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Music
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Music Feature
May 31, 2012
Keep on pressin'
The making of four local record labels, from jazz/improv experimenters to hardcore punk documenters, garage-scuzz heathens to electro/hip-hop cultivators
By Kevin Warwick
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Music Feature
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Chicago record labels
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Drag City Records
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Dan Koretzky
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Royal Trux
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Bonnie "Prince" Billie
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Joanna Newsome
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Silver Jews
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Ian Svenonius
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DIY
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Cobalt Room Records
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HoZac Records
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Chocolate Industries
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Peira
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Not Normal
Music
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Music Feature
May 31, 2012
Audio
Not Normal Tapes: hard to its (plastic) core
A man, a woman, and a mission to document the midwest's hardcore-punk scene
By Kevin Warwick
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Chicago record labels
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Not Normal Tapes
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Ralph Rivera
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Raw Nerve
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Dead Possession
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RazorXFade
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Pukeoid
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Guinea Kid
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the Outs
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Poison Planet
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cassette tapes
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Raven DiMichaele
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Third X Party Records
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DIY record labels
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Audio
Music
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Music Feature
May 31, 2012
Audio
HoZac nation
The zine-turned-label that spawned the Blackout Fest and a healthy catalog of rock 'n' roll, garage, and scuzz
By Kevin Warwick
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Chicago record labels
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HoZac Records
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Blackout Fest
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Brett Cross
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Todd Novak
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Blank Dogs
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Box Elders
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Jacuzzi Boys
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Davila 666
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Smith Westerns
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Dum Dum Girls
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Volt
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Spider
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the Spits
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Shit Sandwich
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Criminal IQ
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Audio
Music
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Music Feature
May 31, 2012
Audio
Improv/experimental label Peira packages the abstract
Forget turntables and a mike—how about three bass clarinets and a modular synthesizer?
By Kevin Warwick
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Peira
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CD-R
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Brian Labycz
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Jason Roebke
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jazz improv
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Umbrella Music
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synth music
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field recordings
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Fred Lonberg-Holm
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Guillermo Gregorio
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Green Pasture Happiness
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Nate Wooley
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Jacob Wick
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Katherine Young
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Keefe Jackson
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Mythic Birds
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Audio
Music
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Music Feature
May 31, 2012
Audio
Chocolate Industries bridges
Miami to the midwest
An early education in IDM leads to a label that fuses hip-hop, rock, and soul
By Kevin Warwick
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Chicago record labels
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Chocolate Industries
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Marvin "Seven" Bedard
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Edgar Farinas
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Push Button Objects
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Kraftwerk
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Autechre
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Aphex Twin
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Rephlex Records
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Isophlux
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Schematic
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IDM
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intelligent dance music
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Shad T. Smith
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Cool Kids
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Lady Sovereign
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Diverse
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Ghislain Poirier
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Electronic Soul
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Audio
Music
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Music Feature
May 31, 2012
Label founders speak for themselves: the rest
"Working behind the bar at a venue is ideal for discovering new music"
By Kevin Warwick
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Chicago record labels
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Andres Meneses
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Latin Street Music
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Billy Helmkamp
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Whistler Records
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Justin Schwier
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Underground Communique
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Lance Barresi
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Permanent Records
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Melissa Geils
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Eric Marsh
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BLVD Records
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Steve Mizek
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Stolen Kisses/Argot
Music
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Music Feature
May 31, 2012
Label founders speak for themselves: Dan Koretzky, Drag City
"When the semi rolled up on Erie to drop off the 2,000-pound shipment on the stoop of my third-floor walk-up, I had my work cut out for me."
By Kevin Warwick
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Chicago record labels
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Dan Koretzky
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Drag City
Music
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Music Feature
May 31, 2012
Label founders speak for themselves: Bettina Richards, Thrill Jockey
"It was 100 percent enthusiasm for the DIY and a healthy dose of blissful ignorance"
By Kevin Warwick
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Chicago record labels
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Bettina Richards
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Thrill Jockey
Music
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Music Feature
May 31, 2012
Label founders speak for themselves: Matt Clark, Tic Tac Totally
"I sometimes feel like a split personality where one of me is a sadist and the other is a masochist"
By Kevin Warwick
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Music Feature
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Chicago record labels
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Matt Clark
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Tic Tac Totally
Music
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Music Feature
May 31, 2012
Label founders speak for themselves: Michael Frank, Earwig
"A label catalog must have at least two records—so if I wanted to make only one recording, I [was advised] not do it."
By Kevin Warwick
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Chicago record labels
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Michael Frank
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Earwig
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