Tesco Organisation
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Founded | 1987 |
Founder |
Joachim Kohl Klaus Hilger |
Genre | Industrial |
Country of origin | Germany |
Official website | Tesco Distribution |
Tesco Organisation is a German record label, mail order company and distributor, specialising in industrial, noise, neofolk and ambient music. Tesco has also organised music festivals in the past such as “Heavy Electronicsâ€, “Tesco Disco†and “Festival Karlsruheâ€[1]
History
Formation
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.[3] In 1989 the label released their first Genocide Organ album titled “Leichenlinieâ€.[4] Shortly after this release Tesco expanded and created their sub-label, ‘’Functional’’ primarily for the re-release of unknown cassette recordings.[5] The labels early releases were packaged in special covers such as oversized card folders and sleeves. This idea was influenced by LP covers of the band Zoviet France.[6] Early releases were recorded by the organisations members and their friends.[7] The music Tesco wanted to release were in the style of earlier Industrial bands like Throbbing Gristle and Lustmord.[8]
Tesco Organisation Principles
The organisation does not involve itself in any propaganda, but instead lets its artists speak on their behalf.[9] 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.[10] Tesco has no visible ideology, only that they show a fascination for other people who are outspoken and direct; no matter what politics they follow.[11] They express an enjoyment of the aesthetics of decay and the decline of the Western world.[12] They state that when living in a country where you are not allowed to own any nationalism you have a lot to criticize.[13]
Tesco Artists
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Footnotes
- ↑ "Tesco Interview" “Stigmata Magazine, accessed 11 October 2009
- ↑ "Tesco Interview" “Stigmata Magazine, accessed 11 October 2009
- ↑ "Tesco Interview" “Stigmata Magazine, accessed 11 October 2009
- ↑ "Tesco Interview" “Stigmata Magazine, accessed 11 October 2009
- ↑ "Tesco Interview" “Stigmata Magazine, accessed 11 October 2009
- ↑ "Tesco Interview" “Stigmata Magazine, accessed 11 October 2009
- ↑ "Tesco Interview" “Stigmata Magazine, accessed 11 October 2009
- ↑ "Tesco Interview" “Stigmata Magazine, accessed 11 October 2009
- ↑ "Tesco Interview" “Stigmata Magazine, accessed 11 October 2009
- ↑ "Tesco Interview" “Stigmata Magazine, accessed 11 October 2009
- ↑ "Tesco Interview" “Stigmata Magazine, accessed 11 October 2009
- ↑ "Tesco Interview" “Stigmata Magazine, accessed 11 October 2009
- ↑ "Tesco Interview" “Stigmata Magazine, accessed 11 October 2009