Merck Records
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Merck Records is a record label based out of Miami and run by Gabe Koch. They have been releasing electronic music since January of 2000, and wound down in the beginning of 2007.
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[edit] Background
Their releases cover a wide range of styles, from cut up vocal hip hop by their most prominent artist Machinedrum, to central IDM by artists like Proem, Mr. Projectile, and Deru, to indie-influenced electronic music like Tiki Obmar or Lateduster. They also release a wide geographical range of artists, from all over Europe and the US, as well as Australia, Russia and Japan. Also Merck is somewhat known for only putting forth minimal artist images, and not promoting the label in the traditional music industry push style.
Merck has produced 51 CD releases and 50 vinyl releases as of February 2007. In September 2005, Merck announced their eventual closedown. Once they have released 50 CDs and 50 vinyls in 2006, they plan to stop releasing any new material. While the exact reasons for this are unknown, it has been postulated that poor sales and the increasing costs of releasing material may have made continuing business unprofitable.
A sublabel, Narita Records, has been set up by Merck to put out more dancefloor-oriented music.
[edit] End announcement
We are both sad and happy to announce that this will be the last year of Merck Records. Once we have released 51 cds (Merck 047 + 4 Mixes) and 50 vinyls which should be complete roughly around January 2007, we will stop releasing new material. We have many reasons for this, in the interest of briefness we will just say that its time to move on. After we have completed 101 total releases (currently at 94) we will sell off our remaining stock and there will be no more represses. We thank EVERYONE who have supported us over the years, you made this possible.
– MERCK WEBSITE
[edit] Artists
[edit] Merck Records
- 40 Winks
- Adam Johnson
- Anders Ilar
- Aphilas
- Blamstrain
- Deceptikon
- Deru
- Esem
- Frank & Bill
- Helios
- Ilkae
- Kettel
- Kristuit Salu vs. Morris Nightingale (aka Jimmy Edgar)
- Lackluster
- Landau
- Lateduster
- Machinedrum
- Malcom Kipe
- md
- Mr. Projectile
- Quench
- Proem
- Proswell
- Royal Foxbridge
- Secede
- Sense
- Syndrone
- Tiki Obmar
- Tim Koch
- Temp Sound Solutions
- Travis Stewart
- Tycho
[edit] Narita Records
- Anders Ilar
- Arctic Hospital
- Benjamin May
- Blamstrain
- Brothomstates
- Yard
[edit] See also
- List of record labels
- List of electronic music record labels
- Electronica
- Intelligent dance music
- Techno
