Wax Trax! Records discography

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This is the discography of Wax Trax! Records.

Wax Trax Records (1980-1992)

No.ArtistTitleFormatYear
EBR 001Strange CircuitsIndustrial Living7"1980
WAX 001 Strike Under Immediate Action12"1981
WAX 002 Divine Born to Be Cheap7"1981
WAX 003 Ministry Cold Life12"1981
WAX 004 Front 242 Endless Riddance12"/CDS1983
WAX 005A Popular History of SignsLadder Jack12"1984
WAX 006 The Blackouts Lost Soul's Club12"1985
WAX 007 Ministry All Day / (Every Day Is) Halloween 12"/CS1985
WAX 008 Minimal Compact Next One Is Real12"1984
WAX 009 Ministry The Nature of Love12"1985
WAX 010 Front 242 No Comment LP/CS/CD
WAX 010A Front 242 Take One / U-Men7"
WAX 011 Revolting Cocks No Devotion 12"
WAX 012 Wiseblood Motorslug12"
WAX 013 Coil Panic/Tainted Love 12"/CDS
WAX 014 Front 242 Politics of Pressure12"/CDS
WAX 015 Luc van Acker The ShipLP
WAX 016 Front 242 Interception12"/CDS
WAX 017 Revolting Cocks Big Sexy Land LP/CS/CD1986
WAX 018 Luc van Acker Heart & Soul12"
WAX 019BoxsetBoxset (Unreleased)12"
WAX 020 Ministry Halloween (Remix) / Nature of Outtakes12"1985
WAX 021 The Young Gods Envoyé! 12"
WAX 022 Revolting Cocks You Often Forget12"
WAX 023 Luc van Acker Zanna12"
WAX 024Three Angry PolesMotorcycle Maniac12"
WAX 025Various Artists Animal Liberation LP/CS/CD
WAX 026 Front 242 Official Version LP/CS/CD
WAX 027 Fini Tribe I Want More12"
WAX 028 Fini Tribe Make It Internal (Detestimony Revisited)12"1987
WAX 029 Laibach Life is Life 12"
WAX 030 Laibach (band) Opus Dei CD/CS/CD
WAX 031 Pailhead I Will Refuse / No Bunny7"/12"
WAX 032 1000 Homo DJ's Apathy / Better Ways12"
WAX 033 Front 242 Back Catalogue CS/CD
WAX 034 Front 242 Geography LP/CS/CD
WAX 035 Ministry Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) CS/CD
WAX 036 Front 242 Masterhit12"/CD
WAX 037 Revolting Cocks You Goddamned Son of a Bitch - Live 2xLP/CS/CD/VHS
WAX 038 Front Line Assembly Corrosion LP/CS
WAX 039 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult12"
WAX 040 Peter Hope / Richard H. Kirk Hoodoo TalkLP/CS/CD
WAX 041 Front Line Assembly Disorder 12"
WAX 042 Revolting Cocks Stainless Steel Providers12"/CS?CDS
WAX 043 Jass Theme (W.R.)12"
WAX 044 Controlled Bleeding Songs from the Grinding Wall12"/CDS
WAX 045 PIG Never for Fun12"
WAX 046HulaVC112"
WAX 047 Pailhead Trait 12"/CS/CD
WAX 048 Front Line Assembly Convergence CS/CD
WAX 049 KMFDM Don't Blow Your Top 12"
WAX 050 A Split Second A Split - SecondLP/CS/CD
WAX 051 PIG A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick LP/CS/CD
WAX 052 KMFDM Don't Blow Your Top LP/CS/CD
WAX 053 Front 242 Headhunter 7"/12"/CS/CD/CDV
WAX 054 Front 242 Front by Front LP/CS/CD
WAX 055 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Some Have to Dance...Some Have to Kill12"
WAX 056 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult I See Good Spirits and I See Bad Spirits LP/CS/CD
WAX 057 The Young Gods L'Amourir 12"
WAX 058T.G.T. (The Genetic Terrorists)Machine Gun12"/CS/CDS
WAX 059 Lead into Gold Idiot12"
WAX 060 Front Line Assembly Digital Tension Dementia 12"/CDS
WAX 061 A Split Second Mambo Witch12"
WAX 062 A Split Second ...From the Inside LP/CS/CD
WAX 064 In the Nursery Köda LP/CS/CD
WAX 065 Meat Beat Manifesto God O.D.12"
WAX 066 Meat Beat Manifesto Storm the Studio 2x12"/CS/CD
WAX 067 Perennial Divide Leathernecks (Unreleased)12"
WAX 068 Clock DVA The Hacker12"/CDS
WAX 069 Greater Than One LondonLP/CS/CD
WAX 7063 Revolting Cocks Beers, Steers, and Queers LP/CS/CD
WAX 7072 Suicide A Way of Life LP/CS/CD
WAX 7075Front Line Assembly Gashed Senses & Crossfire LP/CS/CD
WAX 7080 Laibach Nova Akropola LP/CS/CD
WAX 7083 KMFDM UAIOE LP/CS/CD1989
WAX 7089 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Confessions of a Knife... LP/CS/CD
WAX 7090 Controlled Bleeding TrudgeLP/CS/CD
WAX 7093 Clock DVA Advantage (Unreleased)LP/CS/CD
WAX 7094 Clock DVA Buried Dreams LP/CS/CD
WAX 7095PankowGiselaLP/CS/CD
WAX 7097 Cosey Fanni Tutti Time To Tell12"
WAX 7098Mussolini HeadkickThemes for Violent RetributionLP/CS/CD
WAX 7100 Greater Than One G-ForceLP/CS/CD
WAX 7101 Noise Unit Grinding Into EmptinessLP/CS/CD
WAX 7106 Meat Beat Manifesto Armed Audio Warfare LP/CS/CD
WAX 7107 In the Nursery Counterpoint LP/CS/CD
WAX 7110 Foetus Sink2xLP/CS/CD
WAX 7113 Ajax AjaxLP/CS/CD
WAX 7115Joined at the HeadUnknown (Unreleased)LP
WAX 7116 Lead into Gold Age of ReasonLP/CS/CD1990
WAX 7118 Cyberaktif Tenebrae Vision CS/CD
WAX 7120 In The Nursery L'EspritLP/CS/CD
WAX 7121 Chris & Cosey ReflectionLP/CS/CD
WAX 7122 Chris & Cosey HeartbeatLP/CS/CD
WAX 7123 Chris & Cosey TranceLP/CS/CD
WAX 7124 Chris & Cosey Songs of Love and LustLP/CS/CD
WAX 7125 Chris & Cosey Techno PrimitivLP/CS/CD
WAX 7126TGT (The Genetic Terrorists)White StainsLP/CS/CD
WAX 7127 Psychic TV (listed as "Various Artists") Jack the Tab/Tekno Acid Beat LP/CS/CD
WAX 7129 Psychic TV Towards Thee Infinite Beat LP/CS/CD
WAX 7130 Psychic TV Beyond Thee Infinite Beat LP/CS/CD
WAX 7134 Chris Connelly Whiplash Boychild LP/CS/CD
WAX 7135 The Young Gods The Young Gods LP/CS/CD
WAX 7136 Doubting Thomas The Infidel LP/CS/CD
WAX 7137 Front Line Assembly Iceolate12″/CDS
WAX 7139 KMFDM What Do You Know, Deutschland? LP/CS/CD
WAX 7143 Coil Love's Secret Domain LP/CS/CD
WAX 7146 Front Line Assembly Caustic Grip LP/CS/CD
WAX 7148 KMFDM Naïve LP/CS/CD
WAX 7150 Chris & Cosey Pagan TangoLP/CS/CD
WAX 7155 KLF Chill OutLP/CS/CD
WAX 7162God's AcreTen Gospel GreatsLP/CS/CD
WAX 7163 My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult Sexplosion! LP/CS/CD
WAX 7168 Braindead Soundmachine Come Down from the Hills and Make My BabyLP/CS/CD
WAX 7176 Excessive Force Conquer Your World LP/CD
WAX 7187 Sister Machine Gun Sins of the Flesh LP/CS/CD
WAX 8079 Laibach Panorama/Die Liebe12"/CS/CD
WAX 8085Pankow"Freedom For The Slaves"12"/CS/CD
WAX 8128 Psychic TV (listed as "Various Artists")High Jack - The Politics of EcstasyCD
WAX 8169 Wreck House Of Boris12"/CS/CD
WAX 9070 Front 242 Never Stop!12"/CS/CD
WAX 9071 Clock DVA The Act12"
WAX 9073 PTP Rubber Glove Seduction12"/CS/CD
WAX 9074TGT (The Genetic Terrorists)Revo12"/CDS
WAX 9076A Split SecondThe Colosseum Crash12"/CDS
WAX 9077 KMFDM More & Faster 12"
WAX 9078Greater Than OneI Don't Need God12"/CDS
WAX 9081 Acid Horse No Name, No Slogan12"/CS/CDS
WAX 9082AjaxMind the Gap12"
WAX 9084 PIG Sick City12"
WAX 9086Revolting Cocks"(Let's Get) Physical"12"/CS/CDS
WAX 9087 Front Line Assembly No Limit (Damaged Goods Remix)12"/CDS
WAX 9088 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Kooler Than Jesus 12"/CS/CD
WAX 9091 Controlled Bleeding The Fodder Song12"/CDS
WAX 9092 Lead Into Gold Chicks And Speed (Futurism)12"/CS/CD
WAX 9093 Revolting Cocks "(Let's Get) Physical (Unreleased)"12"
WAX 9099 Greater Than One Utopia12"/CS/CDS
WAX 9102 Noise Unit Deceit/Struktur12"
WAX 9104 TAGC Broadcast Test12"
WAX 9105 Clock DVA Sound Mirror12"/CDS
WAX 9108 KMFDM Virus 12"/CS/CDS
WAX 9109PankowShow You Their Dongs12"/CDS
WAX 9111 Foetus Butterfly Potion12"/CDS
WAX 9112 Ajax One World12"
WAX 9114Joined at the HeadJoined at the Head12"
WAX 9117 Cyberaktif Temper12"/CDS
WAX 9119 Cyberaktif Nothing Stays12"/CS/CDS
WAX 9131 In the Nursery Sesudient12″/CDS
WAX 9132 KMFDM Godlike 12″/CDS
WAX 9133 1000 Homo DJs Supernaut 12″
WAX 9138 Doubting Thomas Father Don't Cry 12″/CSS/CDS
WAX 9140 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult A Girl Doesn’t Get Killed by a Make-Believe Lover… 'Cuz It's Hot12″/CSS/CDS
WAX 9141 Chris Connelly Stowaway12″/CDS
WAX 9142 Coil Windowpane 12″/CDS/PD
WAX 9144 Coil The Snow 12″/CDS
WAX 9145 Front Line Assembly Provision12″/CDS1990
WAX 9147 Front Line Assembly Virus12″/CDS
WAX 9149 Revolting Cocks Beers, Steers & Queers (Remixes)12″/CSS/CDS
WAX 9153 Chris & Cosey Synaesthesia12″/CSS/CDS
WAX 9160 KMFDM / My Life With The Thrill Kill KultNaïve / The Days Of Swine + Roses12″/CSS/CDS
WAX 9164 Greater Than One Index12″/CSS/CDS
WAX 9173 Braindead Soundmachine Walking After Midnight12″/CDS
WAX 9178 KMFDM Vogue/Sex On The Flag12″/CDS1992
WAX 9186 Sister Machine Gun Not My God12"/CDS
Black Box - Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 YearsVarious Artists1994

Wax Trax/TVT Records (1993-2000)

No.ArtistTitleFormat
TVT 7198 Psykosonik PsykosonikCS/CD
TVT 7199 KMFDM Nihil LP/CS/CD
TVT 7201 Excessive Force Gentle Death CS/CD
TVT 7202 KMFDM Angst LP/CS/CD
TVT 7203Various Artists Artificial Intelligence CS/CD
TVT 7204 Polygon Window Surfing on Sine Waves CS/CD
TVT 7205 Black Dog Productions Bytes CS/CD
TVT 7206B-12 Electro-Soma CS/CD
TVT 7207Various Artists Artificial Intelligence II CS/CD
TVT 7208F.U.S.E. Dimension Intrusion CS/CD
TVT 7209 Sister Machine Gun The Torture Technique CS/CD
TVT 7210 Autechre Incunabula CS/CD
TVT 7211Various ArtistsEthno-Techno Volume 1CS/CD
TVT 7212Various Artists Black Box – Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years 3xCD
TVT 7221Various ArtistsBlack Box (A Video Retrospective) Volume 1VHS
TVT 7222Various ArtistsBlack Box (A Video Retrospective) Volume 2VHS
TVT 7228Various ArtistsAfterburn: WaxTrax! Records '94 And BeyondCD
TVT 7229 Sister Machine Gun Burn CS/CD
TVT 7244 Sister Machine Gun Metropolis CD
TVT 7251-2Various ArtistsBig Rock'N BeatsCD
TVT 8710 Chris Connelly & William Tucker Songs For Swingin' Junkies7"/CDS
TVT 8715PTP (Programming The Psychodrill)"Rubber Glove Seduction"CDS

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