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1991

The 19th January, 1991; The Natural Technicians From Carpetland complete the recording of the album 'Shag Pile' at Viewpoint Studios.

The 5th February, 1991; No One Knows We're Dead start recording their album 'Nicely Offensive' however after two months of toil, still nothing had progressed past the early stages of a dull and predictable sound.  The band decided that they would need inspirational help, and on the 23rd of April they recruited a once rejected artist M.C. Saint to help and collaborate on what once was a poor and unoriginal din.  He managed to single-handedly turn this album into one of the fastest selling albums in Frostbyte Records' history.

'Pointless' by No One Knows We’re Dead & The Saint. The first, the original.  The day that everyone who is associated with the phenomenon of Frostbyte has tattooed on their heart and will remember until their dying day and beyond will be the 22nd July, 1991.  'Pointless' (the first ever single released on this groundbreaking label) is to Black Box's 'Ride On Time' what Fußgängerzone's 'I Like To Mumble' would later be to Reel 2 Reel's 'I Like To Move It'.

'Nicely Offensive' was the debut album from No One Knows We're Dead & The Saint, and also the first ever long player for Frostbyte Records.  Released on the 5th of August, 1991, this album was controversial for its explicit lyrical content as well as its innovative photography included in the much discussed inner-sleeve.


('Nicely Offensive' inner-sleeve band photograph.)

'The Ambient Cassette' came out a week after 'Nicely Offensive' and was a compilation of ambient works by the resident engineer of Viewpoint Studios and the previously auditioned band Digital Thunder.

To coincide with the V.E. Day celebrations in November, 'The F*cking Stupid Tape' was the next album to be released, and featured various experimental works by Andrew Morrison and some of his associates.

One of the original bands on the roster was Euthanasia, who also in November 1991 released their first single 'Patsy K', which featured Scott Ruston's improvised vocals.  The four mixes of this track were recorded somewhat quickly at Viewpoint Studios, as the duo had been very busy DJing in local clubs (and therefore had very little time to prepare for the session).   Nevertheless, this single was surprisingly successful, although the die hard fans were disappointed with the bands "disco" sound.

Meanwhile, the joint works of Frostbyte's two cover version bands were released barely a week apart in November; Disordered Mode Shop’s 'Black Brotherhood Please' and The Natural Technicians From Carpetland's 'Shag Pile'.

The '...And We Were Bored On Saturday, E.P' was released on the 2nd December, 1991.  This covers E.P. featured a nervous NOKWD, due to the unprecedented disappearance of their influential Mic Controller The Saint.

Also released on this day was the double A sided single 'I Committed Suicide Last Thursday' / 'Shag Pile', which was the only original material by The Natural Technicians From Carpetland (they had, in fact, simply recorded "a bloke on the street" who - unbeknown to them - was MC Saint himself.  They never thought to ask, and he never thought to tell).

'MED', again released on the 2nd December,  was a compilation of early computer generated music, recorded by several acts, all using a Commodore Amiga.  This release signalled the end of Frostbyte's first year trading, however this occasion merited no celebration as the company had recently received a writ from the Performing Rights Society for unpaid royalty fees totalling £480,279.42p (this covered all of the unsolicited cover versions previously released).

1992

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