspective pop songs that will bring old memories swelling to the surface of your consciousness.

You Make Us Go


hollAnd
Electronic auteur/pop vocalist/producer extraordinaire/overall savant hollAnd puts together some terrific off-kilter computer-based pop songs sure to make you feel just a little bit giddy.

Your Orgasm


Junior Varsity KM
What is the sound of digital devices deeply engrossed in Zen meditation? Junior Varsity KM brings to your monitors the trademark ambience and complexity that your favorite DJs will soon be bringing to a dance floor near you.

Matchmaker (Via Remixology) #3
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Junior Varsity KM With Sweet Trip
What is it about cool, cutting-edge music that always seems to convince the musicians that they're at the forefront of some kind of sexual revolution?

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Lali Puna
A satisfying, surprisingly German combination of timeless pop elements, disco-friendly electronic grooves, and pan-European style.

Reproductions: Songs Of The Human League
Tridecoder - 1999


Lilys
Kurt Heasley and associates craft dead-on musical tributes, reinventing the Lilys time and again as shoegazers, British Invasion nostalgists, and Kraftwerk-loving electronic minimalists.

Zero population Growth/Bliss Out #15 - 1999
Selected - 2000


Mirza
Sustained instrumental psychedelic freak-out music that will transport you to some weird distant land where everything is hot and red and smashed to pieces. Take a dose of this, wait half an hour, and see what happens.

Iron Compass Flux


My Morning Jacket
This is music that makes you feel that nice kind of lonesome. Louisville's My Morning Jacket plays gorgeous, achingly melancholy, country-derived pop music that keeps echoing through you long after you've stopped listening.

The Tennessee Fire


Orange Cake Mix
Orange Cake Mix crafts swoon-inducing songs that celebrate the synth-pop superheroes of the early '80s but also contain an intimate, human element that reaches out to you over the keyboards and electronic beats. For the uninitiated it might sound like elevator music, but if you like this kind of stuff, you?ll find OCM smooth, compelling, and hypnotic.

Another Orange World


The Sinking Ships
The Holiday Flyer/California Oranges team have come out with yet another power pop release sure to make your heads bop and hearts swoon. The Sinking Ships have brought their indie pop-rock back to the table for dinner and leave Katie Haley's sweet voice for dessert.

Out of Key Harmony - 2002


Superdrag
If you're into bombastic power-pop, Superdrag is your holy grail. The Knoxville, Tennessee outfit combines fuzzy aggression with enough delicious melodies and satisfying hooks to feed a starving village.

The Fabulous 8-Track Sounds of Superdrag - 1995
Senorita - 1999
In The Valley Of Dying Stars - 2000


Sweet Trip
The three most beautiful people on Darla share with us a slice of beautiful, uplifting electronics with dance floor kick. Look out, Mr. DJ, Sweet Trip is aiming for your heart (and your booty).

Alura EP
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Technicolor
Kind and gentle electronic sounds guide the hand of a mighty bass in the digital world of Technicolor. These selections are taken from #16 in the Darla Records Bliss Out series and the One Touch Test Strip album released on Fuzzy Box Records.

One Touch Test Strip - 1997
Normal Control Range / Bliss Out #16 - 1999
A1C EP - 2001


Those Bastard Souls
Former Grifters frontman Dave Shouse has formed an explosive Rolling Stones- and Bowie-influenced beast of a band. Those Bastard Souls pulls no punches, playing powerful sweaty rock and roll the way it's meant to be played.

Twentieth Century Chemical


Tullycraft
Tullycraft excel at combining clever lyrics and super-bratty vocals with candy-coated guitars. This is the ultimate younger sibling band -- whether you have one or not, you'll understand.

The Singles
Beat Surf Fun - 2002