| Hyperium Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | ZZO Recordings |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder | Oliver Roesch / Oliver van Essenberg |
| Defunct | yes |
| Genre | darkwave, neoclassical, gothic rock, ambient, ethereal |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Location | Nürnberg |
Hyperium Records was a German independent record label specializing in darkwave, neoclassical, ethereal, gothic rock, and ambient music, founded by Oliver Roesch[1] (also known as "Oli" Roesch) and Oliver van Essenberg in 1991.[2] Roesch died on August 1, 2002 in a motorcycle accident.[3]
Releases
Heavenly Voices compilations
Hyperium are best known for their Heavenly Voices compilation series, which featured prominent use of female vocals in a neo-classical, neofolk, world music, trip hop or ethereal style. "Heavenly Voices" has often been used as a genre term, particularly during the mid to late 1990s.[4] Love Is Colder Than Death claim that the series was inspired by their music.[5]
The first few compilations featured music by many of the label's own artists, as well as guest appearance by other notable bands of the ethereal/gothic/darkwave scene including Bel Canto, Faith & the Muse, Gitane Demone, In The Nursery, Miranda Sex Garden, Ordo Equitum Solis and The Moon Seven Times. In 1997, American independent label Cleopatra Records released a Hyperium licensed compilation called Heavenly Voices subtitled, "A collection of the finest female vocals in ethereal, darkwave & gothic".[6]
Artists
The following are artists with releases on Hyperium Records:
- !Bang Elektronika
- Attrition
- Autopsia
- Calva y Nada
- Chandeen
- Claire Voyant
- Clock DVA
- Dark Orange
- Die Form
- Digital Factor
- Digital Poodle
- Eleven Shadows
- Jarboe
- The Wake
- Louisa John-Krol
- Love Is Colder Than Death
- Mellonta Tauta
- Mynox Layh
- Regenerator
- Sleeping Dogs Wake
- Still Patient?
- Stoa
- Sweet William
- The Tors of Dartmoor
- Rise And fall of a Decade
- Speaking Silence
The following artists were co-released by Hyperium Records and Projekt Records:
- Attrition
- Black Tape for a Blue Girl
- Bleak
- Eden
- Human Drama
- Love Spirals Downwards
- Soul Whirling Somewhere
See also
- List of independent record labels
References
- ^ Reviews
- ^ History Archived 2007-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hertz-Lion Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (August 17, 2002)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-11-18. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-11-18. Retrieved 2007-03-05.