Disques Hushush Inc. (also known as Disques Hushush or more simply as Hushush) is an

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 ...

created by Dimitri della Faille (aka recording artist

Szkieve Szkieve is the stage name of Dimitri della Faille (born in Belgium). Szkieve is a pioneering ambient musician and new media artist. He has been performing electronic experimental and noise music since 1997. In 2017, he was co-awarded the prestigi ...

) in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

(

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

. Hushush mainly releases

experimental An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when ...

improvisation Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...

, electroacoustic, dark ambient and

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

Notable artists

Since 1998, Hushush has released over twenty CD and vinyls from more than thirty artists from

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

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and

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

. Notable artists include

Mick Harris Michael John Harris (born 4 October 1967) is an English musician from Birmingham. He was the drummer for Napalm Death between 1985 and 1991, and is credited for coining the term "grindcore". After Napalm Death, Harris joined Painkiller with Joh ...

Mark Spybey Dead Voices on Air is Mark Spybey's experimental and industrial project formed after his departure from Zoviet France.Lengel, Kerry (December 2, 1999). "Dead Voices' Music Comes Alive", ''The Arizona Republic'', p. 47. Dead Voices on Air has coll ...

KK Null , known by his stage name KK Null, is a Japanese experimental multi-instrumentalist active since the early 1980s. He began as a guitarist but learned how to compose, sing, play drums, and create electronic music. He also studied Butoh dance at ...

Nihilist Spasm Band The Nihilist Spasm Band (NSB) is a Canadian noise band formed in 1965 in London, Ontario. The band was founded by Hugh McIntyre, John Clement, John Boyle, Bill Exley, Murray Favro, Archie Leitch, Art Pratten, and Greg Curnoe. Leitch has since ...

, Reynols,

Vromb Vromb (recording alias for Hugo Girard, real name Mario Girard) is a Canadian electronic music act from Montreal, Quebec. Vromb has been internationally active since 1992. In the independent underground electronic music scene Vromb has a solid ...

, Lilith (Scott Gibbons), C-drík,

Aube Aube () is a French department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France. As with sixty departments in France, this department is named after a river: the Aube. With 310,242 inhabitants (2019),Goem Goem (pronounced ) is the electronic music project of Frans de Waard, Peter Duimelinks and Roel Meelkop. Active since 1996, it is one of the most internationally visible projects hailing from the Netherlands. They have about twenty CD and vinyl re ...

Kapotte Muziek Kapotte Muziek is the musical improvisation project of Frans de Waard, Peter Duimelinks and Roel Meelkop. Active since 1984, it is one of the most internationally visible improvisation and experimental projects hailing from the Netherlands. The gr ...

Moonsanto John Sellekaers is a Canadian-born musician and audio mastering engineer. Born in 1973 in Montreal, Quebec he later moved to Brussels, Belgium. Beginning with his project Xingu Hill in the 1990s, he has released over 60 records under various ali ...

Orphx Orphx is a Canadian music duo made up of Rich Oddie and Christina Sealey who perform techno, industrial and experimental music. They have performed worldwide and have numerous releases on CD, vinyl and cassette through independent music labels ...

, Ambre.

Hed Nod

Hed Nod is a sidelabel from Hushush. The main focus of Hed Nod is to release

downtempo Downtempo (or downbeat) is a broad label for electronic music that features an atmospheric sound and slower beats than would typically be found in dance music. Closely related to ambient music but with greater emphasis on rhythm, the style may ...

hip hop or

illbient Illbient is a genre of electronic music and an art movement that originated among hip hop-influenced artists from Williamsburg, New York City around 1994. DJ Olive, and DJ Spooky, pioneers of the genre, have both claimed to have coined the term ...

music, mainly by

Discography

Hushush

*Various Artists - Four Ways Of Saying (CD - 1999) *Szkieve - Des Germes De Quelque Chose (CD - 2000) *Ambre & Mark Spybey - Sfumato (CD - 2001) *Mark Spybey & Mick Harris - Bad Roads, Young Drivers (CD - 2001) *Mick Harris & Ambre - Dys (CD - 2001) *Moonsanto - Dogme (CDEP - 2001) *C-drík - Dissolution (CD - 2001) *K.K. Null - Peak Of Nothingness (CD - 2001) *Moonsanto - Fraud - Hell - Dope (CD - 2001) *Moonsanto - Fraud - Hell - Dope (Pesticides Forever Kit) (CD + Cass + Box - 2001) *Martiens Go Home - Une Occasion De Chute (CD - 2002) *Szkieve - Des Rythmes de Passage (CD - 2003) *Christina Sealey / Richard Oddie / Mark Spybey - SOS (CD - 2003) *Lilith - Imagined Compositions For Water (CD - 2002) *Vromb - Mémoires Paramoléculaires (CD - 2002) *Vromb & Szkieve - Le Pavillon Des Oiseaux / Le Monorail (7" - 2003) *The Nihilist Spasm Band & Reynols - No Borders To No Borders (CD - 2007) *Kapotte Muziek vs. Goem - KGM (CDEP - 2007)

Hed Nod

*Mick Harris - Hed Nod 01 (12" - 1999) *Mick Harris - Hed Nod 02 (12" - 2000) *Mick Harris - Hed Nod 03 (12" - 2000) *Mick Harris - Hed Nod 04 (12" - 2000) *Mick Harris - Having It (CD - 2000) *Various Artists - Low End Recon (CD - 2001)

Others

*Various Artists - Modem Angels (CD - 1999) *Various Artists - Re:cover (CD - 2002)

External links

hushush official websitehushush at Discogs.com
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Notable artists

Hed Nod

Discography

Hushush

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