Tesco Organisation
| Tesco Organisation | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Founder | Joachim Kohl Klaus Hilger |
| Genre | Industrial |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Official website | Tesco Organization Germany |
Tesco Organisation is a German record label, mail order company and distributor, specialising in industrial, noise, neofolk and ambient music.[1] Tesco has also organised music festivals in the past such as "Heavy Electronics", "Tesco Disco" and "Festival Karlsruhe"[2]
History
[edit]Formation
[edit]Tesco Organisation started as a mail order company in 1987[2] releasing music from the Industrial music genre. The organisation had noticed there was a gap between the music they liked and what was being released by other record labels.[2] In 1989 the label released their first Genocide Organ album, titled "Leichenlinie".[2] Shortly after this release, Tesco expanded and created their sub-label, Functional Organisation, primarily for the re-release of unknown cassette recordings[2][3].The label's early releases were packaged in special covers such as oversized card folders and sleeves, influenced by the LP covers of the band Zoviet France.[2] Early releases were recorded by the organisations members and their friends.[2] The music Tesco wanted to release was in the style of earlier Industrial bands like Throbbing Gristle and Lustmord.[2]
Principles
[edit]The organisation does not involve itself in any PR, but instead lets its artists speak on their behalf.[2] The artists who release recordings on the organisation's record label all have something in common with Tesco. The organisation's members stay neutral and support their recording artist's views.[2] Tesco states that they have no visible ideology, instead expressing a fascination for other people who are outspoken and direct; no matter what politics they follow. They express an enjoyment of the aesthetics of decay and the decline of the Western world. They state that when living in a country where you are not allowed to own any nationalism you have a lot to criticize.[2]
Notable artists
[edit]- African Imperial Wizard
- Anenzephalia
- Asche
- Bocksholm
- Bøltorn
- Brighter Death Now
- Browning Mummery
- Genocide Organ
- Intrinsic Action
- Janitor
- Kraang
- Last Dominion Lost
- Daniel Menche
- Of the Wand & the Moon
- Post Scriptvm
- Prurient
- Richard Ramirez
- Smell & Quim
- Sonne Hagal
- Throbbing Gristle
- Trepaneringsritualen
- Vromb
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Tesco Organisation". Discogs. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "S T I G M A T A magazine". stigmata.name. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- ^ "Functional Organisation". Discogs. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
