Tokyo Dawn Records is an independent record label based in
Frankfurt am Main
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, Germany. It began in the
demoscene of 1997 as one of the first
netlabels
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to promote "opensource music". It relaunched in 2009 with a new concept.
Tokyo Dawn Records is headed by Marc Wallowy and Fabien Schivre and publishes
broken beat,
neo soul
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,
funk
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,
house
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,
electro,
hip hop and other genres. It runs eclectic compilation series called "The Boogie", "The Heart" and "The Move".
In 2012, a subsidiary called Tokyo Dawn Labs won an award for two
digital audio processors.
Artists
Releases
* Various - ''Practice Avoiding Mistakes'' - Compilation - 2003
* Comfort Fit - ''Forget And Remember'' - Album - 2005
* Various - ''Margin London'' - Compilation - 2005
* Comfort Fit - ''Polyshufflez'' - Album - 2009
* Portformat - ''The Repeat Factor'' - Album - 2009
* Comfort Fit - ''Polyshufflez Remixes'' - Album - 2009
* Portformat - ''The Repeat Factor Remixes'' - Album - 2010
* Swede:art - ''Emotional Colors'' - Album - 2010
* Various - ''The Heart'' - Compilation - 2010
* Swede:art - ''Emotional Colors Remixes'' - Album - 2010
* Opolopo - ''Voltage Controlled Feelings'' - Album - 2010
* Various - ''The Boogie'' - Compilation - 2011
* Amalia - ''Art Slave'' - Album - 2011
* Soulparlor - ''Evoluzion'' - Album - 2011
* Various - ''The Heart Volume 2'' - Compilation - 2011
* Colonel Red - ''Keep Walkin'' - Album - 2011
* Vindahl - ''Serendipity'' - Album - 2011
* Various - ''The Boogie Volume 2'' - Compilation - 2011
* Opolopo - ''Mutants'' - Album - 2011
* Stan Smith - ''The Get Up Movement'' - Album - 2012
* Blaktroniks - ''Ready Set Blow'' - Album - 2012
* Portformat - ''Entropy'' - Album - 2012
* Various - ''The Move'' - Compilation - 2012
* Various - ''The Boogie Volume 3'' - Compilation - 2012
* Positive Flow - ''Flow Lines'' - Album - 2012
* Amalia - ''Makings Of'' - Album - 2013
* Various - ''The Heart Volume 3'' - 2013
* Personal Life - ''Morning Light'' - 2013
* Reggie B - ''DNA'' - 2013
* Pugs Atomz – ''Bama Pi'' - 2013
* Various - ''The Boogie Volume 4'' - Compilation - 2014
* Opoplopo - "Mutants Volume 2" - 2014
* SoulParlor - "Smile" - 2015
* Positive Flow - "Reflowed" - 2015
* Still Weavens - "Amisana" - 2016
* Various - "The Boogie Volume 5" - Compilation - 2016
* Eneeks - "My Queen, My King, My God"- 2017
* Colonel Red - "Wireless Soldier" - 2017
* Various - "The Move Volume 2" - Compilation - 2017
* Mowgan - "No Time For You" - 2017
* AfriCali - "Taught Of A Culture" - 2017
* Various - "The Heart Volume 4" - Compilation - 2017
* Various - "The Boogie Volume 6" - Compilation - 2017
* LyricL - "Unequivocal" - 2018
* Colonel Red - "Rhyme Travelling" - 2018
* Sool - "Quite Obvious" - 2018
* Pho Que - "Sweet" - 2018
* The Grey Area - "The Grey Area " - 2018
See also
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List of record labels
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References
External links
Official siteTokyo Dawn Records at Discogs
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Electronic dance music record labels
Electronic music record labels
Demogroups
Online music stores of Germany
German independent record labels
Hip hop record labels
House music record labels
Indie rock record labels
Netlabels
Record labels established in 1997