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	excelsior-recordings.com

Excelsior Recordings is an independent record label located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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.^[1] 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.^[1] By 2001 the label had acquired a distributor in the United States, Sure Fire Recordings.^[2] The label was later acquired by V2 Records.^[3]

Artists

Absynthe Minded
Alamo Race Track
Alex Roeka
Anne Soldaat
Bauer
Beans & Fatback
Benjamin B
Caesar
Daily Bread
Daryll-Ann
De Staat
Do-The-Undo
Eckhardt
El Pino & the Volunteers
Fixkes
GEM
Ghost Trucker
Green Hornet
Hallo Venray
The Heights
The Herb Spectacles
Hospital Bombers

Jacco Gardner
Johan
Lefties Soul Connection
Liam Finn
Lola Kite
LPG
Meindert Talma & the Negroes
Moss
Roosbeef
Scram C Baby
Solo
Speed 78
Spinvis
Supersub
Tangarine
The Kik
Tim Knol
Traumahelikopter
Triggerfinger
Under byen
zZz

References

1 2 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)

External links

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Official site

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