Decibel (record label)

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Decibel
Founded1994 (1994)
Founder Tom Muschitz
Defunct1998 (1998)
Genre Industrial
Country of origin United States
Location Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Decibel is an independent record label based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin founded in 1994. It debuted with the industrial music album Abduction by Alien Faktor released the same year.

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History

The Milwaukee based Decibel was founded in 1994 by composer Tom Muschitz. [1] The label was initially established to release the debut album by Muschitz's project Alien Faktor, but soon after focused on issuing records by artists who were influenced by industrial informed electronic music. [2] It served as an outlet for musical acts such as Morpheus Sister and Oneiroid Psychosis. [3] [4] The label's final release was Luciferin by Machine That Flashes in 1998. [5]

Discography

YearCatalogArtistAlbum
1994DEC001 Alien Faktor Abduction
1995DEC002 Oneiroid Psychosis Stillbirth
DEC003Morpheus Sister Morpheus Sister
1996DEC004 Various artists Complications
1996DEC005 Alien Faktor Desolate
DEC006 Impact Test Stanley BoDean
1995DEC007 Severed Heads Gigapus
DEC008 No One No One
DEC009 Sirvix Sirvix
DEC010 Alien Faktor Final Expenses
DEC011 Alien Faktor Listen!
DEC012Pain Station Anxiety
DEC013 Oneiroid Psychosis Assuage
1996DEC014 Oneiroid Psychosis Fantasies About Illness
1997DEC015 Decree Wake of Devastation
1998DEC016 Machine That Flashes Luciferin
1997DEC017 Various artists Resonance
DEC018 Krop3rom A9FF
DEC019 Alien Faktor Arterial Spray & Cattle Mutilations
1996DEC020 Coklacoma Coklopop

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