Novamute Records is the electronic dance music subsidiary of Mute Records, which was started in 1992.Larkin, Colin (1999) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music'', Virgin Books, , p. 243 The label's staff included Mick Paterson (promotions), Pepe Jansz ( A&R), and producer Seth Hodder, and it was originally set up to give UK releases to white label 12-inch singles and imports. In the United States it was distributed by Tommy Boy Records while the Mute parent label was distributed by Elektra Records. In the beginning, the label licensed records and music from small labels such as Berlin-based Tresor and Canadian label

Plus 8 Plus 8 (also spelled as Plus8) is a Canadian techno record label, based in Windsor, Ontario. Along with Underground Resistance and Planet E, Plus 8 was one of the early producers of Detroit Techno's 'Second Wave' music at the start of the 1990 ...

. It expanded its remit to include new work from artists such as

Richie Hawtin Richard "Richie" Hawtin (born June 4, 1970) is a British-Canadian electronic musician and DJ. He became involved with Detroit techno's second wave in the early 1990s, and has been a leading exponent of minimal techno since the mid-1990s. He beca ...

and

Luke Slater Luke Slater (born 12 June 1968, Reading, Berkshire, England) is an English electronic musician, DJ and record producer, who has concentrated on techno since the beginning of the 1990s. He achieved break through commercial success with his tra ...

.Nowinski, Amanda (1999)
Novamute DJs Hawtin, Slater Take Spins Around U.S.
, '' Billboard'', 13 November 1999, p. 32. Retrieved 18 June 2014 Novamute win the Best Label award at the

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in Germany in July 2002.Miller, Louis (2002)
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'', 5 August 2002, p. 6. Retrieved 18 June 2014 In 2017, Daniel Miller relaunched the label with releases from Nicolas Bougaïeff and Terence Fixmer.

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* ANNA * Acid Casuals * Aftrax * Beyer and Lenk *

Charlotte de Witte Charlotte de Witte (born 21 July 1992) is a Belgian DJ and record producer, best known for her "dark and stripped-back" brand of minimal techno and acid techno music. She has previously performed under the alias Raving George. She is the founder ...

* Collabs 3000 * Compufonic *

Cristian Vogel Cristian Vogel (born 1972) is an Chilean experimental electronic musician. Biography Vogel was born in Chile and moved to England in the early 1980s with his family, fleeing from the government of Augusto Pinochet. Vogel first began working with ...

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Emmanuel Top Emmanuel Top (born 25 October 1971) is a French acid techno music producer. He was popular in the 1990s for his releases on his own record label, Attack Records, he began his career at the end of the 1980s in full wave New beat on the Belgian lab ...

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* Indika *

Juno Reactor Juno Reactor is a multi-national musical and performing group, primarily based in Brighton, UK. Known for their cinematic fusion of electronic, global influences, and orchestral symphonic approach, collaborating with composer Don Davis and compo ...

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* Meloboy *

Miss Kittin Caroline Hervé (born 1973), known professionally as Miss Kittin, is a French electronic music producer, DJ, singer, and songwriter. Since rising to prominence in 1998 for her singles "1982" and "Frank Sinatra" with The Hacker, she has worked ...

* Needledust *

Nicolas Bougaïeff Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...

* Phil Kieran * Plastikman *

* Si Begg * S.I. Futures *

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* Space DJz * Speedy J * Spirit Feel * Terence Fixmer * Tim Baker * Tim Wright * Totalis * T.Raumschmiere * Umek * Unity 3 * Woody McBride

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