New Zealand Record Labels

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Unearth - New Zealand Independent Record Labels

BLUNT INSTRUMENTALS Run by Tim Cornelius and perhaps others from Sandoz Lab Technicians in Dunedin. Everything I have on this label is marvellous - mostly in a low-key vague-hint-of-a-song way. Oh shit, I don't even know if my address for them is current. I'll write and see if I get a reply. More news on this soon hopefully. Bands include SLT and Homunculus

CELEBRATE/PSI/PHENOMENON Run by Campbell Kneale in Wellington. Mostly improvisation/noise taking in guitar and electronic sources. Artists include Birchville Cat Motel, Small Blue Torch, Eso Steel, Lugosi.

CORPUS HERMETICUM Probably the best known New Zealand independent label, outside New Zealand anyway. Takes up where Xpressway left off, but the musical focus leans more completely towards improvisation than the earthy soul-baring of say Alastair Galbraith, Sandra Bell and Peter Jefferies. Artists include Omit, A Handful of Dust, Pieters/Russell/Stapleton, Sandoz Lab Technicians, the marvellous English band The Shadow Ring (actually I take back the not-being-earthy comment in their case) and the most "difficult" recordings by Flying Saucer Attack and Thurston Moore. This site has a online version of the most recent catalogue, which includes other labels of note such as Next Best Way (run by Alastair Galbraith), Metonymic and Medication (both run by Kim Pieters and Peter Stapleton) Run by Bruce Russell in Lyttelton.

CRAWLSPACE Run by Stu and Gonzo Schmidt in Auckland, the "Artist Series" in particular boasts an impressive lineup including Thela, Crude, White Saucer, Children's Television Workshop, Pointsman...

DEEP SKIN Clinton Williams' label from Blenheim which I believe only releases material by his solo project, Omit. You can write to Deep Skin at 14 Girling Ave, Blenheim, New Zealand.

DIRTLOVE Bands include Crude, The Aesthetics, Ohm, All Electric, Sandoz Lab Technicians. Ranging from subtle experimentalism to full-on testosterone rock. Run by Shaun Jury and Matt Middleton in Dunedin.

HEADSHY Experimental semi-structured sounds which fall through the cracks between rock and improvisation. Based in Palmerston North.

HELL ON Wellington label run by Yuri, Helen and Kristin. Heaped servings of stoner pop and drone, with loose and raucous moments. Bands include The Garbage and The Flowers, Entlang, The Drugs.

IMPERIAL Originally run by Andrew Moon, releasing material by Auckland bands such as RST, Empirical and La Gloria. Andrew is now concentrating on his job, family and RST and says he will have a website up for the latter interest soon - keep your eye out here for details. Imperial has now been taken over by Robert Lundon and releases include his band Pit Viper, as well as stuff by Peter Jefferies, Rosy Parlane (ex-Thela)/RSWL, Fake Purr (Lovely Midget, ex-Queen Meanie Puss) and Scottish social terrorists (that's a description, not a band name), Decar Pinga (Prick Decay).

INSAMPLE Releases so far include a Richard Youngs 7", Bower/Youngs LP and a superb CD from Wellington's Birchville Cat Motel. The most imminent plan seems to be a now-mythological Witcyst CD. Sounds tend towards the more improvised. Run by Simon Baker who you can write to at 22 Larch St, Rotorua.

SECRET SAFARI Releases so far by Palmerston North improvisors She Camel of God, Willow and Schawami. Structure within the music is generally not by design.

SPOTTY DOG RECORDS Kinda rock, in one way or another. Based in Palmerston North. Includes bands such as The Livids, Meat Market, Rake, Foisemaster, The Ashvins, Dog Tooth Violet.

STABBIES AND THE ROCKET Run by Stefan Neville in Dunedin. Artists includes Pumice, Ohm... This link goes to the official Stabbies page, but there wasn't very much (any) information about the label there, so you might like to check out Dirtlove's webpage cos they have a Stabbies section in their catalogue.

WORLD RESOURCES A label originally run from Wellington by Paul Toohey, but he dragged it to Napier for a while and is apparently now living in Auckland. He can be contacted at P.O. Box 785, Papakura, Counties, New Zealand, to fulfil your requirements for beautiful improvisational drone by artists such as Surface of the Earth, K-Group, and New Zealand Guitar Orchestra.

< Ajax:
WWW: http://www.ajaxrecords.com/
Emailajax@ripco.com
A Chicago based US label / record shop. They have reissued a lot of early Flying Nun stuff. They also have good stocks of US released NZ music. However they have recently scaled down some of their goings on and are now no longer a record label. The mail order and show will continue as it always has.

Failsafe
Address: P.O.Box 3003, Christchurch
Mainly guitar based, indie / pop stuff. Started as a tape label but has now moved onto CD's. Failsafe is available in NZ and distributed in Australia by Shock

Flying Nun:
Address: P.O Box 677, Auckland, New Zealand
Phone: +64 9 377 4607
Fax: +64 9 366 0422
Email: info@flyingnun.co.nz
WWW: http://flyingnun.nz.com/

Tummy Records:
Address: P.O.Box 3 , Carterton , New Zealand
Phone :+64 6 3798446
Email : backpacka@yahoo.com
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Noise based label dealing with the xtreems in tonal and surf based garage. 7' and 8' only releases. Distributed by mail order only.

imd Email: imd@deepsouth.co.nz
WWW: http://www.deepsouth.co.nz/~imd:
Sadly defunct label. The web page still seems to work - although for how much longer .....

Pagan Records
Address: P.O.Box 47290, Ponsonby, Auckland
WWW:http://pagan.co.nz/

Southside Records
Address: P.O.Box 7012, Auckland 1
Soul type orientation and funk / dance stuff too. Major distribution in NZ. Not sure about overseas

Wildside Records
Address: P.O.Box 7012, Auckland
Harder side of the southside label.

Xpressway
Bruce Russell's old label. Also dead and buried. A lot of Xpressway stuff has found it's way onto other labels such as Ajax, Turbulence, New World of Sound etc..

Yellow Bike Records
Palmerston North based label dealing mainly with heavier music.

Yellow Eye
Address: P.O. Box 6173 Dunedin North, New Zealand.
Dunedin based label.


BLUNT INSTRUMENTALS	Run by Tim Cornelius and perhaps others from Sandoz Lab Technicians in Dunedin. Everything I have on this label is marvellous - mostly in a low-key vague-hint-of-a-song way. Oh shit, I don't even know if my address for them is current. I'll write and see if I get a reply. More news on this soon hopefully. Bands include SLT and Homunculus
CELEBRATE/PSI/PHENOMENON	Run by Campbell Kneale in Wellington. Mostly improvisation/noise taking in guitar and electronic sources. Artists include Birchville Cat Motel, Small Blue Torch, Eso Steel, Lugosi.
CORPUS HERMETICUM	Probably the best known New Zealand independent label, outside New Zealand anyway. Takes up where Xpressway left off, but the musical focus leans more completely towards improvisation than the earthy soul-baring of say Alastair Galbraith, Sandra Bell and Peter Jefferies. Artists include Omit, A Handful of Dust, Pieters/Russell/Stapleton, Sandoz Lab Technicians, the marvellous English band The Shadow Ring (actually I take back the not-being-earthy comment in their case) and the most "difficult" recordings by Flying Saucer Attack and Thurston Moore. This site has a online version of the most recent catalogue, which includes other labels of note such as Next Best Way (run by Alastair Galbraith), Metonymic and Medication (both run by Kim Pieters and Peter Stapleton) Run by Bruce Russell in Lyttelton.
CRAWLSPACE	Run by Stu and Gonzo Schmidt in Auckland, the "Artist Series" in particular boasts an impressive lineup including Thela, Crude, White Saucer, Children's Television Workshop, Pointsman...
DEEP SKIN	Clinton Williams' label from Blenheim which I believe only releases material by his solo project, Omit. You can write to Deep Skin at 14 Girling Ave, Blenheim, New Zealand.
DIRTLOVE	Bands include Crude, The Aesthetics, Ohm, All Electric, Sandoz Lab Technicians. Ranging from subtle experimentalism to full-on testosterone rock. Run by Shaun Jury and Matt Middleton in Dunedin.
HEADSHY	Experimental semi-structured sounds which fall through the cracks between rock and improvisation. Based in Palmerston North.
HELL ON	Wellington label run by Yuri, Helen and Kristin. Heaped servings of stoner pop and drone, with loose and raucous moments. Bands include The Garbage and The Flowers, Entlang, The Drugs.
IMPERIAL	Originally run by Andrew Moon, releasing material by Auckland bands such as RST, Empirical and La Gloria. Andrew is now concentrating on his job, family and RST and says he will have a website up for the latter interest soon - keep your eye out here for details. Imperial has now been taken over by Robert Lundon and releases include his band Pit Viper, as well as stuff by Peter Jefferies, Rosy Parlane (ex-Thela)/RSWL, Fake Purr (Lovely Midget, ex-Queen Meanie Puss) and Scottish social terrorists (that's a description, not a band name), Decar Pinga (Prick Decay).
INSAMPLE	Releases so far include a Richard Youngs 7", Bower/Youngs LP and a superb CD from Wellington's Birchville Cat Motel. The most imminent plan seems to be a now-mythological Witcyst CD. Sounds tend towards the more improvised. Run by Simon Baker who you can write to at 22 Larch St, Rotorua.
SECRET SAFARI	Releases so far by Palmerston North improvisors She Camel of God, Willow and Schawami. Structure within the music is generally not by design.
SPOTTY DOG RECORDS	Kinda rock, in one way or another. Based in Palmerston North. Includes bands such as The Livids, Meat Market, Rake, Foisemaster, The Ashvins, Dog Tooth Violet.
STABBIES AND THE ROCKET	Run by Stefan Neville in Dunedin. Artists includes Pumice, Ohm... This link goes to the official Stabbies page, but there wasn't very much (any) information about the label there, so you might like to check out Dirtlove's webpage cos they have a Stabbies section in their catalogue.
WORLD RESOURCES	A label originally run from Wellington by Paul Toohey, but he dragged it to Napier for a while and is apparently now living in Auckland. He can be contacted at P.O. Box 785, Papakura, Counties, New Zealand, to fulfil your requirements for beautiful improvisational drone by artists such as Surface of the Earth, K-Group, and New Zealand Guitar Orchestra.