The Spill project was started by musicians in 1980s Brisbane as a way of keeping a permanent contact address for records released by ourselves and others.

After relocating to Melbourne, Spill became a more active label and studio run by Greg Wadley with help from a broad community of music makers.

The first release by Spill was a compilation of Melbourne and Brisbane bands produced in 1991/2. The second and third Spill compilations were released on CD in 1993 and 1995, featuring a broader range of Australian and international music-makers. Spill has also released albums by individual bands.

Greg has recorded and mastered around 350 albums at the Spill studio, including compilations released by other labels such as Melbourne Water, Can't Stop It and Artefacts of Australian Experimental Music.

At first the Spill 'multimedia presence' consisted of photocopied mail-order catalogues placed inside record sleeves. Our website went online in 1994, early for a music label and optimized for the Lynx browser, with help from computer scientist Richard Hagen.

You can hear Greg discuss 90s-era Spill on radio 3CR show And This Ones Introduced By.

Or browse our news archive and artwork archive for material going back to 1994.