Decibel (record label)

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| name = Decibel

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| founded = {{start date|1994}}

| founder = Tom Muschitz

| defunct = {{start date|1998}}

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| genre = Industrial

| country = United States

| location = Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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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.

History

The Milwaukee based Decibel was founded in 1994 by composer Tom Muschitz.{{cite journal|first=Ed |last=Finkler |author-link=Ed Finkler |url=https://sonic-boom.com/interview/alien.faktor.interview.html |title=Interview with Alien Faktor |journal=Sonic Boom |date=June 17, 1997 |volume=5 |issue=6 |access-date=August 12, 2020}} 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.{{cite journal |author= |editor1-last=Waggoner |editor1-first=Andy |title=Alien Faktor |journal=Interface Magazine |date=1996 |volume=3 |issue=2 |page=15 |publisher=Steel Skin Media Group |issn=1081-8065 |url=https://archive.org/details/interface3.2}} It served as an outlet for musical acts such as Morpheus Sister and Oneiroid Psychosis.{{cite journal |first=Tim |last=Haslett |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ykEAAAAMBAJ |title=Dance Top 25 |journal=CMJ New Music Monthly |publisher=CMJ Network, Inc. |date=February 1998 |volume=54 |pages=46 |access-date=August 12, 2020}}{{cite journal|first=Ed |last=Finkler |url=https://sonic-boom.com/interview/oneiroid.psychosis.interview.html |title=Interview with Oneiroid Psychosis |journal=Sonic Boom |date=May 1997 |volume=5 |issue=6 |access-date=August 12, 2020}} The label's final release was Luciferin by Machine That Flashes in 1998.{{cite web |first=Tom |last=Schulte |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000026923|pure_url=yes}}|title=Machine That Flashes: Luciferin > Review |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=August 12, 2020}}

Discography

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Year ! Catalog ! Artist ! Album
1994 \|DEC001 \|Alien Faktor \|Abduction
rowspan="2"\| 1995 \|DEC002 \|Oneiroid Psychosis \|Stillbirth
DEC003 \|Morpheus Sister \|Morpheus Sister
1996 \|DEC004 \|Various artists \|Complications
rowspan="2"\| 1996 \|DEC005 \|Alien Faktor \|Desolate
DEC006 \|Impact Test \|Stanley BoDean
rowspan="7"\| 1995 \|DEC007 \|Severed Heads \|Gigapus
DEC008 \|No One \|No One
DEC009 \|Sirvix \|Sirvix
DEC010 \|Alien Faktor \|Final Expenses
DEC011 \|Alien Faktor \|Listen!
DEC012 \|Pain Station \|Anxiety
DEC013 \|Oneiroid Psychosis \|Assuage
1996 \|DEC014 \|Oneiroid Psychosis \|Fantasies About Illness
1997 \|DEC015 \|Decree \|Wake of Devastation
1998 \|DEC016 \|Machine That Flashes \|Luciferin
rowspan="3"\| 1997 \|DEC017 \|Various artists \|Resonance
DEC018 \|Krop3rom \|A9FF
DEC019 \|Alien Faktor \|Arterial Spray & Cattle Mutilations
1996 \|DEC020 \|Coklacoma \|Coklopop

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Year

! Catalog

! Artist

! Album

1994

|DEC001

|Alien Faktor

|Abduction

rowspan="2"| 1995

|DEC002

|Oneiroid Psychosis