In the music industry, a recordlabel is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound music recordings and music videos . Most commonly, a recordlabel is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer production , manufacturing manufacture ... recordlabel derives from the circular label in the center of a Gramophone record vinyl record ... video videos in some cases, to sell their products. Major vs. independent record labels Record labels may be small, localized, and independent recordlabel independent indie , or they may be part ... 4 record labels are called major labels . ref name pop music http top40.about.com od popmusic101 tp majorlabels.htm Pop Music 101 ref A sublabel is a label that is part of a larger record company ... industry . An imprint is sometimes marketed as being a project , unit , or division of a recordlabel ... as being divisions of the group. Independent main Independent recordlabelRecord companies and music ... States. The center label on a 4th & Broadway record marketed in the U.S. would typically bear a 4th ... are made. Often the recordlabel s decisions are prudent ones from a commercial perspective, but this typically ... record industry a real run for their money. Open source labels main Open source recordlabel The new century brings the phenomenon of open source or open content recordlabel. These are inspired by the free ... Label? Sony ATV Music releases Elliott Yamin s record date 2007 03 31 last Butler first Susan ref See also List of record labels White label References reflist External links http www.unstoppablehits.com Texas Aggies RecordLabel Music industry DEFAULTSORT RecordLabel Category Record labels Category Music industry be x old simple Recordlabel ca Discogr fica cs Hudebn ... record label1.htm HowStuffWorks How Record Labels Work Bot generated title ... reliant upon record labels to broaden their audience, market their album s, and be both promoted and heard ... more details
Notability Companies date January 2011 Unreferenced date January 2011 Infrared is a United Kingdom UK based drum and bass record label owned and run by J Majik and Wickaman . See also List of record labels List of jungle and drum n bass record labels External links http www.infraredrecords.co.uk Official site http www.rolldabeats.com label infrared Infrared at Rolldabeats.com Category British independent record labels Category Drum and bass record labels UK record label stub DnB stub ... more details
Notability Companies date January 2011 Unreferenced date January 2011 Quarantine is an United Kingdom English drum and bass record label owned by DJ Fierce . See also List of record labels List of jungle and drum n bass record labels External links http www.rolldabeats.com label quarantine Discography on Rolldabeats.com Category British record labels Category Drum and bass record labels UK record label stub DnB stub ... more details
Chain Reaction was a German recordlabel founded in 1995 by Basic Channel members Moritz Von Oswald and Mark Ernestus. The label s output consisted of the extended friends and family of the Basic Channel duo, which centered around the Hard Wax record store in Berlin. The label s sound focused on a similar dub techno style as that of Basic Channel, rooted in atmospherics and minimalism , but some have found Chain Reaction s output to be more avant experimental. small http www.answers.com topic basic channel 1& 93 small The last record on the label was released in 2003. External links http www.basicchannel.com label Chain Reaction Chain Reaction http www.discogs.com label Chain Reaction Discography http www.hardwax.com Hard Wax DEFAULTSORT Chain Reaction RecordLabel Category German record labels Category Electronic music record labels recordlabel stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Notability Companies date January 2011 Iso is a recordlabel created by David Bowie after he left Virgin Records , which has been bought by Sony . See also List of record labels DEFAULTSORT Iso RecordLabel Category British record labels UK recordlabel stub pt Iso gravadora ru Iso ... more details
Nova Zembla is a Belgium Belgian electronic music recordlabel , daughter of Kk Records . It has worked with artists such as Black Lung , Xingu Hill , Shaolin Wooden Men and Zen Paradox Zen Paradox , as well as with the former Melbourne label IF 3F Records IF? Records , now based in Tokyo. See also List of record labels External links http www.discogs.com label Nova Zembla Nova Zembla at Discogs http www.myspace.com if records IF? website Category Belgian record labels Category Electronic music record labels Category Industrial record labels Belgium recordlabel stub ... more details
Obsessions is a subsidiary of Black Sun Empire Recordings. See also List of record labels List of jungle and drum n bass record labels External links http www.blacksunempire.com Official site http www.discogs.com label Obsessions Discography Category Dutch record labels Category Drum and bass record labels Netherlands recordlabel stub DnB stub ... more details
Refimprove date March 2011 G.A.M.M. is a Sweden Swedish underground recordlabel which has released 12 singles with artists such as Red Astaire , Beatconductor , Tangoterje , Dubben and 7 Samurai artist 7 Samurai . G.A.M.M. is an acronym standing for Godk nt av Mad Mats Approved by Mad Mats in Swedish . The label has released various bootleg and original releases covering genres such as nu jazz, broken beat and soul. External links http www.discogs.com label G.A.M.M. discography DEFAULTSORT Gamm Category Swedish record labels Category Electronic music record labels Category Hip hop record labels Sweden recordlabel stub ... more details
Notability date July 2008 Infobox recordlabel name Subliminal Records image image bg parent founded founder Erick Morillo status distributor genre House music House country United States US location url http www.subliminalrecords.com Subliminalrecords.com Subliminal is a New Jersey based recordlabel that mostly records house music . Founded by Erick Morillo , it is one of the most renowned record labels on the house scene, particularly in the US. Citation needed date January 2011 See also List of record labels Category American independent record labels Category Vanity record labels Category House music record labels it Subliminal Records ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Notability Companies date January 2011 Cenotaph is an independent recordlabel founded in December 2000 in Pittsburgh, PA . The label specializes in unusual music, often hard to categorize, and has released a handful of compact discs and vinyl LPs. The label has released records by Scatter band Scatter , Earth Trumpet, Need New Body, the Arco Flute Foundation, Microwaves, Eyes and Arms of Smoke , Burning Star Core and Volcano The Bear Guignol . After the label s sole proprietor moved to the UK in 2005, the label went on an extended hiatus. In April 2008, Cenotaph returned with an LP release by Car Commercials. The label, now based in Scotland, intends to resume a vinyl only release schedule. See also List of record labels DEFAULTSORT Cenotaph RecordLabel Category American independent record labels Category Record labels established in 2000 Category Jazz record labels Category Experimental music record labels Category Alternative rock record labels Category British independent record labels ... more details
Stigmata is a Germany German recordlabel . Founded in 1999 in music 1999 , as the underground offspring of studio partners Chris Liebing and Andr Walter , their legendary Stigmata series has become a unique and widespread driving force in the global techno music techno scene. See also List of record labels External links http www.stigmata records.de Official site http www.discogs.com label Stigmata Stigmata Records profile at Discogs References cite web title About Stigmata Recordings work Stigmata Recordings website url http www.stigmata records.de res html about.html accessdate May 16, 2005 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20050205032556 http stigmata records.de res html about.html archivedate February 5, 2005 DEFAULTSORT Stigmata RecordLabel Category German record labels Category Record labels established in 1999 Category Techno record labels Germany recordlabel stub ... more details
Opus is a former Czechoslovakia major state owned recordlabel and music publishing house based in Bratislava , ref http www.discogs.com label Opus Opus Discography at discogs ref now a label, Opus a.s., of Slovakia . ref name home http www.opus.sk Opus s.a. webpage ref It was the first Slovakian recordlabel, established in 1971 on the base of the Slovakian division of Supraphon . ref name home References reflist External links http www.skfirmy.com opus a s.html Opus company profile Category Slovakian record labels cs Opus vydavatelstv sk Opus slovensk hudobn vydavate stvo ... more details
Notability Companies date January 2011 Unreferenced date January 2011 Mimosa was a 1920s United Kingdom record label which issued small 5 6 inch gramophone record s aimed primarily at children. Mimosa began in 1921 with a series of 5 inch records. This continued until 1926 when a separate series of 6 inch records became available the label was discontinued in 1930 in music 1930 . The label was owned by The Crystalate Gramophone Record Manufacturing Company Ltd., which also manufactured Imperial Records Imperial records. Some Mimosa records contained edited versions of recordings already issued on the Imperial label this was also the case with Mimosa s sister label Kiddyphone . As with Vocalion Records Vocalion s Little Marvel label, Mimosa records were sold exclusively in UK Woolworths Group plc Woolworth s chain stores, at a retail price of 6d sixpence . See also List of record labels Kiddyphone External links http www.mgthomas.co.uk dancebands Labels LabelPages Mimosa.htm More information about Mimosa records Category British record labels Category Record labels established in 1921 Category Record labels disestablished in 1930 ... more details
For service records e.g. military personnel Service record nofootnotes date August 2010 Service is an independent recordlabel formed in Gothenburg , Sweden in December 2001. The label s first release was Studio s The End of Fame . In May 2008 Service launched a new music subscription model called Service Coop. Bands and artists Jens Lekman The Embassy band The Embassy The Tough Alliance The Whitest Boy Alive Erik de Vahl Franke band Franke Harlem band Harlem Ikons band Ikons Jackpot band Jackpot Lake Heartbeat band Lake Heartbeat See also List of record labels External links http www.srvc.se Service Sweden recordlabel stub Category Swedish record labels Category Independent record labels sv Service skivbolag ... more details
about the recordlabel other uses Amiga disambiguation AMIGA was a recordlabel for popular music of the VEB Deutsche Schallplatten VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin in East Germany . In 1994 it became a label of the Bertelsmann Music Group . In 1947 in music 1947 Germany German actor and singer Ernst Busch actor Ernst Busch got from the Soviet Military Administration in Germany the permission to create a recordlabel , that got its name AMIGA the same year. Since 1954 AMIGA was part of the VEB Deutsche Schallplatten a state owned record company having the monopoly on record production. The label AMIGA was used to release following music genres Children s music Chanson Entertainment Folk music Jazz music on the sub label Amiga Jazz political songs Pop music Rock music Schlager Its catalogue consists of 2,200 albums plus about five thousand singles with a total of 30,000 titles. Since 1994 Amiga now spelled capitalizing only the first letter is part of Bertelsmann Music Group, reissuing around 200 records with tracks from the back catalogue. See also List of record labels Books Birgit und Michael Rauhut AMIGA Die Diskographie ISBN 3 89602 189 3 http www.schwarzkopf schwarzkopf.de szene ddr vergriffenetitel amiga.html Info in German External links http www.amiga musik.de Amiga Musik Official Site of the Sony BMG label in German http www.discogs.com label AMIGA AMIGA at Discogs Category German record labels Category Record labels established in 1947 Category Rock record labels Category Pop record labels Category Folk record labels Category Jazz record labels de Amiga Plattenlabel sv Amiga skivm rke ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2008 Notability date May 2010 infobox recordlabel image founded 2000 founder Benedict Davies & Sean Hocking genre Indie country England & USA url http www.12 apostles.com 12 Apostles is an independent recordlabel based in London , England and Brooklyn , USA . Founded in 2000 in music 2000 the label was created as an antidote to the increasingly corporate approach of independent dance music record labels around the world and is inspired by British dance collective The KLF and genre free record labels of the late 1970s such as Small Wonder Records, Mute Records Mute & Factory Records 12 Apostles Records specialises in 12 vinyl releases that are distributed by Cargo International in the UK. Releases are available via Rough Trade Shop Rough Trade Records London , Other Music New York , Halcyon Records Brooklyn Red Eye Records Sydney . Artists on 12 Apostles label Dsico Girl Talk musician Girl talk Hamster Dragster Oh Astro ROC band ROC Ollo band Ollo The Mavs See also List of record labels External links http www.12 apostles.com Official website http www.myspace.com 12apostles 12 Apostles on MySpace DEFAULTSORT 12 Apostles RecordLabel Category Record labels based in London Category Indie music record labels Category Record labels established in 2000 Category American independent record labels Category British independent record labels UK recordlabel stub nl 12 Apostles platenlabel simple 12 Apostles recordlabel ... more details
Refimprove date September 2009 infobox recordlabel name Danse Macabre image image bg founded 1990 founder Bruno Kramm , Norbert Juhas country Germany location Wirsberg , Germany genre Futurepop, Hellektro, Neue Deutsche H rte, Alternative Rock , Dark Wave, Dark Electro url http www.dansemacabre.de Danse Macabre is a recordlabel based in Wirsberg, Germany and founded by members of Das Ich ref http www.discogs.com label Danse Macabre Label Discogs Entry ref . It gained popularity in the early 1990s, at the same time in which the German Dark Wave movement experienced a marked upswing. References Reflist Official Site http www.dansemacabre.de Official Website http www.myspace.com dansemacabregroup Official myspace page http www.discogs.com label Danse Macabre Label Discogs Entry Category German record labels Category Record labels established in 1990 Germany recordlabel stub de Danse Macabre Label ... more details
other uses Korova disambiguation Notability Companies date January 2011 Unreferenced date January 2011 Korova is a record label , distributed by the Warner Bros. Records Warner Elektra Records Elektra Asylum Records Asylum group of record companies. The imprint was founded in 1979 as an outlet for Echo & the Bunnymen , with its first album release being their debut Crocodiles album Crocodiles . The label was active throughout the 1980s, not only releasing recordings by Echo & the Bunnymen , but also Airhead band Airhead , The Sound , Guns for Hire, Dalek I Love You , Ellery Bop and Strawberry Switchblade . The label also put out a few United Kingdom UK releases from The Residents catalogue, as well as American artist Jeff Finlin s Angel In Disguise , with the single American Dream 109. The label was reactivated by Warner Music Group WEA in 2003 to issue the 25th anniversary remastered editions of Echo and the Bunnymen s first six LPs and has become home to bands such Cosmic Rough Riders , The Storys and The Sounds . See also List of record labels External links http www.korovarecords.com Korova Records http www.discogs.com label Korova Discography http www.thestorys.co.uk The Storys UK record label stub Category British record labels Category Alternative rock record labels ... more details
Infobox recordlabel name Murmur image Image Murmur logo.svg 250px image bg parent Sony BMG founded 1994 in music 1994 founder John Watson artist John Watson br John O Donnell status Defunct distributor genre Various country Australia location url Murmur was a recordlabel that started as an imprint of Sony Music Australia in mid 1994 in music 1994 . Named after R.E.M. band REM s first album, Murmur signed a number of Australia s most successful rock music rock bands , including Silverchair , Ammonia band Ammonia , Something for Kate and Jebediah . Notable alumni of Murmur are John O Donnell , formerly a journalist for Rolling Stone magazine and now head of EMI Australia and John Watson artist John Watson , who runs a respected music management company and independent recordlabel, Eleven A Music Company Eleven . While the label was initially operated independently, it was eventually folded into Sony s head office in 1999. In 2007 Something for Kate , the label s only remaining signed act, released the final album of its contract. This marked the final release for the label. ref cite news url http www.theage.com.au news gig previews reviews something for kate 2007 09 07 1188783464231.html?page fullpage title Something for Kate Gig Previews & reviews author Andrew Murfett publisher The Age date 2007 09 07 accessdate 2007 10 05 ref Former Artists Ammonia band Ammonia Automatic band Automatic Beaverloop B if tek Black Days Bluebottle Kiss Blueline Medic Gilgamesh band Gilgamesh Jebediah Lo Tel Knievel band Knievel Silverchair Something for Kate Notes reflist See also List of record labels musicbrainz label id e52a294e 92f5 499d 8dc0 5d89ef4b0b30 name Murmur http www.amo.org.au label.asp?id 249 Australian Music Online Recordlabel profile Category Australian record labels Category Alternative rock record labels Category Rock record labels Category Record labels established in 1994 Category Record labels disestablished in 2007 ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Wikify date April 2010 Mountain Landis RecordLabel is an independent label based in Oakland, CA and Brooklyn, NY. Mountain Landis gained notoriety in 2006 with the release of The Shot Heard Round the World s Ten Songs for Town & Country CD, and The New Thrill Parade s 12 EP. In 2008, they released the first album by Gateway Evening Colours, a Brooklyn group that includes Colin Langenus, Alex Farrill, and Brian House. File Mountain landis.jpeg External links http www.mountainlandis.com Mountain Landis RecordLabel http www.prayfortheprairie.com The Shot Heard Round the World http www.newthrillparade.com New Thrill Parade US recordlabel stub Category 2008 albums Category American independent record labels ... more details
Notability Companies date January 2011 infobox recordlabel parent Lupine founded July 2006 founders Dylan Harris and Sean Doherty genre Independent music indie country United Kingdom url http www.lupine.org.uk Lupine Records is an independent recordlabel based in Wigan , England . Their debut EP Tales From The Lux was released in October 2006. ref http soundsxp.com artman2 publish oldalbums Tales from the Lux 3530.shtml Soundsxp.com ref The label has featured releases from Gerard Starkie of Witness UK band Witness fame, Moco, The Loungs , ref http loungs.blogspot.com 2007 01 01 archive.html Loungs.blogspot.com ref Mat Turner formerly of Gomez band Gomez , The V.C s and Dirty Circus previously signed to Columbia Records . ref http www.leighreporter.co.uk leisure 39Circus39 star in Oxjam.1819511.jp Leighreporter.co.uk ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Lupine RecordLabel Category British independent record labels ... more details
Infobox recordlabel name Gray Matters image Image JarOfClayGrayMatterslogo.jpg 200px image bg parent Nettwerk founded 2007 founder Jars of Clay defunct distributor Provident Label Group Provident Integrity Distribution genre Pop rock br Folk rock country United States location url Gray Matters is a recordlabel imprint structured underneath the Nettwerk Music Group . The label was founded in 2007 by Jars of Clay band members Dan Haseltine, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark, and Charlie Lowell. The creation of the label was in response to the band s record contract s ending with Essential Records Christian Essential Records , and the band s desiring to control their music output. The label will be distributed by Provident Label Group Provident Integrity Distribution as was Essential Records to the Christian and mainstream markets. ref cite web url http www.christiantoday.com article jars.of.clay.creates.own.label.gray.matters 11216.htm title Jars of Clay Creates Own Label Gray Matters publisher Christian Today date June 21, 2007 author Donovan, Kevin ref The band had been with Nettwerk under their management division since 2003 . As of now, Jars of Clay and Disappointed by Candy are the only acts signed to the recordlabel. The first Gray Matters release will be a Disappointed by Candy album, followed by the Jars of Clay s Christmas album, Christmas Songs Jars of Clay album Christmas Songs , due to be released on October 16, 2007. Shortly after, the band will record the soundtrack to a Documentary film documentary that a friend of the band is producing about the Africa n village of Lwala. ref cite web url http www.billboard.com bbcom news article display.jsp?vnu content id 1003599530 title Jars Of Clay Launching Own Label With Nettwerk publisher Billboard magazine Billboard Magazine ... small references small Category American record labels Category Record labels established in 2007 Category Christian record labels ... more details
Notability Companies date January 2011 Unreferenced date January 2011 Creeping Bent , aka The Creeping Bent Organisation is an independent record label set up by Douglas MacIntyre in 1994, based in Glasgow , Scotland . Notable artists Bricolage Alan Vega Vic Godard , of the Subway Sect The Secret Goldfish Bill Wells Isobel Campbell The Nectarine No. 9 Future Pilot A.K.A. See also List of record labels List of independent UK record labels External links http www.creepingbent.org index.html Official site Category British independent record labels Category Record labels established in 1994 Category IFPI members ... more details
Refimprove date March 2011 Eye Q was a recordlabel founded in 1992 in music 1992 by Sven V th , Matthias Hoffmann and Heinz Roth . It was based in Offenbach , Germany , specialized in trance music and greatly influenced the Sound of Frankfurt . Eye Q ceased operations in 1997 in music 1997 due to financial problems. Harthouse and Recycle or Die were sublabels founded in 1992, too. Notable artists B Zet Cygnus X Earth Nation Energy 52 Freddy Fresh Odysee of Noises Sonic Infusion Zyon artist Zyon Skylab band Skylab See also List of record labels External links discogs labellabel Eye Q Records name Eye Q Germany recordlabel stub Category German record labels Category Record labels established in 1990 Category Record labels disestablished in 1997 Category Trance record labels Germany company stub de Eye Q Records es Eye Q Records ru Eye Q Records ... more details
Notability date November 2010 Infobox recordlabel name Minibus image File Zxzx.jpg 150px image bg white parent founded 2007 founder Kakha Chikovani defunct distributor genre Minimal Techno br Tech House country Spain br Georgia country Georgia location Barcelona br Tbilisi url http www.minibustracks.com Minibus is an minimal techno label which exists for about three years now and already has 22 releases. The recordlabel is based in Barcelona, Spain and Tbilisi, Georgia. It was created in 2007 by Kakha Chikovani. Minibus releases have been charted by Alex Under, Paco Osuna, From Karaoke To Stardom, Tim Green, Dustin Zahn, Ramon Tapia, Florian Meindl, Pan Pot, Marco Carola and others. Supported my Richie Hawtin , Miss Kittin , S bastien L ger , Dubfire and many more. http www.residentadvisor.net record label.aspx?id 1536 Minibus Minibus at Resident Advisor http cmykmusik.com blog ?p 194 Personalities Personalities Kakha Chikovani Label Members Alex Under Ambivalent Abnormal Boyz Alexis Cabrera Alessio Mereu Bip Soup Cobert Delete Damian Schwartz Eke From Karaoke To Stardom Mathias Kaden Minimorph Miro Pajic Guti Genny G Greenbeam & Leon Koljah Lado Lampblack Lucio Aquilina Joseph Capriati Joachim Pastor Paco Osuna Slick Skoozbot Someone Else Simon Stokes Tadeo External links http www.minibustracks.com Official site Discogs labellabel Minibus 2 name Minibus http www.residentadvisor.net record label.aspx?id 1536 Minibus recordlabel at Resident Advisor Category Companies based in Catalonia Category Companies of Georgia country Category Record labels established in 2007 Category Spanish record labels Category Techno record labels Euro recordlabel stub ... more details
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