Xpressway
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Xpressway was a record label
founded by New Zealand
musician Bruce Russell in Dunedin
in 1988. Until it ceased in 1993, Xpressway released a variety of New Zealand musicians, primarily on cassette, but its catalogue included several 7" singles and one 12" EP.
Russell began releasing and distributing cassettes via mail order, to offer a 'lifeboat' for those artists who had been dropped by Flying Nun Records
, as Flying Nun moved away from its low-fi roots to focus on artists with more 'commercial potential'.
Artists whose material was released by Xpressway include The Dead C
, This Kind Of Punishment
, Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos
, Alastair Galbraith, Graeme Jefferies
, The Terminals
, and Sandra Bell.
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
founded by New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
musician Bruce Russell in Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
in 1988. Until it ceased in 1993, Xpressway released a variety of New Zealand musicians, primarily on cassette, but its catalogue included several 7" singles and one 12" EP.
Russell began releasing and distributing cassettes via mail order, to offer a 'lifeboat' for those artists who had been dropped by Flying Nun Records
Flying Nun Records
Flying Nun Records is an independent record label formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1981 by music-store proprietor Roger Shepherd.-History:The label was formed in the flurry of new punk rock-inspired labels forming in the early 1980s...
, as Flying Nun moved away from its low-fi roots to focus on artists with more 'commercial potential'.
Artists whose material was released by Xpressway include The Dead C
The Dead C
The Dead C are a New Zealand based noise rock trio made up of members Bruce Russell, Michael Morley and Robbie Yeats. Most often, Russell plays electric guitar, Morley sings and plays electric guitar or laptop, and Yeats plays drums....
, This Kind Of Punishment
This Kind Of Punishment
This Kind Of Punishment were a band from New Zealand.The band was formed by brothers Peter and Graeme Jefferies, after the breakup of their post-punk outfit Nocturnal Projections. Their first self-titled album was recorded on 4-track recorder borrowed from Chris Knox, and released in an edition of...
, Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos
Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos
Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos was a band from New Zealand consisting of Michael Morley and Richard Ram. During the early 1980s they released numerous cassettes through the Wrecked Music and Every Secret Thing labels. In 1986 the Flying Nun label released their River Falling Love EP,...
, Alastair Galbraith, Graeme Jefferies
Graeme Jefferies
Graeme Jefferies is a musician from New Zealand.In 1981 Graeme and his brother Peter Jefferies formed the post-punk band Nocturnal Projections...
, The Terminals
The Terminals
The Terminals are an alternative rock band from New Zealand. They released material on the Xpressway and Flying Nun labels.No affiliation with the TERMINALS aka the TERMINALS , a Surf/Punk band from Hutchinson, KS, USA...
, and Sandra Bell.
Discography
- X/Way 01 Dead C Live Dead See cassette
- X/Way 02 This Kind Of PunishmentThis Kind Of PunishmentThis Kind Of Punishment were a band from New Zealand.The band was formed by brothers Peter and Graeme Jefferies, after the breakup of their post-punk outfit Nocturnal Projections. Their first self-titled album was recorded on 4-track recorder borrowed from Chris Knox, and released in an edition of...
TKP Live 1985 cassette - X/Way 03 Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive StereosWreck Small Speakers On Expensive StereosWreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos was a band from New Zealand consisting of Michael Morley and Richard Ram. During the early 1980s they released numerous cassettes through the Wrecked Music and Every Secret Thing labels. In 1986 the Flying Nun label released their River Falling Love EP,...
A Childs Guide To Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos cassette - X/Way 04 Alastair GalbraithHurry On Down cassette
- X/Way 05 Various Xpressway Pile Up cassette
- X/Way 06 Various I Hate Pavel Tishy's Guts cassette
- X/Way 07 Dead C The Sunstabbed 7" EP
- X/Way 08 Victor Dimisich Band The Mekong Delta Blues cassette
- X/Way 09 Peter GutteridgePeter GutteridgePeter Gutteridge is a Dunedin, New Zealand, musician. Best known as a singer/songwriter/guitarist, he was originally a bassist, playing in several bands during the 1980s. Initially he was a member of The Clean, alongside Hamish and David Kilgour, whom Gutteridge had known from his schooldays...
Pure cassette - X/Way 10 Alastair Galbraith and Graeme JefferiesGraeme JefferiesGraeme Jefferies is a musician from New Zealand.In 1981 Graeme and his brother Peter Jefferies formed the post-punk band Nocturnal Projections...
"Timebomb" / "Bravely, Bravely" 7" - X/Way 11 Peter JefferiesPeter JefferiesPeter Jefferies is a musician from New Zealand.In 1981 Peter and his brother Graeme Jefferies formed the post-punk band Nocturnal Projections. The band released a few records, and played around their hometown of New Plymouth, as well as Auckland....
and Robbie Muir "Catapult" / "The Fate Of The Human Carbine" 7" - X/Way 12 Dead C Play DR 503b cassette
- X/Way 13 Plagal Grind Plagel Grind 12" EP
- X/Way 14 Sferic Experiment Bunny Liver cassette
- X/Way 15 This Kind Of PunishmentThis Kind Of PunishmentThis Kind Of Punishment were a band from New Zealand.The band was formed by brothers Peter and Graeme Jefferies, after the breakup of their post-punk outfit Nocturnal Projections. Their first self-titled album was recorded on 4-track recorder borrowed from Chris Knox, and released in an edition of...
Beard Of Bees cassette - X/Way 16 Peter JefferiesPeter JefferiesPeter Jefferies is a musician from New Zealand.In 1981 Peter and his brother Graeme Jefferies formed the post-punk band Nocturnal Projections. The band released a few records, and played around their hometown of New Plymouth, as well as Auckland....
The Last Great Challenge in a Dull WorldThe Last Great Challenge in a Dull WorldThe Last Great Challenge in a Dull World is a 1990 album by New Zealand pianist Peter Jefferies. It was originally released on the Xpressway label, and reissued in 1992 and 1995 by Ajax Records...
cassette - X/Way 17 The TerminalsThe TerminalsThe Terminals are an alternative rock band from New Zealand. They released material on the Xpressway and Flying Nun labels.No affiliation with the TERMINALS aka the TERMINALS , a Surf/Punk band from Hutchinson, KS, USA...
"Do The Void" / "Deadly Tango" 7" - X/Way 18 Angelhead Eat cassette
- X/Way 19 The TerminalsThe TerminalsThe Terminals are an alternative rock band from New Zealand. They released material on the Xpressway and Flying Nun labels.No affiliation with the TERMINALS aka the TERMINALS , a Surf/Punk band from Hutchinson, KS, USA...
Disease cassette - X/Way 20 Scorched Earth Policy Foaming Out cassette
- X/Way 21 David Mitchell with Denise Roughan "Dead Dog In Port Chalmers" / "Dogs" / "Grey Funnel Line" 7"
- X/Way 22 Sandra Bell Dreams Of Falling cassette
- X/Way 23 Heazelwood Hellmouth 666 cassette