SCHEME REPORT:
..Sometimes on this long winding road of life you lose sight of what’s really important…the things that hold together polite society, the juice that makes it worth the squeeze, the things that give other people a reason to check their inbox. That’s right .. we got forgot that we have a newsletter with hundreds of subscribers… But we never forgot about YOU…the ones who keep coming back time and time again when we say were gunna change and never do. Our excuses are getting old but I swear this time the down time was well spent procuring the finest hardcore music in the modern world from all over the globe to refine and redistribute to our very own scheme proletariat. As a treat I’ll cover the last few of Scheme going on’s just so our rural readers who don’t have the pleasure of first hand experience can keep their schemeverse journal up to date.
Footnote: Scanlon really likes to bust balls about these always being late / our siestas but what has he ever written? One terrifying manifesto against coffee?
Scheme’s business trip to the far east with DAZE
That’s right, the haters were fuming. I went to Japan and it was the greatest place on planet fucking earth. saw dope hc bands, ate made soup, met the dopest hc people, bought dope hc records, saw ALL OUT WAR twice. AND In the spirit of business you can buy our release at NERDS now and hopefully going forward. Eternal gratitude and scheme salutations to Hiro,Koba,XTakashiX,Dye,Akiller,GREED, and Bowlheads Inc and the almighty Disk Union.
SCHEME CON AKA SCHEME-STOK AKA SCHEME UNTIL ITS YOUR REALITY COMPILATION RECORD RELEASE
- Some are calling it a triumph of the human condition, a master class is hardcore
- We had a banner that was later stolen by BURNING LORD and used to to class up the Middle East club at the final AHC.. where bouts of said banner is currently unknown
- We had an amount of free t shirts (between 5 - 20), mostly crooked and unable to be washed by conventional means
- There were 30 screen printed and hand numbered copies of the comp on sale..we sold most of them
- HEADS WILL ROLL covered SHEER TERROR…allegedly
We’re proud beyond words that we could have a show with our name slapped on pull 200 people off the streets from up and down the east coast we don’t have any real gimmicks or ways of fooling you into thinking this is important … it’s JUST hardcore done your way and our way.. legally I have to tell you this post was brought to you by Burger King.
(UN) SPONSORED SCHEME TOUR FT: WRECKAGE,ECHO CHAMBER DEAD LAST
It was a success. what do you want from me…people moshed, Echo burnt down bonks, they sold all their merch (THANK YOU!!!), they went home only nominally poorer and they probably want to come back.
SCENE REPORT:
Alright… I’m tired of talking about old shit, fill in the blanks yourself. Were a future facing organization.
You may have seen our little ad exclusive to Americas Hardcore Fest (RIP), I’m not gunna repost it because someone told me there’s a grammatical error but hasn’t told me what but part of that advertisement teased out this next bit…
but yea thats right COLLATERAL and FORTRESS RECS have joined forces with SCHEME to bring on a new dawn of HARDCORE….WE STILL KNOW is coming early 2024 from both Scheme and Fortress. An absolute slamming, skanking ,dancehardordieing piece of hardcore hysteria. COLLATERAL is 305% SOUTH FLORIDA Hard-core music and its one of our greatest pleasures to get to share in this endeavor. Let the picture speak for itself…
AN ABRUPT INTERVIEW WITH COLLATERAL
SCHEME: If Collateral was a store in the mall what you sell?
SID: Damn that’s a good ass question , probably would be selling foosball tables all thanks to a random shake shack in Boston during AHC, us and the guys from wise was hooked on that shit for hours haha
SCHEME: What’s the perfect day like?
MATT: Wake up fishing all morning, day drinking in the afternoon then taking a mid day nap and waking up to go out and play some pool
SCHEME: What’s something you never take for granted?
TOBBY: This so called thing we call core. And the National Basketball Association
SCHEME: Words to live and die by?
MIKE: Uhhhh be yourself, show up for your friends and family, write down your thoughts everyday, and take your vitamins
SCHEME: One tip for living better?
JULES: Being Chill
We half stole Fortresses flag ship band so its only fair they steal our gimmick of having a gangbusters style hardcore newsletter that you can subscribe to right here…
Details and ordering to be determined….if you’re a distro feel free to reach out to us or Fortress to reserve copies of what some already calling the record of quarter 1 2024 in the not sponsored by a beer company division.
LISTEN TO THE COLLATERAL DEMO HERE OR HERE
KYLE’S PLAYLIST
THINK I CARE - MONGREL
MISERY - BORN,FED..SLAUGHTERED
DIE MY WILL - AND STILL WE DESTROY
DIZTORT LP
DYIN BREED
NICK DRAKE
ALBIN’s PLAYLIST:
SCARAB
SINEAD O’CONNOR
ELVIS COSTELLO (Kyle note: currently accepting donations for Heads Will Roll to record a cover of Peace, Love and Understanding)
ECHO CHAMBER
NY HOUNDS
SCHEME 7” CLUB…
If you saw the ad that I refuse to share any further for the time being you know we have a few releases that we couldn’t possibly have more excitement for, incredible hardcore bands in our unhumble opinions putting music down to the perfect format.. the almighty and powerful 7” record. So in the spirit of this we want to try and start something in the next year, an attempt to connect some people who not only serve as our loyal customer base but as friends and allies in the core. The general idea would be that you get paired up with someone (or multiple people if you swing that way) and you send them A 7” that you think they should own and in return you get a 7” that they have the same reverence for and ideally you’re both maybe explaining to the person in some fashion why this curio holds value (Spiritual value…but you could also send me a Confront 7” and I wont be mad but you also cant be mad when I send you a Mindwar / Evolve split). The general intention here is that you will interact with the world at large, and maybe experience something you wouldn’t have otherwise…or its a marketing scheme to get you excited enough to buy 3 - 10 7”s from us in this coming year.