L’Age d’Or was a German independent music label based in Hamburg, which has played an important role in creating the

Hamburger Schule The ''Hamburger Schule'' (German for 'Hamburg School') is a music movement current in Germany during the 1980s and early 1990s. With some active bands and artists it is still present. It took up traditions of Neue Deutsche Welle and combined them w ...

and was the parent label of Ladomat 2000. The label was founded in 1988 by Carol von Rautenkranz and Kolossale Jugend guitarist Pascal Fuhlbrügge, who together had already been organizing concerts in the post- NDW music scene of Hamburg for some time. They were joined by Thorsten "Taucher" Weßel from the band Ostzonensuppenwürfelmachenkrebs, who later became a co-owner. Fuhlbrügge left the label in 1993. In 1994 Ladomat 2000 was launched by Charlotte Goltermann as a sublabel to also release electronic music. Both labels went out of business in 2007. The releases on L'Age D'Or were formative for the

. Ladomat 2000 reflected this scene's growing interest in rave, techno and house music.

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and the house music project

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reached some commercial success in the mid-nineties.

L'Age D'Or artists

Ladomat 2000 artists

Sources

lado.de
- official website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Age Dor, L Defunct record labels of Germany German independent record labels Companies based in Hamburg Record labels established in 1988 Record labels disestablished in 2007 1988 establishments in Germany Music in Hamburg