Derivative Records was a Canadian

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, founded in 1992, in Montréal, Québec by Patti Schmidt and Kevin Komoda. The label was originally founded as "a cassette & 7-inch only-label." As demand and production ramped up to include other areas such as the United States and Europe, the label brought in Pat Hamou and Genevieve Heistek to help out. Artists in which the label had releases by were both international-based artists, such as Chicago's Number One Cup, London's Spool, and Switzerland's Sportsguitar, as well as Canadian-based, such as Eric's Trip, jale, Pest 5000, and Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet. In April 1995, the label hosted an anniversary party for their 2-year anniversary of their first official release. Artists who performed at the showcase were Broken Girl, Spool,

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, and Spiny Anteaters. The label ceased operations in 1997.

Releases and artists

Source:https://www.discogs.com/label/49681-Derivative-Records?sort=year&sort_order=asc Duh 000 - Asexuals - Love Goes Plaid / Beautiful (7") (1993) (co-assisted in distribution) duh 001 -

Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet are a Juno Award-winning Canadians, Canadian instrumental rock band, formed in 1984. They remain best known for the track "Having an Average Weekend", of which an alternate version was used as the theme music, the ...

- Take Outs (7") (1993) duh 002 -

Trenchmouth Trenchmouth was an American punk band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1988. Throughout its existence, the band mainly consisted of Damon Locks (vocals/percussion), Chris DeZutter (guitar), Wayne Montana (bass), and Fred Armisen (drums). ...

/ Bliss - The Position Of The Right Hand (7") (1993) DUH003 - Bite - Because Girls Would Love To Have A Friend To Dance With (Cass) (1993) DUH004 - Bellybutton Lint - The First Four (Cass) (1993) DUH005 - Good Cookies - Four Songs (Cass) (1993) duh 006 - Jale - Sort of Grey (7", Single) (1993) duh 007 - Pest 5000 - Pest Plays No. 817 The Visible Trout (Cass, EP) (1993) duh 008 - Chicken Milk - Live In Spane (Cass, EP) (1993) Duh 009 - Spool - Pieces Of Post (Cass) (1993) DUH 010 - Bite - Canker (7") (1993) DUH011 -

Eric's Trip Eric's Trip is a Canadian indie rock band from Moncton, New Brunswick. Eric's Trip achieved prominence as the first Canadian band to be signed to Seattle's flagship grunge label Sub Pop in the early 1990s. The band had a minor hit in alternati ...

- Warm Girl (7", EP) (1993) DUH 012 - Good Cookies - Have You Fire (CD) (1994) DUH013 - Spool - Callous Makers (7") (1994) DUH014 - Pest 5000 - Patti Christ Superstar (2x7", EP) (1994) duh 015 - Moon Socket - Socket To Me (Cass) (1994) DUH016 - Slow Loris - Palentine (7", EP) (1994) DUH017 - Bite - Funbuns (7") (1994) PET001 - Various - The Pet Series Vol. 1--Booger (Cass, Comp) (1994) DUH018 - Grifters - Stream (7", Single) (1995) DUH019 - Sportsguitar - He's So Funny (7") (1995) DUH020 -

Jad Fair Jadwin B. Fair (born June 9, 1954) is an American singer, guitarist, graphic artist, and founding member of lo-fi alternative rock group Half Japanese. Biography Fair was born in Coldwater, Michigan. In 1974, he and his brother David formed the ...

Phono-Comb Phono-Comb was a Canadian instrumental/modern surf rock group that formed in 1993 in Toronto. History Phono-Comb first materialized when Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet played with Jad Fair when he was performing in Toronto to promote a film abo ...

- In A Haunted House (7") (1995) duhcd015 - Moon Socket - Moon Socket (CD) (1995) DUH-021 - Starbean / Saturnine /

The Ladybug Transistor The Ladybug Transistor is a Brooklyn-based indie pop group associated with The Elephant Six Collective. History Started in 1995 by Gary Olson (Ladybug Transistor), Gary Olson, Edward Powers and Javier Villegas, The Ladybug Transistor released ...

/ Blaise Pascal (3) - Boobytrap! Volume One (2x7", Comp) (April 1996) DUH022 - Pest 5000 - Cold Feet (7", Single) (1996) DUHCD 023 - Sportsguitar - Fade / Cliché (CD, LP) (1996 DUH024 -

Number One Cup Number One Cup was an American indie rock band based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. History After leaving his band Eliot in 1993, guitarist Seth Cohen was interviewed by the Chicago weekly newspaper Newcity; when asked what he might do nex ...

- Malcolm's X-Ray Picnic (7") (1996) duh025 - Pest 5000 - (In-ter/a-bang/) (CD) (1996) DUH 026 - Starbean - Refuting The Extraterrestrial Hypothesis (CD) (1997) DUH027 - Pest 5000 - Palimpsest (CD, Comp) (1997)

References

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