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Anti Fade Records
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Anti Fade Records is a record label run by Billy Gardner based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
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The first release for the record label was a limited edition C30 cassette by The Bonniwells titled "Sunny Brick" in 2011, and they have since put out over 80 releases, with Henry Rollins said to be a fan.[1] Gardner told Beat Magazine that the impetus for creating the label was to release a compilation album he was curating called New Centre of the Universe Vol. 1. The album was released in 2012 and featured tracks by Dick Diver, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, The Murlocs, Hierophants, UV Race, and The Frowning Clouds.[2]
Since its incarnation Anti Fade has released records by Parsnip, Primo!, Alien Nosejob, Bananagun, Vintage Crop, and Civic, which has led to the label gaining a strong local popularity, with Geelong's Forte called them "one of Australia’s best-loved independent labels...[and] Australia’s best export for garage, punk, shoegaze and psych".[3]
The label also hosts their annual Jerk Fest, held at the Barwon Club Hotel in Geelong since 2015,[4][5] and has curated events for Melbourne Music Week.[6]
In 2020 the label expanded into coloured vinyl releases for the first time, which were eagerly bought up by fans.[7] The following year Anti Fade's headquarters – Billy Gardner's home – was damaged in a fire.[8] A fundraiser T-shirt was released,[3] and the label continued to put out new releases, although Gardner noted that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria meant 2021 could see fewer releases from Anti Fade, with bands unable to play together or record.[7]
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