Status defunct Location London Country of origin United Kingdom | Distributor(s) Rough Trade Founded 1982 Ceased operations 1983 | |
Parent company Les Disques du Crepuscule
Rough Trade Genre Industrial
Experimental
Post-punk Founders Michel Duval, Philip Hoare, Geoff Travis | ||
Operation Twilight was a British record label, the UK branch of Belgian label Les Disques du Crépuscule. It was run by Patrick Moore, who now writes as Philip Hoare.
Moore was working for Rough Trade Records at the time, and described the genesis of Operation Twilight thus: "Geoff Travis [Rough Trade] and Michel Duval [Crépuscule] cooked up a plan in January 1982 where I would start up the UK equivalent of Les Disques du Crépuscule. Michel had a sort of James Bond idea about it — it would be the James Bond version of Crépuscule — Operation Twilight."
Operation Twilight closed in 1983, though most of the artists - including Paul Haig, Antena, Tuxedomoon, Thick Pigeon - would continue to release records on Les Disques du Crépuscule. The label is also noteworthy for launching the career of The Pale Fountains.
Discography
This discography includes unreleased items that nevertheless were given a catalogue number.