- Hyperium Records
Infobox record label
name = Hyperium Records
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parent =ZZO Recordings
founded = 1991
founder = Oliver Rosch
defunct = yes
distributor =Gema
genre = ethereal,darkwave , neoclassical, gothic, ambient
country =Germany
location =Nürnberg Hyperium Records was a German
independent record label specializing in ethereal,darkwave , neoclassical, gothic, and ambient music, founded by Oliver Rosch [http://www.musicaldiscoveries.com/reviews/chandeen2004.htm] (also known as "Oli" Rosch) in 1991 [http://www.lictd.com/pgs/history.html] . Rosch died onAugust 1 ,2002 in a motorcycle accident [http://www.hertz-lion.com/archive/17august2002.html] .Heavenly Voices compilations
Hyperium are best known for their "Heavenly Voices" compilation series, which featured prominent use of
female vocals in a neo-classical or ethereal style. "Heavenly Voices" has often been used as a genre term, particularly during the mid to late 1990s [http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?dept_id=20&sku=HYY00086] . Love Is Colder Than Death claim that the series was inspired by their music [http://www.lictd.com/pgs/history.html] . The compilations featured music by many of the label's own artists, as well as guest appearance by other notable bands of the ethereal/gothic/darkwave scene including Bel Canto,Faith & the Muse ,Gitane Demone ,In The Nursery ,Lacuna Coil ,Miranda Sex Garden ,Ordo Equitum Solis andThe Moon Seven Times . In 1997, American independent labelCleopatra Records released a Hyperium licensed compilation called "Heavenly Voices" subtitled, "A collection of the finest female vocals in ethereal, darkwave & gothic" [http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=CLE01982&dept_id=20] .Artists
The following are artists with releases on Hyperium Records:
* Attrition
*Calva Y Nada
*Chandeen
*Claire Voyant
*Clock DVA
*Dark Orange
*Die Form
*Digital Poodle
*Eleven Shadows
*Jarboe
* The Wake
*Louisa John-Krol
*Love Is Colder Than Death
*Mynox Layh
* Regenerator
*Sleeping Dogs Wake
* Stoa
* Sweet William
*The Tors of Dartmoor The following artists were co-released by Hyperium Records and
Projekt Records :* Attrition
*Black Tape for a Blue Girl
* Bleak
* Eden
*Human Drama
*Love Spirals Downwards
*Soul Whirling Somewhere ee also
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List of record labels External links
* [http://www.discogs.com/label/Hyperium+Records| Discogs page for Hyperium]
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