Member Since: 1/23/2007
Band Website: younggodrecords.com
Band Members:
Young God Records was originally formed by Michael Gira in 1990 to facilitate the
release of SWANS music (1982-1997), and now includes a wide variety of other music as
well, both by Gira and a growing roster of unique artists. Focus is on highly
personalized, and emphatically original, non genre-specific songwriting, orphaned
soundtracks, and experimental music. The label does not focus on the commerciality of
its music (though we certainly don't mind selling records), but rather looks for music of genuine passion, originality and personal commitment, regardless of “styleâ€.
We feel that if the music meets these criteria it will
naturally, with hard work, find an audience. In our business practices, we keep things
very simple and straightforward, and we want as little as to do with the “Music Industryâ€
per se as possible. We are an extremely small and compact organization, but we view
this as one of our main strengths. We expend 100% of our energy and resources on
everything we release. Our approach is adamantly DIY, and we have no interest in
expanding beyond our means. Wherever possible we develop a personal friendship and
rapport with our artists, and we view each release as a completely mutual collaboration.
To our delight, we've recently had considerable success, as a result, with Akron/Family , Devendra Banhart , Lisa Germano , Mi and L'au and others... For extensive further info take a look around our site younggodrecords.com
Extensive M.Gira bio here
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Record Label: young god records
Type of Label: Indie