Southern Outpost was formed in October 1998 by Patrick Wacher, Philip Chan & Daniel Horth, 3 DJs active in Sydney's underground electro/techno scene. The name Southern Outpost came about accidentally... whilst Patrick was visiting the old Submerge building at 2030 Grand River Ave, he signed the wall (as all visitors were asked to do) with a personal message to the Submerge crew. It was signed "much respect from the southern outpost". On seeing this, Mad Mike Banks said, "That would be a great name for your record label" and his suggestion was promptly taken up. While the initial focus of the label was to solely release local electro music from the core members of Southern Outpost, the label has released music from well known artists such as DJ K1, DJ Godfather, Strand, Shadow People, Dynarec, Scape One & Dcast Dynamics (a.k.a. Gosub) over the past years.