WTII Records is an independent record label that was formed in 2001 by former WaxTrax! refugee, Bart Pfanenstiel and long time friend David Schock.
Formation
The concept behind WTII actually started in 1999 while Bart was still employed at Wax Trax! During that labels final year, Bart and Dannie Flesher (co-founder of Wax Trax!) had worked hard to move the label into the modern era of electro/industrial music by tapping into the new breed of bands making there way to the states from Europe. One of these connections was the signing of VNV Nation to Wax Trax! With these new connections in place, the timing seemed right to create a new outlet for these artists to release their material and to try to rekindle the spirit of Wax Trax!'s early years.
With a strong knowledge of the label side of things, Bart enlisted the help of Dave to help get things rolling. Dave had spent several years at a small independent music distributor and had built strong relationships with several key mom-n-pop and chain stores across the country. With the groundwork in place, the two quickly licensed three artists: In Strict Confidence, Controlled Fusion and Melotron. On January 1st 2001 WTII Records, LLC. was born.
Label Overview
Over the years the label roster has continued to grow with a plethora of artists that vary in sound and style. With releases from artists like Stromkern, Klutae, Beborn Beton, Method Cell, Stiff Valentine, The Qualia, The Gothsicles, Dessau, Attrition, Trigger 10d, State of the Union, In Strict Confidence, HMB and cut.rate.box, WTII has been pushing the electronic spectrum to new limits.
WTII's artist's have completed several US tours as both a headliner and support act, performed at numerous festivals and played hundreds of one offs across the globe. Their music can be heard on 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.
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 Bart 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]
In 2011 the label celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a 4 day festival in Chicago which featured performances from WTII artists Trigger 10d, Am.Psych, Rein[Forced], The Gothsicles, Stiff Valentine, Dead on TV, Stromkern among other local and national acts.
Distribution
The label is distributed by Nail Distribution a Division of the Allegro Media Group in North America and Audioglobe in Europe.
WTII Releases:
WTII 001 In Strict Confidence Love Kills!
WTII 003 Controlled Fusion Patient Zero
WTII 004 Arcanta The Sacred and the Profane
WTII 006 Melotron Fortschritt (Digital Only)
WTII 007 V/A The Resurrection
WTII 008 HMB Great Industrial Love Affairs
WTII 009 State of the Union Black City Lights
WTII 010 Stromkern Armageddon
WTII 015 Trigger10d 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 Trigger10d But the Girl's the Same EP
WTII 025 Monstrum Sepsis Doors & Windows EP
WTII 026 State of the Union Timerunner (single)
WTII 027 V/A 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 What the F**k
WTII 041 Stromkern Reminders (single)
WTII 042 V/A WTII 5th Anniversary Mix Compilation (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 V/A 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 063 Trigger 10d Misplaced (Digital Only Single)
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
WTII 068 Rein[Forced] X Amount of Stab Wounds in the Back
WTII 069 The GothsiclesIndustrialites and Magic
WTII 070 Lowe Breathe In Breathe Out (Digital Only Single)
WTII 071 Lowe Evolver
WTII 072 Klutae I Know It's Sick But It's So Much Fun (extended Psychopomps version)
WTII 073 Various ArtistsMinifest 2 Compilation CD
WTII 074 Stiff ValentineAmerica In-Breeding
WTII 075 Various ArtistsWTII Records Free Sampler (Digital Only)
WTII 076 Stromkern Dead Letters EP
WTII 077 Stromkern Dead Language EP (TBA)
WTII 078 Rein[Forced] Dichotomy (Digital Single)
WTII 079 Dead on TV Fuck You I'm Famous
WTII 080 Stromkern CD Single 3 Pack
WTII 081 Lowe Mirage (Digital Single)
WTII 082 Promotheus Burning Kill it with Fire
WTII 083 Mechanical Cabaret Selective Hearing (February 26th 2013)
