Truck Records
Encyclopedia
Truck Records was an independent record label
based in Oxford
, England
. It grew out of the Truck Festival
, held annually in Steventon
, a small village near Oxford. The festival and label were started (in 1998 and 1999
respectively) by the Bennett family, two of whom have formed the band The Dreaming, and were members of Goldrush
.
Past and present artists on Truck Records include Goldrush
, The Electric Soft Parade
, MC Lars
, Trademark
, The Rock of Travolta, Meanwhile Back in Communist Russia..., Black Nielson, Four Storeys, Fonda 500
, The Black Madonnas, The Schla La Las and Piney Gir
.
In 2005, the label was the subject of Channel 4
documentary
"The Business: Business or Pleasure". The documentary covered the business's financial problems alongside the employees' motivation and love of the music industry.
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
based in Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, England
England
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. It grew out of the Truck Festival
Truck Festival
Truck Festival is an annual independent music festival in Oxfordshire, England. It was started in 1998 by the Bennett family , who decided that mainstream festivals such as Glastonbury had become too commercial and predictable. It is held in July at Hill Farm in Steventon, near Abingdon...
, held annually in Steventon
Steventon, Oxfordshire
Steventon is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, about south of Abingdon and a similar distance west of Didcot. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred to Oxfordshire.-History:...
, a small village near Oxford. The festival and label were started (in 1998 and 1999
1999 in music
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respectively) by the Bennett family, two of whom have formed the band The Dreaming, and were members of Goldrush
Goldrush (band)
Goldrush are a rock band from Oxfordshire, England. Their music has been compared to Nick Drake, The Byrds, The Flaming Lips and Grandaddy. The band centres around brothers Robin and Joe Bennett. The other members are Garo , Growler and Graham Roby...
.
Past and present artists on Truck Records include Goldrush
Goldrush (band)
Goldrush are a rock band from Oxfordshire, England. Their music has been compared to Nick Drake, The Byrds, The Flaming Lips and Grandaddy. The band centres around brothers Robin and Joe Bennett. The other members are Garo , Growler and Graham Roby...
, The Electric Soft Parade
The Electric Soft Parade
The Electric Soft Parade are an English psych-pop band from Brighton, comprising brothers Alex and Thomas White, the creative core of the band, as well as a number of other musicians with whom they record and perform live, most recently including Andrew Mitchell and Damo Waters, as well as...
, MC Lars
MC Lars
Andrew Robert MacFarlane Nielsen is an American rapper, known by his stage name MC Lars. He is the self-proclaimed originator of "post-punk laptop rap". He was one of the first underground rappers to sample and reference post-punk and emo bands...
, Trademark
Trademark (band)
Trademark are an English band, formed in 1995, and consisting of Oliver Horton, Stuart Meads and Paul Soulsby . They are noted for predominantly using synthesizers and are often branded as electropop or synth pop...
, The Rock of Travolta, Meanwhile Back in Communist Russia..., Black Nielson, Four Storeys, Fonda 500
Fonda 500
Fonda 500 are a British band hailing from Kingston upon Hull.-Background:Formed by Simon Stone and Nicholas Broughton in 1995, Fonda 500 have been releasing albums since 2000...
, The Black Madonnas, The Schla La Las and Piney Gir
Piney Gir
Piney Gir is a female American musician and singer, born in Kansas and now based in London, England.-Musical career:Encouraged by her parents to learn the piano from the age of four, she wrote her first song at the age of nine...
.
In 2005, the label was the subject of Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
"The Business: Business or Pleasure". The documentary covered the business's financial problems alongside the employees' motivation and love of the music industry.