Voidstar Productions
Encyclopedia
Voidstar Productions is a Massachusetts
based record label
, distributor, production company and artists collective specializing in industrial
, noise
, i.d.m.
, experimental music
and related genres.
Founded in 1995
as an independent tape label to support the release of recordings by the band Zero Times Infinity and band member's related projects ukuphambana and Nau-Zee-auN, it has since expanded to release recordings by other artists including Death In June
, KK Null
, Pine Tree State Mind Control, Ukuphambana, The Vomit Arsonist, Massdirge, and Ethan E. Eves.
As a production company and artists collective, Voidstar Productions has produced hundreds of events and mentored artists in their early years including Battery Cage
, Terretron, Infrastructure
, O.J.A.M.O.J., and Codec
.
As a distribution company, Voidstar Productions store, The Voidstore, now distrobutes and sells thousands of titles representing hundreds of independent labels.
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
based record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, distributor, production company and artists collective specializing in industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
, noise
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
, i.d.m.
Intelligent dance music
Intelligent dance music is a term that describes an electronic music genre that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre is influenced by a wide range of musical styles particularly electronic dance music such as Detroit Techno...
, experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
and related genres.
Founded in 1995
1995 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.- January–February :*January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident....
as an independent tape label to support the release of recordings by the band Zero Times Infinity and band member's related projects ukuphambana and Nau-Zee-auN, it has since expanded to release recordings by other artists including Death In June
Death in June
Death in June are a neofolk group led by English folk musician Douglas Pearce, better known as Douglas P. The band was originally formed in Britain in 1981 as a trio, but after the other members left in 1984 and 1985 to work on other projects, the group became the work of Douglas P. and various...
, KK Null
KK Null
KK Null is a Japanese experimental multi-instrumentalist. He began as a guitarist, but soon added composer, singer, electronic musician and drummer to his list of talents, and also studied with the Butoh workshop....
, Pine Tree State Mind Control, Ukuphambana, The Vomit Arsonist, Massdirge, and Ethan E. Eves.
As a production company and artists collective, Voidstar Productions has produced hundreds of events and mentored artists in their early years including Battery Cage
Battery cage
In poultry farming, battery cages are an industrial agricultural confinement system used primarily for egg-laying hens...
, Terretron, Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...
, O.J.A.M.O.J., and Codec
Codec
A codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding or decoding a digital data stream or signal. The word codec is a portmanteau of "compressor-decompressor" or, more commonly, "coder-decoder"...
.
As a distribution company, Voidstar Productions store, The Voidstore, now distrobutes and sells thousands of titles representing hundreds of independent labels.
Bands released on Voidstar Productions
- Zero Times Infinity
- ukuphambana
- Nau-Zee-auN
- Pine Tree State Mind Control
- KK NullKK NullKK Null is a Japanese experimental multi-instrumentalist. He began as a guitarist, but soon added composer, singer, electronic musician and drummer to his list of talents, and also studied with the Butoh workshop....
- Death In JuneDeath in JuneDeath in June are a neofolk group led by English folk musician Douglas Pearce, better known as Douglas P. The band was originally formed in Britain in 1981 as a trio, but after the other members left in 1984 and 1985 to work on other projects, the group became the work of Douglas P. and various...
- Massdirge
- The Vomit Arsonist
- Ethan E. Eves
- Zipperspy
Bands appearing on Voidstar Productions releases
- CodecCodecA codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding or decoding a digital data stream or signal. The word codec is a portmanteau of "compressor-decompressor" or, more commonly, "coder-decoder"...
- Terretron
- rising!man!incinerator
- AEC/American Electronics Corp. (see also Battery CageBattery cageIn poultry farming, battery cages are an industrial agricultural confinement system used primarily for egg-laying hens...
) - AbstinenceAbstinence(band)Abstinence is an experimental industrial music project founded in 1985 in Belmar, New Jersey, USA, now based in Brooklyn. Its sound ranges from bombastic to noise, ambient soundtrack to industrial music and uses video/audio dialog and sound samples....
/Rock'it Society - The Care Company
- Resonator
- Porcupine Defense
- Chainsaws and Children
- Technology Will Fail (see also Ennui)
- Pneumatic Detach
- Grenadier
- Gasr
- Datach'iDatach'iDatach'i is the pseudonym of Joseph Fraioli, an electronic musician based in New York City. Datach'i's music places an emphasis on complex drum programming and elaborate timing.-Biography:...
- Soplerfo
- Pleasurehorse
- Jekyll Island
- Neutronic
- Cathode Ray Tube
- KoloKoloKoło is a town on the Warta River in central Poland with 23,101 inhabitants . It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodship , having previously been in Konin Voivodship , and it is the capital of Koło County.-Early history:...
(see also Plex) - Morning Gold Fix