Sublight Records was a Canadian record label started in 2004

2004 in music

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 by Aaron Rintoul and ran until June 2007. Based out of Winnipeg, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It was named among the top 25 indie record labels of 2006 by XLR8R

XLR8R

XLR8R is a magazine and website thatcovers music, culture, style, and technology. It was founded as anewsprint ‘zine in 1993 by publisher Andrew Smith in Seattle; themagazine currently has offices in San Francisco and New York...

 magazine - "Sublight has gone from spewing out splattered beats fresh from bedrooms where the sun never shines to becoming Canada's prime Breakcore outpost".

Sublight was also named one of the most interesting and hard working IDM labels in 2005 by Warp Records for their courage in releasing a wide range of musical styles and artists. Sublight released albums by artists such as Venetian Snares

Venetian Snares

Venetian Snares is the main performing alias of Canadian electronic musician Aaron Funk .From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Funk is known for making electronic music often in odd numbered time signatures...

, Richard Devine

Richard Devine

Richard Devine is an Atlanta-based electronic musician. He is recognized for producing a layered and heavily processed sound, combining influences from hip-hop to old and modern electronic music. Devine largely records for the Miami-based Schematic Records, which was founded by . He has also done...

, Datach'i

Datach'i

Datach'i is the pseudonym of Joseph Fraioli, an electronic musician based in New York City. Datach'i's music places an emphasis on complex drum programming and elaborate timing.-Biography:...

, Not Breathing

Not Breathing

Not Breathing is the creative vehicle of David Wright, maker of experimental electronic music and instruments. Beginning in the late 80s with a series of self-distributed cassettes, Not Breathing’s career now encompasses seven full-length CD releases, several vinyl releases, over forty compilation...

, Doormouse

Doormouse

Doormouse is an alias of electronic musician and breakcore producer, live performer and DJ Daniel Martin born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, now living in Miami, Florida. He sometimes appears as Dan Doormouse. He began making music and DJing in the 90s. In 1997 he founded Addict Records "to explore...

, Bong-Ra

Bong-Ra

Bong-Ra is the performing name of Dutch breakcore musician Jason Kohnen from Utrecht. Formed in 1996, initially producing and DJing jungle music...

, Fanny

Fanny (artist)

Fanny is a musical alias of Winnipeg, Manitoba breakcore producer and Scottish expatriate, Fraser Runciman . He was signed to Winnipeg's Sublight Records in 2004, and founded his own record label, Girlcum Records, in 2006...

, The Gasman

The Gasman

The Gasman is the recording name of Christopher Reeves, an English electronic music artist. He is currently signed to Mike Paradinas's record label Planet Mu, as well as his own record label, GasmanMusic.-Albums:- External links :* at Discogs...

, Sincere Trade, Enduser, The Flashbulb, Wisp

Wisp (musician)

Wisp is the alias of electronic music artist Reid Dunn who hails from Niagara Falls, New York. Wisp began making music on his computer in 1999 and originally released his music for free as mp3s on Netlabels before being signed to Sublight Records. In December 2007 he was signed to Benn Jordan's...

, 000, Bill Laswell

Bill Laswell

Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....

's "Method of Defiance" project, Ra, Secret Mommy, Gareth Clarke and many others of the 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...

, breakcore

Breakcore

Breakcore is a style of electronic music largely influenced by hardcore techno, drum and bass and Intelligent dance music. Its sound is largely characterized by a high-tempo, well-timed mingling of distorted kick drums , break beats arranged from samples of the Amen break, and audio samples from a...

, drill and bass genres of electronic music.

External links

• Official website
• Sublight Records at Discogs
  Discogs
  Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...