Founded in 1997 by Dominick Fernow the Hospital Productions label manifested itself as an infamous brick and mortar store, into which one had to climb through a trap door down a ladder in Manhattan's East Village. Focussing on releases only procured from artists and labels directly, Hospital offered an alternative to the regular rotation of weekly record distribution acting as a resource for the most obscure independent music culture from 2006-2011. Over time it has grown from focussing on the local underground scenes of New York, across many genres to become the home for the debut LP by Silent Servant, a vinyl series by Alessandro Cortini, and a collaborative Vatican Shadow full-length with Function.