No Records

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No Records (later No Records & Distribution)
Founded1993
FounderWaye Mason
Defunct2004
Distributor(s)Ozone Records (1996), Page Music (1997–99), No Distribution (1999–2004)
Genre Alternative rock
Hip Hop
Indie rock
Punk rock
Country of origin Canada
Location Halifax, Nova Scotia
Official website www.norecords.com (defunct)

No Records was a record label and later record distributor in Halifax, Nova Scotia from January 1993 to August 2004. It was founded by Waye Mason.

Started during the "Halifax is the Seattle of the north" phenomenon [1] of the 1990s, No Records released cassettes by Chaz Rules, [2] Halifax hip-hop pioneers Hip Club Groove, Essen (featuring Mike Catano on drums, who later formed North of America), punk stalwarts Donner Party Reunion, [3] and Stinkin' Rich, who later performed as Buck 65. [4]

In 1996, the label started releasing CDs, the first of which were by power pop band the Grace Babies [5] and the internationally successful Cool Blue Halo. [6] The late '90s and early 21st century saw the label release several critically well received CDs, cassettes and 8 tracks [7] by artists such as the briefly famous Toronto group Len, Strawberry, Vancouver's Readymade and Dusty Sorbet.

The company created a sister imprint, Cease and Desist in 2000 [8] to release some albums orphaned by the collapse of Marc Costanzo of Len's Four Ways to Rock record label. Albums by DJ Mr Dibbs, [9] DJ Signify, and later rapper and producer Sixtoo were added to the label.

Unable to obtain high quality retail distribution, the company created No Distribution Limited to distribute both their own and other labels records across Canada and internationally in 1997. [10] This ambitious plan included developing the first online record store for independent music in Canada and at one point included a storefront shop in Halifax. In 2004 the store closed and the company went out of business.

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References

  1. ↑ "Flashback: When Halifax was "The Next Seattle" . Retrieved 23 August 2016.[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Chaz Rules" . Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Donner Party Reunion Discog". Discogs . Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Independent Trail, Leslie J. Furlong – No Records October Chart 1996
  5. ↑ "16 Halifax pop songs from the '90s" . Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Cool Blue Halo". MTV . Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  7. ↑ No's Time Like the Present, James Covey – The Coast 08/98
  8. ↑ "Cease and Desist Discography". Discogs . Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Mr Dibbs Primitive Traces" . Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  10. ↑ Atlantic Distributors Learn to Stay Small Sandy MacDonald Daily News June 1, 2000


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