Launch Me Into Space

"Primarily I started Solardisco Recordings to put out my own edits and productions, but I signed an exclusive deal with Eskimo shortly after the second release. I decided to focus on putting out some of the unreleased music I was being sent coupled with remixes from guys who I really respect, guys like Blackbelt Andersen, John Daly, Sneak Thief and Pete Herbert."

Paul Gordon, aka Maelstrom and the founder of Solardisco Recordings, is talking about the incredible rise of his label since its humble beginnings in late 2008. Now on its sixth release, the label has become home to Maelstrom's own 12-inch edits as well as artists such as Sankt Goran.

"The sixth release is being pressed as we speak and I plan to keep going for as long as I can! The response to the releases has been great so far, with the last release from Altair Nouveau licensed to DFA, which can only be good for future releases."

Ah yes, the asociation with the ever successful Death From Above record label. Solardisco and DFA began working together after Maelstrom's edit of Metro Area's Miura recieved some well-deserved attention from the likes of Prins Thomas and James Murphy.

But Solardisco has now grown from an independent record label into a musical venture that includes a regular club night and a show on Subcity Radio. "We’ve been running [the Solardisco club night] for around a year now and we were fairly nomadic until we set up in The Brunswick Hotel. We’ve been there for four months now and I think the space really lends itself what we’re into... really compact, low ceiling, sweaty affairs. In the past we’ve had guests such as Pete Herbert, Rune Lindbaek, Dicky Trisco and more recently local lads Ooft Music. The last couple of nights we’ve focused on playing ourselves but we’re talking to Pete Herbert about getting him back very soon as he thoroughly rocked it last time."

The latest addition to the Solardisco family is the arrival of the new show on Subcity Radio. Running on Sunday nights between 8 and 9pm, the show offers a selection of leftfield disco and balearic sounds. After launching on 13 September, the show has already broadcast the likes of KZA, Joakim, Neurotic Drum Band and Todd Sparrow. "I have a new found respect for radio presenters, as the first couple have been a real baptism of fire."

So where now for this promising label and its various works? "In terms of what the plans for the future are, just more of the same for the label, with remixes from the likes of Bjorn Torske and Tony Lionni, to name but a few. Then sharpen my radio skills and hopefully host more successful nights at the Brunswick."