Risc is an independent record label based in Dublin, Ireland, run by Ewan Hennelly and Tom O'Doherty. The label is currently in hiatus, after eight releases between 2001 and 2005. The focus of the label has been on new music from independent acts in Ireland, released with attention to packaging and presentation as well as musical content.
At present, Ewan (aka Herv, aka Muttermal) also co-runs Go Away Recordings, based in Dublin; Tom is a member of Tupolew and Sky Histoire and is a photographer based in Berlin, Germany. All releases on Risc with remaining stock are available from Road Records in Dublin. Risc will release something else again, sometime. We promise.
Bands and artists who have released music on Risc: Agitated Radio Pilot, Amoebazoid, Betamax Format, Bird on Wire, Dave Nuremberg, E+S=B, FancyGoods, Herv, Miriam Ingram, Lakker, The Last Sound, Maersk, Medea, Northstation, Piratio, Rollers/Sparkers, Thread Pulls, Tremors.
"This compilation from intriguing Dublin label, Risc, is a lovely artefact: all soft, grainy paper and rich b/w photography. Inside, 16 bands I've never heard of; a snapshot of a city I barely know [...] Like Edinburgh's Benbecula Records, Risc are another good reason to go looking far away from London for your experimental rock and electronica kicks" – Plan B Magazine
"Like watching late period Rick Wakeman being attacked by robots made out of old spring coils. And if you don't think that's a pretty appealing vision, well then, you're missing a few mental teeth" – The Wire
"Fat drums, meaty guitars and - ohmygod - interesting electronic music? You don't know you're born" – Mongrel Magazine
"A pulsing, pensive roadmap of some of Ireland's finest independent music" – Sigla
"Most entertaining" – Norman Records
"It can only be imagined that this is the kind of music that people like to be seen to possess – certainly it’s not a lot of fun to listen to" – Matthew Magee, Sunday Tribune
"Nice songs, but not necessarily top 40 stuff" – Vital Weekly
© 2008 Risc.