Sugar Shack

Sugar Shack Records was first conceived when the likes of Massive Attack were applying the finishing touches to their debut album Blue Lines, and the likes of Tricky and Portishead were yet to make a name as the trip-hop stars they have since become. From its early incarnation as a label for reviving lost albums and hidden gems from the Bristol mus... ic scene, Sugar Shack Records decided to take a sabbatical until its founder - Mike Darby - could find the right ingredients to realise a long-term ambition of establishing Sugar Shack as an official indie record label. With the archive material gaining much interest and recognition from various local musicians and media folk, the possibility of Sugar Shack Records developing into a fully fledged indie label was fast becoming a reality. This reality soon came to fruition due to the recruitment of long-term friend, Adrian Stiff to cover all things legal, and the addition of Nathan Haines, fresh from a stint working at Revolver magazine in Sydney, Australia, to acquire his press and PR skills. The infrastructure was now in place; all this label needed now were the bands to help reflect the level of passion and commitment shown by its members. Patience wasn't required as Apache Dropout; Rita Lynch; Moqsha; and Redefine all signed in quick succession thus establishing Sugar Shack as something of a major player in the fashionable yet diverse music scene surrounding Bristol. Next up was the recruitment of Steve Bush and the jovial Two Day Rule to complete a memorable few months of acquiring talented, diverse and truly promising bands to help spearhead Sugar Shack's assault on the music industry. However, with the realisation that the music business is rather similar in nature to that of the football transfer markets; Sugar Shack Records couldn't resist the temptation of adding more one band to its present line-up. The recent signing of Sydney-based, Bluebottle Kiss was not only a major coup for Sugar Shack due to the obvious talent and level of comparisons this band has ...Read More