Mode Records is an American record label in New York City that concentrates on
contemporary classical music and other forms of
avant-garde music. The label was founded by Brian Brandt in 1984, with a goal of releasing music composed by John Cage.
Composers featured include
John Cage,
Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926 – September 3, 1987) was an American composer. A major figure in 20th-century classical music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School ...
,
Iannis Xenakis
Giannis Klearchou Xenakis (also spelled for professional purposes as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; el, Γιάννης "Ιωάννης" Κλέαρχου Ξενάκης, ; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born Greek-French avant-garde c ...
,
Giacinto Scelsi, and
Harry Partch
Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments. He composed using scales of unequal intervals in just intonation, and was one of the first 20th-century com ...
. Performers include
Steve Lacy,
Aki Takahashi
is a Japanese pianist specializing in contemporary classical music.
Biography
Born in Kamakura, she began studying piano at the age of five and received her M.A. degree from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Her teachers inc ...
, Martine Joste, the
Arditti Quartet, and
Gerry Hemingway
Gerry Hemingway (born March 23, 1955) is an American drummer and composer.
Hemingway was a member of the Anthony Braxton quartet from 1983 to 1994. He has also performed with Ernst Reijseger, Anthony Davis, Earl Howard, Leo Smith, George E ...
. The label also has a commitment to younger composers with releases featuring
Jason Eckardt
Jason Eckardt (born 17 May 1971 in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American composer. He began his musical life playing guitar in heavy metal and jazz bands and abruptly moved to composing after discovering the music of Anton Webern.
Compositions
...
,
Joshua Fineberg
Joshua Fineberg (born July 26, 1969) is an American composer of contemporary classical music.
Biography
Joshua Fineberg was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He began his musical studies at the age of five. He completed his undergraduate studies a ...
, and
Lei Liang.
An earlier unrelated Mode Records existed for a short time in the 1950s and was involved
West Coast jazz
West Coast jazz refers to styles of jazz that developed in Los Angeles and San Francisco during the 1950s. West Coast jazz is often seen as a subgenre of cool jazz, which consisted of a calmer style than bebop or hard bop. The music relied rela ...
. It is now controlled by
VSOP.
See also
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List of record labels
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References
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Alternative rock record labels
American independent record labels
Classical music record labels
Electronic music record labels
Experimental music record labels
Jazz record labels
Mass media companies of the United States
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