About
Deformat began as a symbol/sigil for releasing various tapes and CD3s of John Merrik and his friends’ music.
It later evolved into a mostly online label in the mid-2000s for breakcore, closely associated with the website he had started: ihatebreakcore.
Specializing in hard music, it created and curated releases in harder genres for about 8 years… and then fell silent.
After over a decade, it is back.
Deformat is back.
Music
To find our music in digital format (and more tapes and CDs coming soon), visit our Bandcamp:
https://deformat.bandcamp.com
For vinyl:
https://elasticstage.com/deformat
Merch
Lot’s of shirts! All POD and ALL AWESOME:
https://deformat.printify.me/
Socials
Deformat
https://www.instagram.com/deformat.records
https://www.facebook.com/deformat.records
https://www.youtube.com/@deformat
John Merrik
https://www.instagram.com/wolfmerrik/
https://www.facebook.com/johnmerrik/
Demos/Submissions
To send demos, the easiest and fastest way is to reach out to John Merrik via @wolfmerrik on IG. Additionally, you can send a message via Bandcamp fan email. Eventually, a contact form will be added to this website… but it isn’t exactly a priority; it is not the 90s, people don’t even look at crap like this on a website anymore.
Current Compilation
Check the most recent post for submission details to an open compilation!
- Back 2 The Old-Skool
New compilation details for Deformat.
More Info
I will not be fully updating this site, and it will not be the main way to hear about, purchase, or support Deformat. However, you can see some updates here:
Blog
Releases
Artists