OWSLA
| OWSLA | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Parent company | Warner Music Group |
| Founded | August 17, 2011 |
| Founder | Skrillex (Sonny Moore) |
| Status | Active |
| Distributor(s) | Atlantic Records Group[1] |
| Genre | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Official website |
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OWSLA is a record label[2] founded by Sonny "Skrillex" Moore and co-founded by Tim "Bitvargen" Smith, Kathryn Frazier, and Clayton Blaha. Skrillex announced the label on 17 August 2011.[3] The label's first release was Porter Robinson's Spitfire, which reached number one on Beatport.[4]
Prior to the record label, Skrillex had teamed up with Zedd, 12th Planet and Flinch to release a free EP titled Skrillex Presents Free Treats Volume:001 in 2011.[5] The 19-track sequel was released on the record label on March 13, 2012 and also included KOAN Sound, The M Machine, Ghastly, Zardonic and Alvin Risk among many others.[6]
The name "OWSLA" is a reference to Richard Adams' fantasy novel Watership Down which is about a group of anthropomorphized rabbits who live in a Sandleford warren.[7]
Discography
- OWS001 Porter Robinson - Spitfire EP (2011)
- OWS002 Zedd - Shave It (2011)
- OWS003 The M Machine - Promise Me A Rose Garden / Glow (2011)
- OWS004 KOAN Sound - Funk Blaster (2011)
- OWS005 Zedd - Shave It (The Aftershave) (2011)
- OWS006 Skream & Sam Frank - Anticipate (2011)
- OWS007 Kill The Noise - Kill Kill Kill EP (2011)
- OWS008 Zedd - Slam The Door EP (2012)
- OWS009 Nick Thayer - Like Boom EP (2012)
- OWS010 Dillon Francis - Something, Something, Awesome. (2012)
- OWS011 Kill The Noise & Datsik_(musician) - Lightspeed (2012)
- OWS012 Various - OWSLA Presents Free Treats Vol II (2012)
- OWS013 Zedd - Shotgun (2012)
References
- ↑ "Atlantic Records Group Scores At 55th Annual Grammy Awards; Label Group’s Big Winners Include Fun., Skrillex, Zac Brown Band, And Halestorm". Warner Music Group. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Skrillex Announces Launch of OWSLA Label". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ↑ Saliba, Emmanuelle (17 August 2011). "Skrillex Announces Launch of OWSLA Label". Billboard.biz. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ↑ "Porter Robinson on Beatport". Beatport.com.
- ↑ Free Treats Volume: 001 at Discogs
- ↑ OWSLA Presents Free Treats Vol. 2 at Discogs
- ↑ "The Origins of 10 Iconic Names in Dance Music". EDM.com. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- ↑ Auclair, Alex. "Owlsa Discogs`". Discogs. Discogs. Retrieved 7 August 2017.