Accretions Records

Accretions is an artist-based independent record label in San Diego, California with an ear towards experimental, improvisational and global sounds.

As the name Accretions implies, the label strives to grow a community of artists whose creative works reflect cultural and stylistic diversity. Experimental music by nature is well-equipped for adventurous exploration and hybridization of the myriad sonic choices available.

Accretions was first conceived in 1985 as an arts and culture magazine. Though the publication never left the drawing board, Marcos Fernandes produced a two-song flexi-disc by worldbeat group, Guam Caucus, for insertion in the magazine. A year later, Accretions was launched as a label to release records by Fernandes' own group Burning Bridges. It remained a vehicle for the band until 1994 when it became an "official" label with the release of multi-instrumentalist and composer Marcelo Radulovich's debut CD. This marked the beginning of Fernandes and Radulovich's collaborative production work which gave birth to the Accretion today.

Accretions in conjunction with ZuCasa and other sympathetic entities has formed the Trummerflora Collective, a diverse group of active San Diego composers, performers, and improvisers dedicated to the performance, distribution, and promotion of experimental and improvised musics.

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