Moodgadget

Moodgadget
Founded	2004
Founder	Jakub Marek Alexander Adam E. Hunt
Status	Active
Genre	Electronic Music
Country of origin	United States
Location	Brooklyn, New York Los Angeles, California
Official Website	www.moodgadget.com

Moodgadget is an independent electronic music label, founded in 2004 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by Jakub Marek Alexander and Adam E. Hunt, with the mission statement "Exposing the diversity in electronically made music." They started the label with the goal of popularizing their opinion that electronic music is a process, not a genre; within its broad walls lives a plethora of sounds–everything from catchy folk to melodic techno.

The label is currently based in Brooklyn, New York and Los Angeles, California, with Alexander and Hunt sharing creative direction, production, design and marketing duties. Jakub also handles A+R and booking, while Adam takes care of web design and mastering. PhilistineDSGN, Alex Koplin, and Taro Yumiba each contribute design.

Artists

Moodgadget has released music by over 70 artists, including:

Aarnio

Addled

Alpha Crasis

André Obin

A Setting Sun

Benoît Pioulard

Boreal Network

Brael

Calmer

Charles Trees

Chris Fortier

Christine

D. Gookin

Dafluke

Dave Turov

The Downtown Division

Direwires

D.R. Casey

Dykehouse

Elm from Arm

Entsounds

Foxes In Fiction

Frank Omura

Ghosthunt

Grey Electric

The Hexx

Iggy Ignotius

Isomer Transition

Intelligencia

JC Harnell

JDSY

Jerome Covington

Jin Choi

Joe Lapaglia

Khonnor

Kyle Bobby Dunn

Le Technique

Library Tapes

Matters & Dunaway

Marumari

Metakinetic

Mingus Rude

Mogi Grumbles

Mux Mool

New Villager

OEN

One of Them

Orso Polare

Outlier

Popkan

Praveen

Pwca

The Reflecting Skin

Rob Theakston

Ry

Ryan Elliott

Scott Brandon

Seth Troxler

Shigeto

Small Sails

Them & I

Tim Xavier

Tokyo Bloodworm

Tonight

Touch Base

Tractile

Tridact

Tstewart

[[Warez [Mi6]]]

Will

Wisp

Worst Friends

Viul

Releases

Compilations

In 2006, Moodgadget released "The Rorschach Suite", a 20-song compilation. It reached #17 in iTunes' electronic music section, and the single "Lost and Found" by Mux Mool was selected for the "Best of iTunes 2006." In 2008, Moodgadget released two compilations, "The Synchronicity Suite" and "No New Enemies Vol. 1" both made it into the top 30 in iTunes' electronic music section.

Limited and Premiere

The label has made use of the donation sales method popularized by Radiohead for their Limited and Premiere releases. Limited releases are those by established artists, and Premiere releases are those by new artists; both allow the customer to choose their own price.

Distribution

Through their website, they release music digitally in the DRM-Free MP3 format, and are partnered with Layne Fox, IRIS Distribution and IODA for distribution through online music retailers, including: iTunes, eMusic and Beatport. They have also utilized the controversial technology BitTorrent, and it is their opinion that music is increasingly becoming a promotional tool for touring, merchandising and licensing.

Licensing

Moodgadget has licensed music through Jeremy Peters and GHO (a subsidiary of Ghostly International) to LG, and Prada.

External links

• Official website
• Moodgadget on Myspace
• Moodgadget discography at Discogs