Indies Records is a
record label
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based in
Brno
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,
Czech Republic
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. The label was founded in 1990 by Milan Páleš and Miloš Gruber and has since released over 200 titles, working under the label motto "We only release music that we like". Starting out releasing different types of
alternative music Alternative music may refer to the following types of music:
*Alternative rock
*Alternative pop
*Alternative R&B
*Neo soul, sometimes known as alternative soul
*Alternative reggaeton
*Alternative hip hop
*Alternative dance
*Alternative metal
*Chris ...
, the label has gradually shifted its focus to become more
folk
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*Nation
*People
* Folklore
** Folk art
** Folk dance
** Folk hero
** Folk music
*** Folk metal
*** Folk punk
*** Folk rock
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* Folk taxonomy
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Folk Plus or Fol ...
-oriented. The largest Czech folk
music festival
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,
Zahrada, has also had a stage dedicated to the label.
Some of the more well-known artists with releases on Indies are
Iva Bittová
Iva Bittová (born 22 July 1958) is a Czech avant-garde violinist, singer, and composer. She began her career as an actor in the mid-1970s, appearing in several Czech feature films, but switched to playing violin and singing in the early 1980s. ...
,
Hradišťan,
Zuzana Navarová
Zuzana Navarová de Tejada (18 June 1959, Hradec Králové – 7 December 2004, Prague) was a Czech singer and songwriter. She began her career in the early 1980s as a member of '' Nerez'', and gradually become one of the most significant personal ...
,
Radůza,
Jablkoň,
Traband,
Jiří Dědeček,
Jan Burian and
Sestry Steinovy. The label has also released numerous albums by debuting artists, usually winners from various competitions or festivals (Koňaboj, Žofie Kabelková, Martina Trchová, Žamboši, Hromosvod, Disneyband), and put together compilations from old
vinyl record
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s (
Dagmar Andrtová-Voňková,
Čp.8). They also published the book ''Encylopedie československého rocku'' (Encyclopedia of
Czechoslovak
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*A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93)
**First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38)
**Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39)
**Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60)
**Fourth Czechoslovak Repub ...
rock) by authors Miroslav Balák and Josef Kytnar.
In 2007, Indies split into three independent sub-labels.
However, distribution has remained shared.
*Indies Scope Records
*Indies MG Records
*Indies Happy Trails
References
External links
Indies RecordsIndies Scope RecordsIndies Happy Trails
Czech record labels
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