Secretly Canadian
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | Chris Swanson Ben Swanson Eric Weddle Jonathan Cargill |
| Distributor(s) | SC Distribution |
| Genre | Indie rock |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Bloomington, Indiana |
| Official Website | http://www.secretlycanadian.com |
Secretly Canadian is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.[1] It was started in 1996 by Chris and Ben Swanson, Eric Weddle, and Jonathan Cargill. Their first release was a re-issue of an album by June Panic. Weddle later left and formed his own label, Family Vineyard.
Chris Swanson also runs the Jagjaguwar label along with Darius Van Arman; the two labels had worked closely together before Jagjaguwar's offices moved to Bloomington to work alongside Secretly Canadian's.[2] In February, 2007, the partners behind Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar, along with Phil Waldorf, former label manager of Misra Records, announced a third sister label, Dead Oceans. The three labels share offices and staff in Bloomington, IN; however, they maintain distinct and separate aesthetic visions.
Secretly Canadian has its own distribution arm, SC Distribution. It was founded in 1997 and currently distributes such labels as Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans, Asthmatic Kitty, Arbutus, Brah Records, Cloud Recordings, Family Vineyard, FatCat Records, Hometapes, K Records, Lovepump United, Monitor Records[disambiguation needed], Mush Records, Post Present Medium, St. Ives, The Social Registry, Sounds Familyre, Suicide Squeeze Records, Table of the Elements, Temporary Residence Ltd., Tomlab, We Are Free, and Western Vinyl.
As of 2007 the label had issued nearly 200 releases.[2]
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Bands and artists who have released material on Secretly Canadian [edit]
- Alasdair Roberts
- Animal Collective
- Antony and the Johnsons
- Ativin
- BLK JKS
- Bobb Trimble
- Bodies of Water
- Catfish Haven
- Cayucas
- Damien Jurado
- Danielson
- Dave Fischoff
- David Vandervelde
- Don Lennon
- Early Day Miners
- Exitmusic
- Foreign Born
- Frida Hyvönen
- Havergal
- Here We Go Magic
- The Horns of Happiness
- I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
- The Impossible Shapes
- Instruments of Science & Technology
- Intro To Airlift
- The Japonize Elephants
- Jason Molina
- Jens Lekman
- jj
- Jorma Whittaker
- June Panic
- Little Scream
- Magnolia Electric Co
- Major Lazer
- Marmoset
- Molina and Johnson
- Music Go Music
- Nikki Sudden & The Jacobites
- Normanoak
- The Panoply Academy
- Porcelain Raft
- Racebannon
- Richard Swift
- Scout Niblett
- Simon Joyner
- Songs: Ohia
- Suzanne Langille & Loren MazzaCane Connors
- Suuns
- Swearing at Motorists
- Swell Maps
- Tig Notaro
- Throw Me The Statue
- Tren Brothers
- The War on Drugs
- Windsor for the Derby
- Yeasayer
- Zero Boys
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1055669/secretly-canadian-artists-cover-each-other-on-cd
- ^ a b Secretly Canadian: Mythological Proportions. Spacelab, August 8, 2007. Accessed September 30, 2008.
