London-based Crammed/SSR offshoot Language was the brainchild of Tony Thorpe (of Moody Boyz fame).

Language was started from scratch in the spring of ‘95, and immediately set out to sign five totally or practically unknown acts.

The inaugural release on the label was “Miscellaneous 1”, which featured 12 exclusive tracks by new, cutting-edge artists, and clearly established the label’s sonic agenda: the emphasis is on experimentation and innovation, in an attempt to defy the musical categorisation that ravages music at the time (and still does, to an extent…). Language’s musical spectrum thus covered anything from ...