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WestCom (full name: WestCom Neue Medien Tonträger- Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH ) was a German recording company that operated the label Off Beat , Visage Records and others.
Company history [ edit ]
Founded around 1993.[1]
In addition to WestCom, its owner also operates NovaTekk and Euromedia .
Headquartered in Gelsenkirchen , Germany .
In 1999 Stefan Herwig, A&R manager at Off Beat, left the company over differences in promotion, to join forces with Eskil Simonsson (Covenant ), Johan Van Roy (Suicide Commando ), Bryan Erickson (Velvet Acid Christ ) and Ronan Harris (VNV Nation ) to form a new label, dependent (which opened January 1999). When he left, most artists switched to the new label, effectively shutting down WestCom.[2]
Off Beat [ edit ]
Off Beat was a label specialized in electronic music with industrial and experimental rhythmic features which was founded in 1993 by Stefan Herwig and Thorsten Stroht.[3] [4]
After having signed German electronic music group Project Pitchfork as first band to the label, Off Beat took a number of unsigned bands such as Haujobb , Download and Decree under its wing. Also, at the time already well established groups such as Front Line Assembly , Skinny Puppy and Suicide Commando joined the label.[4]
Off Beat established license partnerships with American labels 21st Circuitry , Metropolis , Electric Death Trip and Re-Constriction as well as with Swedish label Memento Materia that added Mentallo and the Fixer , Velvet Acid Christ and Covenant among others to the roster.[4]
Originally the catalog numbering followed the codes issued by its distributor SPV GmbH (like SPV 085-22292 for Front Line Assembly 's 1995 album Hard Wired ). Around 1996 the label started its own format, starting with a capital O [5]
Visage Records [ edit ]
Visage was a label/division specialized in synthpop .
Aside from several European synthpop bands as Elegant Machinery and The Northern Territories , it was responsible for the Vis-à-Vis series of compilation albums.
Poison Ivy [ edit ]
Poison Ivy was a label/division specialized in goth rock . It started 1998 with the release of the album One Day by the band Near Dark.[6]
Nightshade [ edit ]
Nightshade Productions was a label/division specialized in dark wave music.
References [ edit ]
^ Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: a critical history of industrial music 283–284 . ISBN 978-0-19-983260-6
^ a b c Sage; Reddich, Wayn (1996). "Label Profile: Off Beat" . Culture Shock . No. 3. Hackensack, New Jersey: Genocide Project. p. 35. ISSN 1093-1651 . OCLC 36564457 .
^ This is a conjecture taken from the Off Beat discography at Discogs .
^ Near Dark - One Day at Discogs
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WestCom&oldid=1210577402 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● G e r m a n i n d e p e n d e n t r e c o r d l a b e l s ● I n d u s t r i a l r e c o r d l a b e l s ● E l e c t r o n i c m u s i c r e c o r d l a b e l s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n m a t c h e s W i k i d a t a ● A r t i c l e s w i t h M u s i c B r a i n z l a b e l i d e n t i f i e r s
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 2 7 F e b r u a r y 2 0 2 4 , a t 0 8 : 4 8 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
