Noisebox Records

== History ==
Noisebox Records was an offshoot of the popular Noisebox Rehearsal and Recording Studios, which were originally situated in The Old Fishmarket on Mountergate in Norwich before moving to the old Avery Scales building on King Street (next to The Waterfront, now the home of Access To Music). Both the Noisebox studio and label were set up by Pete Morgan, an ex-employee of the UEA who had spotted a need in the area for a rehearsal studio with add-on facilities.
The record label, inspired by the "factory records" model, produced some 50 releases in all available formats over a period spanning 1993 to 2001, including some of Norwich's finer moments in 1990s music, the label assisting a few fledgling music careers out of the blocks. The label also generated a considerable amount of attention at various points, which included Radio plays on John Peel and the Evening session, with Mark Goodier and later with Steve Lamaqc and Jo Whiley, plays on European stations such as Esa Koivi's show, generated several Peel Sessions featured various releases in the NME as well as frequent fanzine coverage and gave an ideal stepping stone for some bands onto larger labels, such as Chemical Underground and Sarah Records.
The label also spawned a subsidiary label called Planet Noisebox, which was designed to showcase the more ambient/breakbeat and electronica acts from the area.
Some of the Noisebox acts do still have occasional releases through Burning Shed, which is an on-demand online record label, co-founded by Pete Morgan, Peter Chilvers and Tim Bowness (of "no man")
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== Discography ==
noisebox records discography
nbx001 various techno/ambient - 12" black Apr-93nbx002 various indie (Ivy/Steerpike/Spellbound/The Lemongrowers) - backwater one - 12" blacknbx003 did not existnbx004 various indie - backwater two (Republic/Waddle/n.f.l./delta radio) - four track cd epnbx005 Spellbound - dark days ep - cd epnbx006 various indie - backwater three (the Joeys/Magoo/Compact Pussycat/Joyland) - four track cd epnbx007 various ambient/electro - mechanical paradise - cd albumnbx008 waddle - food - 7" black (smeared with tomato sauce/curry)nbx009 various indie - backwater four (Lemongrowers/Neil Keeler/Soft Cotton County/Blue Script) - four track cd ep 1994nbx010 faceless - achievement - cd albumnbx011 the lemongrowers - segments - cd albumnbx012 Ivy - how do you know it's for real? 7" red vinyl 1995nbx012cd Ivy - how do you know it's for real? cdsnbx013 - Magoo - mudshark ep 7" orange vinylnbx014 - Joyland - sun cd albumnbx015 - The joeys - number one 7" black vinylnbx016 - magoo - robot carnival 7" blue vinylnbx017 the lemongrowers - lemon grove - 7" yellow vinyl (limited run)nbx018 various indie/indie rock/pop/electro now that's what I call noisebox - cd album Nov-95nbx019 - The Joeys - bruno brown/television - 7" clear vinylnbx020 - Magoo - eye spy - 7" yellow vinylnbx021 - arsehole ride 7" brownnbx022 - killtaker 7 greennbx023 - Waddle - cheeseburger cd albumnbx024 Ivy - in the absence of angels - cd album Sep-96nbx025 the lemongrowers - you're too beautiful - cdsnbx026 - Navigator - a little astronomy - 7" blue vinylnbx027 - Navigator - when the wires fall - 7" red vinylnbx028 - Navigator - assay ep - 7" x 2 clear vinylnbx028cd - Navigator - assay ep - cdsnbx029 crest/english electric - split single (low staff morale) - 7" green vinylnbx030 velvia - genial - 7" green vinylnbx031 waddle/egg - split single - 7" green vinylnbx032 the lemongrowers - ultimate mutation - cd albumnbx033 various - 33.3 ep - 7" black Feb-98nbx034 crest - 68 comeback - 7" orange vinylnbx035 fleece/emulsion - split single - 7" white vinyl - Mar-98nbx036 magoo - close continental dna - 94-96 the noisebox releases. cd album - Apr-98nbx037 fleece - mona lisa - 7" purple vinylnbx037cd fleece - mona lisa - cdsnbx038 b-mer/doolittle - split single - 7"nbx039 crest - summertime - 7" yellow vinyl Oct 98nbx040 fleece - this is what you get for love - cds 1998nbx041 navigator - noisebox singles (unreleased) cd albumnbx042 crest - the small details - 7" red vinylnbx043 fleece - man from mars - 7"nbx043cd crest/fleece - small details/man from mars - cdsnbx044 farrah - terry - 7" orange vinyl Aug-99 9this one caused a litigation over the cover)nbx044cd farrah - terry - cds Aug-99nbx045 crest - unreleased album - cd 1999 (eventually relaesed on Burning Shed)nbx046 fiel garvie - pre-vv ep - cds 2000nbx047 fiel garvie - vuka vuka - cd albumnbx048 fiel garvie - difference of me - 7" yellow vinylnbx049SPL1 various (skate punk) tales from the eastside - cd Feb 01Planet NoiseboxPlan000 - remix 12" - 12" black vinyl 1997Plan001 - faceless - cd - 1997Plan002 binary s/a/d - 10" white - 1998Plan002cd binary - brickwall music - cd - Nov 98
Lol cool I have many of the noisejox releases in my collection, one of my first forrays into mail-order as as 15 year old hipster, lol, geek more like. I remember writing to Pete starting my letter " dear noisebox records bloke, please send me the following stuff... " those are the days when being a music fan required done kind of detective skills, stamps, and waiting in ernest for the postie every day, surely it should be here by now? Then after three weeks, bingo, the thrill, kids these days don't have a clue. Listening to JP in my bedroom every night, music has lost all the fun. 
 He'll tell you shit for free 
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