Mexican Summer
| Mexican Summer | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| Genre | Indie rock, indie pop, psychedelic rock, punk rock, shoegaze, metal, experimental |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Brooklyn, NY |
| Official website | Mexican Summer's Website |
Founded by Kemado Records in 2008,[1] Mexican Summer is an independent record label that started out by releasing limited-edition, ornately packaged vinyl pieces.[2] Mexican Summer has since expanded its catalog to over 100 releases across multiple formats.
The name is taken from the third track of the album Songs III: Bird on the Water by Marissa Nadler, which was released on Kemado Records in 2007.[3]
In October 2009 Kemado Records and Mexican Summer opened Co-Op 87,[4] a destination brick-and-mortar record store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with several other record labels, an idea label owner Andrés Santo Domingo called a "vinyl co-op store."[5] They also built a commercial recording studio in the same location called Gary's Electric Studio.
In 2011, Mexican Summer and Kemado Records introduced a new subsidiary label called Software Recording Co. It is run by Daniel Lopatin, who records under the name Oneohtrix Point Never and whose collaborative album with Joel Ford, Channel Pressure, served as the label's inaugural release. Software Recording Co. focuses mostly on experimental electronic and dance music. [6]
One of Mexican Summer's biggest successes was 2010's release of Crazy For You by Best Coast which has sold over 100,000 copies, more than 17,000 of which were LPs.[7]
Roster
- Andrew Graham & Swarming Branch
- Apache Dropout
- Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
- Ashrae Fax
- Beaches
- Best Coast
- BI
- Bipolar Bear
- Black Moth Super Rainbow
- Bobb Trimble
- Brain Idea
- Campfires
- Cold Showers
- Connan Mockasin
- Date Palms
- Dimples
- Dunes
- Dungen
- Eddy Current Suppression Ring
- Farmer Dave Scher
- Ford & Lopatin
- Fraction
- Gauntlet Hair
- Golden Triangle
- GR
- Greg Ashley
- Happy Jawbone Family Band
- Headdress
- Home Blitz
- Jacuzzi Boys
- John Carpenter
- Jorge Elbrecht
- Kurt Vile
- Lace Curtain
- Lansing-Dreiden
- Light Asylum
- Lilacs & Champagne
- Linda Perhacs
- Little Girls
- Lucky Luke
- Marissa Nadler
- Michael Angelo
- Mike Wexler
- Mood Rings
- Nachtmystium
- Nite Jewel
- No Joy
- Part Time
- Peaking Lights
- Pink Playground
- Purling Hiss
- Puro Instinct
- Quilt
- Radio People
- Ramases
- Real Estate
- Robert Lester Folsom
- Soldiers of Fortune
- Spectral Park
- Steve Moore
- Tamaryn
- Teams vs Star Slinger
- Terrible Truths
- The Alps
- The Amazing
- The Bitters
- The Black Ryder
- The Fresh & Onlys
- The Mantles
- The Miracles Club
- The Orkustra
- The Samps
- The Soft Pack
- The Tallest Man On Earth
- The Vacant Lots
- The Young
- TK Webb
- Travis Bretzer
- Turning Shrines
- Valet
- VietNam
- Viva L'American Death Ray Music
- Washed Out
- Weekend
- Wooden Shjips
- Woodsman
- Xander Duell
- Young Prisms
Executives
- Andrés Santo Domingo—President
- Tom Clapp—Director
- Keith Abrahamsson—Head of A&R
External links
References
- ↑ http://totemsongs.blogspot.com/2008/07/kemado-launches-new-vinyl-label-mexican.html
- ↑ http://pro.billboard.com/content/mexican-summer-conservative-party
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Marissa-Nadler-Songs-III-Bird-On-The-Water/release/1034756
- ↑ Sisario, Ben (October 22, 2009). "Small Record Label Puts Creativity on Display". The New York Times. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
- ↑ McMenamin, Jessica. "Kemado Records' New Digs". BlackBook Mag. BlackBook Mag. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
- ↑ http://alteredzones.com/posts/894/games-become-ford-and-lopatin-launch-production-imprint/
- ↑ McMenamin, Jessica. "Kemado Records' New Digs". BlackBook Mag. BlackBook Mag. Retrieved October 19, 2012.