The project started in 1997 in my hometown (Manresa) under the name Ozono. Originally it was focused on the distribution of political and eco activism zines and books. I printed out catalogs in the xerox machine at my office job and send them around over physical mail.
Slowly I started incorporating other items such as cassettes, records, CD’s by small DIY publishers and bands to the catalog.
In 1999 Ozono merged with the Badalona label and distro DIY Product run by José Luis Dominguez (aka Italiano). The project officially became a record label when we ventured into co-releasing the first 7″ by the hardcore band from Valencia Zanussi.
As more people joined we worked sort of as a collective for a while and that’s when the name was changed to Ozono Kids. The members were Italiano, Dalmau Boada, Siria Gomez, Marc Molina and myself.
This format was somewhat stable for about three or four years. During that period we released a few CD’s and records mostly by local friends’ bands, we self-released our own bands and we also set up DIY shows in the city of Barcelona.
In 2003 the collective was disolved and I continued to run the project on my own. A sub-label called Ozonokids Tapes for smaller editions was started. Around that time I briefly relocated to the city of Philadelphia in the US, so the project operated from there for a bit which changed the project in approach and dynamics.
After returning to Barcelona in 2005 and with the help of some friends we started organising the Cap Sembrat festival which was eventually co-run (against all odds) with l’Ull Cec and lasted until 2011.
During the period of 2006 to 2010 a silk-screening studio was set up as well, which I used to print posters and record sleeves. In 2008 a small showroom / studio space called Ozonokids Studio opened in the Barcelona old city district. The space hosted a few music shows, workshops and presentations. It lasted exactly one year, closing down in 2009 due to financial struggles.
List of activities hosted at the Ozonokids Studio:
June 09 2009 Mudboy — Workshop / Live Set (l’Ull Cec)
June 06 2009 Adrià Cañameras — Photo Exhibition
April 17 2009 Tom Bugs – Modular Synthesizer — Workshop (l’Ull Cec)
April 14 2009 Serfs (Jon Collin) — Live
April 02 2009 Ren Schofield, Valerie Martino, Arnau Sala Saez — Collab Live Set
March 24 2009 Animal Hospital — Live
March 09 2009 Mueran Humanos, Arnau Sala Saez — Collab Live Set
November 12 2008 Neokarma Jooklo Trio — Live
October 12 2008 Deathroes — Live
September 11 2008 Homenatges — Live (opening event)
Ozonokids as a platform ceased its activities in 2011. Some of the releases are still available. I recently started a Bandcamp page where you can download and purchase some these releases which is currently under construction. Please keep checking as more releases will slowly keep being added.
https://ozonokidsarchives.bandcamp.com/
Ozonokids Releases:
OZKDS001 Zanussi — Zanussi (7″ EP) 1999
OZKDS002 Zeidun — 001 (CD EP) 2000
OZKDS003 Stay Gold Ponyboy — Valiente (7″ EP) 2001
OZKDS004 Soramame — Soramame (7″ EP) 2001
OZKDS005 Omega Cinco / Point Of Few — Error Fatal (7″ EP) 2001
OZKDS006 Ensaladilla Rusa — Coleópteros (CD, Mini) 2004
OZKDS007 The Cheese — Els Conills Salten La Bardissa (CD) 2004
OZKDS008 Le Jonathan Reilly — A Question In The Answer (7″ EP) 2005
OZKDS009 M Ax Noi Mach — One Deep (10″ EP) 2006
OZKDS010 Les Aus — Haranna Hanné (CD) 2006
OZKDS011 M Ax Noi Mach / Unchained — Split (7″ EP) 2007
OZKDS012 Angeldust / Fasenuova — Split (12″) 2008
OZKDS013 Josetxo Grieta — The Art Of Distraction (LP) 2008
OZKDS014 Bèstia Ferida — Wounded (LP) 2010
OZKDS015 Sam Gas Can — Aswang (7″ EP) 2008
OZKDS016 Corndawg — I’m Not Ready To Be A Daddy (LP + CDr) 2008
OZKDS017 Mattin — Exquisite Corpse (LP) 2011
OZKDS018 Blue Sabbath Black Fiji — Blue Sabbath Black Fiji (LP) 2010
Ozonokids Tapes Releases:
OKTPS001 Various Artists — Ozono Kids Tapes. A Compilation CDR (CDr) 2004
OKTPS002 Mau — Filadelphia I L’Altre Costat (CDr) 2005
OKTPS003 ASDC — West Philly (CDr) 2005
OKTPS004 Dnsr Trn — Pekin King Desert Storm (Cassette) 2005
OKTPS005 Zeidun — Zeidun (CDr) 2005
OKTPS006 Angeldust — Angeldust (CDr) 2006
OKTPS007 Don The Tiger / ASDC — Split (Cassette) 2006
OKTPS008 Óscar Barras / Arnau Sala — Remixes I (CDr) 2009
OKTPS009 Blue Sabbath Black Fiji — Creamy Beast (Cassette) 2008
OKTPS010 Arnau Sala / Weirding Module — Split (Cassette) 2008
OKTPS011 Au / Stuckometer — Split (CDr) 2007
OKTPS012 Miguel Prado — Máscara De Sangre (CDr) 2007
OKTPS012 Various Artists — Ozonokids Magazine # 001 (CDr + Magazine) 2008
OKTPS013 Bèstia Ferida — Wounded (CDr) 2009
OKTPS014 Joshua Norton Cabal — The Valley Of Death May Not Find Us (CDr) 2008
OKTPS015 Weirding Module — Longinginging (CDr) 2009
OKTPS016 Bèstia Ferida — Live Wounded (Cassette) 2008
OKTPS017 Adrián De Alfonso, Arnau Sala — Adrián De Alfonso. Arnau Sala (Cassette) 2009
OKTPS021 Mattin, Malatesta — Mattin & Malatesta (Cassette) 2009
OKTPS022 God Willing / Arnau Sala — Morning Maneuvers (Cassette) 2009
OKTPS023 M Ax Noi Mach — Creeper (Cassette) 2010
OKTPS024 Obscene Caller — Hair And Napkins (Cassette) 2009
OKTPS025 Nmog Rungki / Arnau Sala — Split (Cassette) 2009
OKTPS026 Les Aus, Huan — Untitled (CDr) 2011
OKTPS028 Indigents / Homenatges — Indigents / Homenatges (Cassette) 2010
OKTPS029 Arnau Sala — Homenatges (CDr) 2009
OKTPS030 Cave Bears — Tragic Ceremony (Cassette) 2010
OKTPS031 Veiled — Nylon Bitch (Cassette) 2010
OKTPS032 Sons Of Bronson — Mandom (CD) 2011
OKTPS033 Arnau Sala — Si Baixo Al Forat (Cassette) 2010
OKTPS034 Coàgul — Ascensor Genital / La Mort És Dolça (Cassette) 2011
OKTPS035 Arnau Sala — Homenatges II (CDr) 2011
OKTPS036 Carn De Porc — Carn De Porc (Cassette) 2011
OKTPS037 Terminal Babilonia — Terminal Babilonia (Cassette) 2011
Various Artists — Sampler 2007 (CDr) promo 2007
Bèstia Ferida — Wounded (CDr) promo 2009
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