4AD - Leftfield pop. Home to Pixies, Kristin Hersh, Tanya Donnelly, The Breeders, Cocteau Twins, Cass McCombs, Celebration, Magnetophone, Minotaur Shock, Rachel Goswell, The Mountain Goats, Wolf and Cub, TV On the Radio and many more.
Alula Records - Roster includes Celtic artists from Ireland and Scotland, world beat from the Middle East, world fusion from Japan, contemporary Gnawa music from Morocco, flamenco guitar from Spain, Gypsy rumba from Spain and southern France, Estonian folk music and multiple artist compilations.
Appleseed Recordings - Independent record company founded in 1996 by Jim Musselman, an activist attorney, after he worked closely for years with consumer advocate Ralph Nader on many social justice issues in Washington D.C. Appleseed is dedicated to sowing the seeds of social justice through music and to exploring the roots and branches of traditional music.
Atavistic Worldwide - New jazz, audio documents, unheard music, truckstop music for young lovers.
ATMA Classique -
Canadian distributor with over 300 titles in its catalogue spanning a broad spectrum from medieval to contemporary music, with detours along the way into traditional and world music, tango and popular song, and experimental music.
Bear Family Records - Country and rockabilly, blues, folk, jazz, chanson, schlager, and R&B. Specializes in LP-sized boxed sets, with extensive and well researched books containing rare pictures and ephemera, and a detailed and reliable discography.
Beatservice - Glacial techno/electronica label from Northern Norway.
Beggars Banquet - Beggars Group includes Beggars Banquet Records, 4AD Records, Mantra Recordings, Mo'Wax Records, Nation Records, Too Pure Records, Wiiija Records and XL-Recordings.
Beige Records - An electronic music recording company and computer programming ensemble.
Belief Systems - Gateway to Context, Belief Systems and Plangent, West Coast electronica labels.
Bloodshot Records - Dedicated to roots inflected music - striving to encourage cross-pollination between the spirit and sound of punk, the craft and tradition of country, folk, bluegrass, and a general disdain for the confinements of mainstream tastemaking. Insurgent country, honky-skronk, alt-country.
EMI Music Publishing -
Represents "the world’s most comprehensive catalog of contemporary music - over 1.3 million songs ranging from chart-topping pop hits to classic R&B and everything in between." Music is streaming online.
ESP -
New York-based record label, founded in 1964 by lawyer Bernard Stollman. Free jazz, undergraound rock. From the beginning, the label's goal has been to provide its recording artists with complete artistic freedom, unimpeded by any record company interference or commercial expectations.
Fallt - Digital art music and design; independent record label and publishing house.
Fania - Johnny Pacheco, Larry Harlow, Willie Colón, Héctor Lavoe, Rubén Blades, Tito Puentes, and Celia Cruz are just a few of the musical legends that form part of the Fania legacy.
Gadfly Records - Specialize in offbeat and unique projects, whether singer/songwriter albums, releases from its ethnic and instrumental series, or spoken word projects.
Generate Records - Documenting the work of contemporary composers and choreographers.
Guerilla Funk - Official site of rap/hip-hop artist Paris containing music, alternative information, editorials, pictures, videos, merchandise, press archives and tour info.
Hyperion - An independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twentieth.
Merge Records - 3Ds, The 6ths, American Music Club, Arcade Fire, Ashley Stove, Lou Barlow, Beatnik Filmstars, Breadwinner, The Broken West, Richard Buckner, Paul Burch, Butterglory, Buzzcocks, Camera Obscura, Caribou, The Clean, The Clientele, Crooked Fingers, Destroyer, Dinosaur Jr., East River Pipe, Matt Elliott, The Essex Green, Future Bible Heroes, Ganger, Guv'ner, Annie Hayden, Imperial Teen, The Karl Hendricks Trio, David Kilgour, The Ladybug Transistor, Lambchop, The Mad Scene, The Magnetic Fields, The Music Tapes, Neutral Milk Hotel, Oakley Hall, Pipe, Robert Pollard, Polvo, Portastatic, Pram, Radar Bros., The Rock*A*Teens, The Rosebuds, Seaweed, Shark Quest, Shout Out Louds, Spaceheads, Spent, Spoon, Matt Suggs, Superchunk, Teenage Fanclub, Tenement Halls, The Third Eye Foundation...
Nonesuch -
Founded as a budget classical label in 1964 by Jac Holzman, head of the then-independent Elektra Records, Nonesuch Records has grown over the last four-and-a-half decades to pursue a broad mission, including classical music, contemporary music, jazz, traditional American and world music, popular and alternative music, music theater and dance.
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Folk, ethnic, roots archive material. All of the recordings released on Folkways Records, as well as those on the Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, and Paredon record labels.
Tayberry Music - Celtic music recordings from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Nova Scotia, Asturies, Brittany & Galicia. Folk music from England, Canada and the U.S.
Touch & Go Records / Quarterstick Records - Punk: Bands such as CocoRosie, Enon, Nina Nastasia, Quasi, Pinback, Supersystem, The EX, The New Year, TV On The Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Winter and Winter -
An independent record label based in Munich, which releases jazz, classical and contemporary music and generally follows a cross-border concept.
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