Who are you…..?

Hi I'm Rick, I started this record label in 2016 as a way to bring together the threads of what I was creating. A simple idea.

I think of it as the home for my various music and video ideas — each with their own styles and moods, but all rooted in a single creative vision. Instrumental or vocal-led, slow-mo, upbeat or something in between - I've never worked in just one genre because songs don't arrive that way. I've never listened like that either, it all can be beautiful.

How did we get here? Short answer: picture being at school playing Queen covers, then through full-throttle psychedelia, kitchen-sink meets Bossa Nova and a folky singer-songwriter phase. A little dash of offbeat indie rock and some fun stints in Latin and jazz groups and now we find ourselves here. All different, all varied - but throughout has been this connection with something much bigger than myself - because music is enormous - but also this connection with those around me, with those who also love music.

Now I'm building this into something more unified. For years music and visual art ran as two separate threads — but increasingly they're becoming one thing: films and scores that only fully make sense together, where the image and the sound are equal partners. That's the direction of travel, and Chimpsky Records is where it lives.

There's a lot going on — but I'm staying open to whatever comes next: more collaborations? More unexpected directions? More connection? Yes please!

If this sounds good to you - then sign up and we'll keep you posted on what's coming up next - see you there.