Hive Records is an American

United States

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 independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 that mainly focuses on powernoise, trip hop

Trip hop

Trip hop is a music genre consisting of downtempo electronic music which originated in the early 1990s in England, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat which...

, ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

, IDM

Intelligent dance music

Intelligent dance music is a term that describes an electronic music genre that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre is influenced by a wide range of musical styles particularly electronic dance music such as Detroit Techno...

 and sub-genres of industrial

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 music. The label was founded in 2003

2003 in music

-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...

 by DJ Insect and DJ Caustic in Dallas, Texas.

Artists that have released music through Hive Records include Duncan Avoid, Pneumatic Detach, Manufactura, C2, Censor, The Liar's Rosebush

The Liar's Rosebush

Liar's Rosebush is the performing name of highly eclectic Canadian electronic musician Matt Rosen. Rosen has incorporated a wide range of stylistic elements over the project's eight year history. Early self-released material such as 2002's November ep drew directly from the rhythmic noise and...

, Mashup Soundsystem, Tekniq and Terminal Sound System.

DJ Caustic parted with the label in 2004.

In 2005

2005 in music

-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...

 Hive Records created Suspicious Records, a sublabel that would focus on their trip hop, downtempo

Downtempo

Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...

 and Illbient

Illbient

Illbient is a term allegedly coined by DJ Olive to describe the iconoclastic music being produced by a community of artists based in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York in 1994...

 releases.

Discography

• HIV.01 - Various - HIV.01 CDR
• HIV.02 - Pneumatic Detach - Pareses Re:Infected
• HIV.03 - Pneumatic Detach / C2 - [pa·re·ses] | [cc:]
• HIV.04 - Ou Moins - Anti Matter Of Fact
• HIV.05 - Terminal Sound System - Solaris
• HIV.06 - Chango Feo - Alaska
• HIV.07 - Censor - Empire Holds Down
• HIV.07LTD - Censor - Empire Holds Down (Special Edition)
• HIV.08 - Manufactura - Precognitive Dissonance
• HIV.08 - Manufactura - Precognitive Dissonance (Special Edition)
• HIV.09 - Tekniq (2) - Shazbut!
• HIV.10 - Exclipsect / Kaebin Yield - Symbiosis
• HIV.11 - Various - FUCK (Standard Edition)
• HIV.11LTD - Various - FUCK (First Edition)
• HIV.12 - Duncan Avoid - Metaphysics
• HIV.13 - Terminal Sound System - Last Night I Dreamed Of Armageddon
• HIV.14 - Photophob - Your Majesty Machine
• HIV.15 - Pneumatic Detach - [vis·cer·a]
• HIV.16 - The Liar's Rosebush
  The Liar's Rosebush
  Liar's Rosebush is the performing name of highly eclectic Canadian electronic musician Matt Rosen. Rosen has incorporated a wide range of stylistic elements over the project's eight year history. Early self-released material such as 2002's November ep drew directly from the rhythmic noise and...
  
  * & Scrape[dx]* - Collect:Erase
• HIV.17 - Pneumatic Detach - [e·vis·cer·ate]
• HIV.18 - Mash Up Soundsystem - A Great Escape from Lunacy
• HIV.19 - Pneumatic Detach - [re·vis·cer·a]
• HIV.20 - Photophob - Still Warm
• HIV.21 - ESA - Devotion, Discipline, And Denial
• HIV.22 - pr0metheus buRning
  Pr0metheus burning
  Pr0metheus Burning is a two-member electro-industrial group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which started in early 2001...
  
   - Beyond Repair
• HIV.23 - Edgey vs. Depth Error - The Abuse Technique
• HIV.24 - Cenotype - Origins
• HIV.25 - The Liar's Rosebush
  The Liar's Rosebush
  Liar's Rosebush is the performing name of highly eclectic Canadian electronic musician Matt Rosen. Rosen has incorporated a wide range of stylistic elements over the project's eight year history. Early self-released material such as 2002's November ep drew directly from the rhythmic noise and...
  
   - Circle the Squares
• HIV.26 - pr0metheus buRning
  Pr0metheus burning
  Pr0metheus Burning is a two-member electro-industrial group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which started in early 2001...
  
   - nBoyde raRepi
• HIV.27 - Autoclav1.1 - Broken Beats for Broken Hearts
• HIV.28 - ESA - How Pure Would Your Utopia Be?
• HIV.29 - Memmaker - How to Enlist in a Robot Uprising
• HIV.30 - genCAB - II transMuter
• HIV.31 - Panic Lift - Witness to Our Collapse