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Plug Research Records
Plug Research is an independent record label, based in Los Angeles, California, US. Created by Allen Avanessian in 1994, the label specialized in IDM, folktronica and experimental music. The label began with young artists that have made its reputation, such as Exile, Bilal, Flying Lotus, Daedelus, and Dntel. Today he continues his new selection of quality artists like Tensei, Shortcircles or Astrobal. Andrew Lojero was Senior A&R Director and Executive Producer for Plug Research from 2008 to 2012.http://www.artdontsleep.com/the-story/ Artists * Adult Karate *Adventure Time *Amp Live * Anthony Valadez * Astrobal *Bilal *Chessie * Daedelus *Damon Aaron *Dntel *Jeremy Dower *Flying Lotus * Headset *John Tejada *Shafiq Husayn * Meanest Man Contest *Mia Doi Todd *Milosh *Nobody * Naytronix *Om'Mas Keith * Roommate * SONNYMOON *Sene *Soulo *Thomas Fehlmann *The Woods See also * List of record labels * List of electronic music record labels This is a list of notable elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Record Label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented by trade associations in their country or region, which in turn are represented by the international trade body, the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN). Many of the labels started as producers and distributors of specific genres of music, such as jazz music, or represent something new and non-mainstream, such as Elvis Presley in the early days. Indies release rock, soul, R&B, jazz, blues, gospel, reggae, hip hop, and world music. Music appearing on indie labels is often referred to as indie music, or more specifically by genre, such as indie hip-hop. Overview Independent record labels are small companies that produce and distribute records. They are not affiliated with or funded by the three major records labels. According to Sound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Karate
An adult is a human or other animal that has reached full growth. In human context, the term ''adult'' has meanings associated with social and legal concepts. In contrast to a " minor", a legal adult is a person who has attained the age of majority and is therefore regarded as independent, self-sufficient, and responsible. They may also be regarded as a "major". The typical age of attaining legal adulthood is 18, although definition may vary by legal rights, country, and psychological development. Human adulthood encompasses psychological adult development. Definitions of adulthood are often inconsistent and contradictory; a person may be biologically an adult, and have adult behavior, but still be treated as a child if they are under the legal age of majority. Conversely, one may legally be an adult but possess none of the maturity and responsibility that may define an adult character. In different cultures there are events that relate passing from being a child to becomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naytronix (band)
Naytronix is the solo musical project of Nate Brenner, an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer who is also a member of the band tune-yards. History Brenner released the self-titled ''Naytronix'' EP May 7, 2012 followed by his debut album ''Dirty Glow'' on October 9, 2012. Both releases were on the Los Angeles record label Plug Research. During the fall of 2012 Naytronix went on a tour supporting the band Why? in the US as well as playing a few shows in Europe. A second album, ''Mister Divine'', was released October 15, 2015. Upcoming album ''Other Possibilities'' will be released October 29, 2021. Members *Nate Brenner - bass, vocals, synths, sampler, vocoder. Touring Members *Sam Ospovat - drums, vocals (Dirty Glow tour) *Emery Barter - guitar, vocals, minitaur (Dirty Glow tour) *Merrill Garbus Tune-Yards (stylized as tUnE-yArDs) is the American, Oakland, California–based music project of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner. Garbus's music draws from an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobody (producer)
Elvin Estela (born March 14, 1977), better known by his stage name Nobody, is an American hip hop producer based in Los Angeles, California. He is a resident DJ at Low End Theory. He has collaborated with 2Mex, Abstract Rude, Freestyle Fellowship, Busdriver, and Mystic Chords of Memory. He has also been a member of Blank Blue and Bomb Zombies. ''Better Propaganda'' placed him at number 73 on the "Top 100 Artists of the Decade" list. Life and career Nobody's solo debut album, ''Soulmates'', was released on Ubiquity Records in 2000. The second solo album, ''Pacific Drift: Western Water Music Vol. 1'', was released in 2003. He released the third solo album, '' And Everything Else...'', on Plug Research in 2005. It features guest appearances from Mia Doi Todd, Prefuse 73 and Xololanxinxo, among others. Nobody wrote the article about 1960s psychedelic rock for ''XLR8R'' in 2006. In 2008, Estela released the album, ''Western Water Music Vol. II'', on Ubiquity Records under the Blank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milosh
Mike Milosh, known professionally as Milosh, (born 1976) is a Canadian electronic musician from Toronto, who is currently based in Los Angeles, California. Career Milosh started learning classical cello at age three, later taking up drumming. He studied jazz and vocals at university. The Los Angeles-based record label Plug Research released two of Milosh's albums, including 2004's ''You Make Me Feel'' and 2006's ''Meme''. In 2008, he contributed the track "Then It Happened" to the Ghostly International/Williams Street album ''Ghostly Swim'', which was released as a free digital download. Later that year, he released his third record, ''iii'', with Plug Research in the US and Studio !K7 in the EU. In 2009, he collaborated with Paul Pfisterer on the album ''New Territory''. In 2010, Milosh formed the band Rhye with Robin Hannibal, and they released their debut album, ''Woman'', in March 2013. Milosh released his fourth solo record, ''Jetlag'', in November 2013, on his own label ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Doi Todd
Mia Doi Todd (born June 30, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter. She was described by ''Dusted Magazine'' as "one of those artists that seem to function not just as creators in their own right, but as connecting links between other musicians." Early life Mia Doi Todd was born June 30, 1975 in Los Angeles, California. Her father is sculptor Michael Todd and her mother is retired judge Kathryn Doi Todd. Career Todd started City Zen Records and released '' Zeroone'', the follow-up album to '' Come Out of Your Mine'', on the label in 2001. She signed a contract with Columbia/SME Records and recorded '' The Golden State'', culling songs from her previous albums. Mitchell Froom helped her produce it, and the album came out in 2002. She released the fifth album, ''Manzanita'', on Plug Research in 2005. Her debut album, '' The Ewe and the Eye'', originally released in 1997, was reissued later that year. Her 2006 compilation album, ''La Ninja: Amor and Other Dreams of Manzanita'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meanest Man Contest
Meanest Man Contest is a hip hop and electronic music duo based in San Francisco, California. The members are Quarterbar (Noah Blumberg) and Eriksolo (Eric Steuer). As college roommates, Noah Blumberg and Eric Steuer started making lo-fi rap Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ... songs on a 4-track, then recruited friends to create the Santa Barbara hip-hop crew mic.edu. The duo formed Meanest Man Contest after a move upstate to Oakland, where they searched through stacks of flea market records looking for samples. From this effort came a series of short tracks that would form MMC's collage-like first single, ''Contaminated Dance Step''. MMC's first LP, ''Merit'', included jazz samples and live guitar. More recently, the duo has expanded its musical approach with rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shafiq Husayn
Sa-Ra is an American musical group based in Los Angeles, California, also known by its full name, The Sa-Ra Creative Partners. The group is composed of Om'Mas Keith, Taz Arnold, and Shafiq Husayn. The name translates roughly to "the children of God." The group's name, style and creativity are allusions to the similarly named jazz composer Sun Ra. Their music has been described as progressive soul, neo funk, and alternative hip hop. History Sa-Ra formed in the late 1990s from a trio of industry producers, musicians, and executives. The group’s discography includes songs with artists such as Jurassic 5 and Pharoahe Monch, and have collectively and/or individually produced songs for artists like Heavy D, Bilal (specifically his '' Love for Sale'' album), Dr. Dre, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Frank Ocean, Fonzworth Bentley, Jay-Z, John Legend and Goapele. The group had previously been signed to Kanye West's GOOD Music label, where it planned to release their debut album. The label ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tejada
John Tejada (born 21 April 1974) is an Austrian-born American electronic music producer and composer. Tejada's output of music began in 1994, including four albums for Kompakt, plus releases on Pokerflat, Cocoon, Plug Research, Seventh City, Playhouse, Defected, and his own label of 22 years, Palette Recordings. Early life Tejada was born on 21 April 1974 in Vienna, Austria, and moved to Los Angeles in 1982 with his parents, both classically trained professional musicians. After learning the piano at age 4 and drums at age 8, Tejada was introduced to hip-hop music, and at age 12 received his first turntable and mixer. His first gig was that same year, when he began DJing the school dances. By 1991, he was already creating his own recordings, and in 1994 he released a single with Arian Leviste. Disc jockey career Tejada began traveling internationally in 1997 to showcase his DJing skills around the globe. He has traveled to more than 25 countries and performed live at clubs and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headset (Jimmy Tamborello)
James Scott "Jimmy" Tamborello, also known by his stage name Dntel , is an American electronic music artist and DJ. Aside from his main solo project, Tamborello is also known as a member of the groups The Postal Service, Headset, and Figurine, where he is sometimes cited as James Figurine. Personal life Tamborello's father was a jazz saxophone player, flautist, and a songwriter for many Santa Barbara, California-based bands. His mother, Joyce Menges was an actress who starred in the sitcom '' To Rome with Love'' starring John Forsythe, Kay Medford, and Melanie Fullerton, in 1969, and later in the Walt Disney Productions film ''Now You See Him Now You Don't'', starring Kurt Russell, in 1972. Musical career and Dntel Tamborello first began creating music in 1989, when he was in junior high school in Santa Barbara. His father bought him a drum machine, a sequencer, a keyboard and an eight track recorder, primarily for the possibility to create music on his own. Tamborello r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Dower
Jeremy Dower (born 1976) is an Australia-born musician and visual artist. He is best known for contributing the soundtrack to the pixel art tribute to the iconic opening reel of The Simpsons in 2014. The video was created with fellow Aussie animators Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon. Dower had contributed the arcade-like remake of the theme song to the video. His work in the visual arts was featured in the 2011 Pictoplasma Festival in Berlin. His best known work in electronic music is "Sentimental Dance Music For Couples", a double album released on Plug Research in 2000. Dower's work in combining visual arts with music has also been featured in Musikgraphics. Dower has been a guest lecturer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chessie (band)
Chessie is an American experimental music group consisting of Stephen Gardner and Ben Bailes. Gardner started Chessie in 1994, while he was a member of the Washington, D.C. post-rock band Lorelei. His first full-length as Chessie, ''Signal Series'', was issued in 1998 and was named Best Dance and DJ Album that year by Amazon.com. In 2000 Gardner was joined by Bailes and they have since worked as a duo. While ''Overnight'' received critical acclaim and a spot on a ''The New York Times'' music critic's best-of-2001 list, a follow-up record did not materialize until 2008, when the group released ''Manifest'' on Plug Research. The repetitive nature of their music is inspired by trains and railroads. In 2022, Gardner became president and CEO of Amtrak. Musical style Reviewing ''Signal Series'', M. Tye Comer of ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' considered Chessie a product of the closing gap between post-rock and experimental electronica in the late 1990s. He noted that the album was a sound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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