Category: News

  • Night Mode Releases “Mystic Places”

    Drew recently released an excellent Night Mode solo album, “Mystic Places.” Check it out below. Here’s what he has to say about it:

    Hello. Light a candle. Drink a potion. Close your eyes and see. Mystic Places is a soundtrack for watching the sun go down on a humid summer evening, dense as the warm air full of fireflies, and long enough to take you into the dark of the night. It is for conjuring good spirits. It was born in the purest moments of experimentation and naive impulse, as if the synthesizers and sequencers were ouija boards guiding my hand to a destination I didn’t know existed. It was carefully edited and mixed for long-playing cohesion, blending synth explorations with field recordings, singing bowls, and a 7 year old girl’s recorder. Put on the headphones and relax, or crank up your stereo and see who else shows up to listen.

    This album is free, with beautiful cover art by my friend, Ethan Jones. I asked him to recreate the cover of a book that fascinated me as a child. I couldn’t charge anyone for this music, because I feel like it was just given to me to hold onto, temporarily.

    –Drew

  • MFR Merch Store Launch!

    We have merch! Visit the merch store here.

    We’re starting with a DARKER DIMENSIONS design combining elements from all of the album covers. It comes on a soft tri-blend Bella+Canvas shirt of the kind I personally wear almost daily, the design prints with a lot of nice detail, tons of colors and sizes are available, and I’m really pleased with the whole thing.

    Rock our drip… in DARKER DIMENSIONS!

  • “Crete native channels local music scene” – Lincoln Journal Star, July 24, 2005

    Finally scanned this, a bit late!

  • Happy 20th, MFR!

    September 21, 2004:

    At 1:09 pm CST today, mrfuriousrecords.com is live, with two releases: Shacker’s Knowing Her Best and echoes’ nickel EP.

    https://mrfuriousrecords.com/blog/2004/09/21/liftoff/

    I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure I remember clicking that fateful click from a dark office at the far end of a hallway inside Wayzata Community Church. (Would make sense, as it was a Tuesday.)

    There is a celebration brewing in my imagination for the coming weeks.

    In the meantime please welcome Josephine Cumulus “Josie” to the label, who joined our family yesterday. She is super sweet, but doesn’t hold very still for selfies yet.

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  • Dharmic Beams is Back on Streaming

    On Daniel’s implied request, Dharmic Beams is the first release to go back up on major streaming platforms through our new digital distributor. I’m planning to do a set of 3-5 more in the coming weeks, possibly including a new one!

    Dharmic Beams on:

    More reboot news is below the fold.

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  • MFR Reboot

    As Mr. Furious Records approaches twenty years, we’re looking at a significant reboot.

    The wind-down I planned and carried out last August hasn’t wound up again yet, for a lot of reasons.  The adoption plan Cari Ann and I were a part of failed (sounds harsh, but that’s the term of art in the field).  I had a health scare (I’m fine).  Mom got sick and died, and I continue to help Dad in the wake of that.  Amber died shockingly, suddenly.  It’s been rough!

    It’s time for another evolution over at The Long Play Listening Party.  Then, just this week, I learned our streaming distributor is shutting down and we’ll need a new one of those.  Oh, right, so:

    AS OF APRIL 15 LINKS TO OUR MUSIC ON SPOTIFY, YOUTUBE MUSIC, DEEZER, APPLE MUSIC, TIDAL, AND AMAZON MUSIC WILL GO DEAD

    BANDCAMP, AS ALWAYS <3 <3 (LONG LIVE BANDCAMP), WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE

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  • Howie on KKFI’s Wednesday MidDay Medley with Mark Manning

    I was on the real radio this morning with Mark, talking about MFR and playing songs from our recent releases. You can stream the show here for the next two weeks!

  • Night Mode “Nobody Lived” Out Now On Completely Gone Recordings

    For the first time, we’re releasing music on another label! Night Mode’s new album Nobody Lived is out now courtesy of Completely Gone Recordings.

    Nobody Lived is the live set Drew and I were preparing in March 2020, as the pandemic loomed. The show at Records with Merritt was ultimately cancelled. From the liner notes, the email that got it started –

    “like 1:00 sunday? my idea for a piece is building up a volca bass sequence in the C dim scale (or any diminished scale, but C is easyish) and tearing it back down to noise/sub freqs. then i was thinking the paraphonic ms20 patch as an accompaniment to something of yours.”

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  • Shacker Arrives on Bandcamp and Streaming

    We’ve released Shacker’s three LPs on Bandcamp and major streaming platforms!

    This includes a re-mastered “Pardon My Pretension, But Isn’t It Blackbeard’s Birthday?” which hasn’t been available online until now.

    We’re celebrating the release with an episode of The Long Play Listening Party guest-hosted by Rob. Get it on your favorite podcast platform or Instagram TV here, or on YouTube below.

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  • “A Life Without Fireflies” on Bandcamp, Streaming, and The Long Play Listening Party

    Happy holidays, all! We’ve brought Arturo Got The Shaft’s “A Life Without Fireflies” into modernity on Bandcamp and your favorite streaming platforms. To celebrate Rob, Royce, and I recorded a very special throwback episode of The Long Play Listening Party.

    Have a safe week, everyone. -Howie & Rob

    “A Life Without Fireflies” on Spotify | Deezer | Amazon | YouTube Music | Tidal | Apple Music

  • We Now Return To Your Regularly Scheduled Programming

    mrfuriousrecords.com has been down for anywhere from a few minutes to 12 days. I just discovered this half an hour ago, and have fixed it, so we’re back! I apologize for the interruption.

    I didn’t need my site backup for the fix, but I was happy to have a recent one in case I had needed it. Back your stuff up!

  • “Orbital Debris Vol. 1” and “Your Pain Matters” Arrive on Streaming Platforms

    All the latest Night Mode is now available on your preferred streaming service, links below.

    Spotify

    YouTube

    Apple Music / iTunes

    Google Play

    Amazon

    Tidal

    Spotify

    Youtube

    Apple Music / iTunes

    Google Play

    Amazon

    Tidal