ADDRESSES OF DISTRIBUTORS & BANDS OF LATVIAN UNDERGROUND & INDEPENDENT MUSIC SCENE
CITA ATTIEKSME (Smiltene, Latvia)
Excellent straight edge(!) hard core group from a small town Smiltene.
CITA ATTIEKSME
c/o Ja'nis Reinsons
Pils 7-15
Smiltene
LV-4729
Latvia
phone. 4773995
SARKANAIS OKTOBRIS (Ri'ga, Latvia)
7-years-old underground popband lead by female singer.
SARKANAIS OKTOBRIS
c/o Ja'nis Daugavietis
box 35
Ri'ga - 55
Latvia
email: sarkanais.oktobris@tornis.lv
http://www.tornis.lv/so/
SIRKE (Ri'ga, Latvia)
One of the greatest bands here at the end of the millenium - 100% instrumental stuff.
email: sirke@mailcity.com
http://www.tornis.lv/english/bands/sirke.htm
ONE VOICE (Latvia)
One of todays most active bands - hc (for school you have to ask the members).
c/o Viesturs Irbe
J.Plieks'a'na 82-28
Ju'rmala
LV-2015
LATVIA
email: virbe@mail.lv
http://www.tornis.lv/onevoice
VOICEKS VOISKA (Ri'ga, Latvia)
Seems to be the only ska band in Latvia.
email: voiska@tornis.lv
INOKENTIJS MARPLS + "ODEKOLONS" (Latvia)
Legend of the Latvian scene - 12 years old hc band. "ODEKOLONS" is a yearly Latvian underground / independent music compilation (since 1992), today compiled by Dambis (leader of IM).
c/o Raimonds "Dambis" Lagimovs
Kr. Barona 95a - 5
Rîga
Latvia
http://www.tornis.lv/odekolons/
LATVIJAS GAZE (Latvia)
Synthesis of computer and rock. LATVIJAS GAZE ("Latvian Gas") is a creature by Andzons, in the past leader of the mighty bands TUKSA MUCA and KARTAGA.
c/o Andris Inda'ns
Skolas 10-13
Iks'kile
LV-5025
Latvia
e-mail: lg@soon.com
http://re-lab.net/lg/
N.E.K.A.C. / DE LA MUITNIEKS distro / D.U.R.A.K. (Latvia)
DIY non-profit distro. Write for a catalog. D.U.R.A.K. is a band for Latvian DIY punk/hc scene. And the NEKAC is local NGO, to support all kinds of non-commercial art there in Kuldiga and surroundings.
c/o Ma'ris Muitenieks
po box 208
Kuldi'ga, LV 3300
Latvia
SOUND COLLECTOR / BOX THEORY REC. (USA)
Laris Kreslins plays in Latvian punk band MACITAJS ON ACID. SOUND COLLECTOR is a very annalitic mag, and highly recomended. Not at all about Latvian music. His new job is INSOUND.COM, NYC based.
c/o Laris Kreslins
2018 Spring Garden St.
#3f
Phila. PA. 19130
USA
e-mail: laris@mindspring.com
THE BEARD IS WEIRD productions (Latvia)
The main products of The Beard Is Weird are LP "Peasants with Pitchforks (Baltic punk/hc compilation)" with 12 bands from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia (Inokentijs Ma'rpls, J.M.K.E., Smogs, Turbo Reanimacija....) and a punk/hc 7" compilations: from Baltic sea region - 6 bands from six countries and a "Weird System" (8 Latvian bands). Their area is PUNK/HC. Simon is the former co-owner of Australian "Spiral Objective" mailorder. In Latvia he has lived from 1994 till summer 1999 and had a hc radioshow (the only one in Latvia) at a regional radio.
c/o Simon Butcher
po box 73
Valmiera, LV 4200
Latvia
VONOSONOLOPPUS (Latvia)
VONOSONOLOPPUS is one of the best bands in Latvia - they play just instrumental.
c/o Edgars Embergs
Mucenieku 28a-32
Kuldi'ga, LV 3300
Latvia
MANDRAGORA MUSIC (Latvia)
A really small industrial/ambient/noise/ritual orientated label.
MANDRAGORA MUSIC
c/o Normunds C'irkste
box 266
Ri'ga LV-1012
Latvia
e-mail: mandragora@parks.lv