Minus or M-nus is a recording label based in
Berlin
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,
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and
Windsor
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,
Canada
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. It was created in 1998 by
Richie Hawtin
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when
Plus 8
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, a label previously created by Hawtin, was put on hold. By 2005, M-nus was releasing 2 to 3 CDs and 12 to 14 records per year.
As Hawtin said of the scaling down to a smaller label, "''You learn better who you are, what you are, and how to better present that and present it creatively. With Minus, we wanted to slow it down and try new things…''"
In 2011 Hawtin's music technology company
Liine released ''Remiix Minus'', a remix-app for
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which enables fans to recombine loops and samples from Minus artists.
Label roster
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Actual Jakshun
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Manclossi Deboroner
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Algoritmo, also known as
Plans Ospina
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Asher Perkins
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Barem
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Berg Nixon, also known as
Ryan Crosson
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Click Box
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DJ Minx
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Fabrizio Maurizi
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Gaiser
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Gavin Lynch
Gavin Lynch (born 7 September 1985, Liverpool
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, also known as
Matador
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Hobo
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I. A. Bericochea
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Joop Junior
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JPLS
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Justin James
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Loco Dice
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Marco Carola
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Life
As a producer and label head, Carola has created labels like Design, Zenit, Question, One Thousands, Do.Mi.No. and Music On. Carola has been rel ...
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Mathew Jonson
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Matthew Dear
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Texas-born Dear moved to Michigan as a teenager, where he was inspired by the sound of Detroit Techno. Dear met Sam Valenti IV at a party while attendin ...
(also known as Audion and False)
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Niederflur
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Paco Osuna
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Richie Hawtin
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, also recording as Plastikman
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Theorem
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(also known as Dale Lawrence)
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Thomas Brinkman
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Tractile - (Joel Boychuk and Adam Young)
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Whyt Noyz - also known as David Sidley
See also
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List of record labels
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List of electronic music record labels
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* 3 Beat Records
* 12k
* 430 West Records
* 8bitpeoples
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*A Different Drum
*Ad Noiseam
* Adjunct Audio
* Alex Tronic Records
*Alfa Matrix
* Alien8
* All Around The World
* Al ...
References
External links
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Minus (record label) at Resident Advisor
Record labels established in 1998
Canadian independent record labels
Electronic music record labels
Techno record labels
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