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Kranky | |
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Founded | 1993 (1993) |
Founder | Bruce Adams Joel Leoschke |
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Country of origin | United States |
Location | Chicago, Illinois |
Official website | kranky |
Kranky is an American independent record label in Chicago, Illinois. It was started in 1993 by Bruce Adams and Joel Leoschke. It houses predominantly experimental music artists, often branching into or inspired by ambient, rock, electronic or psychedelic music. Their first release was Labradford's 1993 debut album Prazision. Adams left the label in 2006, after which Leoschke continued running it, with the help of Brian Foote of Kranky band Nudge.
Artists
Current
- Ana Roxanne
- Andrew Pekler
- Anjou
- Atlas Sound
- Autistic Daughters
- Benoit Pioulard
- Belong
- Bird Show
- Boduf Songs
- Brent Gutzeit
- Brian McBride
- Charalambides
- Chihei Hatakeyama
- Chris Herbert
- Christina Vantzou
- Christopher Bissonnette
- Clear Horizon
- Clinic Stars
- Cloudland Canyon
- Dawn Smithson
- Dean Roberts
- Dedekind Cut
- Demen
- Disappears
- Earthen Sea
- Ethernet
- Felix
- Forma
- Greg Davis
- Gregg Kowalsky
- Grouper
- Steve Hauschildt
- High Plains
- Implodes
- Jessica Bailiff
- Jonas Reinhardt
- Justin Walter
- Keith Fullerton Whitman
- Ken Camden
- Labradford
- Less Bells
- Lichens
- Loscil
- Lotus Plaza
- MJ Guider
- Niecy Blues
- Nudge
- Tara Jane O'Neil
- Pan•American
- Raglani
- Stars of the Lid
- Strategy
- Tim Hecker
- To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie
- Valet
- White Rainbow
- Windy & Carl
- A Winged Victory for the Sullen
Former
- Aix Em Klemm
- Amp
- Bowery Electric
- Christmas Decorations
- Dadamah
- The Dead Texan
- Deerhunter
- Dissolve
- Doldrums
- Flies Inside The Sun
- Fontanelle
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- Growing
- Helen
- James Plotkin
- Jessamine
- Low
- Magnog
- Out Hud
- Philosopher's Stone
- Roy Montgomery
- Spiny Anteaters
- Tomorrowland
References
- LISTEN: Kranky 20th Anniversary Mixtape . The Quietus, July 12, 2013.
- Panpot.ca
- Kranky. Pitchfork Media, January 12, 2009.