Labels we track
New York
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New Amsterdam Records
Celebrated boundary-crossing NYC "indie classical" label. "We support the projects and careers of ground-breaking post-genre composers and performers" ★★★★
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New Focus Recordings
Prominent NYC label releasing contemporary classical, avant-garde jazz and cross-genre music. ★★★★
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Fat Beats Records
Iconic underground hip hop label founded in New York City in 1994. (Madlib, Kool Keith, Akrobatik, Mr. Lif, Daedalus) ★★★★
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Partisan Records
Leading NYC indie rock/avant rock label. Partners with Knitting Factory Records. (Fela Kuti, The Black Angels, Craig Finn, Mercury Rev) ★★★★
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Matador
Premiere indie rock label, based in NYC (Interpol, Belle & Sebastian, Kurt Vile) ★★★★
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ECM Records
German label releasing jazz, experimental, classical and cross-genre music (Keith Jarrett, Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny) ★★★★
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Blue Note
Iconic NYC jazz label ★★★★
Luaka Bop
David Byrne's label (Pharaoh Sanders, Nouvelle Vague ★★★★
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Minimal Wave
NYC label releasing lost 80's synth and new wave music ★★★
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Greenleaf Music
NYC jazz label (Dave Douglass) ★★★
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ESP-Disk’
NYC label releasing new + reissued avant garde jazz (Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders) ★★★
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Northern Spy
Prominent NYC avant garde/indie rock label. (Thurston Moore, Marc Ribot, Arto Lindsay) ★★★
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Hospital Productions
NYC experimental/noise label. Operated a record store in the East Village 2006-11 (Merzbow) ★★★
Brassland
NYC indie rock label founded by members of The National. ★★★
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Fania
Seminal NYC Latin label founded in 1964. Mostly self-reissues now. ★★★
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Cantaloupe Music
NY avant-garde/contemporary classical label founded by three founders of the Bang on a Can Festival ★★★
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Nonesuch
Warner-owned label releasing music in a mix of genres including classical and pop (The Magnetic Fields, David Byrne, Wilco) ★★★
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Mom+Pop
NYC indie rock/electronic label (Courtney Barnett, Tycho, Sleigh Bells) ★★★
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ATO Records
NYC indie rock label (BrittanyHoward, Altin Gün, Okkervil River) ★★★
Exploding In Sound Records
NYC indie rock label (Pile, Speedy Ortiz, Editrix) ★★★
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Cascine
NYC altpop label
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Beats in Space Records
NYC Electronic label/WNYU radio show
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Other People
NYC experimental label
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Grand Jury Music
NYC alt-pop label
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Dark Entries
Named after a Bauhaus 7" single, NYC label Dark Entries features electro on the darker side of the spectrum
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Magnetic Eye Records
NYC metal label. "Dedicated to presenting new talent and established names in doom, psychedelia, classic and stoner rock, we take pride in contributing to the legacy of the almighty riff."
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Candlelight Records
NYC metal label
Incienso
NYC electro label created by Anthony Naples