The Wolfgang Press

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The Wolfgang Press was an experimental British post-punk band known for their dark, eclectic sound and releases on the influential 4AD label.

All labels observed (1)

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The Wolfgang Press canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf band ⓘ
post-punk band ⓘ
activeEnd mid-1990s ⓘ
activeStart 1983 ⓘ
associatedAct Mass ⓘ
Rema-Rema ⓘ
This Mortal Coil ⓘ
associatedWith 4AD ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
art rock ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ
gothic rock ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
hasCharacteristic experimental approach to song structure ⓘ
use of eclectic instrumentation ⓘ
hasFanBase cult following ⓘ
hasMember Andrew Gray ⓘ
Mark Cox ⓘ
Michael Allen ⓘ
influencedBy gothic rock scene ⓘ
post-punk movement ⓘ
labelMate Cocteau Twins ⓘ
Dead Can Dance ⓘ
This Mortal Coil ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
musicalStyle dark, brooding vocals ⓘ
incorporation of funk influences ⓘ
use of dense, atmospheric production ⓘ
use of sampling ⓘ
notableFor dark sound ⓘ
eclectic sound ⓘ
notableSong A Girl Like You ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
King of Soul ⓘ
Raintime ⓘ
notableWork Bird Wood Cage ⓘ
Queer ⓘ
Standing Up Straight ⓘ
The Burden of Mules ⓘ
Unremembered, Remembered ⓘ
origin England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
partOf 1980s British post-punk scene ⓘ
recordLabel 4AD ⓘ
releaseType EP ⓘ
single ⓘ
studio album ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

One Little Indian Records → associatedAct → The Wolfgang Press ⓘ
Ivo Watts-Russell → associatedWith → The Wolfgang Press ⓘ
John Fryer → associatedWith → The Wolfgang Press ⓘ