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We Did This Records is not a "record label". We Did This Records is a D.I.Y (do it yourself) non-profit music distro / platform / collective from the South African underground. We focus on local (South African) punk rock, folk, ska, crust, noise-rock, post-rock... and all that jazz. (But possibly not limited to.)

This loosely affiliated group / idea was conceived around July, 2011 and started out by re-releasing digital copies, for free, of out of print Crust / Punk records made by friends. Later we started having original releases (Free download, and cost price CD-Rs) and started this blog where we post related and non related stuff that nobody reads.

After this and many hours/days/years of trying to push ones head through a solid wall We Did This Records adopted a donation based approach (music on the bandcamp page is still free if you enter a 0). This was in hopes of making some cash to do some cool shit with and to alleviate the maddening stagnation.

Nobody involved makes a personal profit. Cash (in theory) is used for printing things, sponsoring recordings, setting up shows, or whatever the collective brain-meat can agree on... (however... in reality, so far, the donations barely cover the costs in keeping the bank account open.)

Regardless we still somehow function to a surprising extent, and with the help of Conley, Atomic Garden Studios Middelburg, Matt (Beard), Groundsweep Records, and people pitching in here and there to lend a hand, We Did This Records has somehow not only been a distribution platform, but has also recorded and released music on a negative bank balance. We have also thrown together some tours.

All that said however... if you would like to give us your charity or still think that music should be paid for: This can be done through pay pal to wedidthisrecords@gmail.com or by entering a number higher than 0 when downloading a digital album from the distro page ( https://we-did-this-records.bandcamp.com/ ), buying any of the artists beers at a show (if they drink), or just being nice to us!

Want to ask questions?
Want to say hi?
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Email: wedidthisrecords@gmail.com

Thank you!

P.S. Fuck Capitalism. Fuck all forms of oppression. Hug your friends... unless they hate that sort of thing.

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