Quixotic Records NYC
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Quixotic Records (NYC) was one of the few indie record labels operating in New York City’s “East Village” during the heady days of the early 1990s. The roster of artists included: Airlines, Lid, The Giant Mums, Swimmer, Bügsküll, 18th Dye, Halcion, and Kenny Young.
Quixotic was formed in 1991 by the members of three East Village bands—Airlines, The Giant Mums, and Lid—after Mark Robinson (of Teen Beat Records) had kindly sent Fugazi’s booklet on starting up your own record label. The concept of being completely independent of the corporate music world—free to create their music in their own way—was just too exciting not to give it a try.
The cool thing in those days was to press up 7” vinyl records, mail off most of the copies to fanzines and college radio stations, and then sit back and wait for the inevitable critical and public acclaim. In the late 80s vinyl records still dominated the record shelves in the major retailers, but the novel “compact disc” had been out for a bit (in these horrid giant cardboard packages called “longboxes”) and it seemed like vinyl faced an uncertain future. So for the indie/underground, vinyl was something to cherish. Since the internet didn’t really exist yet, fanzines were the only way to get the message out to places other than where you lived. College radio stations were the only places where an indie record was likely to be heard—at least in the US.
So…
Quixotic was formed in 1991 by the members of three East Village bands—Airlines, The Giant Mums, and Lid—after Mark Robinson (of Teen Beat Records) had kindly sent Fugazi’s booklet on starting up your own record label. The concept of being completely independent of the corporate music world—free to create their music in their own way—was just too exciting not to give it a try.
The cool thing in those days was to press up 7” vinyl records, mail off most of the copies to fanzines and college radio stations, and then sit back and wait for the inevitable critical and public acclaim. In the late 80s vinyl records still dominated the record shelves in the major retailers, but the novel “compact disc” had been out for a bit (in these horrid giant cardboard packages called “longboxes”) and it seemed like vinyl faced an uncertain future. So for the indie/underground, vinyl was something to cherish. Since the internet didn’t really exist yet, fanzines were the only way to get the message out to places other than where you lived. College radio stations were the only places where an indie record was likely to be heard—at least in the US.
So…
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davidroby2 updated the wiki page for Quixotic Records NYC. (diff) last month
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Quixotic Records NYC added Together Market – Quasar and 5 other tracks to the playlist ‘Quixotic Records NYC’s playlist’. last month
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davidroby2 updated the wiki page for Quixotic Records NYC. (diff) October 2009
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Quixotic Records NYC added 18th Dye – Coffee Cup Revisited and 6 other tracks to the playlist ‘Quixotic Records NYC’s playlist’. August 2009
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davidroby2 created the wiki page for Quixotic Records NYC. August 2009
