Strange Music

infobox record label


parent =
founded = 2001
founder = Travis O'Guin
Aaron Yates
distributor = JCOR Entertainment (2001)
MSC Entertainment (2002-2006)
Fontana Distribution (2006-present)
genre = Hip hop, R&B, Midwest hip hop
country = U.S.
location = Los Angeles, California - Kansas City, Missouri
url = [http://www.strangemusicinc.com/ www.StrangeMusicInc.com]

Strange Music is a record label created by Travis O'Guin and Tech N9ne. Travis, an established businessman in the world of Furniture, was looking to get into the music industry. He had been a fan of Tech N9ne's and had seen how his career was being handled.

Tech at the time had several commitments and deals pulling him in several directions. He was currently signed to Qwest Records as well as MidwestSide Records, he also had commitments with both QDIII's Soundlab and Sway & King Tech of The Wake Up Show. Travis came into the picture and offered Tech something he never had, his own label. They agreed upon a 50/50 set up, Travis acting as President and Tech as Vice President.

Their first venture was a deal with JCOR Entertainment to release Anghellic, though JCOR mishandled the album. They would then seek another 50/50 deal, this time with Mark Cerami (previously of Priority Records) & Dave Weiner (previously of JCOR Entertainment) who were doing their own joint label at the time, MSC Entertainment. The first album Absolute Power was a success, selling about 250,000 copies.

The label is now independent, no longer joined with MSC Entertainment, instead having a distribution deal through Fontana Records. Their first release under the deal with Fonatana was Tech N9ne's 2006 effort, Everready (The Religion). While many albums where advertised for 2007 releases in the artwork for that album, only one release was seen in 2007 from Strange Music, Misery Loves Kompany.

The other albums advertised inside the Everready case would however see release a year later in 2008, along with a solo effort from Project: Deadman/Bedlam member, Prozak. For the majority of 2008, Ill Bill looked to be releasing his The Hour of Reprisal through Strange Music, though the talks would fall through and he would instead sign with Fat Beats Records to release the album. [cite video |date2=2008-08-04 |title=Ill Bill update on "The Hour Of Reprisal" album |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ij6kDon2p8 |accessdate=2008-08-05 ]

Artists

trange Music Artists

*Kabosh (Tech N9ne & Krizz Kaliko)
*Krizz Kaliko
*Kutt Calhoun ( [http://www.Kutt.com link] )
*Project Deadman (Prozak & Mike E. Clark) ( [http://www.projectdeadman.com/ link] )
*Prozak
*Skatterman & Snug Brim
*Tech N9ne

Dirty Thug Records Artists "(Sub Label)"

*Grave Plott (Killa C & Liquid Assassin)

trange Music releases

Album releases

DVD releases

References

*cite video |people=Steve Reissner (Director), Soren Baker (Writer) |date2=2004-07-27 |title=T9X: The Tech N9ne Experience |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0447703/ |medium=Documentary |publisher=Strange Music/MSC Entertainment |accessdate=2008-06-12

ee also

* List of record labels