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 and released on cassette. 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 370 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. We launched this website in 1994 with help from computer scientist Richard Hagen - see screenshot below of our announcement to Usenet group alt.music.alternative. In 1994 there were few music websites and the major labels were not yet online.

For more historical detail, listen to Greg discuss 90s-era Spill on radio 3CR show And This Ones Introduced By, or browse our news and artwork archives.