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Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:49 am
by D.o.S.
Well?

I got inspired by the small labels thread, and I know a lot of us have our own labels/have relationships with pretty under the radar groups, so maybe it would be a good thing to have a thread to check things out?

Still around:
Important Records - http://www.importantrecords.com/
Tee Pee Records - http://teepeerecords.com/
Neurot Recordings - http://www.neurotrecordings.com/

Sort of still around:
Hydra Head Industries - http://www.hydrahead.com/
12th Records - http://www.12threcords.com/

Not Still Around:
Leaf Hound Records (discography here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf_Hound_Records )
Man's Ruin (disco here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27s_Ru ... iscography)

Re: Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:45 pm
by Achtane
digdugDIY - http://digdugdiy.com/
Crypt Records (teengenerate so gooooooodddd) - http://www.cryptrecords.com/

Re: Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:48 pm
by skullservant
Another vote for Hydra Head. Shaped my musical path more than most other labels out there.

I gotta think about the others

Re: Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:53 pm
by Joe Gress
Hydra Head +1

Three that I love a good 90% of their roster:
Deathwish
Sargent House
Brutal Panda

Re: Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:56 pm
by trace
Robotic Empire http://www.roboticempire.com
Magic Bullet http://www.magicbulletrecords.com/site/
Sargent House http://sargenthouse.com/
Ipecac http://ipecac.com/
And hydra head of course

Re: Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:07 pm
by voerking
SKiN GRaFT http://www.skingraftrecords.com/ (full disclosure: the band i'm in is on this label)
Touch & Go/Quarterstick http://www.touchandgorecords.com/
Tzadik http://www.tzadik.com/

LOAD & Troubleman put out some hot shit back in the day.

Re: Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:59 pm
by felix ennui
Sacred Bones has a nice roster. www.sacredbonesrecords.com

Re: Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:04 pm
by space6oy
does frenchkiss count as "small?"

Re: Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:05 pm
by bob the r0bot
MOONE RECORDS: http://www.moonerecords.com/

Still really young, but the early output has been good so far if you like chill.

Re: Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:34 pm
by voerking
i also really like TYPE for weirdo improv & electronic stuff: http://typerecords.com/

Re: Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:05 pm
by dase
I think I own pretty much everything Ebullition ever put out, for better or worse.

Re: Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:12 pm
by sonidero
Trance Syndicate really did it for me in the early-mid 90's...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trance_Syndicate

Also Stones Throw, Ubiquity, MUSH, Quannam, Creation, Too Pure, Sub Pop, Matador, Am Rep, and forgetting some...

Re: Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:33 pm
by Bellyheart
Load
Skingraft
Strictly Amateur Films (saf)
In the Red

Re: Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:36 pm
by space6oy
Bellyheart wrote:In the Red
i used to have to deal w/ bands on that label ALL THE TIME because of the guy booking the venue where i worked.
he made them awful to me. :facepalm:

Re: Favorite small labels past/present?

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:40 pm
by Bellyheart
Aw that's too bad. Definitely redundant after a bit but Pampers is my jam currently.