Labels we track
"other"
Honest Jon’s Records
London label releasing eclectic compilations, world artists. co-founded by Damon Albarn of Blur. Record store of same name was founded in London in 1974. ★★★★
Chinabot
London-based label featuring experimental music from around Asia. "a platform and collective created to change the dialogue surrounding Asian music." ★★★
Modern Harmonic
"home for harmony and dissonance, classic and eccentric jazz, experimental music, space age pop, noise, bop, beat poetry, & outsider music!" ★★★
Príncipe
Lisbon, Portugal label . "releasing 100% real contemporary dance music coming out of this city, its suburbs, projects & slums. New sounds, forms and structures with their own set of poetics and cultural identity - house, techno, kuduro, batida, kizomba, funaná, tarrachinha or any other new..." ★★★
Crammed Discs
Seminal Belgian label releasing music in many styles from around the world (Konono #1, Juana Molina) ★★★
Sahel Sounds
Portland label releasing recordings from the Sahel region of Mauritania, Senegal, Mali ★★★
Bongo Joe
record store and label in Geneva, Switzerland. "Bongo Joe explores contemporary undergrounds to dig out extraordinary sounds and plows the furrows of time to unearth rare nuggets from here, there and everywhere." ★★★
Hakuna Kulala
Ugandan label, 2018-present. "Club explorations from the East African and Congolese Electronic Underground and beyond"
Unexplained Sounds Group
Italian label; releases anthologies of experminental music from different countries (ex "Anthology of Contemporary Music From Indonesia")