We Did This Records is a D.I.Y (do it yourself) non-profit music distribution / collective from the South African underground. We focus on local (South African) punk rock, folk, ska, crust, noise-rock, post-rock/hardcore bla bla bla... and all that jazz. This loosely affiliated group / idea was conceived around July, 2011 and started out by re-releasing digital copies, for free, of out of print Cr
ust / Punk records made by friends. Later we started having original releases (Free download, and cost price CDRs) and started this blog where we post related and non related stuff that nobody reads. https://wedidthisrecords.blogspot.co.za
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 free if you enter a 0). This was in hopes of making some cash to do some cool s**t with and to alleviate the maddening stagnation. Nobody involved makes a personal profit. Cash (in theory) is used for printing things (like free stickers which we have managed to do a few times so far), cost price CDs, 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. Any help sharing posts; helping out with interviews, reviews and other articles for the blog; offering suggestions, ideas, getting discussions going; or just offering a donation on the bandcamp page would all be much appreciated.
