PSF: Can you tell me more about the "HoZac Hookup Klub?" Definitely not by design, but when we started the label in 2006, we definitely wanted to have a synthesizer-based sound, but that quickly escalated into many other ideas once we heard things we really liked outside of our wheelhouse. TN: I guess those would be the catch-all overlapping genre-styles. PSF: According to your website, your releases fall into four basic categories: "Pure Pop," "Darkwave/Synthpunk," "Archival," and "Modern Filthy Grooves." Was this by design or did it just evolve to be that way? Is there any thread connecting these different types of releases? From there, people really just came to us with project proposals, most of which have been great, and now we're 10 books deep not even 6 years later! And in 2014, we'd been heavily releasing TONS of Australian bands that were covered in this book (Kitchens Floor, UV Race, Super Wild Horses, NUN, Straight Arrows, Repairs, Angie Bermuda projects, etc.) so it really made sense for that to be our first book, introducing the non-Australian world to these amazing bands. TN: We always wanted to do books but just didn't have anything that came to us until Jimi Kritzler in Australia asked if we'd be interested in publishing his first book, Noise in My Head: Voices from the Ugly Australian Underground. PSF: Unlike most record labels, you have started a book publishing business as well. We folded the magazine around 2005 but YES, the Psycho Surgeons were the culprits for sure! We had heard a lot of folks abbreviate the name to "HoZac" so we just grabbed it and ran with it, basically. TN: HoZac released its first two singles in November of 2006, from VOLT and SPIDER. PSF: How long has Hozac been in operation? I recall the label grew out of your magazine "Horizontal Action" - presumably named in homage to the fantastic Psycho Surgeons - but then was shortened to HoZac? But this was taken right around the time that we launched the label, in 2007." Todd: "I'm on the left, Brett Cross on the right. We spoke to honcho Todd Novak about the label. As of this issue of PSF, HoZac has just released a tell-all paperback by Power Pop hero Paul Collins, along with a companion single, and it's absolutely required reading for his fans. Folks that fall into this category perform a sort of cultural curation and archivism that's inherently altruistic.įor the last decade and a half, HoZac Records of Chicago has been one of those labels - not just working out in the field, but deep in the weeds - releasing true underground rock 'n' roll records. People running labels that aim to move the cultural radar of what defines "good taste" via small-batch runs of esoteric yet significant subgenre fodder mixed in with ultra-obscure genre reissues deemed in danger of being forgotten. On the other end of labeldom are the underground indie tycoons - driven individuals who will never press a platinum record and wouldn't want to. People like Berry Gordy, Clive Davis, Simon Cowell, Sylvia Robinson, and Jack White exemplify that stereotype but represent only one end of the spectrum. Most people probably envision record label owners as wannabe moguls hopeful hawks of mass-marketable media with fingers pinching the pulse of popular culture, eyeing the balance sheet for course correction feedback as they build empires and acquire riches. This Cookie is used to manage the product downloads and/or product support requests on our website.Perfect Sound Forever: HoZac Records interview HOZAC RECORDS This Cookie remembers what products you have added to your basket The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. ![]() The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. ![]() The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. ![]() The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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