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Seeland Records
Parent companyLumberjack Mordam Music Group
Founded1979
FounderMark Hosler; Richard Lyons
Distributor(s)Lumberjack Mordam Music Group (2005-present)
Caroline Distribution/EMI (1993-2004)
SST Records (1984-1992)
(none) (1979-1983)
GenreExperimental music
Country of originUS
Official websiteN/A

Seeland Records is an independent record label created by Negativland in the 1980s to release their own recordings. It is a reference to the the song "Seeland" by the band Neu!, who also gave Negativland the basis for their name, Sea-Land Corporation, a freight company, (the label's logo is a parody of the company's logo) and the micro-nation of Sealand, which in early history was home to radio pirates and is currently home to a government that does not respect international copyrights or intellectual property, in reference to the bulk of the label's releases. Seeland largely disappeared when Negativland signed with SST Records for a time during the late 1980s and early 1990s. But after an acrimonious split with that label, Negativland revived Seeland and began releasing new recordings, not just by themselves but also by other artists (the Evolution Control Committee and John Oswald to name two) who usually shared their philosophies regarding fair use. The label is distributed by Lumberjack Mordam Distribution, which in turn is distributed by Warner Bros. Records.

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