"This Way Out" Press Announcement	Announcing "This Way Out": A First in American Queer Records First ever mainstream-targeted compilation of openly gay artists to be released on December 8th [1994] NEW YORK - The first-ever compilation of mainstream music recorded by openly gay and lesbian artists will be released nationwide by Trip Records on Friday, December 8th. Trip Records is riding the edge of the emerging music industry trend by supporting and marketing openly gay and lesbian recording artists. Trip has actively scouted and signed these promising artists and presents "This Way Out" as a showcase for them. The performers on this versatile recording conjure idioms ranging from Alternative, Adult Contemporary, Industrial, Dance, Pop, Rock & Roll, and Punk. Unlike the post-stardom coming out of artists such as k. d. lang, Holly Near, Elton John and others, "This Way Out" showcases artists who are "out" from their introduction into the national music market. Trip Records president Tommy Davis says that the mainstream music market "is beginning to embrace acts who record as openly gay." He says the emergence of gay and lesbian music bins in independent and chain record stores, such as Tower Records' in Atlanta, and the recent press buzz about gay and lesbian recording artists "are signs that this is a growing phenomenon." "This Way Out" presents killer tracks that can playlist in any major programming format. The cast includes dance artist Wayne Numan, who has been teasing club-goers for four years as an Underground Records act; alarmist Boffo Santana-Jones who bangs out jarring modern-pop and industrial tracks, and untamed techno-punk John-Fredrick. Rock poet Christian Johnson arrives on Trip with lofty adult contemporary musings. Scrappy grungers Special Head provide stark contrast to post-industrial stylist Phideaux. Trip artists Boffo Santana-Jones, Christian Johnson, Wayne Numan, and John-Fredrick are currently at work recording material for solo albums, which will hit the streets in the next few months. Trip chief Davis formerly recorded and produced for Pow Wow Records with alternative dance band Ampersand, whose "Traction" was an 80's club and alternative radio smash. He formed High Tech Fun Records in 1986 that released only dance music, then in 1994, formed Trip Records as an outlet for a broader pallet of musical genres. "This Way Out" is being released through independent distributors nationally. ###
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