A West Side Fabrication

A West Side Fabrication (often shortened to AWSF or "Westside") is a Swedish independent record label based in Skellefteå. It was founded in 1987 by Jörgen Dahlqvist and Joakim Wallström, after the rock band Wallström played in, West European Politics, had taken part in Rock-SM and needed to record a song. From its earliest days the label focused on guitar-based indie music from the Norrland region of northern Sweden. Early releases included records and cassettes by This Perfect Day, The Wannadies and Genre Hippy (later known as Popsicle). The Bear Quartet released all thirteen of their albums on A West Side Fabrication, and most of the label's bands have at some point played the Trästockfestivalen. The British radio legend John Peel was a great admirer of the label. The label describes itself as "the small company with the big range" and states that it has been active since 1987. Its stated mission is to release music for those who want it, without promising "gold and green forests." It releases music by artists ranging from those who barely want to be seen, making music for inner well-being, to those who want to reach everyone. The main focus is to help artists the label likes, artists with a decent view of humanity who accept humanism and the equal value of all people. The label began as a more or less pure "indie" company and says its heart remains there. Its catalogue spans synth, pop, folk songs, country, singer-songwriter, harder sounds and especially indie-pop. Over the decades A West Side Fabrication has launched or supported a long list of artists, including Popsicle, The Wannadies, Sahara Hotnights, Tikkle Me, Mattias Alkberg, Fireside, This Perfect Day, Olle Nyman and The Bear Quartet, among others. The label notes that it continues to release music today and has an extremely long catalogue. It also operates sub-labels such as Buffel, Jazz Beat and Speech. In 1993 AWSF, through Joakim Wallström, received a Grammis (the jury's special prize) for having "greatly widened the Swedish rock map" with his Skellefteå-based label. The label remains active, working with a handful of artists and marking anniversaries of releases such as "Welcome To Hope" turning 20.

A West Side Fabrication was founded in 1987 in Skellefteå, Sweden, by Jörgen Dahlqvist and Joakim Wallström. The immediate trigger was that Wallström's rock band, West European Politics, had competed in Rock-SM and needed to record a song. From the start the label concentrated on guitar-based indie music from Norrland, the northern region of Sweden. Among its earliest productions were records and cassettes by This Perfect Day, The Wannadies and Genre Hippy, the band that later became Popsicle. The label grew into one of the key independent players on the Swedish indie scene. The Bear Quartet released all thirteen of their albums through A West Side Fabrication, and most of the label's bands appeared at some point at the Trästockfestivalen. The British radio guru John Peel became a notable admirer of the label's output. In 1993 AWSF, through Joakim Wallström, was awarded a Grammis (the jury's special prize) with the citation that he had, with his Skellefteå-based label A West Side Fabrication, "greatly widened the Swedish rock map." Over the decades the label has released a very large catalogue and has been an early home for artists such as Popsicle, The Wannadies, Sahara Hotnights, Tikkle Me, Mattias Alkberg, Fireside, This Perfect Day, Olle Nyman and The Bear Quartet, among roughly fifty artists in total. It has also operated sub-labels including Buffel, Jazz Beat and Speech. The label describes itself as "the small company with the big range" and says it has been active since 1987. It continues to release music, working with a handful of artists, and has marked anniversaries such as the twentieth anniversary of "Welcome To Hope."

• 1993

  AWSF, through Joakim Wallström, receives a Grammis (jury's special prize) for widening the Swedish rock map.

• 1987

  A West Side Fabrication founded in Skellefteå by Jörgen Dahlqvist and Joakim Wallström.

Independent label focused on guitar-based indie music, humanist values and a broad genre range, based in Skellefteå, northern Sweden.

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3. 3A West Side Fabrication - Wikipedia (Swedish)sv.wikipedia.org