Hyperium Records

Hyperium Records
Parent company	ZZO Recordings
Founded	1991
Founder	Oliver Roesch / Oliver van Essenberg
Defunct	yes
Distributor(s)	GEMA
Genre	darkwave, neoclassical, gothic rock, ambient, ethereal
Country of origin	Germany
Location	Nürnberg

Hyperium Records was a German independent record label specializing in darkwave, neoclassical, ethereal, gothic rock, and ambient music, founded by Oliver Roesch^[1] (also known as "Oli" Roesch) and Oliver van Essenberg in 1991.^[2] Roesch died on August 1, 2002 in a motorcycle accident.^[3]

Releases

Heavenly Voices compilations

Hyperium are best known for their Heavenly Voices compilation series, which featured prominent use of female vocals in a neo-classical, neofolk, world music, trip hop or ethereal style. "Heavenly Voices" has often been used as a genre term, particularly during the mid to late 1990s.^[4] Love Is Colder Than Death claim that the series was inspired by their music.^[5]

The first few 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, Miranda Sex Garden, Ordo Equitum Solis and The Moon Seven Times. In 1997, American independent label Cleopatra Records released a Hyperium licensed compilation called Heavenly Voices subtitled, "A collection of the finest female vocals in ethereal, darkwave & gothic".^[6]

Artists

The following are artists with releases on Hyperium Records:

!Bang Elektronika
Attrition
Autopsia
Calva y Nada
Chandeen
Claire Voyant
Clock DVA
Dark Orange
Die Form
Digital Factor
Digital Poodle
Eleven Shadows
Jarboe
The Wake
Louisa John-Krol
Love Is Colder Than Death
Mellonta Tauta
Mynox Layh
Regenerator
Sleeping Dogs Wake
Still Patient?
Stoa
Sweet William
The Tors of Dartmoor

The following artists were co-released by Hyperium Records and Projekt Records:

References

External links

Discogs page for Hyperium

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