Excelsior Recordings

Excelsior Recordings
Excelsior Recordings
Founded	1996
Founder	Ferry Roseboom, Frans Hagenaars
Distributor(s)	V2 Records
Genre	Various
Country of origin	Netherlands
Location	Amsterdam, Brooklyn
Official website	https://www.excelsior-recordings.com/

Excelsior Recordings is an independent record label located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The label has over 400 releases.^[1]

History

Excelsior was founded by Ferry Roseboom and Frans Hagenaars under the name "Nothing Sucks Like Electrolux", releasing a few limited-run seven-inch singles in 1995.^[2] The name Excelsior was adopted in 1996 after the label was acquired by MCA Records as a subsidiary for releasing alternative rock albums in the Low Countries.^[2] By 2001, the label had acquired a distributor in the United States, Sure Fire Recordings.^[3] The label was later acquired by V2 Records.^[4]

Artists

Absynthe Minded
Alamo Race Track
Alex Roeka [nl]^[5]^{[better source needed]}
Anne Soldaat [nl]^[6]^{[better source needed]}
Awkward i [nl]^[7]
Bauer
Beans & Fatback (band) [nl]^[8]^{[better source needed]}
Benjamin B
Caesar
Claw Boys Claw
Cloud Cafe^[9]
Daily Bread [nl]^[10]^{[better source needed]}
Daryll-Ann
De Staat
Do-The-Undo
Eckhardt^[11]
El Pino & the Volunteers
Fixkes
GEM
Ghost Trucker
Green Hornet^[12]^{[better source needed]}^{[better source needed]}
Hallo Venray
The Heights [nl]^{[citation needed]}
The Herb Spectacles
Hospital Bombers [nl]^[13]

Jacco Gardner [nl]^[14]^{[better source needed]}
Johan
Lefties Soul Connection
Liam Finn
Lola Kite^[15]^{[better source needed]}
LPG
Meindert Talma & the Negroes
Moss
Ploegendienst (band) [nl]^{[citation needed]}
Roosbeef
Scram C Baby [nl]^[16]^{[better source needed]}
Solo
Speed 78^[17]^{[better source needed]}
Spinvis
Supersub [nl]^{[citation needed]}
Tangarine [nl]^[18]
The Kik
Tim Knol
Traumahelikopter [nl]^[19]^{[better source needed]}
Triggerfinger
Under byen
Véras Fawaz [nl]^[20]^{[better source needed]}
zZz

References

^ "Supporters". Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b MCA Acquires Excelsior Rights. Billboard, May 18, 1996.
^ Review of Daryl-Ann, Happy Traum. Billboard, October 6, 2001.
^ Interview with Ferry Roseboom. Sex, Drugs & Rock N Roll High School, Autumn 2008, pp. 105-107. (Dutch)
^ "Alex Roeka - Nieuws".
^ "Anne Soldaat".
^ "Awkward i".
^ "Beans & Fatback".
^ "Cloud Cafe naar droomfestival ITGWO met weerbarstige nieuwe single".
^ "Daily Bread".
^ "In de lelijkheid". Archived from the original on 2009-05-24.
^ "Green Hornet".
^ "Muziekencyclopedie - Hospital Bombers".
^ "Jacco Gardner".
^ "Excelsior Recordings Shop". Archived from the original on 2011-03-15.
^ "Scram C Baby".
^ "Speed 78 - Goom Agar".
^ "Tangarine".
^ "Traumahelikopter".
^ "Véras".

External links

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https://www.excelsior-recordings.com/ (Official site)

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[1] "Supporters". Retrieved 1 February 2024.

[bb-2] MCA Acquires Excelsior Rights. Billboard, May 18, 1996.

[3] Review of Daryl-Ann, Happy Traum. Billboard, October 6, 2001.

[4] Interview with Ferry Roseboom. Sex, Drugs & Rock N Roll High School, Autumn 2008, pp. 105-107. (Dutch)

[5] "Alex Roeka - Nieuws".

[6] "Anne Soldaat".

[5-7] "Awkward i".

[8] "Beans & Fatback".

[9] "Cloud Cafe naar droomfestival ITGWO met weerbarstige nieuwe single".

[10] "Daily Bread".

[11] "In de lelijkheid". Archived from the original on 2009-05-24.

[12] "Green Hornet".

[13] "Muziekencyclopedie - Hospital Bombers".

[14] "Jacco Gardner".

[15] "Excelsior Recordings Shop". Archived from the original on 2011-03-15.

[16] "Scram C Baby".

[17] "Speed 78 - Goom Agar".

[18] "Tangarine".

[19] "Traumahelikopter".

[20] "Véras".

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