Soleilmoon Recordings is an American
record label that began in
1987
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as a cassette label, operating from the back of a record shop called the Ooze in
Portland, Oregon, US.
The first releases were by
Smegma,
Muslimgauze,
Coil, and
Nocturnal Emissions. In 1991 the shop was sold and Soleilmoon became a full-time label.
Hate music designation
On February 15, 2017, Soleilmoon was declared a provider of
hate music by the
Southern Poverty Law Center, solely for the label's release of recordings by alleged
far-right
Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...
extremist artist
Death in June.
This designation has since been removed from the
Southern Poverty Law Center's Hate Map without comment.
Soleilmoon artists
See also
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List of record labels
References
External links
Official site
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American record labels
Record labels established in 1987
Experimental music record labels
Ambient music record labels
Electronic music record labels
Noise music record labels
Industrial record labels
Companies based in Portland, Oregon
Oregon record labels
Privately held companies based in Oregon
1987 establishments in Oregon