Transcopic was a British
record label
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created in 1998 by
Blur guitarist
Graham Coxon
Graham Leslie Coxon (born 12 March 1969) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter who came to prominence as a founding member of the rock band Blur. As the group's lead guitarist and secondary vocalist, Cox ...
for his solo releases, as well as those of other left field artists. Along with Coxon's music, the label issued records by acts such as
Ooberman
Ooberman are an English band with strong indie, folk and progressive influences first formed in 1997. They split up in 2003, shortly after the release of their second album ''Hey Petrunko'', but announced their reformation in April 2006 and ...
,
The Buff Medways
Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art. He has le ...
,
You Am I
You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by its lead singer-songwriter and guitarist, Tim Rogers. They formed in December 1989 and are the first Australian band to have released three successive albums that have each debuted ...
, and
Billy Childish
Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art. He has le ...
. It was co-owned by Jamie Davis, who subsequently co-founded
Ark Recordings
Ark Recordings is a London-based independent record label, run by Jamie Davis (of Transcopic Records) and Russell Warby (VP of WME Agency UK, Music Power 1001).
The label was launched in 2005 after Transcopic Records went on a hiatus, and Dav ...
and founded
The Jaded Hearts Club
The Jaded Hearts Club is an English rock supergroup and covers band consisting of vocalists Miles Kane (of the Rascals and Last Shadow Puppets) and Nic Cester (of Jet), bassist and vocalist Matt Bellamy (of Muse), guitarists Graham Coxon (of ...
.
Coxon issued his first five solo albums and their associated singles on the label between 1998 and 2005. After the closure of Transcopic, Coxon released his sixth album, ''
Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
''Love Travels At Illegal Speeds'' is the sixth solo album by Graham Coxon. It was released 13 March 2006 in the United Kingdom, the day after Coxon's 37th birthday. The album was produced by Stephen Street who also produced Coxon's previous ...
'' (2006), via
Parlophone
Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German–British record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 192 ...
.
Selected releases
* Assembly Line People Program - ''Noise Vision 80'' (TRAN001)
*
Ooberman
Ooberman are an English band with strong indie, folk and progressive influences first formed in 1997. They split up in 2003, shortly after the release of their second album ''Hey Petrunko'', but announced their reformation in April 2006 and ...
- ''Sugar Bum'' (TRAN002)
* Control Freaks - ''Agro'' (TRAN003)
* Assembly Line People Program - ''Critical Gate'' (TRAN004)
*
Graham Coxon
Graham Leslie Coxon (born 12 March 1969) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter who came to prominence as a founding member of the rock band Blur. As the group's lead guitarist and secondary vocalist, Cox ...
- ''
The Sky is Too High'' (TRANCD005/TRANLP005)
* Assembly Line People Program - ''Subdivision of Being'' (TRANCD006/TRANLP006)
*
Bunsen Honeydew
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- ''Didn't You Used To Be Invisible?'' (TRAN007)
* Graham Coxon - ''
The Golden D
''The Golden D'' is the second solo album by Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, released in 2000. This outing saw him come back with some heavier, even lower-fi guitars and vocals. With only one track reminiscent of '' The Sky Is Too High'', "Keep H ...
'' (TRANCD0)
* Mower - ''Na'' (TRAN008)
* Mower - ''Drinking For Britain'' (TRANCD009/TRAN009)
* Graham Coxon - ''
Crow Sit On Blood Tree'' (TRANCD010/TRANLP010)
* Graham Coxon - ''Thank God For The Rain/You Never Will Be'' (TRANCD011/TRAN011)
*
The Buff Medways
Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art. He has le ...
- ''A Strange Kind of Happyness'' (TRAN012)
* Mower - ''Mower'' (TRANCD013/TRANLP013)
* Mower - ''Rest in Peace'' (TRAN014)
* The Buff Medways - ''Troubled Mind / Leave My Kitten Alone'' (TRAN015)
* The Buff Medways - ''Steady The Buffs'' (TRAN016/TRANLP016)
* The Buff Medways - ''Strood Lights / You Make Me Die'' (TRAN017)
* Graham Coxon - ''
The Kiss of Morning
''The Kiss of Morning'' is the fourth solo album by Blur guitarist Graham Coxon
Graham Leslie Coxon (born 12 March 1969) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter who came to prominence as a founding memb ...
'' (TRANCD018/TRANLP018)
* Louis Vause - ''Pianophernalia'' (TRANCD019)
* Graham Coxon - ''Escape Song / Mountain of Regret'' (TRANCD020)
*
You Am I
You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by its lead singer-songwriter and guitarist, Tim Rogers. They formed in December 1989 and are the first Australian band to have released three successive albums that have each debuted ...
- ''
No After You Sir...: An Introduction to You Am I'' (TRANCD021)
* Mower - ''After Dark'' (TRANCD022/TRAN022)
* Mower - ''The Morning After'' (TRANCD023/TRAN023)
* Mower - ''People Are Cruel'' (TRANCD023/TRANLP023)
* The Buff Medways - ''Just 15'' (TRAN025)
* The Buff Medways - ''1914'' (TRANCD026/TRANLP026)
*
Neon
Neon is a chemical element with the symbol Ne and atomic number 10. It is a noble gas. Neon is a colorless, odorless, inert monatomic gas under standard conditions, with about two-thirds the density of air. It was discovered (along with krypton ...
- ''A Man'' (TRANCD027)
*
Neon
Neon is a chemical element with the symbol Ne and atomic number 10. It is a noble gas. Neon is a colorless, odorless, inert monatomic gas under standard conditions, with about two-thirds the density of air. It was discovered (along with krypton ...
- ''Hit Me Again'' (TRANCD028)
See also
*
List of record labels
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References
External links
Releases crediting Transcopic Recordsat
AllMusic
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Transcopic Records (EMI)
British record labels
Vanity record labels
Record labels established in 1998
Indie rock record labels
Graham Coxon
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