Wiiija

Wiiija

Wiiija is a British independent record label, formed in 1988 by staff at the Rough Trade Shop in Notting Hill, London. The name Wiiija is a corruption of W11 1JA, the postcode of the Rough Trade Shop in Talbot Street.

The label was responsible for releases by, amongst others, Cornershop, Huggy Bear, Jacob's Mouse, Blood Sausage, Free Kitten and Therapy?.

Wiiija Records has been a subsidiary of Beggars Banquet Records since 1996.

Artists

* Anjali
* Bastard Kestrel
* bis
* Blood Sausage
* Brassy
* Comet Gain
* Cornershop
* Fabric (club)
* Free Kitten
* Guv'ner
* Heavenly
* Huggy Bear
* Hurricane
* Jacob's Mouse
* Le Tigre
* Loveblobs
* Mucho Macho
* Silverfish
* Sgt Rock
* Terminal Cheesecake
* Terry Edwards
* Therapy?
* Velocette
* Whistler

See also

* List of record labels
* List of independent UK record labels

External links

* [http://www.wiiija.com/ Official site]


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