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Updated: 10/05/04
Radio 1's man in Wales on singles clubs, demo tips and championing bands like Goldie Lookin' Chain
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Why did you start Boobytrap?
"Myself and my friend Baz (Geraint John) noticed a gap in the market in Wales. There wasn't a label, a Singles Club specifically, catering for the needs of local artists and music fans. A band we liked, Murry the Hump (who've now metamorphisised into The Keys) had just released an excellent single on the Shifty Disco Singles Club in Oxford. I'd started a small flyer-type magazine called Boobytrap, we'd put on a gig under the Boobytrap name, so the next step was to start a label! We wanted it to be a sort of stepping stone for music coming out of Wales."
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"...Boobytrap started out as a Singles Club with subscribers..." |
Is it a local label for local people?
"We live in Cardiff, so it was natural to work with local musicians. What we wanted to do though, was build on what they'd achieved locally and spread the word through Britain. Most of the singles have been by Welsh bands like McLusky, The Keys and Zabrinski. We've done two by Liverpudlians - Brave Captain and Johnny Boy, and one from London band The Crimea."
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Baz and Huw's Singles Club
"Because Boobytrap started out as a Singles Club only, with subscribers getting a two track single by a different band every month, we'd work with a band for a very short amount of time and then get going with the next release. Sometimes we felt a single didn't get a fair chance of exposure. Since we stopped the Singles Club and concentrated on one-off singles, EPs and albums, the bands and releases have had a fairer chance of getting heard, with a longer build up for every record that comes out. "
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