Labels we track
experimental
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Editions Mego
Leading experimental label (Fennesz, Jim O'Rourke, Oneohtrix Point Never) ★★★★
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Karlrecords
Berlin experimental label (Thurston Moore, Bill Laswell, Iannis Xenakis) ★★★
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Hospital Productions
NYC experimental/noise label. Operated a record store in the East Village 2006-11 (Merzbow) ★★★
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RareNoiseRecords
UK cross genre label (Merzbow, Harold Budd, Thurston Moore) ★★★
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Discrepant
left-field ambient+electronic music from London, UK. ★★★
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RVNG Intl.
Brooklyn label releasing electronic & pop music with an experimental/avant-garde bent (Julianna Barwick, Helado Negro) ★★★
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Longform Editions
Australian experimental label ★★★
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Staalplaat
"a label for sound artists" founded in Amsterdam. Also operates an eponymous record store in Berlin ★★★
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Superior Viaduct
experimental label and record store (Stranded Records), based in San Francisco. ★★★
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Subtext
Berlin-based ambient-experimental label created by James Ginzberg, a musician who works across experimental music, conceptual art and pop. ★★★
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Hausu Mountain
experimental/"freak-friendly" label from chicago
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Arjunamusic Records
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Geographic North
Atlanta electronic/experimental label
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Phage Tapes
Non-profit noise label from Minneapolis.
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Crónica
Experimental-music label from Portugal
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Bird’s Robe Records
Australian experimental label
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Youth
experimental music label from Manchester, UK
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Pagans
Label from Pau, France. Experimental/cross-genre
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Unseen Worlds
New York avant-garde label
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Abstrakce Records
Experimental label from Valencia, Spain (Nurse With Wound).
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The Helen Scarsdale Agency
Experimental label
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Disciples
UK experimental label
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Chicago Research
Chicago electronic/ambient/experimental label
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Other People
NYC experimental label
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Denovali Records
German label releasing music in genres including ambient, electronica, experimental, jazz, sound art
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Moving Furniture Records
Amsterdam label specializing in noise, experimental and ambient music
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Urashima
Italian harsh noise label. (Merzbow)
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Trost Records
Vienna label and record store specializing in noise, experimental and jazz music
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PAN
Berlin experimental/electronic label (Eartheater)
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Troniks
LA noise/experimental label
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Helicopter
LA experimental label
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Touch
UK experimental label founded in 1982
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Whitelabrecs
UK ambient/experimental label
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W.25TH
San Francisco experimental label. Sublabel of Superior Viaduct, which also owns Stranded Records in SF.