Marriage Records
Encyclopedia
Marriage Records is a small, independent record label
based in Portland, Oregon
, USA. It was founded in late 2002
by Curtis Knapp and Adrian Orange. The first release was a cd-r entitled Nothing by Thanksgiving
. Marriage releases vinyl records, compact discs, CD-R
s, tapes
, skateboards, books, posters and apparel. The label is distributed by Southern Records
.
Initially a CD-R-release-only label for the first year and a half of existence, the label quickly grew in 2004 to begin releasing elaborate packaging schemas with most records. In 2006, the label released one box set, six compact discs, four compact disc/vinyl record combos, one skateboard, and one book.
In 2006 Marriage also began a new phase in its history by starting Marriage Publishing House. Its first publishing project was Tom Blood's poetry book The Sky Position, which received the 2007 Oregon Book Award
for poetry from Literary Arts Inc. In 2007, it started publishing Veneer Magazine
.
Knapp continues to run the day to day operations of the label in southeast Portland. As a coo-founder, Orange's involvement is unclear.
The record label's website has focused much attention on the development of a young male child named Fox, who is Knapp's son.
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:...
based in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, USA. It was founded in late 2002
2002 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:*February 3 – U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI...
by Curtis Knapp and Adrian Orange. The first release was a cd-r entitled Nothing by Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving (band)
Thanksgiving, AOK, and A.O., are the names under which Portland, Oregon singer/songwriter Adrian Orange performs. Officially adopting the "Thanksgiving" moniker around 1999–2000, Orange played experimental folk music, often accompanying himself on electric guitar...
. Marriage releases vinyl records, compact discs, CD-R
CD-R
A CD-R is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once Read Many optical medium, though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session....
s, tapes
Tapes
Tapes is a small city in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, near to Porto Alegre. It's good for sailing, windsurfing, kitesurfing....
, skateboards, books, posters and apparel. The label is distributed by Southern Records
Southern Records
Southern Records is an independent record label closely associated with Crass Records, Corpus Christi Records and Dischord Records. It is based in London and previously had offices in Chicago , Le Havre and Berlin .Southern was originally a recording studio owned and operated by John Loder...
.
Initially a CD-R-release-only label for the first year and a half of existence, the label quickly grew in 2004 to begin releasing elaborate packaging schemas with most records. In 2006, the label released one box set, six compact discs, four compact disc/vinyl record combos, one skateboard, and one book.
In 2006 Marriage also began a new phase in its history by starting Marriage Publishing House. Its first publishing project was Tom Blood's poetry book The Sky Position, which received the 2007 Oregon Book Award
Oregon Book Award
The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by Literary Arts, Inc. for "the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama and young readers literature." -History:...
for poetry from Literary Arts Inc. In 2007, it started publishing Veneer Magazine
Veneer Magazine
Veneer Magazine is a subscription-based art publication. The magazine is edited by Aaron Flint Jamison and published by MPH. Veneer is distributed domestically by Textfield . Printed quarterly both in print and published online, Issue 1 was released in 2007 and the final issue, Issue 18, will be...
.
Knapp continues to run the day to day operations of the label in southeast Portland. As a coo-founder, Orange's involvement is unclear.
The record label's website has focused much attention on the development of a young male child named Fox, who is Knapp's son.
Bands and Artists Associated with Marriage Records
- Adrian Orange
- mise en abymeMise en abymeMise en abyme is a term originally from the French and means "placed into abyss".The commonplace usage of this phrase is describing the visual experience of standing between two mirrors, seeing an infinite reproduction of one's image, but it has several other meanings in the realm of the creative...
- ThanksgivingThanksgiving (band)Thanksgiving, AOK, and A.O., are the names under which Portland, Oregon singer/songwriter Adrian Orange performs. Officially adopting the "Thanksgiving" moniker around 1999–2000, Orange played experimental folk music, often accompanying himself on electric guitar...
- Brad AdkinsBrad AdkinsBrad Adkins is a self-taught American artist and curator currently residing in Portland, Oregon. In 2002, Chas Bowie of The Portland Mercury declared Adkins "the poster boy of low-rent artwork.", Also in 2002, D.K...
- States Rights RecordsStates Rights RecordsStates Rights Records is an independent record label founded in 2001 by Steve Schroeder. The Portland, Oregon label's premier release was "Come Along" by Little Wings. Later that year, the label released "Tongue and Tooth" by The Badger King. Bobby Birdman, Yacht, Lucky Dragons, The Blow, The...
- Adam ForknerAdam ForknerAdam Forkner is a musician from Portland, Oregon who, since 2003, has performed as White Rainbow.-as White Rainbow:*"Humidifier Plaza" digital, self-released via whiterainbowpizza.bandcamp.com 2011...
- Aaron Flint Jamison
- Little Wings
- Kyle Field (musician)Kyle Field (musician)Kyle Field is the artist behind the band Little Wings.Field was born in Alabama, the son of a college football coach, but his family quickly moved to California where he grew up to love surfing.-Music:...
- Karl BlauKarl BlauKarl Blau is an indie rock and folk musician based in Anacortes, Washington, and member of the Knw-Yr-Own/K Records collective. His music is eclectic, incorporating elements of folk, dub, R&B, bossa nova, grunge, hip hop, drone, and worldbeat....
- Privacy (band)
- Lucky DragonsLucky DragonsLucky Dragons is an experimental music group consisting of Luke Fischbeck and Sarah Rara. Based in Los Angeles, California, the band are noted for their unusual sound, described as having the ability to make "'everyday sounds' become alluringly other"....
- Dirty ProjectorsDirty ProjectorsThe Dirty Projectors aka David Longstreth includes Amber Coffman , Angel Deradoorian , Brian McOmber , Nat Baldwin , and Haley Dekle during live performances...
- Tom Blood
- YACHTJona BechtoltJona Bechtolt is an electronic musician and multimedia artist based in Portland, Oregon, United States. He is a former member of The Badger King and The Blow, and has released solo records under the name Yacht since 2003...
- World (band)World (band)World is an experimental, psychedelic rock duo that features White Rainbow's Adam Forkner and Honey Owens . Their music is influenced by various flavours of folk music from across the globe...
- White RainbowAdam ForknerAdam Forkner is a musician from Portland, Oregon who, since 2003, has performed as White Rainbow.-as White Rainbow:*"Humidifier Plaza" digital, self-released via whiterainbowpizza.bandcamp.com 2011...
- Spencer Kingman
- White FangWhite FangWhite Fang is a novel by American author Jack London. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The story takes place in Yukon Territory, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush at the end of the 19th-century, and details a wild wolfdog's journey to domestication...
- GoodiepalGoodiepalGoodiepal or Gæoudjiparl van den Dobbelsteen, whose real name is Parl Kristian Bjørn Vester, is a controversial Danish/Faroese musician/composer wanted by the Danish police authorities for an unsolved theft from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus...