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mine:

1. Mo' Wax (the amount of fat records released on this label is absolutely ridiculous. I'm not into collecting full back catalogues of labels, but sometimes they leave me no other option )

2. Metalheadz (same as above, but i'm not feeling everything they've released recently. The long shelf life is a plus)

3. Phil L.A. of Soul (pretty unknown 60s/70s label that released a shitload of great funk and northern soul 7" singles. And i LOVE 7" singles. Most of the originals are still reasonably piced, so easy to pick up with my small student budget.)

4. Def Jux (RJD2's releases alone make this a must for me. Also a large amount of wicked rap albums like I phantom and Cold Vein)

5. Stones throw (MADVILLAIN!)

Deserved to make it in the list, but didn't: XL, DC, Ninja Tune, Outcaste, a handful of old jazz labels, a handful of old soul labels. Maybe when i'm doing a top-10 once...

1. ambush - scud is great selector - every single release was huge
2. kool.pop - never gives up and always looks for new
3. precision breakbeat research - makai
4. position chrome - that's what i call techstep
5. basic channel - u know why

I can't really think of five labels out of my head, but the get physical stuff is hilariously good. The perfect antidote for all that so-called dark music, get me.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


Reinforced ... "journey into the light" got me into hardcore

Def Jux .... a none hiphop hiphop lable, gotta respect rjd2 for puttin rock tunes out on it, quality out the box thinking

Old mo wax (palmskin productions..rpm ect, i think the lable got shit once it was sold)

Ninja tune (for having balls)

Metalheads ....coz hidden agenda pwnd

day by day entertainment.....not a mf doom geek like many but this is his home if ya didnt know




this will change when i wake up

Kompakt - i like the shuffle tech
get physical - reason's already here
Soul:r - calibre, intalex & st files
Signature - just calibre

Hhhmmm...

*Suburban Base (so many classics during the golden hardcore/jungle years, sadly missed)
*Production House (same as above, Acen, DMS, Nino, House Crew...sadly missed)
*Moving Shadow (been on the case since the hardcore days, still release some good ones)
*Reinforced
*Talkin'Loud

suburban base (oldskool & jungle)
basement (oldskool)
winding road (deep house)
Tom & jerry (oldskool & jungle)
R&S (techno)

relapse - features some of the best metal bands currently making music
matador- puts out decent indie music
position chrome - needs no explaination imo
motown - i grew up w/ motown music from the 50's and 60's
subbase - because i will always have a place for jungle in my heart

All current European dance stuff for me really.

Kompakt - because Koln minimal is the shit.
Mobilee - Because Pan-Pot and Anja Schneider make really interesting hooky minimal.
Cadenza - For Ricardo Villalobos' Achso alone, nevermind the excellent Luciano releases.
Vakant - Alex Smoke's Paradolia is one of the most interesting and cool techno albums of the year.
Perlon - The Superlongevity compilations are killers. Also because I like the sleeve design.

jim wrote:Cadenza - the excellent Luciano releases.

yamore remix one of the deepest dance tunes ive ever heard

Don't think that I've ever found a label that always puts out good tunes consistently. Or artists to be honest.

I am the fickle public

buddah: 70's all time soul classics
stones throw: quasimoto !!!
ninja tune: classic
warp: autechre !!!
stax, & so many others...

Shonky wrote:Don't think that I've ever found a label that always puts out good tunes consistently. Or artists to be honest.

I am the fickle public

all jungle released on tom & jerry is essential.

tidy trax
nukleuz
a state of trance
black hole
in trance we trust



































yeah just kidding

Mo wax,
Talkin Loud,
Bluenote
Kniteforce
Moving Shadow

warp: yeah..autechre, aphex twin, boards of canada, mira calix...!!!
big dada: rodney is best mc ever
virus: remember back in the late 90´s
reinforced: oldskool
subsource (netlabel): for all the big glitchy soundscape stuff

elgato wrote:

jim wrote:Cadenza - the excellent Luciano releases.

yamore remix one of the deepest dance tunes ive ever heard

Yeah, pretty special. Great atmosphere. So dense, layered like an onion. The shimmering strings are amazing.

1. constellation
2. touch and go
3. dischord
4. blood and fire
5. skam
6. neurot and hydrahead and southern lord
7. load
8. kranky
9. anticon and lex
10. dmz

a few off the top:

ai
satamile
elektrolux
crème organization
affected
systematic (marc romboy's outfit)
transmat
pyramid transmissions
varial
maschinen musik
touching bass
offshore
covert ops
revolve:r

major league:
warp, astralwerks, jbo

ms hathaway wrote:position chrome - needs no explaination imo

Hmmm.... thought they were dead and buried. They had a few large releases in their time though.

ANYWAY.

5 - Warp (for ball-rolling)
4 - Satamile (not a duff release yet - proper electro, none of this housey housey shit)
3 - Kranky (just plain miserable)
2 - Burial Mix (no intro needed)

...but first place has to go to Mute, for introducing me to:

Cabaret Voltaire, Sandoz/R.H. Kirk, Zoviet France, Luke Slater, Richie Hawtin, Suicide, Renegade Soundwave, Labradford, Laibach, Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, Barry Adamson, Nick Cave, Panasonic, Joey Beltram, Si Begg and many many others.

Phew!