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Kranky
Location: Chicago, US
Founded: 1993
An American label with focus on post-rock, experimental, and instrumental music. Home to Tim Hecker, Grouper, Christina Vantzou, loscil, and Benoit Pioulard among the many.
Tim Hecker
No Highs
“… a beacon of unease against the deluge of false positive corporate ambient currently in vogue…”
Loscil / Lawrence English
Colours of Air
“… sifting the swells and drones for every shade of radiance…”
Viul & Benoît Pioulard
A Real Place
“… wide brush strokes in pastel colours, deep-textured warmth, and hazy memories…”
Luton
Confluence
“… where gentle melodies meet their destruction in distortion and dismantling fate…”
James Heather
Moving Sounds
Syndication of a monthly show originally appearing on Heather’s very own program on London’s Soho Radio
A Winged Victory for the Sullen
Total Perspective Vortex
“… it is where the past, present, and future all collide into a place where everything is connected…”
Lawrence English, worriedaboutsatan, and Christopher Bissonnette
“… an acute meditation on wave fluctuations, restraint on dynamics and textural space…”