Quixotic Records NYC

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Quixotic Records was one of the few indie record labels operating in New York City’s “East Village” during 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 sent them Fugazi’s booklet on starting up your own record label. This was the final golden period of the original “indie” rock movement, based upon the concept of being completely independent of the corporate music world. Instead of chasing down established labels they could be free to create their music in their own way.

The usual approach 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 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.
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