On Oct. 17, 2004 The Blocks Recording Club and Consumption records were given a room at The Gladstone Hotel in Toronto by CANZINE, a large and renowned ‘Zine Fair held annually by Broken Pencil Magazine. The decision was then made for a recording studio to be built in the room and for bands that were entirely new, so new that even the people in them had not yet met, to record one album an hour for the entire duration of the fair. Each recording was then mixed (by Leon Taheny) and released jointly by Consumption and Blocks with hand-made packaging and lots of love in less than an hour. These recordings are now all collected here in a very limited “boxed set” collection. There are only 30 of these complete sets being made available after the fact. But what of the results of this bold experiment? Well, the 6 bands that made recordings (Iceflow, JCCR Revival, Karaokill!, Organ Summit, Value Pack and PS I Love You) all proved that absolutely anyone can have access to the culture industry (if they want it) because starting a band and making a record are as easy as walking into the right room of a hotel at the right time. Beyond that, some of our advanced guidelines also worked out ok, the NO JAMMING rule was moderately effective in curbing non-song-like behaviour and the NO JERKS rule was maintained throughout the entire experience. This set compiles â–¡â–¡â–¡023 and is a split release with Consumption Records.
