Trance Syndicate
{{Infobox record label
| name = Trance Syndicate
| image = Trance_Syndicate_Logo.jpeg
| founded = {{start date|1990}}
| founder = King Coffey
| defunct = {{end date|1999}}
| status = Defunct
| genre =Punk rock, alternative rock, noise rock, indie rock
| country = U.S.
| location = Austin, Texas
| website = {{URL|buttholesurfers.com/trance.html}}
}}
Trance Syndicate was an independent record label founded in 1990 by King Coffey, drummer of Austin, Texas band the Butthole Surfers.Larkin, Colin (1999) "Trance Syndicate Records" in The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock, Virgin Books, {{ISBN|0-7535-0257-7}}, p. 454 Its first release was Crust's The Sacred Heart of Crust EP. From 1990 to 1999, when the label closed down, Trance Syndicate released albums by several notable Texan bands and artists, including Pain Teens, Bedhead, Ed Hall, American Analog Set, Furry Things, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and Roky Erickson.{{cite news |first=Nick |last=Barbaro |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol18/issue12/music.trance.side.html |title=The Complete Trance Syndicate Discography |newspaper=The Austin Chronicle |year=1981–2013 |accessdate=March 26, 2013}}
Although defunct, Trance Syndicate is survived by the Emperor Jones label, formerly an arm of Trance.
Roster
- …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
- A.C. Acoustics
- Bedhead
- Butthole Surfers
- Cherubs
- Crunt
- Crust
- Desafinado
- Distorted Pony
- Drain
- Ed Hall
- Eight Frozen Modules
- Electric Company
- Furry Things
- johnboy
- Labradford
- Monroe Mustang
- The Pain Teens
- Paul Newman
- Roky Erickson
- Sixteen Deluxe
- Starfish
- Stars of the Lid
- Sweet Pea
- Windsor for the Derby
Discography
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No.
! Year ! Artist ! Title ! Format |
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01
| rowspan="3"| 1990 | Crust | Sacred Heart of Crust | LP |
02
| Various artists | Love & Napalm, Vol. 1 | EP |
03
| CD, CS, LP |
04
| rowspan="6"| 1991 | Drain | A Black Fist | 7" |
05
| Crust | Crust | LP |
06
| Crust | Feelings | 7" |
07
| Ed Hall | Beth | 7" |
08
| Various artists | Love & Napalm, Vol. 2 | EP |
09
| Ed Hall | CD, CS, LP |
10
| rowspan="5"| 1992 | CD, CS, LP |
11
| Drain | CD, LP |
12
| Cherubs | Pink Party Dessert | 7" |
13
| Cherubs | Icing | CD, LP |
14
| rowspan="2"| Various artists | rowspan="2"| Love & Napalm | VHS |
15
| rowspan="7"| 1993 | CD, CS, LP |
16
| johnboy | CD, CS, LP |
17
| CD, CS, LP |
18
| Cherubs | Carjack Fairy / Daisy Poser | 7" |
19
| Crunt | Crunt | CD, CS, LP |
20
| Ed Hall | CD, CS, LP |
21
| Bedhead | CD, CS, LP |
22
| rowspan="15"| 1994 | CD, LP |
23
| Crust | Crusty Love | CD, CS, LP |
24
| Cherubs | CD, LP |
25
| Various artists | Jordan Thomas Nashville Connection | CD |
26
| Cherubs / Fuckemos | Cherubs / Fuckemos | 7" |
27
| johnboy | CD, CS, LP |
28
| We Are Never Talking / Please Judge | 7" |
29
| Bedhead | 4songCDEP19:10 | CD, CS, LP |
30
| Good King Wencenslaus | 7" |
31
| CD |
32
| Idea / Honey | 7" |
33
| CD, CS, LP |
34
| Hand Passes Plenty | CD, LP |
35
| The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt | CD |
36
| Ed Hall | CD, LP |
37
| rowspan="5"| 1995 | Backfeed Magnetbabe | CD, LP |
38
| Various artists | ¡Cinco Años! | CD |
39
| Still California / Car Songs Unlimited | 7" |
40
| Starfish | Stellar Sonic Solutions | CD, CS, LP |
41
| CD, CS, LP |
42
| rowspan="10"| 1996 | Bedhead | The Dark Ages | 7" |
43
| The Big Saturday Illusion | CD, LP |
44
| Buffo | Here Our Cry | 7" |
45
| Windsor for the Derby / Desafinado | Earnest Powers / Envy The Big Noises | 7" |
46
| Calm Hades Float | CD, LP |
47
| Drain | Drain | 7" |
48
| Cherubs | CD |
49
| Drain | CD, LP |
50
| Bedhead | Beheaded | CD, LP |
51
| Sweet Pea | Chicks Hate Wes | CD |
52
| rowspan="4"| 1997 | Starfish | 4-Song EP | 7" |
53
| Hedfones | CD |
54
| Metropolitan Then Poland | EP |
55
| Starfish | Frustrated | CD, LP |
56
| 1998 | Moments Away | CD |
57
| rowspan="8"| 1997 | Windsor for the Derby / Drain | The Kahanek Incident, Vol. 1 | EP |
58
| Electric Company / Furry Things | The Kahanek Incident, Vol. 2 | EP |
59
| Daydream Nightmare | EP |
60
| Labradford / Stars Of The Lid | The Kahanek Incident, Vol. 3 | EP |
61
| Starfish | The Instrumental | CD |
62
| The Confused Designer | CD |
63
| Minnie Greutzfeldt | CD, LP |
64
| Frequent Lunacy | CD |
65
| rowspan="4"| 1998 | Frames Per Second | CD, LP |
66
| ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | CD, LP |
67
| Bedhead | CD, LP |
68
| Monroe Mustang | Plain Sweeping Themes for the Unprepared | CD, LP |
69
| rowspan="2"| 1999 | Bedhead | Lepidoptera | 7" |
70
| Only Love Can Break Your Heart | CD, LP |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1998-11-20/520639/ Trance Syndicate Records' Legacy]
- [http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol18/issue12/music.trance.side.html The Complete Trance Syndicate Discography]
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