An independent record label from London, U.K. releasing modern composition, lo-fi acoustic and experimental ambient/drone recordings, or things in between.

All releases are accompanied by beautiful artwork in high quality packaging.

These are the things that are left behind.

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+ August 2010 +

Further evidence that the debut album Autumn Might Have Hope by Small Town Boredom continues to gather acclaim, two years after its release:

A new review in blog zine 'Sonic Reverie' with streamed mp3s can be found here

And Apologies For Apathy can be heard in the new Song By Toad mixtape here.

Related links:
Sonic Reverie
Song By Toad

+July 2010+

A couple of interesting interviews and articles featuring Duane Pitre to share with you, both with streamed audio/video, following the release of Duane's recent LP 'Origin' on Root Strata.

Pitchfork.com: an article/interview here including several tracks of streaming audio, including movements 2 and 5 (in their entirety) from 'Origin'.

American Music Center's NewMusicBox.org webzine: an article + video interview here.

Also a video excerpt from the May 30th performance of Feel Free (sextet version) at Zebulon in Brooklyn here. Enjoy.

Related links
Root Strata
Pitchfork

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By the way, the new album by Small Town Boredom is almost upon us - the CDs are pressed, just completing the artwork. A labour of love that you will surely appreciate when it's been realised. Thank you for your patience.

After that, a split release with David Newlyn, Aidan Baker and It Dreamed To Me (currently waiting to be mastered) and a 7" by Rivulets.

+June 2010 +

Small Town Boredom have recorded a cover version of the track 'Maxine (Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain)' by Sparklehorse from the 2006 record of the same name. Details of their version can be found here.

The track is part of a tribute project in rememberance of the music of Elliott Smith, Vic Chesnutt and Mark Linkous. Many other fine artists are contributing to this tribute compilation, further details can be found at: thesteinbergprinciple.wordpress.com

You can also stream the track here and download it for £1.00. All proceeds from the download will go to Depression Alliance UK.

Related links:
thesteinbergprinciple.bandcamp.com
Myspace.com/Sparklehorse
DepressionAlliance.org

+ March 2010 +

TROMECAST SERIES

TROMECAST 1 is now available for stream and download from the Multimedia section.
Almost an hour of beautiful melancholic emptiness taken from past and future Trome releases, mixed by Coldstream.

trome oo1

Duane Pitre/Pilotram Ensemble - 'Organized Pitches Occurring In Time' LP

Two luminous multi-textured ambient drones by Duane Pitre/Pilotram Ensemble. Both compositions were improvised around a score by sound-artist Duane Pitre utilising guitar, pump organ, violin, cello, viola, bass clarinet, alto saxophone and tone generator. Sonically placed somewhere between the minimalism of composer La Monte Young and the epic drone-scape ambience of Stars of The Lid, this is a deep, slowly-shifting monotone symphony.

'Organic ambient bliss that followers of Stars of The Lid and Growing should check out. Recommended.'
- Norman Records

trome oo2

Small Town Boredom - 'Autumn Might Have Hope' LP
+ free CD-R (only when ordering from this website).

The debut album by Small Town Boredom from Paisley, Scotland. 'Autumn Might Have Hope' intersperses crushingly melancholic lo-fi torch-songs with grainy, home-recorded experiments and buried field recordings. Drawing comparison with the fragile introspection of Low and Hood, this is a soundtrack to hope and hopelessness, and the emptiness in between.

'A vinyl only release of sadly hushed singing tones, quietly strummed acoustic songs and moody bedroom recording experiments. Fans of Hood will appreciate the down-tempo vibes and ambient waves.'
- Norman Records

Please see the catalogue section for ordering both releases. More to follow.

+ TROME RECORD CLUB +

Included in each of the first five Trome releases is a Record Club token. Collect each token from tromes oo1 - oo5 and mail all five tokens back to us and you will be sent an exclusive limited record!
Please note that Record Club tokens are only available with records purchased direct from this website.

+ ORDERING +
You can buy Trome records via Paypal. Please send payment via the Paypal buttons on the Catalogue page, or on the respective release pages.
All prices include postage and packing to either UK, Europe or Rest of the World/USA.
Payment via Paypal from this website is in UK Pounds Sterling. If you wish to transfer payment in any other currency, please email for a quote.
We also accept cheques made payable to C. GOWERS, and all currencies as concealed cash (at your own risk).

You can also buy Trome records with credit cards via Paypal, and you do not need to have a Paypal account to do so. Please use the Paypal buttons on the Catalogue page or visit the Paypal website. Otherwise email us for further instructions.

Alternatively we accept all currencies as hidden cash (at your own risk), payment via wire transfer, or cheques made payable to C. Gowers. Please email if you require any advice prior to ordering.

+ DISTRIBUTION +
Trome releases are available via various fine shops and distributors, including Rough Trade, Norman Records, Darla (USA), Burning Shed, Boa Melody Bar, Sound 323, Art Into Life (Japan).

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+ INFORMATION +
We reserve the right to make additional improvements to our service from time to time, such as including extra stuff with your orders and amending prices etc.

Please help keep vinyl alive. The utmost care is taken to make each Trome record an object of beauty through high quality vinyl and artwork.

Trome strives to release challenging music from new artists, the nature of which means that we cannot survive without your patronage.
Please support our efforts in releasing life-altering music by heading over to our catalogue section and puchasing one of the beautiful objects on offer. Any profit made from sales will only be used to pay the artists for their work, and where possible to fund future releases.
Thank you for keeping this in mind.

And this is probably in vain, but if you've heard our music and wish to support the label and the artists with a contribution then please do so by pressing the donate button below. Any amount is greatly appreciated and will be used to fund future projects or will go straight to an individual Trome artist of your choice.

+ CONTACT +
The Remains Of My Estate

ADDRESS:
Trome Records; 73C, Chase Side, Enfield, London EN2 6NL, United Kingdom.

MYSPACE:
www.myspace.com/tromerecords

LAST FM:
www.last.fm/label/Trome+Records

SOUNDCLOUD:
http://soundcloud.com/trome-records

DISCOGS:
http://www.discogs.com/label/Trome+Records

FLICKR:
www.flickr.com/photos/tromerecords

+ DEMO POLICY +
Please email first but anything of a similar lo-fi/ambient nature to our other releases we'd love to hear.

+ TOURS +
Information on Trome artists playing their music in various cities of the world will be posted here: