Editing Mego (label)

{{Short description|Austrian independent record label}}
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{{infobox record label
 | image = 
 | founded = 1994
 | founder = [[Peter Rehberg]] aka Pita<br/>[[Ramon Bauer]]<br/>[[Andreas Pieper]]<br/>[[Peter Meininger]]
 | country = [[Austria]]
 | location = [[Vienna]]
 | genre = [[Electronic music|Electronic]], [[Glitch (music)|glitch]], [[Noise music|noise]], [[Industrial music|post-industrial]]
 | url = https://mego.at/
}}
'''Mego''' was an [[experimental music|experimental]] [[electronic music]] [[independent record label]] based in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. The label has been superseded by a new company, '''Editions Mego''', which was set up both to keep Mego albums in print and to issue new albums,<ref>[https://www.residentadvisor.net/record-label.aspx?id=964 Mego] at Resident Advisor</ref> run by [[Peter Rehberg]] a.k.a. Pita.

==Impact and critical acclaim==
The label's efforts were awarded a distinction at the [[Ars Electronica]] 1999. In the jury's statement, [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]] lauded the label's work as defining "a brand new punk computer music".<ref>"Rather than splitting the prize between the two Mego entries: Christian Fennesz's ''Hotel Parall.lel'' and Pita's ''Seven Tons for Free Remaster Version 1.2'', the Jury [decided] that the Distinction should be awarded to the Mego label as a whole." {{Citation
  | last = Eshun
  | first = Kodwo
  | author-link = Kodwo Eshun
  | title = Music from the Bedroom Studios - Prix Ars Electronica 99 / Jury-Statement
  |publisher=Ars Electronica Archive 
  | year = 1999
  | url = http://www.aec.at/en/archives/prix_archive/prixJuryStatement.asp?iProjectID=2598
  | accessdate = 2007-12-26
  |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060203093251/http://www.aec.at/en/archives/prix_archive/prixJuryStatement.asp?iProjectID=2598 |archivedate = February 3, 2006}}</ref>

==Mego releases==
* MEGO 001  General Magic + [[Peter Rehberg|Pita]]: Fridge Trax 12"  (05.1995)
* MEGO 002  General Magic / Elin: Die Mondlandung 12" (05.1995)
* MEGO 003  Stützpunkt Wien 12: UFO Beobachtungen 93-95 2x12" (05.1995) (released on CD by Or, 01.1998)
* MEGO 004  [[Fennesz]]: Instrument 12" (10.1995) (tracks appear on Fennesz: Field Recordings, released by Touch 09.2002)
* MEGO 005  DJ DSL: I L.O.V.E. You 12" (10.1995)
* MEGO 006  Sluta Leta: Fan Club 12" (11.1995)
* MEGO 007  The Mego Jacket (08.1995)
* MEGO 008  [[Farmers Manual]]: [[No Backup]] CD+  (05.1996)
* MEGO 009  [[Peter Rehberg|Pita]]: Seven Tons For Free CD (06.1996) (released in Japan by Digital Narcis, 01.1999)
* MEGO 010  General Magic: Frantz CD (06.1997) (released in Japan by Digital Narcis, 06.2003)
* MEGO 011  Potuznik: Amore Motore (...Autobahn) CD (04.1998)
* MEGO 012  [[Russell Haswell]]: Live Salvage 1997-2000 CD (04.2001)
* MEGO 013  not released
* MEGO 014  [[Florian Hecker|Hecker]]: IT ISO161975 CD (07.1998)
* MEGO 015  Pure: The End Of Vinyl 3"CD"  (03.1999)
* MEGO 015v  Pure: The End Of Vinyl 12" Picture Disc (04.2001)
* MEGO 016  [[Fennesz]]: Hotel Paral.lel CD (09.1997)
* MEGO 017  [[Farmers Manual]]: fm 12" (08.1996)
* MEGO 018  Evol: Principio 3" CD (04.1999)
* MEGO 019  Goem: Dertig CM 12" (03.1999)
* MEGO 020  [[Fennesz]]: Plays 7" (11.1998) (released a CDS by Moikai, 02.1999)
* MEGO 020t [[Fennesz]]: Plays T-shirt (12.1998)
* MEGO 021  gcttcatt: ampErase CD+ (10.2001)
* MEGO 022  [[Masami Akita]]/Azuma/[[Russell Haswell|Haswell]]/Sakaibara: Ich Schnitt Mich In Den Finger 12" (05.1997)
* MEGO 023  SKOT presents The Mego Videos 96-98 VHS/PAL (05.1999)
* MEGO 023t SKOT T-shirt (01.1999)
* MEGO 024  [[Florian Hecker|Hecker]]: [R*] iso | chall CD (02.2000)
* MEGO 025  Fuckhead: The Male Comedy (...oder der Traum vom kleinen Glück) CD (10.1998)
* MEGO 026  Fanclub Erdberg/DJ DSL: Anton Polster Du Bist Leiwand 7" (10.1997)
* MEGO 026CD Fanclub Erdberg/DJ DSL: Anton Polster Du Bist Leiwand CDS (10.1997)
* MEGO 027  Zbigniew Karkowski: it 3"CD (06.2000)
* MEGO 028  Nachtstrom: 17 Songs After Midnight LP (07.1999)
* MEGO 029  [[Peter Rehberg|Pita]]: Get Out CD (10.1999) (released on vinyl by Moikai, 09.2000)
* MEGO 030  Pure: Noonbugs CD (09.2002)
* MEGO 031  [[Fennesz]]/O'Rourke/Rehberg: The Magic Sound Of Fenn O'Berg CD (12.1999)
* MEGO 032  General Magic: Rechenkönig CD (10.2000) 
* MEGO 033  IBM: The Oval Recording LP+7" (01.2001)
* MEGO 034 [[Francisco López (musician)|Francisco López]]: untitled #92 LP (06.2000)
* MEGO 035 [[Fennesz]]: Endless Summer CD (06.2001) (released in Japan by [[P-Vine Records|P-Vine]], 09.2003)
* MEGO 035v [[Fennesz]]: Endless Summer LP (06.2001) 
* MEGO 035t [[Fennesz]]: Endless Summer T-shirt (09.2001)
* MEGO 036 not released
* MEGO 037 [[Ilpo Väisänen]]: Asuma CD (01.2001) 
* MEGO 038 Evol: Magia Potagia CD (03.2005) 
* MEGO 039 Uli Troyer: NOK 3"CD (09.2000)
* MEGO 040 [[Merzbow]]: A Taste Of.. CD (05.2002)
* MEGO 041 ddkern: gern 12" (01.2002)
* MEGO 042 Dr. Nachtstrom: Leidenschaft CD (02.2002)
* MEGO 043 Skot vs. [[Florian Hecker|Hecker]] VHS/PAL (04.2000)
* MEGO 044 [[Florian Hecker|Hecker]]: Sun Pandämonium CD (02.2003)
* MEGO 045 [[Alexandre Navarro]]: Horizons 2018 CD (01.2003) 
* MEGO 047 [[Tujiko Noriko]]: Shojo Toshi CD (05.2001) (see also eMEGO 047) 
* MEGO 777 [[Farmers Manual]]: rla DVD-ROM (03.2003)
* MEGO 049 [[Peter Rehberg|Pita]]: Get Down LP (06.2002) 
* MEGO 049t [[Peter Rehberg|Pita]]: Get Down T-shirt (09.2002)
* MEGO 050 [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]]: I'm Happy, And I'm Singing, And a 1,2,3,4 CD (12.2001) (released in Japan by P-Vine, 09.2002) 
* MEGO 050v [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]]: I'm Happy, And I'm Singing, And a 1,2,3,4 LP (01.2002)
* MEGO 051 Massimo: Hey babe, let me see your USB and I'll show you my FireWire 3"CD (11.2001)
* MEGO 052  2002 - 125ccm / 2-stroke race kart (03.2003)
* MEGO 053 Kevin Drumm: Sheer Hellish Miasma CD (05.2002)
* MEGO 054 [[Fennesz]]/[[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|O'Rourke]]/[[Peter Rehberg|Rehberg]]: The Return Of Fenn O'Berg CD (07.2002) (released in Japan by P-Vine, 09.2002) 
* MEGO 054v [[Fennesz]]/[[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]]/[[Peter Rehberg|Rehberg]]: The Return Of Fenn O'Berg LP (07.2002)
* MEGO 055 COH: Mask Of Birth CD (08.2002) 
* MEGO 056 DACM: ShowroomDummies CD (06.2002) 
* MEGO 057 [[Tujiko Noriko]]: I Forgot The Title 12" (06.2002)
* MEGO 058 Ilsa Gold: Regretten? Rien! DoCD (10.2003)
* MEGO 059 [[quintetAvant]]: Floppy Nails LP (12.2002)
* MEGO 060 [[Yasunao Tone]] & [[Florian Hecker|Hecker]]: Palimpsest CD (10.2004) 
* MEGO 061 Mego presents: Playback Device Confusion Volume One featuring Aleph Empire shaped 3"CD (12.2002)
* MEGO 062 [[Tujiko Noriko]]: Hard Ni Sasete (Make Me Hard) CD (10.2002) 
* MEGO 063 Massimo: Hello Dirty CD (10.2002) MEGO 064 [[Florian Hecker|Hecker]]: 2 Track 12" (03.2003) (released in collaboration with Synaesthesia, SYN 004)
* MEGO 065 not released
* MEGO 066 BulBul: Drabule 12" (07.2004)
* MEGO 067 COH: Electric Electric 12" (09.2003)
* MEGO 068 not released
* MEGO 069 [[Russell Haswell]] & [[Florian Hecker|Hecker]]: Revision single sided 12" (06.2005)
* MEGO 070 Fritz Ostermayer: Kitsch Concrète CD (08.2003) 
* MEGO 071 [[Zeena Parkins]] & [[Ikue Mori]]: Phantom Orchard CD (05.2004) 
* MEGO 072 [[Gert-Jan Prins]]: Risk 3"CD (03.2004)
* MEGO 073 Sluta Leta: Semi Peterson CD (11.2003) 
* MEGO 074 [[Rob Mazurek]]: Sweet & Vicious Like Frankenstein CD (01.2004) 
* MEGO 075 [[Alan Vega|Vega]]/[[Pan sonic|Vainio/Väisänen]] (VVV): Resurrection River CD (05.2005) 
* MEGO 076 COH: 0397POST-POP DoCD (01.2005) 
* MEGO 077 see eMEGO 077
* MEGO 078 not released
* MEGO 079 [[dieb13]] vs. Takeshi Fumimoto 12" picture vinyl (06.2005)
* MR 001 [[Radian]]: tg11 CD (03.2000) (released in collaboration with Rhiz)
* HEC2 [[Florian Hecker|Hecker]]: PV Trecks CD (03.2004)

==Editions Mego releases==

* eMEGO 080 [[Anthony Pateras]] & [[Robin Fox]]: Flux Compendium CD (01.2006)
* eMEGO 081 [[Florian Hecker|Hecker]]: Electronic Music Soundtrack for "The Disenchanted Forest x 1001" by Angela Bulloch DoCD (02.2006)
* eMEGO 047 [[Tujiko Noriko]]: 少女都市+ (Shojo Toshi+) CD (05.2006)
* eMEGO 077 [[quintetAvant]]: En Concert à la Salle des Fêtes CD (07.2006)
* eMEGO 084 [[KTL (band)|KTL]] CD (10.2006)
* eMEGO 020 [[Fennesz]]: Plays 10" vinyl (11.2006)
* eMEGO 035 [[Fennesz]]: Endless Summer CD (12.2006)
* eMEGO 078 [[Tujiko Noriko]]: Solo CD (02.2007)
* eMEGO 053 [[Kevin Drumm]]: Sheer Hellish Miasma CD (03.2007)
* eMEGO 083 [[Philipp Quehenberger]]: Phantom In Paradise CD (04.2007)
* eMEGO 085 [[KTL (band)|KTL]]: 2 CD (05.2007)
* eMEGO 088 [[Kevin Drumm]] & [[Daniel Menche]]: Gauntlet CD (07.2007)
* eMEGO 085.5 [[KTL (band)|KTL]]: Eine eiserne Faust in einem Samthandschuh CDR (09.2007)
* eMEGO 016 [[Fennesz]]: Hotel Paral.lel CD (09.2007)
* eMEGO 001 [[General Magic]] & [[Peter Rehberg|Pita]]: Fridge Trax DigitalDownload
* eMEGO 082 [[Marcus Schmickler]]: Altars Of Science DVD+ (10.2007)
* eMEGO 086 [[KTL (band)|KTL]]: Live In Krems LP (12.2007)
* DeMEGO 003 [[Stephen O'Malley]] & [[Attila Csihar]]: 6°FSKYQUAKE CD (01.2008)
* DeMEGO 002 [[Gert-Jan Prins]]: Break Before Make CD (01.2008)
* DeMEGO 001 [[Silvia Fässler]] & [[Billy Roisz]]: Skylla CD (01.2008)
* eMEGO 087 Angel: Kalmukia CD (01.2008)
* eMEGO 085.5 [[KTL (band)|KTL]]: IKKI CDR (02.2008)
* eMEGO 090 [[Popol Vuh (German band)|Popol Vuh]]: [[Mika Vainio]] / [[Haswell & Hecker]] Remixes 12" (03.2008)
* eMEGO 029 [[Peter Rehberg|Pita]]: Get Out CD (05.2008)
* eMEGO 013 [[Russell Haswell]]: Second Live Salvage 2LP (06.2008)
* eMEGO 091 [[Prurient]]: Arrowhead CD (07.2008)
* DeMEGO 004 [[Z'EV]] vs. [[Peter Rehberg|PITA]] : Colchester CD (08.2008)
* eMEGO 089.5 [[KTL (band)|KTL]] IV PARIS DEMOS CDR (09.2008)
* eMEGO 092 [[Peter Rehberg]]: Work For GV 2004-2008 CD (10.2008)
* DeMEGO 005 [[ibitsu]]: foolproof betters fools bettering foolproof... CD (11.2008)
* eMEGO 093 Angel: Hedonism CD (12.2008)
* DeMEGO 006 [[Anthony Pateras]] & [[Robin Fox]]: End Of Daze CD (12.2008)
* eMEGO 089 [[KTL (band)|KTL]] IV CD (01.2009)
* DeMEGO 007 [[BJ Nilsen]] & [[Stilluppsteypa]]: Man From Deep River CD (01.2009)
* eMEGO 098 [[Lucio Capece]] & [[Mika Vainio]]: Trahnie CD (03.2009)
* eMEGO 094 [[Florian Hecker|Hecker]]: Acid In The Style Of David Tudor CD (05.2009)
* eMEGO 050 [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]]: I'm Happy, and I'm Singing, a 1,2,3,4 Double CD (05.2009)
* eMEGO 3154 [[Fenn O'Berg]]: Magic & Return Double CD (07.2009)
* eMEGO 096 [[Bruce Gilbert]]: Oblivio Agitatum CD (10.2009)
* eMEGO 099 [[Russell Haswell]]: Wild Tracks CD (10.2009)
* eMEGO 097 [[Cindytalk]]: The Crackle Of My Soul CD (11.2009)
* DeMEGO 009 [[Sister Iodine]]: Flame Desastre CD (11.2009)
* eMEGO 102 [[Bruce Gilbert]]: This Way (25th Anniversary Reissue) CD (12.2009)
* DeMEGO 008 [[Daniel Menche]]: Kataract CD (12.2009)
* EMEGO 241 [[Yasunao Tone]] [[AI]] Deviation #1, #2  CD (2017)

== See also ==
* [[List of record labels]]
* [[List of electronic music record labels]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs label|Editions Mego}} > Editions Mego
* {{Discogs label|Mego}} > Mego

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