Excelsior Recordings Explained

Excelsior Recordings
Founded:	1996
Founder:	Ferry Roseboom, Frans Hagenaars
Genre:	Various
Distributor:	V2 Records
Country:	Netherlands
Location:	Amsterdam, Brooklyn

Excelsior Recordings is an independent record label located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The label has over 400 releases.^[1]

History

Excelsior was founded by Ferry Roseboom and Frans Hagenaars under the name "Nothing Sucks Like Electrolux", releasing a few limited-run seven-inch singles in 1995.^[2] The name Excelsior was adopted in 1996 after the label was acquired by MCA Records as a subsidiary for releasing alternative rock albums in the Low Countries.^[2] By 2001, the label had acquired a distributor in the United States, Sure Fire Recordings.^[3] The label was later acquired by V2 Records.^[4]

Artists

• Absynthe Minded
• Alamo Race Track
• ^[5]
• ^[6]
• ^[7]
• Bauer
• ^[8]
• Benjamin B
• Caesar
• Claw Boys Claw
• ^[9]
• ^[10]
• Daryll-Ann
• De Staat
• Do-The-Undo
• Eckhardt^[11]
• El Pino & the Volunteers
• Fixkes
• GEM
• Ghost Trucker
• Green Hornet^[12]
• Hallo Venray
  • The Herb Spectacles
• ^[13]

• ^[14]
• Johan
• Lefties Soul Connection
• Liam Finn
• Lola Kite^[15]
• LPG
• Meindert Talma & the Negroes
• Moss
  • Roosbeef
• ^[16]
• Solo
• Speed 78^[17]
• Spinvis
  • ^[18]
• The Kik
• Tim Knol
• ^[19]
• Triggerfinger
• Under byen
• ^[20]
• zZz

External links

• • (Official site)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Supporters . 1 February 2024.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=uA0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22excelsior+recordings%22&pg=PA42 MCA Acquires Excelsior Rights
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=WxEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22excelsior+recordings%22&pg=PA18 Review of Daryl-Ann, Happy Traum
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=6hsSGr-Wu6QC&dq=%22excelsior+recordings%22&pg=PA105 Interview with Ferry Roseboom
5. Web site: Alex Roeka - Nieuws .
6. Web site: Anne Soldaat .
7. Web site: Awkward i .
8. Web site: Beans & Fatback .
9. Web site: Cloud Cafe naar droomfestival ITGWO met weerbarstige nieuwe single .
10. Web site: Daily Bread .
11. Web site: In de lelijkheid . https://web.archive.org/web/20090524184350/http://www.veenfabriek.nl/Archief/In_de_lelijkheid . 2009-05-24 . dead.
12. Web site: Green Hornet .
13. Web site: Muziekencyclopedie - Hospital Bombers .
14. Web site: Jacco Gardner .
15. Web site: Excelsior Recordings Shop . https://web.archive.org/web/20110315211021/http://www.excelsiorshop.nl/index.php?route=product%2Fproduct&product_id=255 . 2011-03-15 .
16. Web site: Scram C Baby .
17. Web site: Speed 78 - Goom Agar .
18. Web site: Tangarine .
19. Web site: Traumahelikopter .
20. Web site: Véras .