Night Slugs is an English
electronic music record label, established in 2010 by Alex Sushon (also known as
Bok Bok
Alex Sushon, known by his stage name Bok Bok, is an English music producer, artist, and founder of the UK record label Night Slugs.
Night Slugs
Sushon is the founder and label manager of London-based record label Night Slugs. Night Slugs eme ...
) and James Connolly (also known as L-Vis 1990).
History
Night Slugs was originally started as a London-based
club night by DJs/producers
Alex Sushon and James Connolly after the two met on
Myspace in 2008.
The first Night Slugs party was staged at the Redstar in
Camberwell
Camberwell () is a district of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark, southeast of Charing Cross.
Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles and a common of which Goose Green is a remnant. This e ...
in March 2008, though the nights would eventually move to the more centrally located
East Village.
After artists featured at the club nights remained unsigned, Sushon and Connolly founded Night Slugs as a record label in January 2010 with the release of Mosca’s ''Square One EP''.
That same year the label released their first compilation, ''Night Slugs Allstars Vol. 1''.
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Spin
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'' magazine described the label as having "developed one of the most distinctive sounds in U.K. dance music, a mutable hybrid of grime, house, electro, R&B, techno, hip-hop, and dubstep".
Artists
Artists who have released music on Night Slugs include:
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Bok Bok
Alex Sushon, known by his stage name Bok Bok, is an English music producer, artist, and founder of the UK record label Night Slugs.
Night Slugs
Sushon is the founder and label manager of London-based record label Night Slugs. Night Slugs eme ...
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Cubic Zirconia
* DAT Oven
* DJC
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Egyptrixx
Egyptrixx (born David Psutka) is a Canadian electronic musician from Toronto, Ontario. Psutka also releases music under the names "ACT!" and " Ceramic TL", is a member of experimental folk project Anamai, and works as a studio producer and composer ...
* Girl Unit
* Helix
* Hysterics
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Jacques Greene
Philippe Aubin-Dionne (born 1989), better known by the stage name Jacques Greene, is a Canadian electronic musician based in Toronto. He has released music on the LuckyMe and Night Slugs labels and co-owns Vase Records.
Greene released his de ...
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Jam City
* Kingdom
* KW Griff
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Lil Silva
* L-Vis 1990
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MikeQ
* Morri$
* Mosca
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Neana
* Optimum
* Pearson Sound
* P Jam
* Sweyn Jupiter
* T. Williams
* Velour
See also
*
List of record labels
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List of electronic music record labels
References
External links
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Night Slugsat
Discogs
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Electronic music record labels
Record labels established in 2010
British independent record labels