Thrill Jockey

Thrill Jockey

Infobox record label
name = Thrill Jockey Records


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founded = 1992
founder = Bettina Richards
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genre = Indie rock, Post-rock, Electronic music
country = United States
location = Chicago, Illinois
url = http://www.thrilljockey.com

Thrill Jockey Records is an American independent record label established in 1992 in New York City by former Atlantic Records A&R employee Bettina Richards. Richards started the label with $35,000 of personal and family capital, while working at a Hoboken, N.J., record store, and ran it from her apartment in Manhattan.cite news
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title = It's Her Label and She'll Sign Who She Wants To
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publisher = New York Times
date = September 23, 1998
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In 1995, she moved the label to Chicago, Illinois, where "rent and taxes are considerably cheaper".

Thrill Jockey offers full-length streaming of every song on every release in its catalog. "I believe if people can listen to the albums, they tend to buy them," Richards said in a 2006 interview with "Chicago Reader". [cite news
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title = "Making eLemonade: Thrill Jockey's Bettina Richards isn't thrilled about the digital revolution, but she's determined to meet it head-on"
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publisher = Chicago Reader
date = October 27, 2006
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Artists who have recorded on the label include Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, Trans Am, Mouse on Mars, ADULT., Nobukazu Takemura, Bobby Conn, Tom Verlaine, Freakwater, The Zincs, The National Trust, Eleventh Dream Day, Califone, Chicago Underground Duo, Howe Gelb/Giant Sand, Oval, Town & Country, Archer Prewitt, Sam Prekop, The Lonesome Organist, OOIOO, Pit er Pat, The Fiery Furnaces, and Boredoms, amongst others. Artists on the label have often collaborated with other artists on the label to form spin-off groups.

15th Birthday

In 2007, Thrill Jockey bands old and new have recorded songs for a boxed set to celebrate the label's 15th birthday. Bands were asked to choose a song to cover by any other act on their roster. "Plum 7" Box Set" compilation will be released December 4, 2007 on ten 7-inch vinyl singles. Some notable tracks include: Directions covering Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker's "Toy Boat," while Pullman tackles the Chicago Underground Quartet's "3 A.M." Bobby Conn, Califone and Thalia Zedek all cover Freakwater songs, while the Sea & Cake reworks a version of Califone's "Spider's House." Tortoise covers Japanese artist Nobukazu Takemura's "Falls Lake," and ex-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne contributes a cover of the Fiery Furnaces' "Ex-Guru." [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003655369 Billboard.com - "Thrill Jockey Bands Cover Each Other On Boxed Set" By Jonathan Cohen] ]

See also

* List of record labels
* Thrill Jockey discography

References

External links

* [http://www.thrilljockey.com/ Official site]
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