No Man's Land was a German

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based in

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. Formed in

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

, it ceased trading in 1997. The label was run by its proprietors in combination with the

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and record label Review Records and the distribution company Recommended No Man's Land. The latter was part of the network of distributors associated with the

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record label and distributor,

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. No Man's Land specialised in releases by experimental

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and

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artists.

Discography

* nml 8401 The Romans - ''You Only Live Once'' * nml 8502 Doctor Nerve - ''Out to Bomb Fresh Kings'' * nml 8503

Lindsay Cooper Lindsay Cooper (3 March 1951 – 18 September 2013) was an English bassoon and oboe player and composer. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the ...

- ''Music for Other Occasions'' * nml 8505 :zoviet-france: - '' RIS' * nml 8506

Jad Fair Jad Fair (born June 9, 1954) is an American singer, guitarist, graphic artist, and founding member of lo-fi alternative rock group Half Japanese. Biography Fair was born in Coldwater, Michigan. In 1974, he and his brother David formed the lo-fi ...

- ''Best Wishes'' * nml 8506b Jad Fair - ''Best Wishes'' Booklet * nml 8604 Meltable Snaps It - ''Points Blank'' * nml 8608 Orthotonics - ''Luminous Bipeds'' * nml 8609

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- ''The Country of Blinds'' * nml 8707D various artists ''Island of Sanity: New Music from New York City'' * nml 8710

Tom Cora Thomas Henry Corra (September 14, 1953 – April 9, 1998), better known as Tom Cora, was an American cellist and composer, best known for his improvisational performances in the field of experimental jazz and rock. He recorded with John Zorn, ...

- ''Live at the Western Front'' * nml 8712

Zeena Parkins Zeena Parkins (born 1956) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist active in experimental, free improvised, contemporary classical, and avant-jazz music; she is known for having "reinvented the harp". Parkins performs on standard har ...

- ''Something Out There'' * nml 8811

Geoff Leigh Geoff Leigh (born 5 October 1945) is an English jazz and progressive rock musician, playing primarily soprano saxophone and flute. He was a member of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow and founded several bands himself, including Red Balu ...

/ Frank Wuyts - ''From Here to Drums'' * nml 8813 various artists - ''A Classic Guide to No Man's Land'' * nml 8814 Non Credo - ''Reluctant Hosts'' * nml 8815

Half Japanese Half Japanese is an American art punk band formed by brothers Jad and David Fair around 1975, sometime after the family's relocation to Uniontown, Maryland. Their original instrumentation included a small drum set, which they took turns playi ...

- ''Charmed Life'' * nml 8816

Christian Marclay Christian Marclay (born January 11, 1955) is a visual artist and composer. He holds both American and Swiss nationality. Marclay's work explores connections between sound, noise, photography, video, and film. A pioneer of using gramophone records ...

- ''More Encores'' * nml 8917 Half Japanese - ''The Band That Would Be King'' * nml 9319 François Ribac / Eva Schwabe - ''Opéra'' * nml 9420 Sugarconnection - ''Plays Alien Cakes'' * nml 9825 Dawn - ''Dusk'' * nml/D 873 Kinothek Percussion Ensemble - ''Industry!'' * nml/GRRR 2012 Un Drame Musical Instantané - ''Urgent Meeting''

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