Posts Tagged ‘Chompilation’

AEMMP RELEASE: Big Science Skyscraper Sound EP due out May 25th

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Skyscraper Sound

It’s official: Big Science will release its sophomore EP, Skyscraper Sound, June 29th on AEMMP Records.  This is why you should care:

Besides the fact that Skyscraper Sound is a masterfully self-produced effort by some of the hardest working, nicest musicians you’ll ever meet… and besides the fact that it is a great follow-up to their phenomenal self-released ‘09 debut, Coast of Nowhere… The EP is also the first to be released on the newly revamped AEMMP Records at Columbia College!

AEMMP has been working closely with the band ever since they appeared on our IMA Award Winning Chompilation last May. Signed in the fall, Big Science went to work all winter, pouring over literally hundreds of songs to pick and rework their best material for the band’s first label release (see portions of the actual list below). The resulting Skyscraper Sound is a remarkable work of sophisticated modern rock with new wave roots.

The list!IMG_0454

And now the forbidden fruit must be tasted! To celebrate, Big Science and AEMMP are throwing a party at Subterranean on Saturday, May 22nd. Big Science will also be appearing at Columbia College’s annual Manifest Urban Arts Festival at 3PM on May 14th.

Come out to both shows and help AEMMP celebrate the release of this incredible EP!

AEMMP Awarded IMA College Label Release of 2009

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

IMA Winner

A year after its reinvention, Columbia College Chicago’s AEMMP Records’ Chompilation has won the IMA (Independent Music Awards) College Label Release of 2009. The winning album features tracks from AEMMP Records own Big Science and Pet Lions, in addition to local bands Office, Maps & Atlases, Netherfriends, and many more.

The Winners were determined by a panel of 80 influential artists and industry professionals including Tom Waits, The Black Keys, Ricky Skaggs, Pete Wentz, Mark Hoppus, Aimee Mann, The Apples in Stereo, David Garrett, Suzanne Vega, Bettye LaVette, Judy Collins, Zooey Deschanel, and M. Ward.

For the past 10 years, artists and labels from around the world have found new fans through the Independent Music Awards. Produced by Music Resource Group, publisher of the industry contact database The Musician’s Atlas, The IMAs uses its unrivaled access to performance, promotion and distribution to connect Winners to new audiences and opportunities.

Other college labels that were nominated for “College Label Release” included MAD Dragon Records from Drexel University, Cane Records from the University of Miami, and Potential Unlimited from Australia.