Baby Chico Records

Baby Chico Records is an independent record label based in Long Island, New York, in the United States. It operates primarily as a small DIY imprint and online mail-order store, selling its own releases and related merchandise through a Big Cartel-hosted web shop at babychicorecords.bigcartel.com. The label's catalogue is firmly rooted in the underground extreme-music scene, with a focus on grindcore, powerviolence, death metal, harsh noise and related subgenres. The label's product line, as listed on its official store, consists largely of short-run physical formats: audio cassettes (CS), 7-inch singles and EPs, and occasional 12-inch records. Typical items include split releases pairing two underground acts, demo tapes, and limited "edition" variants tied to the label's own Barely Breathing festival or compilation series. Prices on the store are modest, generally around US$8 to US$12 for cassettes and 7-inches, with larger 12-inch releases and multi-item bundles priced higher. Baby Chico Records functions as a curator and distributor for a network of obscure and often deliberately confrontational extreme-music projects. Catalogue entries visible on the store include releases by acts such as Death Certificate, Power Lies, Tripas Sangrientas, Aroma, Suicideforce, Violent Abuse, Squashed Beef, The Anti-Breeders, New Heaven, Morgue Tar, ExPxWx, Metrorrhagia, Harvester, Oklahoma Ryder Truck, Orengpandogx, Youth In Asia, Fentanyl Tapwater, Fermented Mess, High On Formaldehyde, Funeral Dancer, Dopescab, Jacked Chicks, Agonesiac, Roach, Giallo and Imminent End, among others. Many of these are split releases, a format typical of the DIY grind and powerviolence scene. Beyond recorded music, the label sells merchandise such as bumper stickers associated with its "Barely Breathing" event series (for example, Barely Breathing IV and Barely Breathing V bumper stickers). This suggests the label is also involved in organizing or supporting live extreme-music events, though the public evidence available does not detail the scale or location of those events. As a small independent label, Baby Chico Records is privately operated and does not appear on any stock exchange. Its primary channel is direct-to-consumer online sales, supplemented by the wider underground distribution and trading networks common to the extreme-music cassette and vinyl scene. The label's identity is closely tied to the aesthetics of its niche: raw, low-fidelity, confrontational and deliberately transgressive artwork and release titles.

Baby Chico Records is a small independent record label based in Long Island, New York, United States. Public reference data describes it simply as a "record label in Long Island," and its primary public presence is its official online store hosted on Big Cartel. The label emerged from and serves the underground extreme-music scene, a loose international network of grindcore, powerviolence, death metal, harsh noise and related acts that trade short-run physical releases directly with fans and between labels. Because Baby Chico Records is a micro-label operating in a DIY subculture, detailed corporate history — founding date, founder identity, ownership structure — is not documented in the available public evidence. What can be established is its activity profile: it issues and sells cassette tapes, 7-inch records and occasional 12-inch records, frequently in split format pairing two underground bands, and it produces limited "edition" variants tied to its Barely Breathing event or compilation series. The label's catalogue, as visible on its official store, spans a wide range of obscure and deliberately confrontational projects. Releases include splits such as Death Certificate / Power Lies (12-inch), Tripas Sangrientas / Aroma, Suicideforce / Violent Abuse, Squashed Beef / Aroma, Oklahoma Ryder Truck / Orengpandogx, Youth In Asia / Fentanyl Tapwater, and Fermented Mess / Harvester. Solo and demo releases include The Anti-Breeders' "Noose, Filth & Fury," New Heaven's "Void Walker," Morgue Tar's "Live At Barely Breathing IV," ExPxWx's "Agglomerating Gonosewer Of Hyperendoparasitic Egestophilism," Metrorrhagia's "Carbonized Isolation," Harvester's demo, Fermented Mess's self-titled cassette, Dopescab's 2025 demo, Jacked Chicks' "WARLARDS" and "Oh Dark Avenue," Agonesiac's "Demo 2025," Roach's "House Of Servitude," Giallo's "8 Song EP," High On Formaldehyde's "Sobering Scenes Of Depravity," and Funeral Dancer's "Inner Gate," among others. The recurring "Barely Breathing" branding — appearing on bumper stickers for Barely Breathing IV and Barely Breathing V, and on special editions such as the Metrorrhagia cassette and Harvester CDr — indicates that the label is associated with a recurring event or series of that name, likely a live extreme-music gathering. The label also sells general merchandise such as bumper stickers, and offers preorder listings for forthcoming releases, a standard practice in the cassette and vinyl underground. In commercial terms, Baby Chico Records is a private, independent operation. It is not publicly listed and does not appear to be a subsidiary of a larger corporate group. Its distribution model is direct-to-consumer through its Big Cartel store, complemented by the informal trading and distro networks typical of the extreme-music underground. Its brand identity is defined by its niche: raw, low-fidelity, transgressive and deliberately abrasive music and artwork aimed at a dedicated subcultural audience rather than a mainstream market.

• Baby Chico Records is documented as a record label based in Long Island, New York.

• The label operates an official online store on Big Cartel selling cassettes, 7-inch and 12-inch releases.

• Barely Breathing IV and Barely Breathing V bumper stickers appear in the label's catalogue, indicating an associated event series.

• Special "Barely Breathing V Edition" releases such as Metrorrhagia's Carbonized Isolation CS and Harvester's Demo CDr are offered.

DIY underground extreme-music label and mail-order store focused on limited-run cassette, 7-inch and 12-inch physical releases for grindcore, powerviolence, death metal and noise subcultures.

• Death Certificate / Power Lies - Split 12"

• Metrorrhagia - Carbonized Isolation CS

• Harvester - Demo CDr (Barely Breathing V Edition)

• The Anti-Breeders - Noose, Filth & Fury CS

• New Heaven - Void Walker CS

• Morgue Tar - Live At Barely Breathing IV CS

• ExPxWx - Agglomerating Gonosewer Of Hyperendoparasitic Egestophilism CS

• Squashed Beef / Aroma - Noxious Fumes Arising From A Pile Of Rotting Meat 7"

• Youth In Asia / Fentanyl Tapwater - Split 7"

• High On Formaldehyde - Sobering Scenes Of Depravity 7"

• Giallo - 8 Song EP 7"

• Barely Breathing V Bumper Stickers

1. 1Baby Chico Records official storebabychicorecords.bigcartel.com
2. 2Products | Baby Chico Recordsbabychicorecords.bigcartel.com
3. 3Baby Chico Records - Wikidatawikidata.org