What is your favourite Record Label
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I dont know if this is even a topic but I was on the XL Records website and looked at their roster
Radiohead
White Stripes
M.I.A
Vampire Weekend
Gil Scott-Heron?!!
Thats beautiful! If i was a recording artist I would love to sign to XL - they seem to care ya know? Any thoughts - any other labels that compare?
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i haven't really had a favorite label for a while, but back in the day i was pretty obsessed with velvet blue music. they used to put out so much good stuff.
it wasn't even necessarily the label as much as the community that was built around the label. the dude who runs it was basically putting out a lot of stuff from his pals. there was stuff from dudes like the martin brothers, richard swift, frank lenz, menomena, lassie foundation, denison witmer and what seemed like a million other great bands that have fallen by the wayside over the years.
plus it was a great example of a label that had a staunchly DIY attitude and did good stuff consistently. -
I did an internship with Absolutely Kosher and Misra (who coincidently operate in the same building as Alternative Tentacles) both really great labels who have done a bit of Spencer Krug based projects as well as some Xiu Xiu and Mountain Goats which is cool.
Moshi Moshi and maybe Bella Union are my favourite labels right now though. -
absolutely kosher is solid. and i'm not just saying that because they signed wax fang. they've done so much good stuff over the years.
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Orange Twin, Elephant 6 Recording Co., Merge, Western Vinyl, Hometapes, Asthmatic Kitty, and Autumn Tone are all high on my list, but I know I'm forgetting someone... I've often wished iTunes had a label column for easy referencing...
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ahhh also K, and Kindercore
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Yeah, it might sound cliche, but I've been loving Warp's music for a while now. Incredible roster: Grizzly Bear, Born Ruffians, Bibio,!!!, Autechre, Aphex Twin, DJ Mujava...
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*AHEM!*
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Fence Records and Domino, for me. Armellodie Records in Glasgow are absolutely tiny but they are doing good things.
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There used to be an amazing label called Mister Tramp Records from Scotland. I only found them this year but it looks like they just suddenly stopped operating some time late last year, I sent them a few e-mails and even tried to buy some of their records but no response. Pretty strange from a label who used to work with Frightened Rabbit.
I still have no idea what happened to them but occasionally give their myspace page a play. http://www.myspace.com/mistertramprecords -
actually Toad you might even have heard something about them being a man of those parts... care to shed some light?
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Well so many record labels of that size are (like us) basically just run by one person in their spare time, so all it takes is for them to have a kid, lose their job, move away, run out of juice - it could be anything and the label basically just ceases to exist.
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sad times
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jamz By tode records off in Europe is okay
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@Tim theBlueWalrus i did the Great Manchester 10k in 41mins22seconds this sunday just gone. That beat my previous PB by 3mins and 22s which given the little amount of training i did i find astonishing. I think i owe a massive part of this to my soundtrack for the run which was Kitsune Maison 9: Petit Bateau or the Cotton Issue. That just sent me flying from start to finish!!!
Mega!!! K* -
There's some cool stuff going down with some bay area labels thanks to the crew at Absolutely Kosher
http://www.absolutelykosher.com/recordfair.html
definitely wish i was still in SF to go check this out, cool idea for sure.
does anyone know much about the other labels? I know Three Rings have been doing some cool stuff recently -
I think they may well be about to start working with Edinburgh band Withered Hand, who are fucking brilliant. This is great news for absolutely everyone!
So yes, absolutely Absolutely Kosher. -
I didn't know the girls running Young & Lost were so young when they started the label, but they are just released their 50th single - and they're both two years younger than me...
Their back catalogue is a who's who of some of my favourite bands over the past few years - http://www.youngandlostclub.com/releases/ -
Withered Hand and Absolutely Kosher would be so sweet, I know Cory is a big fan
I forgot to mention it ages ago but Cory 'Abko' Brown mentioned Song By Toad as one of his favourite labels in an interview i did with him a while back http://apocketfullofseeds.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/an-interview-with-cory-brown/
actually he does so right before saying that Withered Hand is one of his favourite UK bands
happy days for everyone -
What, seriously? Fuck, thanks for pointing that out.
And, er, it's a secret about Withered Hand by the way, kinda. So shush please, people! -
There's some cool stuff going down with some bay area labels thanks to the crew at Absolutely Kosher
Just moved to the Bay Area, so I think I might go check this out! -
Bay area rules, i was based in North Beach for a while and it was awesome but the really cool shit goes down in East Bay, very jealous. Definitely get down there if you can and try and have a word with Cory he's the best.
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@Toad you're welcome! thank YOU for the label
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Merge & Vagrant
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Island Records, I've always loved that lable.
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MOTOWN for me, seems every few months I find another new Soul gem they put out years ago... The definatly had a story to tell..
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Just had quite a cool chat with the guy who runs abcdefg* records in Japan, keen for the photography just as much as the music.
also loving pretty much everything that Jack White does with Third Man Records at the mo. -
I've had this theory for awhile that I'm a 55-year-old folk music fan trapped in a 20-year-old college kid's body, and accordingly I'll always love Rounder.
They appeal to my inner old-man with Robert Plant and Gregg Allman whilst sticking with folkies like Nathaniel Rateliff -
Night Slugs have to get the award for best label this year IMO. For dance music anyway.
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