Kranky is an American independent record label in Chicago, Illinois. It was started in 1993 by Bruce Adams and Joel Leoschke.[1] 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.[2] Adams left the label in 2006, after which Leoschke continued running it, with the help of Brian Foote of Kranky band Nudge.[3]
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
- 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
- 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[dead link]
- ^ Kranky. Pitchfork Media, January 12, 2009.
