History
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. In the 90s it became a more active label and studio, based in Melbourne, Australia, organized by Greg Wadley with help from a broad community of music makers.
![Spill reel-to-reel studio](/static/47cbc6637e0129f0e5ca381ebc0b01b4/06154/studio90s.jpg)
Over 350 albums have been recorded or mastered at the Spill studio - click for details.
The first release by Spill was a compilation cassette of Australian bands produced in 1991/2. The second and third Spill compilations were released on cd in 1993 and 1995. Spill has also released albums by individual bands.
![first Spill compilation](/static/3b848273afd6bead42219ef178eb7d7e/7264f/spill1.jpg)
At first the Spill multimedia presence consisted of photocopied mail-order catalogues placed inside record sleeves. We started this website in 1994 - early for a music label - with help from computer scientist Richard Hagen.
Hear Greg discuss 90s-era Spill on radio 3CR show And This Ones Introduced By.
![launch poster for Melbourne Water compilation](/static/ed6e4b20bd400318aada9e6e43b104f1/0c931/mw-launch.jpg)
See our news archive and artwork archive for historical items going back to 1994.