Label
V2 Organisation
V2 Organisation is a UK-based experimental music label, active from 1986-1988, known for its unique cassette culture and multimedia art releases.
About
V2 Organisation emerged from the United Kingdom's fertile ground of experimentation between 1986 and 1988, a temporal blip yet a seismic force within the cassette culture and multimedia art milieu. Their archival releases — encompassing cassette, magazine, and VHS formats — reveal an interdisciplinary pursuit of sound and visuals as sculptural entities. Each format preference narrates a story of exploration, bridging the ephemeral with the tactile. The label's identity crystallizes through its collaborations with key artists: Ad Van Buuren's "Wervels En Flarden" and Test Department's "Euopean network 1985 - live" tapes pulse with the industrial resonance of their time. Meanwhile, "Haters TV (1988)" punctuates the collection as a foray into video art, capturing the raw fractal energy that defined the scene. V2's partnership with Laibach on "V2 Live NR. 3" and Vivenza's "Beweging Tijd Ruimte" underscores their commitment to live performance history, a living archive of sonic process. V2 Organisation was not merely a label; it was an organism, growing and contracting with each release. Its magazines, like the "Catalogue to Exhibition Over Extreme Stromen 1987," map the intersection of sound and installation art, documenting a liminal space where sound becomes a process-driven narrative. This catalog is a testament to V2's role as a conduit for the unconventional, inviting listeners and viewers to engage with the materiality of music and art.
