| WTII Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Bart Pfanenstiel |
| Genre | Electronic music, industrial music, ambient music, post-punk |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Official Website | http://www.wtiirecords.com |
WTII Records is an independent record label set up in 2001 by former WaxTrax! General Manager, Bart Pfanenstiel,[1][2][3] to relive the spirit of WaxTrax!'s early music.[4][5] WTII’s releases span a wide variety of musical styles, but the primary focus is electronic based pop, synthpop, electro, industrial, indie rock, trip-hop and ambient noise. The label has released material from artists such as Stromkern, Beborn Beton, The Gothsicles, Dessau, Attrition, In Strict Confidence, Monstrum Sepsis and HMB.
WTII’s artist’s have completed several US tours as both a headliner and support, performed at numerous festivals and played hundreds of one offs across the globe. Their music can be heard in the background of MTV's Made, MTV's My Super Sweet 16, MTV's Trailer Fabulous, A&E's Biography, SpikeTV’s Death Guild, Vh1’s Driven and in numerous shows on the Discovery Channel and TBS.
Monstrum Sepsis has had tracks in these motion picture DVDs: Spider-Man 2, The Matrix: Reloaded and The Matrix: Revolutions while also in the video games: Project Gotham Racing, Punisher, Red Faction and The Matrix Online along with other WTII artists.
The label has one sublabel Bit Riot Records[5] and is distributed by Nail Distribution in the US and Canada.
In 2006, to celebrate the label's 5th Anniversary WTII released a promotional compilation entitled "The 5 Year Hits" also known as the "WTII 5th Anniversary Compilation." The album was compiled by Chicago DJ Jeff Moyer and Pfanenstiel, mixed by Moyer, engineered by Chicago DJ Pulz-8, mastered by Chris Randall of Sister Machine Gun and featured tracks by nearly the entire 2006 roster. [6][7][8]
Contents |
| Release | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| WTII 001 | In Strict Confidence | Love Kills |
| WTII 003 | Controlled Fusion | Patient Zero |
| WTII 004 | Arcanta | The Sacred and the Profane |
| WTII 007 | Various Artists | The Resurrection |
| WTII 008 | HMB | Great Industrial Love Affairs |
| WTII 009 | State of the Union | Black City Lights |
| WTII 010 | Stromkern | Armageddon |
| WTII 015 | Trigger 10d | The Difference is a Boy |
| WTII 016 | cut.rate.box | Dataseed |
| WTII 017 | cut.rate.box | New Religion (Digital Only) |
| WTII 018p | Beborn Beton | Selections from Tales from Another World (7 song promo only) |
| WTII 018 | Beborn Beton | Tales from Another World 2xCD |
| WTII 019 | Regenerator | War |
| WTII 020 | Stromkern | Re-align EP |
| WTII 021p | La Floa Maldita | Selections from Salut Jacques (5 song promo only) |
| WTII 021 | La Floa Maldita | Salut Jacques 2xCD/DVD |
| WTII 022 | Monstrum Sepsis | Deep Sea Creatures |
| WTII 023 | State of the Union | Inpendum |
| WTII 024 | Trigger 10d | But the Girl's the Same EP |
| WTII 025 | Monstrum Sepsis | Doors & Windows EP |
| WTII 026 | State of the Union | Timerunner (single) |
| WTII 027 | Various Artists | Resurrection 2 |
| WTII 028 | Stromkern | Flicker Like a Candle |
| WTII 029 | Stromkern | Dammerung im Traum |
| WTII 030 | PTI | Blackout |
| WTII 031 | Stromkern | Light it Up |
| WTII 032 | Stromkern | Stand Up (single) |
| WTII 033 | PTI | Exhaust |
| WTII 034 | Monstrum Sepsis | Movement |
| WTII 035 | Backlash | Lodestar EP |
| WTII 036 | Backlash | Heliotrope 2xCD |
| WTII 040 | Acumen Nation | Nation What the F**k |
| WTII 041 | Stromkern | Reminders (single) |
| WTII 042 | Various Artists | WTII 5th Anniversary Compilation "The 5 Year Hits" (promo only) |
| WTII 045 | The Qualia | Nevada's Greatest |
| WTII 046p | The Qualia / Backlash | Split Better Single/Escalator People Single (promo only) |
| WTII 047 | Stromkern | Hindsight (Featuring Victoria Lloyd) (single) |
| WTII 048 | State of the Union | Evol Love Industry |
| WTII 049 | Monstrum Sepsis | Artifacts |
| WTII 051 | The Thought Criminals | Die Young: Stay Pretty |
| WTII 052 | The Gothsicles | Sega Lugosi’s Dead |
| WTII 053 | Dessau | The Truth Hurts |
| WTII 054 | Various Artists | Resurrection 3 (Digital Only) |
| WTII 055 | The Thought Criminals | All the Freaks (Digital Only Single) |
| WTII 056 | The Qualia | Secret Weapon |
| WTII 057 | Trigger 10d | Trigger 10d |
| WTII 058 | am.psych | Side Effects EP |
| WTII 059 | Attrition | Wrapped in the Guise of My Friend |
| WTII 060 | Trigger 10d | A-List (Digital Only Single) |
| WTII 061 | The Qualia | Station Wagons (Digital Only Single) |
| WTII 062 | Attrition | The Wrapped EP (Digital Only EP) |
| WTII 064 | Method Cell | Curse of a Modern Age |
| WTII 065 | Stiff Valentine | America Bleeding |
| WTII 066 | The Qualia | Memorial Gore |
| WTII 067 | Klutæ | Electro Punks Unite |