MERCK RECORDS

'Merck Records' is a record label based out of Miami and run by Gabe Koch. They have been releasing electronic music since January of 2000, and wound down in the beginning of 2007.

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Background

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Artists

Merck Records

Narita Records

See also

External links

Background

Their releases cover a wide range of styles, from cut up vocal hip hop by their most prominent artist Machinedrum, to central IDM by artists like Proem, Mr. Projectile, and Deru, to indie-influenced electronic music like Tiki Obmar or Lateduster. They also release a wide geographical range of artists, from all over Europe and the US, as well as Australia, Russia and Japan. Also Merck is somewhat known for only putting forth minimal artist images, and not promoting the label in the traditional music industry push style.
Merck has produced 51 CD releases and 50 vinyl releases as of February 2007. In September 2005, Merck announced their eventual closedown. Once they have released 50 CDs and 50 vinyls in 2006, they plan to stop releasing any new material. While the exact reasons for this are unknown, it has been postulated that poor sales and the increasing costs of releasing material may have made continuing business unprofitable.
A sublabel, Narita Records, has been set up by Merck to put out more dancefloor-oriented music.

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Artists

Merck Records

★ 40 Winks

★ Adam Johnson

★ Anders Ilar

★ Aphilas

★ Blamstrain

★ Deceptikon

★ Deru

★ Esem

★ Frank & Bill

★ Helios

★ Ilkae

★ Kettel

★ Kristuit Salu vs. Morris Nightingale (aka Jimmy Edgar)

★ Lackluster

★ Landau

★ Lateduster

★ Machinedrum

★ Malcom Kipe

★ md

★ Mr. Projectile

★ Quench

★ Proem

★ Proswell

★ Royal Foxbridge

★ Secede

★ Sense

★ Syndrone

★ Tiki Obmar

★ Tim Koch

★ Temp Sound Solutions

★ Travis Stewart

★ Tycho

Narita Records

★ Anders Ilar

★ Arctic Hospital

★ Benjamin May

★ Blamstrain

★ Brothomstates

★ Yard

See also

★ List of record labels

★ List of electronic music record labels

★ Electronica

★ Intelligent dance music

★ Techno

External links

★ official Merck site

★ official Narita site

★ www.audibleoddities.com