Lex Records
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| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Tom Brown |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | London |
| Official Website | www.lexrecords.com |
Lex Records is an independent record label founded by Tom Brown in 2001.[1][2] The label was an imprint of Warp Records and run from its North London offices until September 2005.[3]
Lex has a low volume of releases, rarely releasing more than three albums annually.[4] The label is not focused on one particular genre although most releases are hip hop, alternative rock or electronic music.
Lex albums are often collaborations between members of the label roster and musicians from elsewhere. These collaborative projects include Boom Bip with Gruff Rhys, Jneiro Jarel with Khujo Goodie, and Doseone with Mike Patton & Tunde Adebimpe.
Recent releases include Neon Neon's Mercury Music Prize-nominated album Stainless Style and DOOM's Born Like This, an audiobook and score of Alan Moore & Mitch Jenkins' Unearthing and Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi's album Rome featuring Jack White & Norah Jones (under license to Capitol Records). Forthcoming releases include the debut albums from JJ DOOM and the Nevermen.[5]
Lex packaging is striking and often elaborate. Most Lex sleeve artwork is by Ehquestionmark.[6] Other sleeve artwork has been created by Kid Acne, James Jarvis and SSSR.
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[edit] Roster
- Current
- Alan Moore & Mitch Jenkins
- Andrew Broder: Crook&Flail (with Doseone), Fog, Hymie's Basement (with Why?)
- Bryan Hollon: Boom Bip, Neon Neon (with Gruff Rhys)
- Danger Mouse: Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi, Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, DANGERDOOM (with DOOM), Danger Mouse & Jemini
- DOOM: JJ DOOM (with Jneiro Jarel), DOOMSTARKS with (with Ghostface Killah), DANGERDOOM (with Danger Mouse),
- Doseone: Nevermen (with Tunde Adebimpe & Mike Patton), Crook&Flail (with Andrew Broder), Subtle
- Jneiro Jarel: JJ DOOM (with DOOM), Willie Isz (with Khujo Goodie), Shape of Broad Minds (with Jawwaad Taylor), Dr Who Dat?
- Kid Acne
- Former
- Heartbreak: disbanded
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Young, Rob, Labels Unlimited: Warp, (Black Dog Publishing, 2005) (ISBN 1-904772-32-3), pp. 134–135
- ^ "BBC Collective". 30/04/04. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A2580806.
- ^ "Remix Magazine label profile". 01/12/07. http://preview.remixmag.com/artists/electronic/remix_lex_records/.
- ^ "Lex Records on Discogs.com". 01/01/09. http://www.discogs.com/label/Lex+Records.
- ^ "Pitchfork News". 09/08/09. http://pitchfork.com/news/36137-doseone-talks-collabs-with-tunde-and-mike-patton-alan-moore-more/.
- ^ "???". 01/12/03. http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Disciplines/Design/Articles/80e4b79d7a564fe7aecbffbeadb3c571/.html.
