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UK label founded by Rob Deacon; now discontinued but famous in the mid 90's for excellent compilations, each packaged with a CD-sized book of journalism on the artists.

Deacon had previously published a fanzine, Enzine, and several editions of the conceptually similar Abstract - vinyl with its artists interviewed in an accompanying magazine. Abstract appeared on Deacon's label, Sweatbox.

The popular Trance Europe Express series, produced by Rob with Helen Mead, ran for five volumes and also gave rise to Trance Atlantic Express 1 and 2 and the TEXtures mix album (all on Volume). The final release in the series,Trance Pacific Express, appeared on Rob's new label Deviant Records.

Rob Deacon died September 8 2007 in a canoeing accident.
Contact Info:
22 Brook Mews North
London
W2 3BW

Tel: 0171-706 8122
Fax: 0171-706 8124

(contact info is obsolete).
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Discography

Releases:
6VCD6 Various Volume Six (CD, Comp) 1993
7VCD7 Various Volume Seven (CD, Comp) 1993
8VCD8 Various Volume Eight (CD, Comp) 1993
9VCD9 Various Volume Nine (CD, Comp) 1994
9VLP9 Various Volume Nine (2xLP) 1994
10VCD10 Various Volume Ten (CD, Comp) 1994
11VLP11 Various Volume Eleven (2xLP, Comp) 1994
15VCD15 Various Volume 15 - Technology Alert! (CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Enh + Box) 1996
17VCD17 Various Volume 17 - Fifth Birthday Bumper Bonanza! (Comp) (2 versions) 1996
BOV CD1 Various Wasted - The Best Of Volume (Part 1) (2xCD) 1995
BOV CD2 Various Sharks Patrol These Waters - The Best Of Volume Part 2 (2xCD, Comp) 1995
none Tsuyoshi Suzuki Shamanic Trance - Dada Funk Mix By Tsuyoshi Suzuki (CD, Comp, Mixed) 1996
none Various Deep Trance & Ritual Beats (Comp) (2 versions) 1995
none Various The Chakra Journey (2xCD, Comp, Dig) 1996
RTTS MC2 Various The Chakra Journey (2xCass, Comp) 1996
SALCD 001 Various Sally's Photographic Memory (2xCD, Comp + Box) 1997
SCINCD001 Various Breakbeat Science (2xCD) 1996
SCINCD002 Various Breakbeat Science 2 (Comp) (2 versions) 1997
SCINLP001 Various Breakbeat Science (6x12", Comp, Ltd + Box) 1996
SCINLP002 P Various Breakbeat Science 2 (Album Sampler) (12") 1996
TACD1 Various Trance Atlantic (2xCD, Comp + Box) 1995
TACD2 Various Trance Atlantic Two (2xCD, Comp + Box) 1995
TA DJ 2 Various Trance Atlantic - Volume 2 (6xLP, Comp, Ltd) 1995
TALP-1 Various Trance Atlantic (4xLP, Comp, Ltd) 1995
TEEX 5 P Various Trance Europe Express Volume 5 (Sampler) (12", Promo, Smplr, W/Lbl) 1996
TEEXBOXLP4 Various Trans Bonus (12", Promo, Comp) 1995
TEEX CD 1 Various Trance Europe Express (2xCD, Comp + Box) 1993
TEEX CD 2 Various Trance Europe Express 2 (Comp) (2 versions) 1994
TEEX CD 3 Various Trance Europe Express 3 (2xCD, Comp + Box) 1994
TEEX CD 4 Various Trance Europe Express 4 (2xCD, Comp + Box) 1995
TEEXCD 005 Various Trance Europe Express Five (Comp) (2 versions) 1997
TEEX LP1 Various Trance Europe Express (Comp) (2 versions) 1993
TEEX LP2 Various Trance Europe Express - Volume 2 (4xLP, Comp, Ltd) 1994
teex lp 3 Various Trance Europe Express 3 (4xLP, Comp, Ltd) 1994
teexlp 4 Various Trance Europe Express 4 (Comp) (2 versions) 1995
TEEXLP 005 Various Trance Europe Express Five (6xLP, Comp) 1996
TEEX MC1 Various Trance Europe Express (2xCass, Comp) 1993
TEEX-MC2 Various Trance Europe Express - Volume 2 (2xCass) 1994
TEX 3 DJ Various Trance Europe Express - Volume 3 (Preview) (12", Promo, Smplr) 1994
TEXTRA-CD1 Various TEX (CD, Smplr) 1995
TXTRCD1 Darren Emerson + Alex Paterson TEXtures (2xCD, Mixed, Comp + Box) 1996
TXTRLP1 Various TEXtures (2xLP, Mixed, W/Lbl, Ltd) 1996
TXTRMC1 Darren Emerson + Alex Paterson TEXtures (2xCass, Mixed, Comp + Box) 1996
V1CD Various Volume One (CD) 1991
V02CD Various Volume Two (CD) 1991
V3CD Various Volume Three (CD, Comp) 1992
V4CD Various Volume Four (CD, Comp) 1992
V5CD Various Volume Five (CD, Comp) 1992
V11CD Various Volume Eleven (CD) 1994
V12CD12 Various Volume Twelve - Winter '94 (CD, Comp) 1994
V13CD Various Volume Thirteen - The Lucky Issue (CD) 1995
V14CD Various Volume Fourteen - Reading '95 Special (2xCD) 1996
V16CD Various Volume Sixteen - Copulation Explosion ! (CD + CD, Maxi) 1996
VOL002EZS EZ Special Daisy (CD, Single) 2002
VOLCD1 Orbital / Therapy? Belfast/Wasted - The Best Of Volume EP (CD, EP) 1995
VOLCDJ1 Orbital Belfast/Wasted - The Best Of Volume EP (Single) (2 versions) 1995
VOLDC1 Orbital / Therapy? Belfast/Wasted - The Best Of Volume EP (CD, EP) 1995
VOLX1 Orbital / Therapy? Belfast/Wasted - The Best Of Volume EP (12", EP) 1995
WRAPCD1 Various Berlin Unwrapped (CD + CD, Enh) 1996
WRAPLP1 Various Berlin Unwrapped (5x12", Comp, Ltd) 1996
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Reviews & Discussion

Review by JeanMarcDekesel Feb 20, 2004
I will always remember Volume for their enthusiasm and efforts they put in all their releases. They did not just make compilations like hundreds before them but seemed to be on a mission: teaching the world something by bringing them not only the music, but also the artists and their ideas, even if that costed hundreds of pages superb quadricolour background info to be added to every single album. They even offered a subscribing service and took the time to send beautiful Christmas cards to their subscribers, hand signed by every employee! But quality is rarely a key to commercial success and by 1997 Volume was no more. Deviant Records tried to continue their work with the Trance Pacific releases but the lights soon went out and we would never see another TEX.