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Posted by woscar on Jul-17-2009 22:14:

Favorite labels of 2009 so far?

What have been your favorite labels of 2009 so far? For me:

Freak N Chic
Contexterrior
Tsuba
Urbantorque
Wolf + Lamb
Circus Company
Spectral Sound/Ghostly
Playhouse
Raum...Musik
Vakant
Dial
Be Chosen
Wagon Repair
Mule Musiq/mule electronic
Cecille
Crosstown Rebels
Mobilee/Leena Music
Moon Harbour
Oslo
murmur

I'm probably missing some, but I've enjoyed pretty much everything coming out of those labels.

Posted by Adam420 on Jul-17-2009 22:23:

Wow too many to name

But I think I came to the conclusion yesterday that 2600 Records and Night Drive Music may just be my 2 favorite labels atm.

Posted by Clovis on Jul-17-2009 22:23:

Duh, those labels have been putting out good music for a while

For me I've been enjoying discovering new and old stuff on labels I hadn't known much about before like Plug Research, Guidance, Late Night Audio, Mojuba

I went through Plug Research' catalog on beatport the other night and bought like 15 tracks.

Posted by Adam420 on Jul-17-2009 22:25:

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Originally posted by Clovis
Mojuba

Yes!

Posted by woscar on Jul-17-2009 22:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Clovis
Duh, those labels have been putting out good music for a while

Yeah, I know that now. But a little over a year ago I didn't know most of them even existed.

Posted by SMC on Jul-17-2009 22:40:

I've been listening a lot to albums released on Dial.

Posted by Forever Delayed on Jul-17-2009 23:02:

quote:
Originally posted by woscar
Yeah, I know that now. But a little over a year ago I didn't know most of them even existed.

+1

All the labels you have listed put out music that I've only gotten fully into in the last half year or so, and as such are the labels I've been religiously following/trawling through their back catalogues this year. I would have to say Contexterrior would be the standout label over the last while for me, seems every single release is an absolute bomb, particularly the Shonky and Dachshund releases.

Posted by wotyzoid on Jul-17-2009 23:14:

Some of the ones mantioned +

Robsoul
Third Ear
Mimosa
Seasons Limited (the three or four releases lol)
Peng
Lomidhigh Organic
Echocord
Doubledown
Guesthouse
Running Back
Frankie
Elevation
Ostgut
Harthouse
Bpitch
Grouper

...off the top of my head.

Posted by Forever Delayed on Jul-17-2009 23:25:

Forgot to add the dutch labels like Remote Area, Intacto, and particularly 100% Pure, been going through their back catalogues recently and been finding absolute gems.

Posted by Paradox Lost on Jul-18-2009 00:50:

ROSH!
Minimal and Melodies Music
Plusquam Division
Underground Lessons
Silver Screen Recordings
Meerestiefe
Feiyr

Just a few standouts that have been really resonating with me this year.

Urbantorque also seems to have really picked things up.

Posted by Adam420 on Jul-18-2009 00:56:

Speaking of UrbanTorque, I wonder what they've got in store for their 100th release

Posted by Lews on Jul-18-2009 01:13:

Armada
Ajunabeats
Black Hol-

Oh, FAVORITE labels.

Uh. Lately I've just been buying up a lot of music from the 90s and early 2000s. I've been staying away from too much new stuff, focusing more on getting older stuff I've missed over the years.

Posted by woscar on Jul-18-2009 01:46:

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Originally posted by Paradox Lost
Meerestiefe

Oh yes! That's another good one. Forgot to mention Cityfox before. They're only on their second release, but they are shaping up to be a label to watch in the future.

Posted by plaxx on Jul-18-2009 01:47:

Surprised Cadenza hasn't been mentioned yet. But yes, Cadenza, Compost, Trapez, Diynamic, and whatever M.in and Nick Curly release on.

Posted by woscar on Jul-18-2009 01:53:

Eskimo too

And yeah, forgot to mention Cadenza. I've been a bit disappointed with what's coming out of Compost this year though. It's still good, but it hasn't been up to par with the stuff they were releasing a year or so ago. Nick Curly owns Cecille/Cecille Numbers and 8Bit which is also a really good label.

Posted by denys envy on Jul-18-2009 02:20:

whatever Vincenzo's stuff been coming out on. he's a beast so far this year. any deep house set i play i'm bound to go through 3-5 of his songs. f'ing amazing. he's like this year's scope. lol.

Posted by TranceOwnsLol on Jul-18-2009 04:29:

DFA Records
Rebirth
Vakant

Been disappointed with Poker Flat lately, they used to put out bangers every month.

And I hope Perlon releases something soon.

Posted by supersaw abuse on Jul-18-2009 04:30:

turbo is tearing it up so far this year. bpitch and rekids have put out some solid tunes as well

also loving different/[pias] although this is mostly because they've been releasing the singles from tiga's new album, lol

Posted by kadomony on Jul-18-2009 06:15:

some of those mentioned and Polyphonics

Posted by AKIANTX on Jul-18-2009 08:59:

Anjunabeats

Posted by chesco on Jul-18-2009 09:52:

delsin
rush hour
Platzhirsch
ostgut ton
the new clone offshoots have potential
Mule
Yore

Posted by woscar on Jul-18-2009 14:28:

I forgot to mention Cargo Edition too.

Posted by Zer0 on Jul-18-2009 15:28:

Pretty much same as posted above.
Desolat, Deep Vibes and Sushitech/Sushitech Purple are also worth mentioning imo.. for me at least.

Almost forgot Quintessentials - some nice stuff on there recently from Anton Zap, Knarf Skipson and Baaz.

Posted by wotyzoid on Jul-18-2009 16:00:

quote:
Originally posted by Zer0
Almost forgot Quintessentials - some nice stuff on there recently from Anton Zap, Knarf Skipson and Baaz.

yes