Loosely administered, the label name was used by a variety of people including Andrew Moon (RST), Rob Lundon, Marcel Bear (as Empirical) and David Coventry (Cattle) to bring together under the same name, otherwise independent self-releases.    Most of the early releases were organised by Andrew and featured RST, Celine and Rob Lundon recordings. 

These were produced in very small quantities (50 copies usually) and sold through Crawlspace Records in Auckland and various mail-order outfits such as Drunken Fish, Fisheye and Fourth Dimension.  A complete discography of Imperial releases is quite difficult to collate due to the variety of people using the label name but expect to see something here in the coming months.

In 1996 Rob Lundon took over the running of Imperial and has since released several 7 inch records and plans a CD or two.  For the latest Imperial low-down go to Rob's site.