Fifth Colvmn Records discography

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Fifth Colvmn Records
Founded1990 (1990)
Founder Zalman Fishman
Defunct1997 (1997)
Genre
Country of origin United States
Location Washington, D.C.

Fifth Colvmn Records was founded in 1990 by Zalman Fishman, with vocalist Jared Louche employed as general manager, and was recognized for its industrial music roster. The label made its debut with an EP, titled 10 Ton Pressure , by the industrial rock group Chemlab and in 1993 released the band's critically acclaimed studio album Burn Out at the Hydrogen Bar . [1] [2] The label dissolved in 1997 and made its final release the various artists compilation World War Underground. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Key

No.The release's unique catalog number. These are formatted as 9868-00000.
CD Compact disc
CS CS
LP Long play
VHS Video Home System

List of releases

Main Discography

Fifth Colvmn Records Catalogue
No.YearArtistTitleFormat
631811994 Acumen Transmissions From Eville CD
631821994 haloblack Tension Filter CD
631831994 Perceptual Outer Dimensions The Journey to Planet POD CD
632371994 Circus of Pain The Swamp Meat Intoxication CD
631821995 haloblack raw tension e.p. CS
631841995 Max M Max M Corporation CD
631851995 Oxygiene 23 Blue CD
631861995Various artists The Best of Mind/Body: Electro-Industrial Music From the Internet CD
631891995 To Live and Shave in L.A. Vedder Vedder Bedwetter CD
631901995 Luc van Acker Taking Snapshots Vol. 1 CD
631911995 Insight 23 Obsess CD
631921995 Sun God Sun God CD
631931995 Black Rain 1.0 CD
631941995 Black Lung The Depopulation Bomb CD
631951995 Sphere Lazza Incinerate CD
631961995 Ipecac Loop eX CD
631971995Various artistsForced Cranial RemovalCD
631981995 Cyber-Tec Project Cyber-Tec CD
631991995 Dessau Details Sketchy CD
632021995 New Mind Zero to the Bone CD
632031995 Electro Assassin The Divine Invasion CD
632051995 Crisis n.T.i. The Alien Conspiracy CD
632071995 Perceptual Outer Dimensions Euphonia CD
632081996 T.H.C. Death by Design CD
632101996 H3llb3nt 0.01 CD
632111996C17H19NO3 Terra Damnata CD
632141996 ZIA SHEM CD
632151996 Acumen Territory = Universe CD
632161996 James Ray and The Performance/James Rays Gangwar Best of James Ray's Performance & Gangwar CD
632171996Various artists Melt - Scandinavian Electro/Industrial Compilation CD
632181996 Ether Bunny Papa Woody CD
632191996 Peach of Immortality Talking Heads '77 CD
632201996Various artists Document 01 - Trance/Tribal CD
632211996 Death Ride 69 Screaming Down the Gravity Well CD
632221996Various artists Dissolve a Work in Progress Compilation CD
632231996 Final Cut Atonement CD
632241996 Vampire Rodents Gravity's Rim CD
632251996 Shinjuku Filth Junk CD
632261996 Dive Reported CD
632271996 D!v!s!on #9 The True Creator CD
632291996Various artistsColloquium ¹CD
632311996 Trust Obey Hands of Ash CD
632321996 Signal Aout 42 Immortal Collection 1983-1995 CD
632331996Various artists Echo CD
632341996 Gravy After That It's All Gravy CD
632351996 To Live and Shave in L.A. "Helen Butte" vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell CD
632361996Meathead and Cop Shoot Cop Dick Smoker Plus CD
632381996Various artists We're All Frankies CD
632391996Various artists Fascist Communist Revolutionaries CD
632401996Various artists Sweet Sub/Mission Vol. 1 CD
632411996 Black Rain Nanarchy CD
632421996 haloblack funkyhell CD
632441996 Shattering Sirens Phonocatheter CD
632451996 T.H.C. Consenting Guinea Pig CD
632491997ShiningDinCD
632511997 proGREX.iv reINVENTION opERATION CD
632551997Various artistsWorld War UndergroundCD

Side Discographys

3984 releases
No.YearArtistTitleFormat
140131993 Chemlab Burn Out at the Hydrogen Bar CD, CS
140281994 Chemlab Magnetic Field Remixes + 10 Ton Pressure CD
141151996 Chemlab East Side Militia LP
FCR releases
No.YearArtistTitleFormat
0011990 Chemlab 10 Ton Pressure CD, CS
0021992 Thud Life & Death LP
0041993 Chemlab Burn Out at the Hydrogen Bar CS
Other releases
No.YearArtistTitleFormat
U-35656M1993 Thud Inevitable LP
1993 Chemlab Suicide Jag Minimax
1993 Chemlab Codeine, Glue & You VHS
1994Various artists Frenzied Computer Resonance CS
1996 Chemlab Electric Molecular CD

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<i>Frenzied Computer Resonance</i> 1994 compilation album by Various artists

Frenzied Computer Resonance is a various artists compilation album released in 1994 by Fifth Colvmn Records. The collection comprises tracks by Acumen, Chemlab, haloblack and Perceptual Outer Dimensions, which were released on their albums Transmissions from Eville (1994), Burn Out at the Hydrogen Bar (1993), Tension Filter (1994) and The Journey to Planet POD (1994).

Sun God were a European electronic music group comprising musicians Rodney Orpheus, Marcus Giltjes, and Patricia Nigiani. The band released one studio album titled Sun God in 1995 for Fifth Colvmn Records and Original Artists Group.

Sphere Lazza were an American electro-industrial based out of Ocala, Florida. The nucleus of the band comprised the musical duo of Tony Spaz and David Trousdale. The band released one studio album titled The Enemy Within in 1995 for Cleopatra Records.

Crisis n.T.i. was the music project of United Kingdom-based composer Ged Denton, known for his work in The Cyber-Tec Project. Under the moniker Denton released the album The Alien Conspiracy for Fifth Colvmn Records in 1995.

Electro Assassin was the music project of London-based composer Kevin Gould, known for his work with Johnson Engineering Co. Ian Taylor provided vocals to the project between 1990 and 1994. The group released three albums: Jamming the Voice of the Universe (1992), Bioculture (1993) and The Divine Invasion (1995).

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