RVNG Intl.

Release formats include vinyl, CDs, and digital downloads. In 2011, they were named one of the top 50 indie labels in America by Billboard. In its nascent years, the label released the mix tape series RVNG PRSNTS MX, which was later followed by the Rvng of the Nrds 12" edit series. The ReRVNG archival series and FRKWYS series continue to this day, the latter of which pairs contemporary artists with influential musical pioneers. Intl. Has also released original albums by artists such as Blondes, The Body, Holly Herndon, Julia Holter, Maxmillion Dunbar, and Stellar OM Source. In 2011, the label began releasing vinyl singles under the Beats in Space imprint, which Werth co-owns with Tim Sweeney. Chosen as Resident Advisor's label of the month in January 2014 and Tiny Mix Tapes included RVNG Intl. Amongst their favorite labels of 2015. In 2016 Gideon Coe hosted “Label of Love is RVNG Records” on BBC Radio 6 and The Vinyl Factory featured RVNG as one of the top “20 Record Labels to Follow on Instagram”. The same year Apple Music Experimental Spotlight was on RVNG Intl. In 2017 RVNG Intl. Was listed as one of the best things/happenings of 2017 by The Ransom Note. The label also participated in the Prelude to Sleep series at Moogfest. An LGBTQ benefit compilation entitled “Peaceful Protest” was produced by RVNG Intl. In 2017, while in the same year RVNG pledged all profits from Bandcamp to benefit the ACLU. The label is also noted for its charitable program Come Mend, in which a portion of record sale profits are donated to causes chosen by the label's artists.

• Name — RVNG Intl. • Founded — 2003 • Founder — Matt Werth, David Pianka • Distributor — Secretly Distribution • Genre — Electronic, experimental • Country — U.S. • Location — Brooklyn, New York City • Website — www.igetrvng.com

The record label RVNG Intl. was launched in 2003 by Matt Werth. Werth was born in Madison, Wisconsin and spent his formative years in Little Rock, Arkansas. When he was 15, he started the punk 'zine Potluck and took over the record label File Thirteen. First established as what Werth called a "self-reflective journal fanzine" in 1989, File Thirteen was operated by Werth for 8 years. In 1996, Werth moved to Philadelphia at the age of 18 to play bass for Aspera Ad Astra. While attending Temple University he met Dave Pianka, and together they came up with the idea of RVNG Intl., which was originally an event production company. A mutual friend, Michael Zwizanski, recommended the name, which is an anti-voweled version of "revenge", much in the style of Primal Scream's XTRMNTR, which had come out around the same time. Werth said that the label's very first mix was intended for event clients, as proof that the label could select and manage good DJs. According to Werth, "Julian Grefe put together the first RVNG mix ―RVNG PRSNTS MX1, which was basically a spray-painted CD in a spray-painted case." Following the initial mix release, MX CDs became an infrequent series of albums from artists such as Tim Sweeney and DJ Twitch. After six years in Philadelphia, Werth moved to Brooklyn in 2002 in order to work at Flyer magazine.

• Rvng presents Mx series In 2003 the label first released the Rvng presents Mx CD & vinyl series, which included works from artists such as Tim Sweeney, Justine D and Purple Brain. • RVNG of the NRDS series Starting in 2006 the label began releasing a vinyl series of disco edits, titled RVNG of the NRDS. The series ran for four years with album artwork from Kevin O’Neill of the independent design firm Will Work For Good. According to a review, the series was "carefully riding the edges of the nu-disco zeitgeist thanks to two obvious factors...the caliber of the artists involved, and the quality of presentation from Will Work For Good, a design agency that has helped form the visual identity of the label across its many releases". Ten Rvng of The Nrds albums were released, including works by Todd Terje, Greg Wilson, and Pilooski. Each artist also contributed to re-edits of songs by artists such as Wire and R.D. Burman. • FRKWYS series • "The guiding concept behind [FRKWYS] is to bring contemporary electronic artists together with their creative fore-bearers of sorts and allow them to collaborate as inspired." • — Fact Magazine In 2009, RVNG initiated the FRKWYS series, skipping Volume 1 by initially releasing Frkwys Vol. 2. The first edition featured two remixes of the experimental band Excepter, remixed by Carter Tutti and JG Thirlwell and was praised as "evidence of what can make New York music great when its proprietors are willing to sacrifice expectation for innovation." The series title references Moses Asch's label Folkways. In May 2010, the label released FRKWYS Vol. 3, an album-length collaboration between Arp and Anthony Moore. Arp reworked both original and unreleased music written by Moore in the 1960s, which was the result of working together at Atlantic Sound's Brooklyn studio in September 2009. FRKWYS Vol. 9 had Los Angeles-based artists Sun Araw and M. Geddes Gengras travel to Jamaica to record with the notable reggae vocal group, The Congos. • Beats in Space series In 2011, the label began releasing the Beats in Space series of vinyl singles and albums. In 2015, Fact TV presented a documentary on Beats In Space and ranked BIS 25th in their Top 30 album covers of 2015. The BIS Boat Party at Mareh Festival was also a featured pick by Resident Advisor. In 2015 the Beats In Space 15th Anniversary Mix was named compilation of the month by Mixmag. In 2016 the first issue of Record Magazine featured an interview with Tim Sweeney. Beats In Space also joined Bandcamp with Tim Sweeney being featured on Bandcamp's radio show. In 2017 a Beats In Space photo book was featured in Record Magazine. • Freedom to Spend imprint RVNG Intl partnered with Pete Swanson (formerly of Yellow Swans) in 2017 to relaunch his Freedom To Spend label, along with Portland record store owner Jed Bindeman. The label is described as "concerned with autonomous anomalies produced by musicians working within and outside the limits of technology to create intimate art. By virtue of this, the music of Freedom to Spend resonates across a broad sound spectrum, but thrives without rigid regulation." Freedom To Spend has reissued several overlooked and underheard experimental albums from the past few decades. Freedom To Spend was named one of the best electronic labels of 2017 by The Quietus.

The label has been active in organizing art and music shows, partnering with the likes of the White Columns Gallery in New York City, the Barbican Centre in London, and MoMa PS1′s Summer Warm Up series. RVNG worked with the Unsound Festival in Kraków, Poland, and presented a label showcase in April 2014 at Moogfest in Asheville, North Carolina featuring Blondes, Holly Herndon, and Craig Leon performing "NOMMOS" with the Asheville Symphony. Also in 2014 the 15th Anniversary of Beats In Space was celebrated at Corsica Studios in London. In 2018 RVNG featured artists and collaborated with Le Guess Who music festival. RVNG was also featured at MoMA PS1 Come Together Music Festival and Record Fair.

The following artists are current as of August 2018: • Anna Homler / Breadwoman • The Body • Greg Fox • Helado Negro • Holly Herndon • K. Leimer • Craig Leon • Pauline Anna Strom • Sensations' Fix • Stellar OM Source • Sugai Ken • Visible Cloaks • Oliver Coates • Kate NV • Lucrecia Dalt • Mark Renner • Emily A. Sprague • Diatom Deli • Dylan Moon • Isik Kural • M.Sage • Horse Lords • Dialect • Flore Laurentienne • Satomimagae • Ka Baird

• Allez-Allez • Blondes • Bronze (San Francisco band) • CFCF • Clean Plate • Harald Grosskopf • Laurel Halo • Julia Holter • Lauer (Phillip Lauer) • The Congos • David Borden • James Ferraro • Sun Araw • These Are Powers • Daniel Lopatin • Regal Regal • Mirror Mirror • Pink Skull • Gardland • Maxmillion Dunbar • Mikael Seifu

The following is a complete list (as of August 2018) of artists who have released music as part of the Beats in Space Records series. • Antenna • Dukes of Chutney • E Ruscha V • Hidden Fees • Jacques Bon • Jee Day • Lauer (Philip Lauer) • Matt Karmil • Mount Liberation Unlimited • Paradis • Palmbomen II • Secret Circuit • Shan • Tornado Wallace • Gonno • Crystal & S. Koshi • House of Spirits • Jaakko Eino Kalevi • Guido w Georges Perin • T&P • Shy Layers

The following is an incomplete list of artists who have been included in the FRKWYS series: • Excepter • Carter Tutti • JG Thirlwell • Jack Dangers • Arp • Anthony Moore • Psychic Ills • Juan Atkins • Gibby Haynes • Hans-Joachim Irmler • Mirror Mirror • Alig Fodder's Pranayame • Stuart Moxham • Stuart Argabright • Gretchen Faust • Rico Conning • Julianna Barwick • Ikue Mori • Samuel Godin • Blues Control • Laraaji • Sun Araw • M. Geddes Gengras • The Congos • Steve Gunn • Mike Cooper • David Van Tieghem • Diamond Terrifier (Sam Hillmer + Max Alper) • Future Shuttle • Georgia • Helado Negro • Darren Ho • Eli Keszler • Hiro Kone • Megafortress • Blanche Blanche Blanche • Maxmillion Dunbar • Suzanne Ciani • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith • Alan Howarth • Harald Grosskopf • Emeralds • David Borden • James Ferraro • Samuel Godin • Laurel Halo • Daniel Lopatin • Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe • Ariel Kalma • Tashi Wada • Yoshi Wada • Julia Holter • Visible Cloaks • Yoshio Ojima • Satsuki Shibano • Ian William Craig • Daniel Lentz • Ka Baird • Pekka Airaksinen • Psychic Ills • Gibby Haynes

The following is an incomplete list of artists who have been included in the Freedom to Spend imprint: • Michele Mercure • Marc Barreca • Pep Llopis • Richard Horowitz • Ursula K. Le Guin & Todd Barton • Cheri Knight • Ernest Hood • Universal Liberation Orchestra • Rimbarimba • June Chikuma • Tiziano Popoli

Partial RVNG Intl. discography • Cat. # — data-sort-type="date;" |Yr — Album title — Artist(s) — Notes • RVNGNL01 — 2009 — Endless Bummer — Pink Skull • RVNGNL02 — 2010 — Candyman — These Are Powers — EP • RVNGNL03 — Hideous Racket — Allez-Allez — single • RVNGNL04 — The River — CFCF — EP • RVNGNL05 — 2011 — Lover / Hater — Blondes — single • RVNGNL06 — Clean Plate — Clean Plate — single • RVNGNL07 — Business / Pleasure — Blondes — single • RVNGNL08 — Psychic Welfare — Pink Skull • RVNGNL09 — Interiors — Mirror Mirror • RVNGNL10 — Copper — Bronze • RVNGNL11 — Wine / Water — Blondes — single • RVNGNL12 — 2012 — Blondes — Blondes — 10/10 review by Drowned in Sound. • RVNGNL14 — Ekstasis — Julia Holter • RVNGNL15 — Movement — Holly Herndon • RVNGNL16 — Woo — Maximillion Dunbar — single • RVNGNL17 — House of Woo — Maximillion Dunbar • RVNGNL18 — Ekstasis — Julia Holter — expanded edition • RVNGNL19 — 2013 — Elite Excel — Stellar OM Source — single • RVNGNL20 — Joy One Mile — Stellar OM Source • RVNGNL21 — Swisher — Blondes • RVNGNL22 — 2014 — Improvisations — Gardland — live album • RVNGNL23 — Syndrome Syndrome — Gardland • RVNGNL24 — "Chorus" — Holly Herndon — single • RVNGNL25 — I Shall Die Here — The Body & The Haxan Cloak • RVNGNL26 — Rewire — Blondes — EP • RVNGNL27 — Tomorrow Was the Golden Age — Bing & Ruth • RVNGNL28 — Home — Holly Herndon — single • RVNGNL29 — 2015 — Platform — Holly Herndon • RVNGNL30 — Nite-Glo — Stellar OM Source — EP • RVNGNL31 — City Lake — Bing & Ruth • RVNGNL32 — Persuasions — Blondes — EP • RVNGNL33 — We Are Not the First — Hieroglyphic Being & J.I.T.U. Ahn-Sahm-Buhl • RVNGNL34 — 2016 — Zelalem — Mikael Seifu — EP • RVNGNL35 — The Enlightening Beam of Bobby Brown — Various artists • RVNGNL36 — Catalog Compendium vol. 1 — Various artists • RVNGNL37 — Reassemblage — Visible Cloaks — RVNGNL37-1 is Valve / Valve (Revisited) single • RVNGNL38 — 2017 — The Gradual Progression — Greg Fox • RVNGNL39 — Private Energy (Expanded) — Helado Negro • RVNGNL40 — UkabazUmorezU — Sugai Ken • RVNGNL41 — Peaceful Protest — Various Artists • RVNGNL44 — Lex — Visible Cloaks • RVNGNL43 — Shelly's On Zenn-la — Oliver Coates — Album • RVNGNL46 — 2018 — Anticlines — Lucrecia Dalt — Album • RVNGNL50 — для FOR — Kate NV — Album • RVNGNL60 — 2020 — Sea to Sea — Sign Libra • RVNGNL81 — 2022 — Salutations — Various Artists • RVNGNL83 — Volume II — Flore Laurentienne • RVNGNL84 — Advanced Myth — Dialect • RVNGNL85 — ¡Ay! — Lucrecia Dalt • RVNGNL95 — Comradely Objects — Horse Lords • RVNGNL103 — bouquet — Kate NV • RVNGNL82 — 2023 — WOW — Kate NV • RVNGNL86 — soaring wayne phoenix story the earth and sky — Wayne Phoenix • RVNGNL93 — Paradise Crick — M. Sage • RVNGNL96 — Hidden Beauty — Sign Libra • RVNGNL99 — Reflections Vol. 1: Let the Moon Be a Planet — Steve Gunn & David Moore • RVNGNL105 — Tin Iso and the Dawn — Tristan Allen • RVNGNL106 — SEASON: A letter to the future (Original Soundtrack) — Spencer Doran • RVNGNL108 — Live in Leipzig — Horse Lords • RVNGNL112 — 2024 — Quantum Web — Discovery Zone

Selected releases from the RVNG Prsnts Mxs series • Cat# — data-sort-type="date;" |Yr — Album title — Artist(s) — Notes • Mx1B — 2003 — Rvng Prsnts Mx1B: Julian S. Process — Julian S. Process — CD, 12" vinyl • Mx2 — 2004 — Rvng Prsnts Mx2: Diabolic & Julian S. Process — Julian S. Process, Diabolic — CD, 12" vinyl • Mx3 — 2003 — Rvng Prsnts Mx3: Tim Sweeney — Tim Sweeney • Mx4 — 2005 — Rvng Prsnts Mx4: Crazy Rhythms — Crazy Rhythms • Mx5 — 2007 — Rvng Prsnts Mx5: Justine D — Justine D • Mx6 — 2008 — Rvng Prsnts Mx6: JD Twitch — JD Twitch — Subtitled 60 Minutes of Fear • Mx6TEN — Rvng Prsnts Mx6TEN: JD Twitch — JD Twitch — Subtitled 10 Inches of Fear • Mx7 — 2009 — Rvng Prsnts Mx7: Purple Brain — Purple Brain • Mx7SEVEN — Rvng Prsnts Mx7SEVEN: Purple Brain — Purple Brain

Selected releases from the Rvng Of The Nrds series • Cat. # — data-sort-type="date;" |Yr — Album title — Artist(s) — Notes • NRDS01 — 2006 — Rvng of the Nrds Vol. 1 — The Flying Squad — 12" vinyl • NRDS02 — Rvng of the Nrds Vol. 2 — Betty Botox — 12" vinyl • NRDS03 — 2007 — Rvng of the Nrds Vol. 3 — Mock & Toof — 12" vinyl • NRDS04 — 2008 — Rvng of the Nrds Vol. 4 — Lovefingers — 12" vinyl • NRDS05 — Rvng of the Nrds Vol. 5 — Wade Nichols — 12" vinyl • NRDS06 — Rvng of the Nrds Vol. 6 — Jacques Renault — 12" vinyl • NRDS07 — Rvng of the Nrds Vol. 7 — Greg Wilson — 12" vinyl • NRDS08 — 2009 — Rvng of the Nrds Vol. 8 — In Flagranti — 12" vinyl • NRDS09 — Rvng of the Nrds Vol. 9 — Jackpot — 12" vinyl • NRDS10 — 2010 — Rvng of the Nrds Vol. 10 — Pilooski — 12" vinyl

Selected releases from the FRKWYS Series • Cat. # — data-sort-type="date;" |Yr — Album title — Artist(s) — Notes • FRKWYS02 — 2009 — FRKWYS Vol. 2 — Carter Tutti, JG Thirlwell — 12" + MP3 • FRKWYS03 — 2010 — FRKWYS Vol. 3 — Arp, Anthony Moore — 12" + MP3 • FRKWYS04 — FRKWYS Vol. 4 — Psychic Ills — 12" + MP3 • FRKWYS05 — 2011 — FRKWYS Vol. 5 — Mirror Mirror — 12" + MP3 • FRKWYS06 — FRKWYS Vol. 6 — Julianna Barwick, Ikue Mori • FRKWYS07 — FRKWYS Vol. 7 — David Borden, James Ferraro, Sam Godin, Laurel Halo, Daniel Lopatin • FRKWYS08 — FRKWYS Vol. 8 — Blues Control, Laraaji • FRKWYS09 — 2012 — FRKWYS Vol. 9 — Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras and The Congos — ICON GIVE THANK • FRKWYS10 — 2013 — FRKWYS Vol. 10 — David Van Tieghem x Ten — Fits & Starts • FRKWYS11 — 2014 — FRKWYS Vol. 11 — Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper — Cantos de Lisboa • FRKWYS12 — 2015 — FRKWYS Vol. 12 — Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma — We Know Each Other Somehow • FRKWYS13 — 2016 — FRKWYS Vol. 13 — Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani — Sunergy • FRKWYS14 — 2018 — FRKWYS Vol. 14 — Tashi Wada with Yoshi Wada and Friends — Nue • FRKWYS15 — 2019 — FRKWYS Vol. 15 — Visible Cloaks, Yoshio Ojima & Satsuki Shibano — serenitatem • FRKWYS16 — 2020 — FRKWYS Vol. 16 — Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz — In a Word

Selected releases from the BIS series • Cat# — data-sort-type="date;" |Yr — Single title — Artist(s) — Notes • BIS001 — 2011 — "Parfait Tirage" — Paradis — 12", mp3 • BIS002 — 2012 — "Nebula Sphynx" — Secret Circuit • BIS003 — "Hemisphere" — Paradis • BIS004 — "Macsat Ring Down" — Lauer • BIS005 — 2013 — "Afterlife" — Secret Circuit • BIS006 — Tactile Galactics — Secret Circuit • BIS007 — "Sum of Love" — Jee Day • BIS008 — Desperate Pleasures EP — Tornado Wallace • BIS009 — "The Noughties" — Gonno • BIS010 — "Break the Dawn" — Crystal & S. Koshi • BIS011 — 2014 — Domino EP — Dukes of Chutney • BIS012 — So What EP — Hidden Fees • BIS013 — "Holding On" — House of Spirits • BIS014 — "So You Say" — Matt Karmil • BIS015 — "Yin Yang Theatre" — Jaakko Eino Kalevi • BIS016 — "Gin 'n' Tears" — Guiddo feat. Georges Perin • BIS017 — "Hands & Feet" — Lauer • BIS018 — 2015 — "Kangaroo Ground / Ferntree Gully" — Tornado Wallace • BIS019 — Palmbomen II — Palmbomen II • BIS020 — 2016 — "Shoot the Freak" — T & P • BIS021 — Beats in Space 15th Anniversary Mix — Tim Sweeney — Mix of previous releases • BIS022 — BIS: 001–020 — Various artists — Collection of previous releases • BIS023 — Primavera EP — Antenna • BIS024 — "Memories of Cindy Pt. 1" — Palmbomen II • BIS025 — "(Eerie) For Your Love" — Mount Liberation Unlimited • BIS026 — "Good to Me" — Shan • BIS027 — 2017 — "Dawning Light" — Jacques Bon • BIS028 — "Memories of Cindy Pt. 2" — Palmbomen II • BIS029 — 2018 — "Memories of Cindy Pt. 3" — Palmbomen II • BIS031 — Memories of Cindy — Palmbomen II • BIS032 — Who Are You — E Ruscha V • BIS032 — Midnight Markers — Shy Layers • BIS032 — Woo are you — E Ruscha V. And Woo

Selected releases from the RERVNG series • Cat# — data-sort-type="date;" |Yr — Album title — Artist(s) — Notes • RERVNG01 — 2011 — Synthesist / Re-Synthesist — Harald Grosskopf / Various artists • RERVNG02 — 2012 — Music Is Painting in the Air (1974-1977) — Sensations' Fix • RERVNG03 — 2014 — A Period of Review (1975-1983) — K. Leimer • RERVNG04 — Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Music vol. 1: Nommos / Visiting — Craig Leon • RERVNG05 — An Evolutionary Music (1972–1979) — Ariel Kalma • RERVNG07 — 2015 — Artificial Dance — Savant • RERVNG06 — 2016 — Breadwoman & Other Tales — Anna Homler and Steve Moshier • RERVNG08 — Tumblers from the Vault (1970–1972) — Syrinx • RERVNG10 — 2017 — Trans-Millenia Music — Pauline Anna Strom • RERVNG11 — 2018 — Few Traces — Mark Renner

Selected releases from the Commend See series • Cat# — data-sort-type="date;" |Yr — Album title — Artist(s) — Notes • CMMND001 — 2016 — For Haku — RAMZi • CMMND002 — Water Falls Into a Blank — 7FO • CMMND003 — |2017 — Parcel — Melanie Velarde

Selected releases from the Freedom to Spend series • Cat# — data-sort-type="date;" |Yr — Album title — Artist(s) — Notes • FTS001 — 2017 — Eye Chant — Michele Mercure • FTS002 — Music Works for Industry — Marc Barreca • FTS003 — Poiemusia La Nau Dels Argonautes — Pep Llopis • FTS004 — Eros in Arabia — Richard Horowitz • FTS009 — 2018 — Music and Poetry of the Kesh — Ursula K. Le Guin & Todd Barton