BonFire Records
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stuff to think about. imprint mark

A listening room for the curious

stuff to
think about.

Records that get better the second time.

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Move cover artwork by Allay, with a blurred woodland scene
Visual archive / 01 Some things arrive in motion.

“The first listen finds the shape. The second finds the details.”

Notes on the imprint

Leave room
around the song.

Not every record tells you everything at once. Some unfold slowly: a lyric changes meaning, a small sound moves to the foreground, or the whole thing lands differently on the walk home.

stuff to think about. is for that kind of music: work with an afterimage, a question, or a detail worth returning to. Genre can shift. Curiosity is the thread.

The second-listen shelf

Four covers from
the BonFire archive.

A visual study in records that invite you back. Explore the wider catalog, then decide what stays with you.

Catalog continues → Listen to BonFire on Spotify ↗

What follows you home

Music with
a long tail.

  1. 01
    A clear perspective

    You can feel a complete little world forming around the song.

  2. 02
    Details that reward attention

    There is more to find when the listener comes back.

  3. 03
    Feeling beyond the formula

    The song follows its own logic and leaves the obvious answer somewhere else.

For the second listen

Give the record
a little room.

Come back without the scroll, the review, or the urge to name it too quickly. Let one detail lead to another and see what stays with you after the last note.

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stuff to think about.

Worth another listen?

That’s usually where the good stuff starts.

Play it again

stuff to think about. catalog.

44 releases from across the imprint. Open any title for its full tracklist.

Echoes Bankii, Sarah Otto STTA0045
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
Echoes cover artwork
  1. 01 Echoes Bankii, Sarah Otto
Wide Awake Bankii, Mike Paxton, Penrose STTA0044
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
Wide Awake cover artwork
  1. 01 Wide Awake Bankii, Mike Paxton, Penrose
Bright Darkness Penyeach STTA0042
4 tracks Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Bright Darkness Part 1 Penyeach
  2. 02 Dolls Penyeach
  3. 03 O-hearts Penyeach
  4. 04 Bright Darkness Part 2 Penyeach
Special Eyv STTA0041
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Special Eyv
Move ALLAY STTA0040
7 tracks Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Expose ALLAY
  2. 02 A Way Of ALLAY
  3. 03 Slowly ALLAY
  4. 04 Intermission ALLAY
  5. 05 The Way Around ALLAY
  6. 06 Sinuous ALLAY
  7. 07 Nine (Bonus) ALLAY
Sinuous ALLAY STTA0039
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Sinuous ALLAY
The Way Around ALLAY STTA0038
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 The Way Around ALLAY
A Way Of ALLAY STTA0037
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 A Way Of ALLAY
Paralysed Eyv STTA0036
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Paralysed Eyv
O-hearts Penyeach STTA0033
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 O-hearts Penyeach
Rain Bankii, Sarah Otto STTA0035
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Rain Bankii, Sarah Otto
Renegades Eyv STTA0034
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Renegades Eyv
Pendulum - ALLAY Remixes Erik Bashore STTA0032
3 tracks Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Pendulum (ALLAY Remix) Erik Bashore
  2. 02 Contortion (ALLAY Remix) Erik Bashore
  3. 03 Equilibrium (ALLAY Remix) Erik Bashore
Dolls Penyeach STTA0031
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Dolls Penyeach
Blue Roses Falling - The Remixes Zac Colwell, Animal Feelings STTA0030
2 tracks Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 FREEZ (Urchin Remix) Zac Colwell, Animal Feelings
  2. 02 Fourfold Androgyne (ALLAY Remix) Zac Colwell, Animal Feelings
Get By Oribu STTA0029
6 tracks Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Grey Islands Oribu
  2. 02 Tempest Oribu
  3. 03 Unfair Oribu
  4. 04 Now, Hush Oribu
  5. 05 The Windlass Oribu
  6. 06 Get By Oribu
Tempest Oribu STTA0028
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Tempest Oribu
Lily blue bone STTA0024
3 tracks Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Botanist blue bone
  2. 02 All my Life blue bone
  3. 03 The Ride blue bone
rí winterburn STTA0023
3 tracks Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 rí winterburn
  2. 02 rat party winterburn
  3. 03 bobocat winterburn
Until Then ALLAY STTA0027
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Until Then ALLAY
All my Life blue bone STTA0022
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 All my Life blue bone
Unpressured ALLAY STTA0026
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Unpressured ALLAY
rat party winterburn STTA0021
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 rat party winterburn
Imagination ALLAY STTA0025
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Imagination ALLAY
bobocat winterburn STTA0020
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 bobocat winterburn
Botanist blue bone STTA0019
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Botanist blue bone
Cover Me Bankii, Billy Otto STTA0018
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Cover Me Bankii, Billy Otto
Shūru yabé STTA0016
3 tracks Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Sanctity yabé
  2. 02 Bamboo Forest yabé
  3. 2.1 Sensei yabé
Blue Roses Falling Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell, The Big Muddy Dance Company STTA0017
13 tracks Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Fourfold Androgyne Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell
  2. 02 Flamingos Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell
  3. 03 Life Begins Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell
  4. 04 FREEZ Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell
  5. 05 Chandelier Submerged Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell
  6. 06 Drums Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell
  7. 07 Witching Hour:Beautiful Dreamer Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell
  8. 08 Ice Valley Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell
  9. 09 Time Ran Away Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell, The Big Muddy Dance Company
  10. 10 Dawn Requiem Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell
  11. 11 Several Dreams (Flute Version) Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell
  12. 12 Medusozoa Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell
  13. 13 The Stranger Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell
Time Ran Away Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell, The Big Muddy Dance Company STTA0015
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Time Ran Away Animal Feelings, Zac Colwell, The Big Muddy Dance Company
Sensei yabé STTA0014
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Sensei yabé
i've been thinkin DSCOSTU, Bankii STTA0013
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 i've been thinkin DSCOSTU, Bankii
Varayana Bluze STTA0012
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Varayana Bluze
Selenite Matt Manser None
2 tracks Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Absence Matt Manser
  2. 02 Selenite Matt Manser
WFH / CRU K. Monday STTA0010
2 tracks Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 WFH K. Monday
  2. 02 CRU K. Monday
WFH K. Monday STTA0009
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 WFH K. Monday
SLOW - mak. Remix Bankii, Billy Otto STTA0008
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 SLOW (mak. Remix) Bankii, Billy Otto
Pendulum Erik Bashore STTA0005
5 tracks Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Walk on a Thread Erik Bashore
  2. 02 Pendulum Erik Bashore
  3. 03 Contortion Erik Bashore
  4. 04 Equilibrium Erik Bashore
  5. 05 Just, Breathe Erik Bashore
Take Me to the Stars - Acoustic Brian Bradley STTA0007
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Take Me to the Stars (Acoustic) Brian Bradley
Touch Bankii, Sarah Otto STTA0004
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Touch Bankii, Sarah Otto
Contortion Erik Bashore STTA0003
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Contortion Erik Bashore
Take Me to the Stars Brian Bradley STTA0006
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Take Me to the Stars Brian Bradley
Pendulum Erik Bashore STTA0002
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 Pendulum Erik Bashore
SLOW Bankii, Billy Otto STTA0001
1 track Listen on Spotify ↗
  1. 01 SLOW Bankii, Billy Otto