#BR-001 / A new independent record label / 2026
Loud music. Real problems. Questionable decisions.
Apparently, the world needed another record label.
EST. 2026 / NO REFUNDS
01 // Upcoming releases
Catalogue no. B21-001
Meet our first offenders
Eight songs about getting older without turning boring. Pop-punk, bad Mondays, great nights, terrible decisions and just enough heart to make it all hurt.
Streaming links will be available when the album is released.
02 // The bands
Three members. One bad idea.
NAVARRE // POP-PUNK
A pop-punk trio from Navarre, partying hard and determined to grow without growing old. Songs about nights that run long, Mondays that never end, and the magnificent mess of growing up without forgetting how to have fun.
He came from Sheffield as a child. His grandfather was from Vitoria-Gasteiz. He has a gift for turning the worst Mondays into songs.
Swedish father, mother from Estella-Lizarra. She keeps the beat going when everyone else has already lost count of the rounds.
From Corpus Christi, Texas. Bass, backing vocals and shirts that are louder than the amplifiers.
ERMUA + EIBAR // 80s SYNTHPOP / HI-NRG
KLIO (Ermua) and Z (Eibar) are MODERATELY ALIVE, an electronic duo with an eighties synthpop and Hi-NRG sound. Their debut album, Dressed for Disaster, is coming soon.
DEBUT ALBUM
COMING SOON // DATE TBA
03 // An extremely unofficial manifesto
Banned 21 Records is an independent label for bands with something to say, and apparently it needs to be said loudly. Different bands. Different sounds. Zero enthusiasm for acting your age.
04 // The people behind the noise
B21 // Founding teamThree co-founders. One independent record label.
She was an engineer. She didn't like it. So she did what any reasonable person would do: quit everything and start a record label. Now she runs Banned 21 Records and tries to make our worst ideas sound fantastic.
He started out managing small bands, the kind that played to twenty people and got paid in beer. One tiny venue after another, armed with contacts nobody quite knows how he got, he ended up at Banned 21 Records. Now he scouts talent and looks after the bands. Curiously, he's never around when the amps need carrying.
She used to be a journalist. Now she makes sure other journalists talk about our bands. She handles press, communications and promotion at Banned 21 Records. Making noise is easy. Getting someone to listen is another matter.
The catalogue is just getting started
Something Numbers are just the beginning. Moderately Alive are next. One more act is still classified.