Alien8

Alien8 Recordings
Alien8 Recordings
Founded	1996
Founder	Sean O'Hara ; Gary Worsley
Genre	Noise music
Country of origin	Canada
Location	Montreal, Quebec
Official website	www.alien8recordings.com

Alien8 Recordings

Canadian independent record label

Alien8 Recordings is an independent record label founded in 1996 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The label was founded by Sean O'Hara and Gary Worsley.^[1]

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The label released material from prominent noise artists such as Merzbow, Think About Life, Aube, Keiji Haino, Masonna, MSBR, Francisco López, Bastard Noise, and Daniel Menche, as well as electronic artists such as Tim Hecker, Lesbians on Ecstasy, Les Georges Leningrad, and Books on Tape.^[2] Alien8 also is known for releasing the 2003 debut of indie-pop band The Unicorns.^[3] It also had two sub-labels, Fancy Recordings and Substractif, which released music from 2001 to 2004.

In 2018, Worsley bought Montreal's famed record store Cheap Thrills, where he had been working since 1998.^[4]

Alien8 has not released any music since 2011. The last post on its website is dated December 2012.^[5] The website went offline in 2022.^[6]

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""502 Bad Gateway"". alien8recordings.com. September 12, 2022. Archived from the original on September 12, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2023.

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Cat. No.	Artist	Recording
ALIENCD 001	Merzbow	Akasha Gulva (1996)
ALIENCD 002	Aube	Cardiac Strain (1997)
ALIENCD 003	Keiji Haino	So, Black Is Myself (1997)
ALIENCD 004	Merzbow	Space Metalizer (1997)
ALIENCD 005	David Kristian	Cricklewood (1997)
ALIENCD 006	Aube / Knurl	Split (1997)
ALIENCD 007	Masonna	Frequency LSD (1998)
ALIENCD 008	David Kristian / Sian	Tacoma Narrows / Someday Anywhere (1998)
ALIENCD 009	M.S.B.R. / Kengo Tuchi	One (1998)
ALIENCD 010	Merzbow	Aqua Necromancer (1998)
ALIENCD 011	Loren Mazzacane Connors	In Twilight (1998)
ALIENCD 012	Knurl	Torus (1999)
ALIENCD 013	Alexandre St-Onge	Image / Négation (1999)
ALIENCD 014	Various	Coalescence (2001)
ALIENCD 015	David Kristian	Woodworking (1999)
ALIENCD 016	David Kristian	Beneath the Valley of the Modulars (1998)
ALIENCD 017	Merzbow	Door Open at 8 am (1999)
ALIENCD 018	Bastard Noise	The Analysis of Self-Destruction (2000)
ALIENCD 019	David Kristian	Room Tone (1999)
ALIENCD 020	Francisco López	Untitled #104 (2000)
ALIENLP 021	Aube	Sensorial Inducement (2000)
ALIENCD 022	Shalabi Effect	Shalabi Effect (2000)
ALIENCD 023	Tomas Jirku	Variants (2000)
ALIENCD 024	Monstre	Sucre 3 (2001)
ALIENCD 025	Christof Migone	Quieting (2001)
ALIENCD 026	Artificial Memory Trace / Brume	1st Encounter (2001)
ALIENCD 027	Keiji Haino	Abandon All Words at a Stroke, So That Prayer Can Come Spilling Out (2001)
ALIENCD 028	David Kristian, Sam Shalabi, Alexandre St-Onge	Kristian, Shalabi, St-Onge (2001)
ALIENCD 029	Sam Shalabi	On Hashish (2001)
ALIENCD 030	Set Fire to Flames	Sings Reign Rebuilder (2001)
ALIENCD 031	Francisco López	Untitled #123 (2002)
ALIENCD 032	Shalabi Effect	The Trial of St. Orange (2002)
ALIENLP 033	Tanakh	Villa Claustrophobia (2002)
ALIENCD 034	Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.	Electric Heavyland (2002)
ALIENCD 035	Francisco López	Addy en el país de las frutas y los chunches (2003)
ALIENCD 036	Daniel Menche	Beautiful Blood (2003)
ALIENCD 037	Sam Shalabi	Osama (2003)
ALIENCD 038	Merzbow	Animal Magnetism (2003)
ALIENCD 039	Set Fire to Flames	Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static (2003)
ALIENCD 040	Soft Canyon	Broken Spirit, I Will Mend Your Wings (2003)
ALIENLP 041	The Unicorns	Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (2003)
ALIENCD 042	Shalabi Effect	Pink Abyss (2004)
ALIENCD 043	Tanakh	Dieu Deuil (2004)
ALIENCD 044	Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.	Mantra of Love (2004)
ALIENCD 045	Les Georges Leningrad	Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou (2004)
ALIENCD 046	Molasses	Trouble at Jinx Hotel (2004)
ALIENCD 047	Tim Hecker	Mirages (2004)
ALIENCD 048	Tanakh	Tanakh (2004)
ALIENCD 049	Les Georges Leningrad	Sur les Traces de Black Eskimo (2004)
ALIENCD 050	Mecha Fixes Clock	Orbiting With Screwdrivers (2004)
ALIENCD 051	Lesbians on Ecstasy	Lesbians on Ecstasy (2004)
ALIENCD 052	Et Sans	Par Noussss Touss Les Trous de Vos Crânes! (2005)
ALIENCD 053	Various	Blank Field (2005)
ALIENCD 054	Francisco López	Live in Montreal (2005)
ALIENCD 055	Kiss Me Deadly	Amoreux Cosmiques (2005)
ALIENCD 056	Lesbians on Ecstasy	Giggles in the Dark (2005)
ALIENCD 057	Kiss Me Deadly	Misty Medley (2005)
ALIENCD 058	Nadja	Truth Becomes Death (2005)
ALIENCD 059	Glen Hall / Lee Ranaldo / William Hooker	Oasis of Whispers (2005)
ALIENCD 060	Books on Tape	Dinosaur Dinosaur (2005)
ALIENCD 061	Shalabi Effect	Unfortunately (2005)
ALIENCD 062	Acid Mothers Temple	Starless and Bible Black Sabbath (2006)
ALIENCD 063	Tanakh	Ardent Fevers (2006)
ALIENCD 064	Francisco López	Untitled #180 (2006)
ALIENCD 065	Think About Life	Think About Life (2006)
ALIENCD 066	Tim Hecker	Radio Amor (2007)
ALIENCD 067	Nadja	Touched (2007)
ALIENCD 069	Lesbians on Ecstasy	We Know You Know (2007)
ALIENCD 070	Alexandre St-Onge	Mon animal est possible (2007)
ALIENCD 071	Torngat	You Could Be (2007)
ALIENCD 072	Nadja	Radiance of Shadows (2007)
ALIENCD 073	CPC Gangbangs	Mutilation Nation (2007)
ALIENCD 074	Sam Shalabi	Eid (2008)
ALIENCD 075	Menace Ruine	Cult of Ruins (2008)
ALIENCD 076	Duchess Says	Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs (2008)
ALIENCD 077	Francisco López	TechnoCalyps (2008)
ALIENCD 078	Think About Life	Family (2009)
ALIENCD 079	Zbigniew Karkowski & Daniel Menche	Unleash (2008)
ALIENCD 080	Aun	Motorsleep (2009)
ALIENCD 081	Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker	Fantasma Parastasie (2008)
ALIENCD 082	Menace Ruine	The Die is Cast (2008)
ALIENCD 083	Torngat	La Petite Nicole (2009)
ALIENCD 084	Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.	Lord of the Underground: Vishnu and the Magic Elixir (2009)
ALIENCD 085	Black Feelings	Black Feelings (2009)
ALIENCD 086	Duchess Says / Red Mass	Fire Baptized Species / Red Mass (2009)
ALIENCD 087	Aidan Baker	Liminoid / Lifeforms (2010)
ALIENCD 088	Blessure Grave	Judged By Twelve Carried By Six (2010)
ALIENCD 089	Tim Hecker	Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again (2001)
ALIENCD 090	Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.	Pink Lady Lemonade ~ You're from Inner Space (2011)
ALIENCD 091	Picastro + Nadja	Fool, Redeemer (2011)
ALIENCD 093	Duchess Says	In a Fung Day T! (2011)
ALIENCDR 001	Dreamcatcher	Holysmokes: Live at CKUT 90.3 FM (2005)
ALIENDR 001	Thisquietarmy	Transmissions (2009)
FANCYCD 001	Molasses	You'll Never Be Well No More (1999)
FANCYCD 002	Molasses	Trilogie: Toil and Peaceful Life (2000)
FANCYCD 003	Hrsta	L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable (2001)
FANCYCD 005	Molasses	A Slow Messe (2003)
SUBSF 001	Mitchell Akiyama	Hope That Lines Don't Cross (2001)
SUBSF 002	Tomas Jirku	Immaterial (2001)
SUBSF 003	Tim Hecker	Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again (2001)
SUBSF 004	Tim Hecker	My Love Is Rotten to the Core (2002)
SUBSF 005	Polmo Polpo	The Science of Breath (2002)
SUBSF 007	Daniel Menche	Eye on the Steel (2002)

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Alien8 Recordings
Founded	1996 (1996)
Founder	Sean O'Hara Gary Worsley
Genre	Noise music
Country of origin	Canada
Location	Montreal, Quebec
Official website	www.alien8recordings.com