Waxploitation Records
| Waxploitation | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Alternative Electronic Hip Hop Indie |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Website | Official website |
Waxploitation was founded in 1996 by Jeff Antebi, who is still the company's creative director.
Primarily a record label and artist management company, Waxploitation is best known for developing the careers of Grammy Award winning artists including Gnarls Barkley, Danger Mouse and the Grammy nominated artist Broken Bells.
Other projects have included The Grey Album, the Dangerdoom collaboration with Adult Swim, Dark Night of the Soul (album) with David Lynch, and most recently Rome with Danger Mouse, Jack White and Norah Jones.
The company developed and managed Danger Mouse's producing career from 2003 to 2010, a period of time when Danger Mouse produced albums by Gorillaz, The Black Keys, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, and Beck.
Waxploitation Records best known albums have been Causes 1 and Causes 2 to benefit the work of Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders and Human Rights Watch. The albums have included songs from Diplo, Spoon, LCD Soundsystem, Animal Collective, The Shins, Devendra Banhart, The Decemberists, Death Cab for Cutie among others.
Waxploitation has released full length albums by Teargas & Plateglass, Tweaker, and Tha Alkaholiks.
Waxploitation's joint venture with the acclaimed Buenos Aires label ZZK includes the artists Mati Zundel, Chancha Via Circuito, El Remolon, and King Coya.
[edit] External links
- Waxploitation.com homepage
- Official Waxploitation Facebook Page
- Official Waxploitation Twitter Page
- Causes 1
- Causes 2
