Wierd Records

{{Short description|American independent record label}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2012}}

{{Infobox record label

| name = Wierd Records

| founded = {{start date|2006}}

| founder = Pieter Schoolwerth

| genre = New York City

| country = U.S.

| location = Industrial, noise, cold wave, minimal wave, power electronics, electronic body music

| website = {{URL|wierdrecords.com}}

}}

Wierd Records is an American independent record label, founded in New York City by Pieter Schoolwerth in 2006.Jonathan Garrett, "The Wierd Records Social Club", Village Voice, May 26, 2009. [http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-05-27/music/the-wierd-records-social-club] Access date: May 29, 2009.

"Wierd" was also the name for an associated weekly DJ night, now defunct, that started at Southside Lounge in Brooklyn in 2003, later held at Home Sweet Home in Manhattan. Schoolwerth has also performed with power electronics outfit Bloodyminded since the mid-'90s and was previously a member of Crash Worship.

Associated groups include Røsenkøpf,NOISEY (Vice Magazine) review of Røsenkøpf [https://www.vice.com/en/article/here-s-the-new-rosenkopf-video-plus-a-download-of-their-new-track-heed/]. Access date: May 21, 2012.Impose Magazine interview with Røsenkøpf [http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/stream-rosenkopfs-self-titled-debut]. Access date: May 21, 2012. Martial Canterel, Led Er Est, Xeno & Oaklander, Blacklist,Kristen Sollee, Midnight of the Century review, The Big Takeover, May 25, 2009. [http://www.bigtakeover.com/recordings/blacklist-midnight-of-the-century-wierd-records] Access date: June 9, 2009. Frank (just Frank), Plastic Flowers,Larry Fitzmaurice, Plastic Flowers "Strange Neighbors" , November 29, 2011. "Plastic Flowers – Strange Neighbors", [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/tracks/12819-strange-neighbors/] Access date: November 29, 2011. and Opus Finis.Andi Caoughlin, Viceland Blog, November 19, 2008. "New York – Happy Birthday Wierd", [http://www.viceland.com/wp/2008/11/new-york-happy-birthday-wierd/] Access date: May 29, 2009.

The groups are also linked to developments in the visual arts; Schoolwerth is a noted conceptualist painter.Kim Levin, "Masters of the Universe", Village Voice, May 16, 2000. [http://www.villagevoice.com/2000-05-16/art/masters-of-the-universe/] Access date: May 29, 2009. Liz Wendelbo, a member of Xeno & Oaklander, is also a filmmaker, positing "cold cinema" as filmmaking that "predicates resistance to cinema as a virtual medium".[http://www.shadowtimenyc.com/2009/05/opticks-anthology-film-archives.html] Access date: May 29, 2009.