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n5MD
File:N5MD logo 2018.jpg
Founded2000 (2000)
FounderMike Cadoo
Distributor(s)Redeye (Global, ex. UK)
SRD (UK / EU)
P*Dis / Inpartmaint (JP)
n5B2B (Iceland)
GenreElectroacoustic, Post-Rock, Post-classical, Experimental, Ambient, Electronica
Country of originUnited States
LocationOakland, California
Official websiten5md.com

n5MD is a record label based in Oakland, California. The label was founded by Mike Cadoo in 2000.[1][2]

n5MD started out as a MiniDisc-only label, the label name meaning "No Fives, Minidiscs!" But when Sony DADC Austria stopped manufacturing pre-recorded MDs, n5MD changed over to CDs, continuing to release a few 7" records and eventually moving to 12". Much of the back catalog is available for purchase in MP3 format from the label's web site.[3][4]

The label specializes in more emotive styles of contemporary music, with their releases branching between post-rock,[5] post-classical, experimental music and electronica.[6][7] The label has released over 100 albums to date.[8][9][10][11][12]

n5MD signed with Redeye Worldwide in October 2017 for North American physical and worldwide digital distribution.[13]

Active roster

  • (Ghost)
  • Aerosol
  • Arovane
  • Asonat
  • Axel Rigaud
  • Boy Is Fiction + Ghosts Of Tyto Alba
  • Bvdub
  • Dalot
  • Dreissk
  • Ex Confusion
  • Fall Therapy
  • Hollie Kenniff
  • Jason van Wyk
  • Last Days
  • Loess
  • Mark Harris
  • Miwon
  • Near The Parenthesis
  • Ocoeur
  • Okada
  • Porya Hatami And Arovane
  • Preghost
  • Ruxpin
  • Stray Theories
  • Suumhow
  • Tangent
  • To Destroy A City
  • Winterlight

Alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ "Headphone Commute - n5MD interview". Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. ^ "A Strangely Isolated Place - n5MD Profile". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. ^ "n5MD Discogs page". Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. ^ "n5MD - Rate Your Music". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Ether Real about Near The Parenthesis' "Music For The Forest Concourse"". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Tailored Communication - n5MD Label Profile". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  7. ^ "The Abstract Side of Organic Electronics :: n5MD Label Profile". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  8. ^ "n5MD Discogs page". Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  9. ^ "n5MD Releases". Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  10. ^ "n5MD Resident Advisor". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  11. ^ "n5MD Stationary Travels". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  12. ^ "n5MD XLR8R". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Redeye Welcomes n5MD". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  14. ^ "Port-Royal - Dying in Time - XLR8R Review". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  15. ^ "SubtractiveLAD Life at the End of the World - XLR8R Review". Retrieved 28 November 2018.