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Ninthwave Records is a U.S. synthpop record label founded in 2001.
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History
Ninthwave Records is an independent record company specializing in electronic pop. It was founded in 2001 as part of Lexicon Magazine but was made a separate company upon the magazine's demise. The label has released albums by Heaven 17, White Town, The Electroluvs, Ganymede, Empire State Human [1] NASA, Spray, POP INC, Space March and other bands like Alan Replica.
Together with A Different Drum, the label has been one of the few US record labels to release modern synthpop, a genre often overlooked by even small indie labels.
The first albums released under the name “Ninthwave Records” were CD samplers given away with Lexicon magazine. There is debate as to the first proper commercially released album by the label. According to its own catalog NASA’s Remembering the Future (Nw1004-2) is first, but Ganymede’s After the Fall (NW1007-2) came out first due to production delays with the NASA album. Anthems for the Young At Heart by Gary Flanagan is a “limited edition” CDR.
In September 2005 the label released Before/After by the UK band Heaven 17. Response to the album has been muted but in May 2006 a single, “Hands up to Heaven” reached #6 on the Billboard Magazine Club Play Chart in the US.
Songs from Spray (band) (“I Am Gothic”) and Melody & Mezzo (“Nightshade”) have appeared on Dance Dance Revolution video games.
Ric Autobahn, of the band Spray, has appeared as either a member of or producer of several UK bands, namely The Cuban Boys, Rikki and Daz, Lolly Pop and Daz Sampson.
Catalog
The label’s catalog is not well organized and so has several “missing” titles and at least now two (see NW10046) duplicate uses of catalog number.
- nw1001 Lexicon Sampler #1
- nw1002 Anthems for the Young At Heart- Gary Flanagan
- nw1003 Lexicon Sampler #2
- nw1004 Remembering the Future - NASA
- nw1005 Lexicon Sampler #3
- nw1006 no item
- nw1007 After the Fall- Ganymede
- nw1008 Lexicon Sampler #4
- nw1009 Another Coin in the Daydream Machine –Gary Flanagan
- nw1010 Electricity- An Electropop Sampler - Various
- nw1011 no item
- nw1012 Neon Rain MCD - Ganymede
- nw1013 Euromantique - Ganymede
- nw1014 Pop Robot (Expanded Edition) – Empire State Human
- nw1015 Falling EP -Ganymede
- nw1016 WXJL Presents - Various
- NW1017 Living in Neon - Spray
- nw1018 Nobody's Diary – Tribute to Yaz - Various
- Nw1019 Alpha & Omega – Empire State Human
- NW1020 Immortal Game –Symbion Project (sleeve says “nw10018-2”)
- nw1021 MCD - Sleepless - Raindancer
- nw1022 ESH Boxset "Empire State Human (limited Amazon bunching of three CDs)
- nw1023 Up Here for Thinking Down There for Dancing - Macondo
- nw1024 Electricity Vol II - Various
- nw1025 wxjl II - Various
- nw1026 Urbanism – Empire State Human (online only?)
- NW1027 Clockworks, Juliet – Alan Replica
- nw1028 I Am Gothic Remix Project MCD- Spray
- NW1029 Liquid Blue EP – Empire State Human
- nw10030 WXJL III - Various
- nw10031 The Peoples – The Peoples
- nw10032 Astromill - Astromill
- NW10033 Before After- Heaven 17
- Nw10034 Sweet Gossip TV - The Gentry
- nw10035 Pushing the Future 2 - Various
- nw10036 Bubblewrapped - Electroluvs
- nw10037 Children of a Laser God – Spray (not yet released?)
- nw10038 Run With Us MCD- Spray
- NW10039 Nightshade MCD – Melody & Mezzo
- NW 10040 Hands up to Heaven DJ Remixes MCD – Heaven 17
- NW 10041 Impossible MCD – The Garland Cult
- NW10042 Hands up Tribal Mixes –Heaven 17 (Online only)
- NW10043 “Synching for England” – Spray (online only)
- NW10044 Without This Can Never Change - Space March (Online only)
- NW10045 "A New Surprise" -White Town (online single)
- NW10046 Simulacra – Alan Replica
- NW10046 The Modern LP – The Matinee club [2008] duplicate catalog # use
- NW10047 EIII – Various [digital, online, only]
- NW10048 Moonlight shadow – Melody & Mezzo [unreleased]
- NW10049 Protect Yourself From Hollywood – the Garland Cult
- NW10050 New Man -Sonic Hub fea. Martin Fry of ABC
- NW10051 Interrobang – Ric Autobahn [digital, online, only]
- NW10052 “I’m Gonna Make You Fall In Love With Me”DJ single – Heaven 17
- NW10053 With Out This You Can Never Change - Space March (CD, Online)
- NW10054 Down There for Dancing – Macondo [digital, online, only]
- NW10055 Digital City Single - Empire State Human [digital, online, only]
- NW10056 Terra Incognito- Empire State Human [digital, online, only]
- NW10057 Back To Square One - NASA[digital, online, only]
- NW10058 Nexterday Single -NASA[digital, online, only]
- NW10059 Talking With Aliens Bronski Mixes –The Garland Cult [digital, online, only]
- NW10060 The Mixes Vol. One - Qubiq
- NW10061 Popularity? [best of] Empire State Human [digital, online, only]
- NW10062 Rarity? Empire State Human [2008 release] [digital, online, only]
- NW10063 Music for Humans Empire State Human [digital, online, only]
- NW10064 Smash Hits - Various
- NW10065 He Came With the Sleigh [single – limited to 100 copies] – Spray
- NW10066 Children of a Laser God 2 Cd set - Spray
Trivia
The CD Electricity contains a song by the band Subversion, who counted among their members Brandon Flowers, currently of The Killers.
See also
External links
Categories:- Record labels established in 2001
- American independent record labels
- Synthpop record labels
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