P3LICAN.... is a division of ZhuZhu, independent management piece, organising lives, art, promotion, distribution and manufacture as well... Music is kind of therapy for mood. Music has no borders and we don't want borders or a lot of trend into that we do... We do different.
We stand for and our works thus far:
ARTISTS
>> DISEIM (http://www.myspace.com/diseim) - old school death / stoner metal, live shows and management.
>> Dislocation (http://www.myspace.com/banddislocation) - oriental / progressive metal, debut cd "Sagul" (2011), live shows and managment.
>> Emily Rose (http://www.draugiem.lv/emilyrose/) - post-rock / instrumental live shows and management.
>> Frailty (http://www.myspace.com/frailtymetal | http://frailtymetal.bandcamp.com | http://www.facebook.com/FrailtyMetalOfficial) - crushing doom metal [lv], debut cd "Lost Lifeless Lights" (2008) Latvian edition, EP 2009, "Silence Is Everything..." EP 2010, second full-length "Melpomene" (2012) live shows and management. Winners of Latvian Metal Music Awards 2009 as Best Latvian Metal Music Band and as Best Metal Music Album for self titled EP 2009!
>> G/G Apziņas Parazīti (http://www.myspace.com/ggapzinasparaziti) - mental experimental [lv], cd "1 000 000 nevienam nevajadzīgu līdzjūtību" / "1 000 000 unneeded condolences" (2008), live shows and management.
>> Grondh (http://www.myspace.com/grondh) - anti-religious black metal [lv], cd "Necilvēks" / "Inhuman" (2011).
>> Life's Edge (http://www.myspace.com/lifesedgeofficial | http://www.facebook.com/lifesedgeofficial) - melodic death / doom [lt], promotional EP "Left in Despeir" (2012).
>> Malduguns (http://www.draugiem.lv/malduguns/) - old school death metal, cd "Pēddzinis" / "Pathfinder" (2011), live shows and management.
>> Relicseed (http://relicseed.com/) - heavy metal, live shows and management.
RELEASES
>> P3LICAN001 Frailty “Lost Lifeless Lights”, limited digitpack CD edition for Latvia. Release date: 16.05.2008. Scull crushing debut album for doom/death metal band.
>> P3LICAN002 Apziņas Parazīti “1 000 000 nevienam nevajadzīgu līdzjūtību” / “1 000 000 unneeded condolences”, limited self-release cd-r. Release date 21.06.2009. After years of silence – 9 trips, 9 symptoms, 9 promises, 9 condolences, 9 cynic prescriptions.
>> P3LICAN003 Frailty EP, CD. Release date 06.06.2009. Dismal roots - words that describe the early musical period of the doom/death metal band Frailty. EP containing previously unreleased compositions to finish the deals with past. Awarded with Latvian Metal Music Award 2009 as Best Metal Music Album! Available on http://frailtymetal.bandcamp.com
>> P3LICAN004 Frailty "Silence Is Everything..." EP, CD. Release date 03.07.2010. Promotional EP for upcoming Frailty's 2nd full length album!
>> NEW!!! P3LICAN005 Dislocation "Sagul", CD. Release date 01.03.2011. Surprising debut for oriental / progressive metal band from Latvia!
>> NEW!!! P3LICAN006 Solaris "The Truth Can Only Be Learned By Marching Forward", CD. Release date 23.05.2011. Long awaited 2nd official release of cold, harsh post-metal band from Latvia!
>> NEW!!! P3LICAN007 Grondh "Necilvēks", CD. Release date 07.08.2011. Carefully created debut album from Latvian anti-religous black metal band Grondh! All lyrics in pure Latvian!
>> NEW!!! P3LICAN008 Malduguns "Pēddzinis", CD. Release date 18.11.2011. Most awaited metal music debut album in Latvia this year! High quality originally sounding old school death metal with brilliantly construed poetry in Latvian!
Labels, magazines, webzines interested in listening and/or reviewing, please, contact p3licanmosh@gmail.com for promotional copy!
DISTRIBUTION
Also doing some distribution and merchandising work to spread good music around. We offer records from Russian label Solitude Productions (http://solitude-prod.com), Ukrainian Arx Productions (http://backfire-arx.com), Lithuanian Dangus (http://www.dangus.net) and also bunch with artists from Latvia and all around the world. We focus on distribution such artists and records you possibly couldn’t get in routine music store so check us out and subscribe!
LIVE CONCERTS
We are responsible for such events as:
>> Frailty debut CD presentation (Frailty, local bands + Dark The Suns [fin]).
>> An Evening Of Antimatter / Ion / Anathema Music with Mick Moss (Antimatter [uk]) and Duncan Patterson (Anathema [uk], Antimatter [uk], Ion [uk]).
>> doom metal concert series Antithesis (local doom/death/post metal bands + Depressed Mode [fin], Degradatonia [lt]).
>> Post-rock/post-metal/post-hc CossMoss (local post-rock/post-metal bands (Frailty, Solaris, Soundarcade, Tesa, The Black Tea and others) + .D.S. [lt]).
>> Trepanācija (local death/sludge/trash metal bands (Lassie The Cat, Dislocation, Diseim, Collide, Malduguns and others) + Kathaarsys [sp], Soulfallen [fin], Manufacturer's Pride [fin], Routakeha [fin]).
>> Hosting Black Metal Tour II (Wrath Is Evergreen [est], Sojaruun [est] + local Grondh and Malduguns).
>> In collaboration with Skaņu Mežs 1-2 Cauri! with vocal percussion artist from France Aymeric Hainaux + local Apziņas Parazīti, Zemnieks un Kosmoss, Phonic Psychomimesis.
>> Baltic Bizarre Fest 2011 (local bands: Diseim, Frailty, 9horizon; foreign guests: Arcane Grail [ru], Ceremonial Perfection [est], Fen [uk], Pergale [lt], Trelleborg [ru], Unholy Fables [est].
All those events out-stand with their high quality and way off from usual local events practice.
>> In collabration with Nabaklab Diena / Nakts with shoegaze Murmansk [fin], melancholic metal Kathaarsys [sp] and local Malduguns, Dislocation, NigtTales.
>> In collabration with Nabaklab Laba Naba 5-6 with Estonian metalcore Emerald, Chez / Russian progressive hardcore Apostate and local Diseim, Helid, Relicseed, Faithful In Misfortune.
