Recent Releases
Albert - James St Murder Laden...
TGNP020
format: 12" LP + Download
Self-described as "a butt wrenching thirty minutes of hardcore advent-elliptical hard-step". The record consists of select favorites from an archive of his own material dating back to 2004. Packaged in a color jacket with a purple record sleeve, and includes a note directing you to a free download.
Spyder Baybie Raw Dog & 2% Muck
Grimeworld
TGNP019/019
format: LP + Download // CD
This is the first official release from this drugged-out, party-hungry, pair of booty clappers. Grimeworld is an explicit jouney of progressive, dub-steppy beats, covered in fantastic raps and catchy-as-hell vocal leads.
JM Airis - Indian Summer
TGNP017
format: 12" LP + Download
Indian Summer is a collection of solo recordings written and performed by 28-year old Jon Airis. The record unearths a journeyman songwriter, every bit as much an artist as an engineer. Airis’s recordings are largely anti-virtuoso, tastefully exploring song layers in a variety of sound rooms, giving an unusual honesty to his work and highlighting location as more player than muse.
Leisure Birds - Copper Scroll
TGNP016
release: October 2010
format: 12" LP + Download
This is the debut release from the Minneapolis-based band Leisure Birds. It's nine solid songs, rich with guitar flourish and tamborine textures that flow from start to finish with grace and ease. A truly great Fall record with an eerie vibe that will captivate you whether you are alone in your car, or up to no good with your friends.
About TGNP
Totally Gross National Product is an independent record label based out of Minneapolis, MN. TGNP was founded in 2002 by Ryan Olson, current producer and member of GAYNGS and Marijuana Deathsquads, and long-time friend/fellow musician Drew Christopherson.
The imprint began as a vehicle for their own musical endeavors, but not long after their first release the label expanded to include other artists that were creating unique, and exciting new music in and around the Midwest. Around 2008, Max Lasker began assisting the back end of the business, and in 2010, TGNP LLC was officially founded.
With a strong emphasis on high-quality packaging, TGNP's goal is to create and sell products that are worth collecting not only for the music, but also as an artifact of the current state of progressive music.
