- Sub Rosa (label)
Sub Rosa is a record label based in Brussels. The label was established at the end of the ‘80s, and expanded its catalogue in the mid-‘90s through the release of
electronic music .Since 2001, the label has been releasing
Guy Marc Hinant 's large-scale "Anthology of Noise and Electronic Music". Sub Rosa releases archival material related to twentieth-century avant-garde figures, such asMarcel Duchamp ,William Burroughs ,James Joyce , andKurt Schwitters . They have also released material from a number of important electronic music composers (Luc Ferrari ,Henri Pousseur ,Tod Dockstader ,Nam June Paik ...), and traditional music from around the world (an anthology ofInuit work,Master Musicians of Joujouka , cantorBen Baruch , Tibetan and Bhutanese music recorded by John Levy, etc.).Directed by Guy Marc Hinant and Frédéric Walheer, Sub Rosa has released over 250 titles.
Since 2000, Guy Marc Hinant and Dominique Lohlé have also run a film production outfit, OME (for Observatoire des musiques électroniques, or Electronic Music Observatory). OME plans to produce documentaries on avant-garde music since World War II.
The record label takes its name from the Latin expression
sub rosa , literally translating as "under the rose" and figuratively meaning something furtive or undercover.See also
*
List of record labels
*William Burroughs
*Ira Cohen
*Gnawa
*Master Musicians of Joujouka External links
* [http://www.subrosa.net/ Official site]
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