York House Records

Infobox record label
name = York House Recordings


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founded = 1979
founder = David Elliott
defunct = 1984
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genre = Electronic music, Experimental music, Industrial music, Ambient music
country = United Kingdom
location = Chichester, West Sussex
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York House Recordings, also known as YHR or YHR Tapes was a small British independent label which released 31 original cassettes of industrial, electronic, experimental, avant-garde, and dark ambient music between 1979 and 1983.

History

York House Recordings was founded by David Elliott, who also published a magazine called Neumusik. Elliott put out a series of cassettes in parallel with the magazine featuring artists from all over the world. [Henderson, David [http://media.hyperreal.org/zines/est/articles/wplanet.html Wild Planet] ]

YHR released music by Cluster & Farnbauer ("Live In Vienna") and Asmus Tietchens ("Musik aus der Grauzone" and "Musik An Der Grenze") [Hyperreal.org [http://media.hyperreal.org/zines/est/intervs/at_dis.html Asmus Tietchens discography] ] [fusetronsound [http://www.fusetronsound.com/index.php?whomlab=Vinyl-On-Demand Asmus Tietchens, 4K7] ] which had been rejected as too unusual by Sky Records. Other notable artists with releases by YHR include Maurizio Bianchi, Günter Schickert, Andrew Cox, Peter Schafer, Paul Nagle, Duallien, and Elliott's own band MFH, later known as Pump.

Many YHR releases were subsequently reissued by Auricle Music on cassette after the demise of the label. A number have also been reissued on LP or CD by an assortment of labels.

Notes

References

* Cassette liner notes
* Discogs [http://www.discogs.com/label/YHR+Tapes YHR Tapes] Retrieved October 17, 2007.
* Exotique Music: The Industrial Exchange [http://www.ele-mental.org/~ecc/exo/industrialexchange.html ultra-rare cassettes] Retrieved October 17, 2007.
* Schickert, Günter [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ultimathule/tachyon/schickert.html Selected Releases] Retrieved October 17, 2007.
* SoundOhn [http://www.soundohm.com/MBdiscography1.htm Maurizio Bianchi - detailed discography] Retrieved October 17, 2007.

See also

* List of record labels
* List of electronic music record labels