The Wolfgang Press
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The Wolfgang Press was an experimental British post-punk band known for their dark, eclectic sound and releases on the influential 4AD label.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Wolfgang Press canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9680182 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wolfgang Press Context triple: [One Little Indian Records, associatedAct, The Wolfgang Press]
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A.
Eragny Press
Eragny Press was a small private press founded in the late 19th century by Lucien and Esther Pissarro, renowned for its finely crafted, illustrated books that combined Arts and Crafts ideals with French Impressionist sensibilities.
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B.
Perceval Press
Perceval Press is an independent publishing house known for releasing art books, poetry, and literary works, particularly those connected to Viggo Mortensen and other avant-garde or underrepresented artists.
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C.
Ebury Press
Ebury Press is a British publishing imprint of Penguin Random House known for its wide range of non-fiction titles, including popular works on nature, lifestyle, and current affairs.
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D.
Doves Press
Doves Press was an early 20th-century private press in London renowned for its austere typographic design, fine book production, and influential Doves Type.
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E.
GNU Press
GNU Press is the publishing arm of the GNU Project that produces and distributes books and materials advocating free software principles and digital freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wolfgang Press Target entity description: The Wolfgang Press was an experimental British post-punk band known for their dark, eclectic sound and releases on the influential 4AD label.
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A.
Eragny Press
Eragny Press was a small private press founded in the late 19th century by Lucien and Esther Pissarro, renowned for its finely crafted, illustrated books that combined Arts and Crafts ideals with French Impressionist sensibilities.
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B.
Perceval Press
Perceval Press is an independent publishing house known for releasing art books, poetry, and literary works, particularly those connected to Viggo Mortensen and other avant-garde or underrepresented artists.
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C.
Ebury Press
Ebury Press is a British publishing imprint of Penguin Random House known for its wide range of non-fiction titles, including popular works on nature, lifestyle, and current affairs.
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D.
Doves Press
Doves Press was an early 20th-century private press in London renowned for its austere typographic design, fine book production, and influential Doves Type.
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E.
GNU Press
GNU Press is the publishing arm of the GNU Project that produces and distributes books and materials advocating free software principles and digital freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band
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post-punk band ⓘ |
| activeEnd | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| activeStart | 1983 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Mass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rema-Rema NERFINISHED ⓘ This Mortal Coil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | 4AD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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art rock ⓘ experimental rock ⓘ gothic rock ⓘ post-punk ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
experimental approach to song structure
ⓘ
use of eclectic instrumentation ⓘ |
| hasFanBase | cult following ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Andrew Gray
NERFINISHED
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Mark Cox NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
gothic rock scene
ⓘ
post-punk movement ⓘ |
| labelMate |
Cocteau Twins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dead Can Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ This Mortal Coil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
dark, brooding vocals
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incorporation of funk influences ⓘ use of dense, atmospheric production ⓘ use of sampling ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark sound
ⓘ
eclectic sound ⓘ |
| notableSong |
A Girl Like You
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ Raintime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bird Wood Cage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queer NERFINISHED ⓘ Standing Up Straight NERFINISHED ⓘ The Burden of Mules NERFINISHED ⓘ Unremembered, Remembered NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin |
England
NERFINISHED
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London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | 1980s British post-punk scene ⓘ |
| recordLabel | 4AD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseType |
EP
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single ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Wolfgang Press Description of subject: The Wolfgang Press was an experimental British post-punk band known for their dark, eclectic sound and releases on the influential 4AD label.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.