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Drag City (record label)

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Drag City Founded 1990  ( 1990 ) Founder Dan Koretzky Dan Osborn Royal Trux/Adam & Eve Genre Rock, experimental, indie rock, folk Country of origin United States Location Chicago, Illinois Official website www.dragcity.com Drag City is an American independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It was established with a Royal Trux single release ("Hero Zero" - DC1) in Chicago in 1990 in by Dan Koretzky and Dan Osborn. [1] It specializes in indie rock, experimental rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, and alternative country. Contents 1 History 2 Roster 3 See also 4 References 5 External links History The label released the US version of Scott Walker's Tilt in 1997, after the label approached him wishing to give the album a US release. [2] Walker described releasing the album on the indie label as "an experiment". [2] Several members of Drag City's staff have played in bands; press-chief Gene Booth played keyboards and guitar in USA, and Booth...

Durtro

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Durtro Founded 1988 Distributor(s) World Serpent Distribution (1988-2004) Durtro-Jnana (2004 – present) Country of origin United Kingdom Durtro was a British independent record label established by the British poet, singer, songwriter, and visual artist David Tibet in 1988, to publish his own work and that of fellow friends and musicians. It was replaced by one of Tibet's earlier labels, Coptic Cat, in 2010. [1] The label has published nearly every release of Tibet's band Current 93 since 1988. The records were distributed by World Serpent Distribution, which handled the distribution of similar artists such as Coil, Death in June, and Nurse With Wound until 2004, when World Serpent went bankrupt. After 2004, Durtro began releasing records under the name Durtro-Jnana, using Revolver USA and Cargo UK for distribution. As of 2010, all releases were released on Coptic Cat, which was supplanted by The Spheres label in 2013. [ citation needed ] Contents 1 Artists 2 See also 3 R...