Label
Obvious Products
Early 1980s independent cassette label releasing experimental and industrial music with provocative conceptual themes.
About
Obvious Products was an independent record label active during the early 1980s, operating during a formative period for underground and experimental music. Based on available discographic evidence, the label released material primarily on cassette format, a medium favored by independent and DIY music operations of the era. The label's documented output includes provocative and conceptually ambitious titles such as "Euthanasia" and "Pol Pot Pop," both from 1980, alongside "Mysterious Kitchens" from 1981, suggesting an artistic focus on experimental and industrial music with challenging thematic content. The label also produced promotional materials in the form of printed catalogues, indicating an organized approach to artist development and listener engagement. Though little mainstream documentation exists regarding the label's geographic base or complete roster, Obvious Products represents the grassroots experimental music scene of the early 1980s, when cassette-based independent labels played a crucial role in disseminating avant-garde and underground work outside conventional commercial distribution channels.
