Kranky (record label)

Kranky is an American independent record label in Chicago, Illinois. It was started in 1993 by Bruce Adams and Joel Leoschke.[1] It houses predominantly experimental music artists, often branching into or inspired by ambient, rock, electronic or psychedelic music. Their first release was Labradford's 1993 debut album Prazision.[2] Adams left the label in 2006, after which Leoschke continued running it, with the help of Brian Foote of Kranky band Nudge.[3]

Kranky
Founded1993 (1993)
FounderBruce Adams
Joel Leoschke
Genre
Country of originUnited States
LocationChicago, Illinois
Official websitekranky.net

Artists

Current
  • Ana Roxanne
  • Andrew Pekler
  • Anjou
  • Atlas Sound
  • Autistic Daughters
  • Benoit Pioulard
  • Belong
  • Bird Show
  • Boduf Songs
  • Brent Gutzeit
  • Brian McBride
  • Charalambides
  • Chihei Hatakeyama
  • Chris Herbert
  • Christina Vantzou
  • Christopher Bissonnette
  • Clear Horizon
  • Cloudland Canyon
  • Dawn Smithson
  • Dean Roberts
  • Dedekind Cut
  • Demen
  • Disappears
  • Earthen Sea
  • Ethernet
  • Felix
  • Forma
  • Greg Davis
  • Gregg Kowalsky
  • Grouper
  • Steve Hauschildt
  • High Plains
  • Implodes
  • Jessica Bailiff
  • Jonas Reinhardt
  • Justin Walter
  • Keith Fullerton Whitman
  • Ken Camden
  • Labradford
  • Less Bells
  • Lichens
  • Loscil
  • Lotus Plaza
  • MJ Guider
  • Niecy Blues
  • Nudge
  • Tara Jane O'Neil
  • Pan•American
  • Raglani
  • Stars of the Lid
  • Strategy
  • Tim Hecker
  • To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie
  • Valet
  • White Rainbow
  • Windy & Carl
  • A Winged Victory for the Sullen

Former
  • Aix Em Klemm
  • Amp
  • Bowery Electric
  • Christmas Decorations
  • Dadamah
  • The Dead Texan
  • Deerhunter
  • Dissolve
  • Doldrums
  • Flies Inside The Sun
  • Fontanelle
  • Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  • Growing
  • James Plotkin
  • Jessamine
  • Low
  • Magnog
  • Out Hud
  • Philosopher's Stone
  • Roy Montgomery
  • Spiny Anteaters
  • Tomorrowland

References
  1. LISTEN: Kranky 20th Anniversary Mixtape . The Quietus, July 12, 2013.
  2. Panpot.ca
  3. Kranky. Pitchfork Media, January 12, 2009.
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