Mego (label)
Encyclopedia
Mego was an experimental
electronic music
independent record label
based in Vienna
, Austria
. The word 'Mego' is an acronym referring to "My Eyes Glaze Over", an expression attributed to futurologist Herman Kahn
(the use of the term in hacker-culture is documented in the Jargon File
).
who records on the label under the name Pita
. The label has released records by artists such as Fennesz, Hecker, Russell Haswell
, Francisco López
, Farmers Manual
, Merzbow
, Kevin Drumm
, Jim O'Rourke
, Rob Mazurek
, Fuckhead, Vega
/Vainio/Väisänen
, Radian
and many others.
In December 2005 the company was closed, however in January 2006 Peter Rehberg
founded Editions Mego
, to carry on maintaining the back catalogue as well as releasing new works.
as a DIY production tool and live performance instrument, the musicians gathered around Mego were seminal in defining a new genre of electronic music
, defying conventions of both dancefloor oriented electronica
and the academic field of electroacoustics
. The label's efforts met critical acclaim among the specialised press, and were awarded a distinction at the Ars Electronica
1999. In the jury's statement, Jim O'Rourke
lauded the label's work as defining "a brand new punk computer music".
: Fridge Trax 12" (05.1995)
MEGO 002 General Magic / Elin: Die Mondlandung 12" (05.1995)
MEGO 003 Stützpunkt Wien 12: UFO Beobachtungen 93-95 2x12" (05.1995) (released on CD by Or, 01.1998)
MEGO 004 Fennesz: Instrument 12" (10.1995) (tracks appear on Fennesz: Field Recordings, released by Touch 09.2002)
MEGO 005 DJ DSL: I L.O.V.E. You 12" (10.1995)
MEGO 006 Sluta Leta: Fan Club 12" (11.1995)
MEGO 007 The Mego Jacket (08.1995)
MEGO 008 Farmers Manual
: No Backup
CD+ (05.1996)
MEGO 009 Pita
: Seven Tons For Free CD (06.1996) (released in Japan by Digital Narcis, 01.1999)
MEGO 010 General Magic: Frantz CD (06.1997) (released in Japan by Digital Narcis, 06.2003)
MEGO 011 Potuznik: Amore Motore (...Autobahn) CD (04.1998)
MEGO 012 Russell Haswell
: Live Salvage 1997-2000 CD (04.2001)
MEGO 013 not released
MEGO 014 Hecker
: IT ISO161975 CD (07.1998)
MEGO 015 Pure: The End Of Vinyl 3"CD" (03.1999)
MEGO 015v Pure: The End Of Vinyl 12" Picture Disc (04.2001)
MEGO 016 Fennesz: Hotel Paral.lel CD (09.1997)
MEGO 017 Farmers Manual
: fm 12" (08.1996)
MEGO 018 Evol: Principio 3" CD (04.1999)
MEGO 019 Goem: Dertig CM 12" (03.1999)
MEGO 020 Fennesz: Plays 7" (11.1998) (released a CDS by Moikai, 02.1999)
MEGO 020t Fennesz: Plays t-shirt (12.1998)
MEGO 021 gcttcatt: ampErase CD+ (10.2001)
MEGO 022 Masami Akita/Azuma/Haswell
/Sakaibara: Ich Schnitt Mich In Den Finger 12" (05.1997)
MEGO 023 SKOT presents The Mego Videos 96-98 VHS/PAL (05.1999)
MEGO 023t SKOT t-shirt (01.1999)
MEGO 024 Hecker
: [R*] iso | chall CD (02.2000)
MEGO 025 Fuckhead: The Male Comedy (...oder der Traum vom kleinen Glück) CD (10.1998)
MEGO 026 Fanclub Erdberg/DJ DSL: Anton Polster Du Bist Leiwand 7" (10.1997)
MEGO 026CD Fanclub Erdberg/DJ DSL: Anton Polster Du Bist Leiwand CDS (10.1997)
MEGO 027 Zbigniew Karkowski: it 3"CD (06.2000)
MEGO 028 Nachtstrom: 17 Songs After Midnight LP (07.1999)
MEGO 029 Pita
: Get Out CD (10.1999) (released on vinyl by Moikai, 09.2000)
MEGO 030 Pure: Noonbugs CD (09.2002)
MEGO 031 Fennesz/O'Rourke/Rehberg: The Magic Sound Of Fenn O'Berg CD (12.1999)
MEGO 032 General Magic: Rechenkönig CD (10.2000)
MEGO 033045 IBM: The Oval Recording LP+7" (01.2001)
MEGO 034 Francisco López
: untitled #92 LP (06.2000)
MEGO 035 Fennesz: Endless Summer CD (06.2001) (released in Japan by P-Vine
, 09.2003)
MEGO 035v Fennesz: Endless Summer LP (06.2001)
MEGO 035t Fennesz: Endless Summer t-shirt (09.2001)
MEGO 036 not released
MEGO 038 Evol: Magia Potagia CD (03.2005)
MEGO 039 Uli Troyer: NOK 3"CD (09.2000)
MEGO 040 Merzbow
: A Taste Of.. CD (05.2002)
MEGO 041 ddkern: gern 12" (01.2002)
MEGO 042 Dr. Nachtstrom: Leidenschaft CD (02.2002)
MEGO 043 Skot vs. Hecker
VHS/PAL (04.2000)
MEGO 044 Hecker
: Sun Pandämonium CD (02.2003)
MEGO 047 Tujiko Noriko
: Shojo Toshi CD (05.2001) (see also eMEGO 047)
MEGO 777 Farmers Manual
: rla DVD-ROM (03.2003)
MEGO 049 Pita
: Get Down LP (06.2002)
MEGO 049t Pita
: Get Down t-shirt (09.2002)
MEGO 050 Jim O'Rourke
: I'm Happy, And I'm Singing, And a 1,2,3,4 CD (12.2001) (released in Japan by P-Vine, 09.2002)
MEGO 050v Jim O'Rourke
: I'm Happy, And I'm Singing, And a 1,2,3,4 LP (01.2002)
MEGO 051 Massimo: Hey babe, let me see your USB and I'll show you my FireWire 3"CD (11.2001)
MEGO 052 2002 - 125ccm / 2-stroke race kart (03.2003)
MEGO 053 Kevin Drumm: Sheer Hellish Miasma CD (05.2002)
MEGO 054 Fennesz/O'Rourke
/Rehberg
: The Return Of Fenn O'Berg CD (07.2002) (released in Japan by P-Vine, 09.2002)
MEGO 054v Fennesz/Jim O'Rourke
/Rehberg
: The Return Of Fenn O'Berg LP (07.2002)
MEGO 055 COH: Mask Of Birth CD (08.2002)
MEGO 056 DACM: ShowroomDummies CD (06.2002)
MEGO 057 Tujiko Noriko
: I Forgot The Title 12" (06.2002)
MEGO 058 Ilsa Gold: Regretten? Rien! DoCD (10.2003)
MEGO 059 quintetAvant: Floppy Nails LP (12.2002)
MEGO 060 Yasunao Tone
& Hecker
: Palimpsest CD (10.2004)
MEGO 061 Mego presents: Playback Device Confusion Volume One featuring Aleph Empire shaped 3"CD (12.2002)
MEGO 062 Tujiko Noriko
: Hard Ni Sasete (Make Me Hard) CD (10.2002)
MEGO 063 Massimo: Hello Dirty CD (10.2002)
MEGO 064 Hecker
: 2 Track 12" (03.2003) (released in collaboration with Synaesthesia, SYN 004)
MEGO 065 not released
MEGO 066 BulBul: Drabule 12" (07.2004)
MEGO 067 COH: Electric Electric 12" (09.2003)
MEGO 068 not released
MEGO 069 Russell Haswell
& Florian Hecker
: Revision single sided 12" (06.2005)
MEGO 070 Fritz Ostermayer: Kitsch Concrète CD (08.2003)
MEGO 071 Zeena Parkins
& Ikue Mori
: Phantom Orchard CD (05.2004)
MEGO 072 Gert-Jan Prins
: Risk 3"CD (03.2004)
MEGO 073 Sluta Leta: Semi Peterson CD (11.2003)
MEGO 074 Rob Mazurek
: Sweet & Vicious Like Frankenstein CD (01.2004)
MEGO 075 Vega
/Vainio/Väisänen
(VVV): Resurrection River CD (05.2005)
MEGO 076 COH: 0397POST-POP DoCD (01.2005)
MEGO 077 see eMEGO 077
MEGO 078 not released
MEGO 079 dieb13
vs. Takeshi Fumimoto 12" picture vinyl (06.2005)
MR 001 Radian
: tg11 CD (03.2000) (released in collaboration with Rhiz)
HEC2 Hecker
: PV Trecks CD (03.2004)
& Robin Fox
: Flux Compendium CD (01.2006)
eMEGO 081 Hecker
: Electronic Music Soundtrack for "The Disenchanted Forest x 1001" by Angela Bulloch DoCD (02.2006)
eMEGO 047 Tujiko Noriko
: 少女都市+ (Shojo Toshi+) CD (05.2006)
eMEGO 077 quintetAvant: En Concert à la Salle des Fêtes CD (07.2006)
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
based in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. The word 'Mego' is an acronym referring to "My Eyes Glaze Over", an expression attributed to futurologist Herman Kahn
Herman Kahn
Herman Kahn was one of the preeminent futurists of the latter third of the twentieth century. In the early 1970s he predicted the rise of Japan as a major world power. He was a founder of the Hudson Institute think tank and originally came to prominence as a military strategist and systems...
(the use of the term in hacker-culture is documented in the Jargon File
Jargon File
The Jargon File is a glossary of computer programmer slang. The original Jargon File was a collection of terms from technical cultures such as the MIT AI Lab, the Stanford AI Lab and others of the old ARPANET AI/LISP/PDP-10 communities, including Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Carnegie Mellon...
).
History
Founded in 1994 by Ramon Bauer, Andreas Pieper and Peter Meininger, before Meininger left to be replaced by Peter RehbergPeter Rehberg
Peter Rehberg is an author of electronic audio works.He has collaborated with: Jim O'Rourke, Christian Fennesz, Dennis Cooper, Gisèle Vienne, Stephen O'Malley , Tina Frank, Matmos, Tujiko Noriko, Kevin Drumm, Marcus Schmickler, Michaela Schwentner , Matt "Skitz" Sanders, Russell Haswell, Florian...
who records on the label under the name Pita
Pita (disambiguation)
Pita is a wheat bread made with yeast, popular in Middle Eastern cuisine.PITA may also refer to:* Acronym of pain in the ass* A class of foods in Bosnian cuisine similar to burek, such as sirnica , zeljanica , etc....
. The label has released records by artists such as Fennesz, Hecker, Russell Haswell
Russell Haswell
Russell Haswell is a multidisciplinary artist.He has exhibited conceptual and wall based visual works, video art, public sculpture, as well as audio presentations in both art gallery and concert hall contexts. Extreme Computer Music is one specialized area of activity...
, Francisco López
Francisco López (musician)
Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and sound artist.He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries...
, Farmers Manual
Farmers Manual
Farmers Manual is an electronic music and visual art group, founded in Vienna in the beginning of the nineties. The core members of the collective are Mathias Gmachl, Stefan Possert, Oswald Berthold, Gert Brantner and Nik Gaffney...
, Merzbow
Merzbow
is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...
, Kevin Drumm
Kevin Drumm
-Biography:Emerging from the city's improvised music scene, in the 1990s he became one of the world's pre-eminent prepared guitar players. Since then his work has expanded to include electroacoustic compositions and live electronic music made with laptop computers and analog modular synthesizers...
, Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke (musician)
Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...
, Rob Mazurek
Rob Mazurek
Rob Mazurek is an American composer, jazz musician, and visual artist originally from Chicago, Illinois. Mazurek now resides in São Paulo Brazil.-Biography:...
, Fuckhead, Vega
Alan Vega
Alan Vega For several years other sources stated that he was born in 1948 – see 'Myth' section is an American vocalist, primarily known for his work with electronic protopunk duo, Suicide...
/Vainio/Väisänen
Pan sonic
Pan Sonic was a Finnish experimental electronic music duo consisting of Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen.-Music:...
, Radian
Radian (band)
Radian is an Austrian experimental music group.Their music touches on instrumental rock, post-rock, jazz and electronica, and is notable for imitating some of the more demanding musical structures of intelligent dance music....
and many others.
In December 2005 the company was closed, however in January 2006 Peter Rehberg
Peter Rehberg
Peter Rehberg is an author of electronic audio works.He has collaborated with: Jim O'Rourke, Christian Fennesz, Dennis Cooper, Gisèle Vienne, Stephen O'Malley , Tina Frank, Matmos, Tujiko Noriko, Kevin Drumm, Marcus Schmickler, Michaela Schwentner , Matt "Skitz" Sanders, Russell Haswell, Florian...
founded Editions Mego
Editions Mego
Editions Mego is a non-funded independent record label, founded 1 January 2006 by Peter RehbergIts aims are to maintain the back catalogue and legacy of the Mego label, as well as releasing new works.- Releases :...
, to carry on maintaining the back catalogue as well as releasing new works.
Impact and critical acclaim
Heralding the use of the laptopLaptop
A laptop, also called a notebook, is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device and speakers into a single unit...
as a DIY production tool and live performance instrument, the musicians gathered around Mego were seminal in defining a new genre of electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
, defying conventions of both dancefloor oriented electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
and the academic field of electroacoustics
Electroacoustic music
Electroacoustic music originated in Western art music during its modern era following the incorporation of electric sound production into compositional practice. The initial developments in electroacoustic music composition during the mid-20th century are associated with the activities of composers...
. The label's efforts met critical acclaim among the specialised press, and were awarded a distinction at the Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica is an organization based in Linz, Austria, founded in 1979 around a festival for art, technology and society that was part of the International Bruckner Festival. Herbert W. Franke is one of its founders. It became its own festival and a yearly event in 1986. Its director until 1995...
1999. In the jury's statement, Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke (musician)
Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...
lauded the label's work as defining "a brand new punk computer music".
Mego Releases
MEGO 001 General Magic + PitaPita (disambiguation)
Pita is a wheat bread made with yeast, popular in Middle Eastern cuisine.PITA may also refer to:* Acronym of pain in the ass* A class of foods in Bosnian cuisine similar to burek, such as sirnica , zeljanica , etc....
: Fridge Trax 12" (05.1995)
MEGO 002 General Magic / Elin: Die Mondlandung 12" (05.1995)
MEGO 003 Stützpunkt Wien 12: UFO Beobachtungen 93-95 2x12" (05.1995) (released on CD by Or, 01.1998)
MEGO 004 Fennesz: Instrument 12" (10.1995) (tracks appear on Fennesz: Field Recordings, released by Touch 09.2002)
MEGO 005 DJ DSL: I L.O.V.E. You 12" (10.1995)
MEGO 006 Sluta Leta: Fan Club 12" (11.1995)
MEGO 007 The Mego Jacket (08.1995)
MEGO 008 Farmers Manual
Farmers Manual
Farmers Manual is an electronic music and visual art group, founded in Vienna in the beginning of the nineties. The core members of the collective are Mathias Gmachl, Stefan Possert, Oswald Berthold, Gert Brantner and Nik Gaffney...
: No Backup
No Backup
No Backup, released in May 1996, is the first album by Farmers Manual. A remastered 2nd edition was reprinted in August 1999.-Track listing:#"Macro Woeb" - 5:54#"Biomagic I" - 6:45#"Biomagic II" - 7:19#"Perimeter 87" - 9:38#"Nomad 137" - 7:51...
CD+ (05.1996)
MEGO 009 Pita
Pita (disambiguation)
Pita is a wheat bread made with yeast, popular in Middle Eastern cuisine.PITA may also refer to:* Acronym of pain in the ass* A class of foods in Bosnian cuisine similar to burek, such as sirnica , zeljanica , etc....
: Seven Tons For Free CD (06.1996) (released in Japan by Digital Narcis, 01.1999)
MEGO 010 General Magic: Frantz CD (06.1997) (released in Japan by Digital Narcis, 06.2003)
MEGO 011 Potuznik: Amore Motore (...Autobahn) CD (04.1998)
MEGO 012 Russell Haswell
Russell Haswell
Russell Haswell is a multidisciplinary artist.He has exhibited conceptual and wall based visual works, video art, public sculpture, as well as audio presentations in both art gallery and concert hall contexts. Extreme Computer Music is one specialized area of activity...
: Live Salvage 1997-2000 CD (04.2001)
MEGO 013 not released
MEGO 014 Hecker
Hecker
- People :* Andrew Hecker, American Television Director WOW!, GLOW, Infomercials* Chris Hecker, game programmer* Ewald Hecker , German psychiatrist, originator of the concept of hebephrenia* Klemen Hecker, a truly leet hecker...
: IT ISO161975 CD (07.1998)
MEGO 015 Pure: The End Of Vinyl 3"CD" (03.1999)
MEGO 015v Pure: The End Of Vinyl 12" Picture Disc (04.2001)
MEGO 016 Fennesz: Hotel Paral.lel CD (09.1997)
MEGO 017 Farmers Manual
Farmers Manual
Farmers Manual is an electronic music and visual art group, founded in Vienna in the beginning of the nineties. The core members of the collective are Mathias Gmachl, Stefan Possert, Oswald Berthold, Gert Brantner and Nik Gaffney...
: fm 12" (08.1996)
MEGO 018 Evol: Principio 3" CD (04.1999)
MEGO 019 Goem: Dertig CM 12" (03.1999)
MEGO 020 Fennesz: Plays 7" (11.1998) (released a CDS by Moikai, 02.1999)
MEGO 020t Fennesz: Plays t-shirt (12.1998)
MEGO 021 gcttcatt: ampErase CD+ (10.2001)
MEGO 022 Masami Akita/Azuma/Haswell
Russell Haswell
Russell Haswell is a multidisciplinary artist.He has exhibited conceptual and wall based visual works, video art, public sculpture, as well as audio presentations in both art gallery and concert hall contexts. Extreme Computer Music is one specialized area of activity...
/Sakaibara: Ich Schnitt Mich In Den Finger 12" (05.1997)
MEGO 023 SKOT presents The Mego Videos 96-98 VHS/PAL (05.1999)
MEGO 023t SKOT t-shirt (01.1999)
MEGO 024 Hecker
Hecker
- People :* Andrew Hecker, American Television Director WOW!, GLOW, Infomercials* Chris Hecker, game programmer* Ewald Hecker , German psychiatrist, originator of the concept of hebephrenia* Klemen Hecker, a truly leet hecker...
: [R*] iso | chall CD (02.2000)
MEGO 025 Fuckhead: The Male Comedy (...oder der Traum vom kleinen Glück) CD (10.1998)
MEGO 026 Fanclub Erdberg/DJ DSL: Anton Polster Du Bist Leiwand 7" (10.1997)
MEGO 026CD Fanclub Erdberg/DJ DSL: Anton Polster Du Bist Leiwand CDS (10.1997)
MEGO 027 Zbigniew Karkowski: it 3"CD (06.2000)
MEGO 028 Nachtstrom: 17 Songs After Midnight LP (07.1999)
MEGO 029 Pita
Pita (disambiguation)
Pita is a wheat bread made with yeast, popular in Middle Eastern cuisine.PITA may also refer to:* Acronym of pain in the ass* A class of foods in Bosnian cuisine similar to burek, such as sirnica , zeljanica , etc....
: Get Out CD (10.1999) (released on vinyl by Moikai, 09.2000)
MEGO 030 Pure: Noonbugs CD (09.2002)
MEGO 031 Fennesz/O'Rourke/Rehberg: The Magic Sound Of Fenn O'Berg CD (12.1999)
MEGO 032 General Magic: Rechenkönig CD (10.2000)
MEGO 033045 IBM: The Oval Recording LP+7" (01.2001)
MEGO 034 Francisco López
Francisco López (musician)
Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and sound artist.He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries...
: untitled #92 LP (06.2000)
MEGO 035 Fennesz: Endless Summer CD (06.2001) (released in Japan by P-Vine
P-Vine Records
P-Vine Records is a record label started by Blues Interactions, Inc., a firm in Tokyo, Japan established in 1975 by Yasufumi Higurashi and Akira Kochi...
, 09.2003)
MEGO 035v Fennesz: Endless Summer LP (06.2001)
MEGO 035t Fennesz: Endless Summer t-shirt (09.2001)
MEGO 036 not released
MEGO 038 Evol: Magia Potagia CD (03.2005)
MEGO 039 Uli Troyer: NOK 3"CD (09.2000)
MEGO 040 Merzbow
Merzbow
is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...
: A Taste Of.. CD (05.2002)
MEGO 041 ddkern: gern 12" (01.2002)
MEGO 042 Dr. Nachtstrom: Leidenschaft CD (02.2002)
MEGO 043 Skot vs. Hecker
Hecker
- People :* Andrew Hecker, American Television Director WOW!, GLOW, Infomercials* Chris Hecker, game programmer* Ewald Hecker , German psychiatrist, originator of the concept of hebephrenia* Klemen Hecker, a truly leet hecker...
VHS/PAL (04.2000)
MEGO 044 Hecker
Hecker
- People :* Andrew Hecker, American Television Director WOW!, GLOW, Infomercials* Chris Hecker, game programmer* Ewald Hecker , German psychiatrist, originator of the concept of hebephrenia* Klemen Hecker, a truly leet hecker...
: Sun Pandämonium CD (02.2003)
MEGO 047 Tujiko Noriko
Tujiko Noriko
- Discography :*Keshou To Heitai AKA Makeup and Soldiers *Shojo Toshi AKA Girl City *I Forgot the Title *Hard Ni Sasete AKA Make Me Hard *From Tokyo to Naiagara...
: Shojo Toshi CD (05.2001) (see also eMEGO 047)
MEGO 777 Farmers Manual
Farmers Manual
Farmers Manual is an electronic music and visual art group, founded in Vienna in the beginning of the nineties. The core members of the collective are Mathias Gmachl, Stefan Possert, Oswald Berthold, Gert Brantner and Nik Gaffney...
: rla DVD-ROM (03.2003)
MEGO 049 Pita
Pita (disambiguation)
Pita is a wheat bread made with yeast, popular in Middle Eastern cuisine.PITA may also refer to:* Acronym of pain in the ass* A class of foods in Bosnian cuisine similar to burek, such as sirnica , zeljanica , etc....
: Get Down LP (06.2002)
MEGO 049t Pita
Pita (disambiguation)
Pita is a wheat bread made with yeast, popular in Middle Eastern cuisine.PITA may also refer to:* Acronym of pain in the ass* A class of foods in Bosnian cuisine similar to burek, such as sirnica , zeljanica , etc....
: Get Down t-shirt (09.2002)
MEGO 050 Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke (musician)
Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...
: I'm Happy, And I'm Singing, And a 1,2,3,4 CD (12.2001) (released in Japan by P-Vine, 09.2002)
MEGO 050v Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke (musician)
Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...
: I'm Happy, And I'm Singing, And a 1,2,3,4 LP (01.2002)
MEGO 051 Massimo: Hey babe, let me see your USB and I'll show you my FireWire 3"CD (11.2001)
MEGO 052 2002 - 125ccm / 2-stroke race kart (03.2003)
MEGO 053 Kevin Drumm: Sheer Hellish Miasma CD (05.2002)
MEGO 054 Fennesz/O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke (musician)
Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...
/Rehberg
Peter Rehberg
Peter Rehberg is an author of electronic audio works.He has collaborated with: Jim O'Rourke, Christian Fennesz, Dennis Cooper, Gisèle Vienne, Stephen O'Malley , Tina Frank, Matmos, Tujiko Noriko, Kevin Drumm, Marcus Schmickler, Michaela Schwentner , Matt "Skitz" Sanders, Russell Haswell, Florian...
: The Return Of Fenn O'Berg CD (07.2002) (released in Japan by P-Vine, 09.2002)
MEGO 054v Fennesz/Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke (musician)
Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...
/Rehberg
Peter Rehberg
Peter Rehberg is an author of electronic audio works.He has collaborated with: Jim O'Rourke, Christian Fennesz, Dennis Cooper, Gisèle Vienne, Stephen O'Malley , Tina Frank, Matmos, Tujiko Noriko, Kevin Drumm, Marcus Schmickler, Michaela Schwentner , Matt "Skitz" Sanders, Russell Haswell, Florian...
: The Return Of Fenn O'Berg LP (07.2002)
MEGO 055 COH: Mask Of Birth CD (08.2002)
MEGO 056 DACM: ShowroomDummies CD (06.2002)
MEGO 057 Tujiko Noriko
Tujiko Noriko
- Discography :*Keshou To Heitai AKA Makeup and Soldiers *Shojo Toshi AKA Girl City *I Forgot the Title *Hard Ni Sasete AKA Make Me Hard *From Tokyo to Naiagara...
: I Forgot The Title 12" (06.2002)
MEGO 058 Ilsa Gold: Regretten? Rien! DoCD (10.2003)
MEGO 059 quintetAvant: Floppy Nails LP (12.2002)
MEGO 060 Yasunao Tone
Yasunao Tone
Yasunao Tone is a Japanese artist who has worked with many different types of media throughout his career. He was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1935, and he graduated from Chiba Japanese National University in 1957, majoring in Japanese literature. He became active in the Fluxus movement in the 1960s and...
& Hecker
Hecker
- People :* Andrew Hecker, American Television Director WOW!, GLOW, Infomercials* Chris Hecker, game programmer* Ewald Hecker , German psychiatrist, originator of the concept of hebephrenia* Klemen Hecker, a truly leet hecker...
: Palimpsest CD (10.2004)
MEGO 061 Mego presents: Playback Device Confusion Volume One featuring Aleph Empire shaped 3"CD (12.2002)
MEGO 062 Tujiko Noriko
Tujiko Noriko
- Discography :*Keshou To Heitai AKA Makeup and Soldiers *Shojo Toshi AKA Girl City *I Forgot the Title *Hard Ni Sasete AKA Make Me Hard *From Tokyo to Naiagara...
: Hard Ni Sasete (Make Me Hard) CD (10.2002)
MEGO 063 Massimo: Hello Dirty CD (10.2002)
MEGO 064 Hecker
Hecker
- People :* Andrew Hecker, American Television Director WOW!, GLOW, Infomercials* Chris Hecker, game programmer* Ewald Hecker , German psychiatrist, originator of the concept of hebephrenia* Klemen Hecker, a truly leet hecker...
: 2 Track 12" (03.2003) (released in collaboration with Synaesthesia, SYN 004)
MEGO 065 not released
MEGO 066 BulBul: Drabule 12" (07.2004)
MEGO 067 COH: Electric Electric 12" (09.2003)
MEGO 068 not released
MEGO 069 Russell Haswell
Russell Haswell
Russell Haswell is a multidisciplinary artist.He has exhibited conceptual and wall based visual works, video art, public sculpture, as well as audio presentations in both art gallery and concert hall contexts. Extreme Computer Music is one specialized area of activity...
& Florian Hecker
Hecker
- People :* Andrew Hecker, American Television Director WOW!, GLOW, Infomercials* Chris Hecker, game programmer* Ewald Hecker , German psychiatrist, originator of the concept of hebephrenia* Klemen Hecker, a truly leet hecker...
: Revision single sided 12" (06.2005)
MEGO 070 Fritz Ostermayer: Kitsch Concrète CD (08.2003)
MEGO 071 Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins is a harpist active in rock music, free improvisation and jazz. Parkins plays standard harps, as well as several custom-made one-of-a kind electric harps; she also plays piano and accordion...
& Ikue Mori
Ikue Mori
, also known as Ikue Ile, is a drummer, composer, and graphic designer.-Biography:Ikue Mori was born and raised in Japan. She says she had little interest in music before hearing punk rock...
: Phantom Orchard CD (05.2004)
MEGO 072 Gert-Jan Prins
Gert-Jan Prins
Gert-Jan Prins is a Dutch musician active in free improvisation.Initially a free jazz percussionist, Prins now focuses on producing and manipulating sound, especially white and pink noise, using a collection of custom-built FM radio transmitters and receivers, similar to the instruments of...
: Risk 3"CD (03.2004)
MEGO 073 Sluta Leta: Semi Peterson CD (11.2003)
MEGO 074 Rob Mazurek
Rob Mazurek
Rob Mazurek is an American composer, jazz musician, and visual artist originally from Chicago, Illinois. Mazurek now resides in São Paulo Brazil.-Biography:...
: Sweet & Vicious Like Frankenstein CD (01.2004)
MEGO 075 Vega
Alan Vega
Alan Vega For several years other sources stated that he was born in 1948 – see 'Myth' section is an American vocalist, primarily known for his work with electronic protopunk duo, Suicide...
/Vainio/Väisänen
Pan sonic
Pan Sonic was a Finnish experimental electronic music duo consisting of Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen.-Music:...
(VVV): Resurrection River CD (05.2005)
MEGO 076 COH: 0397POST-POP DoCD (01.2005)
MEGO 077 see eMEGO 077
MEGO 078 not released
MEGO 079 dieb13
Dieb13
Dieb13 is the performing name of Dieter Kovačič, a Viennese based avant-garde musician. He has also performed under the names Takeshi Fumimoto, Echelon, Dieter Bohlen, and dieb14. After appearing on several compilations documenting the burgeoning Viennese avant-garde scene of the late 1990s, he...
vs. Takeshi Fumimoto 12" picture vinyl (06.2005)
MR 001 Radian
Radian
Radian is the ratio between the length of an arc and its radius. The radian is the standard unit of angular measure, used in many areas of mathematics. The unit was formerly a SI supplementary unit, but this category was abolished in 1995 and the radian is now considered a SI derived unit...
: tg11 CD (03.2000) (released in collaboration with Rhiz)
HEC2 Hecker
Hecker
- People :* Andrew Hecker, American Television Director WOW!, GLOW, Infomercials* Chris Hecker, game programmer* Ewald Hecker , German psychiatrist, originator of the concept of hebephrenia* Klemen Hecker, a truly leet hecker...
: PV Trecks CD (03.2004)
Editions Mego releases
eMEGO 080 Anthony PaterasAnthony Pateras
Anthony Pateras is a multidisciplinary musician living and working in Melbourne, Australia. He performs on piano or analogue electronics, and composes written works for ensembles, orchestras and soloists.-Discography:SOLO:...
& Robin Fox
Robin Fox
Robin Fox is an Anglo-American anthropologist who has written on the topics of marriage, human and primate kinship systems, and evolutionary anthropology and sociology. He was born in Yorkshire. He founded the department of anthropology at Rutgers University in 1967 and remained a professor there...
: Flux Compendium CD (01.2006)
eMEGO 081 Hecker
Hecker (musician)
Florian Hecker is an electronic music composer. He was born in Augsburg, Germany in 1975. His electronic music trends towards noise music and is often released via the Mego label. He has been working with computer music with artists such as Russell Haswell, Peter Rehberg, Yasunao Tone, Aphex Twin...
: Electronic Music Soundtrack for "The Disenchanted Forest x 1001" by Angela Bulloch DoCD (02.2006)
eMEGO 047 Tujiko Noriko
Tujiko Noriko
- Discography :*Keshou To Heitai AKA Makeup and Soldiers *Shojo Toshi AKA Girl City *I Forgot the Title *Hard Ni Sasete AKA Make Me Hard *From Tokyo to Naiagara...
: 少女都市+ (Shojo Toshi+) CD (05.2006)
eMEGO 077 quintetAvant: En Concert à la Salle des Fêtes CD (07.2006)
External links
- http://www.editionsmego.com Official site of Editions Mego
- http://www.mego.at Previous official site