what are your favorite record labels?

i've taken to listening to music by just working through lists of names on a label. it's invigorating because often i have no idea what i'm hearing, no context or critical baggage. so i'm wondering what some of watmm's favorite record labels are. ones that have gone under, still crank out great music, or even like warp, were once great and now have succumbed to trends and fads.

what are your favorite record labels?

Strange Life Records

Subject Detroit

Mille Plateaux

Dance Mania

underground resistance

peacefrog

Planet E

Irdial

New Electronica

Clone

Metroplex

End to End

Skam

Warp

Factory

Werkdiscs

Stones throw

Blue note

Ninja Tune

according to last.fm:

the obvious cocteau twins-dcd-pixies' 4ad

paw tracks

three lobed

fonal - this one's very cohesive, a very particular sound

jewelled antler (although not really a label but a collective of sorts)

i really miss Isolate records

other labels of interest -

Mego (now mego editions)

Sonig

Phthalo

Klanggalerie

Vinyl on Demand

Soleilmoon

Threshold House

Mute

Katabatik

Hymen

Ovenguard

edit: some new labels of interest

Acroplane

Future Image records

Warp

Ninja Tune

Planet Mu

Rephlex

Hyperdub

Hemlock

Echochord

Relapse

Hydra Head

Rhymesayers

Deathwish

Southern Lord

I usually don't really pay attention to labels, really...

Warp

Planet Mu

Rephlex

Sub Pop

Solid State (pre-2007)

Random netlabels

Rykodisc

SST

Alternative Tentacles

Touch'n'Go

Nothing

Warp

Planet-Mu

Rephlex

R&S

Kompakt

Merck

Tresor

Wagon Repair

Monolake/Imbalance Computer Music

Toytronic

Skam

Ninja Tune

Warp

Rephlex

Stones Throw

Woodsist

L'Illustration Musicale

Not Not Fun

Earstroke

Mouthmoth

Vadim Music

Finders Keepers

Royal Family

Planet Mu

Fondle 'Em

M-Plant

Rap-A-Lot

Rawkus

Def Jux

Stones Throw

Def Jam

Wild Pitch

Warp

Skam

Rephlex

R & S

Cocoon

Traum

Kling Klang

Death Row

...

(and most of the already mentioned.)

hotflush

skull disco

scientific wax

subtle audio (*wave at code* :])

raster noton

mo wax

+ the obvious ones

touch

city centre offices

warp

rephlex

rump

  On 8/23/2010 at 10:10 AM, Captain James Mission said:

Fondle 'Em

M-Plant

Rap-A-Lot

Rawkus

Def Jux

Stones Throw

Def Jam

Wild Pitch

Warp

Skam

Rephlex

R & S

Cocoon

Traum

Kling Klang

Death Row

 

...

 

(and most of the already mentioned.)

does you avatar mean you're excited for "Notre Jour Viendra"?

Impulse

  On 8/23/2010 at 1:10 PM, Backson said:

  On 8/23/2010 at 10:10 AM, Captain James Mission said:

Fondle 'Em

M-Plant

Rap-A-Lot

Rawkus

Def Jux

Stones Throw

Def Jam

Wild Pitch

Warp

Skam

Rephlex

R & S

Cocoon

Traum

Kling Klang

Death Row

 

...

 

(and most of the already mentioned.)

does you avatar mean you're excited for "Notre Jour Viendra"?

Yes. Also for A Dangerous Method.

quite some nostalgic stuff inbetween :)

# Acid Planet

# Addict Records

# Ampoule

# Audio Illusion Recordings

# Cavage

# Mathematics Recordings

# Mononom

# Obliq Recordings

# Parsec

# Pi Gao Movement

# Profan

# Pulsar Recordings

# Reference Analogue Audio

# Rephlex

# Sounds Never Seen

  On 8/23/2010 at 1:28 PM, eichel said:

Acid Planet

Suburban Base

Congo Natty

Ganja

Hard Leaders

Joker

Fresh Kutt

Metalheadz

Promo

Moving Shadow

Dope Dragon

Rewind!

Ambush!

Rephlex

Warp (definitely past)

Dischord

Earache

Roadrunner

Relapse

Brain

Harvest

Editions EG

Elephant 6

Kindercore

Sub Pop

K

Subliminal Sounds

Cranky

Plan 9

Uzi Suicide

... and many more.

Strange Life Records

Nu-Vorm Records

Record Makers

Viewlexx

Bunker

Clone

ZYX

ive bought several (less than 5) warp releases over the years, then i faded out of it and now i dont care

what ive never understood though is why everyone went all anti warp. im not defending them, i just dont understand what happened to warp - post afx i imagine?

i heard they started releasing guitar type music and hip hop and some rapping shit and what have you. is this true? why do people hate warp now? i think i own less than 5 warp releases, and im totally confused at all the warp hatred. i imagine its because they used to be wicked and now they blow?

gimme an example of one of the best warp releases, compared to one of the worst...i want to hear them both. if you guys are gonna hate on warp all time, you can at least show me why

Agreeing with ET, I discovered warp quite recently and never knew it's "golden era" (if there's one). Today I really like this label, their releases and their image. Other favourite label of mine are crydamoure and roulé, after a quite long ed banger/kitsuné/institube period. I'm an incult.

troubleman unlimited

italians do it better (imprint of troubleman, really)

skam

cack

warp

planet mu

clone

raster noton

jade tree

level plane

kranky

e6

domino

carpark

stones throw

funky ass

def jux

international deejay gigolo (some crap but more than made up for w/gerald donald stuff)

and probably the label i have the most memories with is polyvinyl

Acroplane

WARP

Skam

Rephlex

Ninja Tune

Sublight

Planet-Mu

Schematic

Those are all that come to mind really.

Also WéMè Records.