Labrador Records is a
Sweden-based
record label
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, specializing in
indie pop
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and the twee subgenre.
History
Labrador was founded by Bengt Rahm in 1997 in Malmö, modeled on niche British record companies and Swedish fanzines like A Zero One and Benno. One of the first bands to be signed was the Swedish group
Club 8
Club 8 is a Swedish musical group consisting of Karolina Komstedt (from the band Poprace) and Johan Angergård (Acid House Kings, Poprace).
History
Formed in 1995, Club 8 were signed to the Spanish record label Siesta. They released a single c ...
. Club 8 member Johan Angergård had previously run the Summersound Recordings record company together with members of the band
Acid House Kings
Acid House Kings are a Swedish indie pop band. They were founded in 1991 by Joakim Ödlund (also in the bands Poprace, Double Dan, and Starlet) and brothers Niklas (Red Sleeping Beauty) and Johan Angergård ( Club 8, The Legends, Poprace).
His ...
. Eventually, Summersound and Labrador joined under the moniker Labrador Records and the new company's headquarters were transferred to Stockholm.
Johan Angergård was responsible for "everything that had to do with the music" while the graphic designer Mattias Berglund handled covers, websites, and posters. Bengt Rahm remained as a partner.
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��. Dagens Nyheter. Accessed July 18, 2017. In 2018 Johan Angergård decided to step back and tend to other business. Since then the label has been run by founder Bengt Rahm.
Artists
Current
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Tan Cologne
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Jesper Zacco
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Acid House Kings
Acid House Kings are a Swedish indie pop band. They were founded in 1991 by Joakim Ödlund (also in the bands Poprace, Double Dan, and Starlet) and brothers Niklas (Red Sleeping Beauty) and Johan Angergård ( Club 8, The Legends, Poprace).
His ...
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Club 8
Club 8 is a Swedish musical group consisting of Karolina Komstedt (from the band Poprace) and Johan Angergård (Acid House Kings, Poprace).
History
Formed in 1995, Club 8 were signed to the Spanish record label Siesta. They released a single c ...
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Det Vackra Livet
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Johan Hedberg
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The Legends
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Little Big Adventure
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Amanda Mair
Amanda Ulrika Magdalena Mair (pronounced "Mayer") (born 14 June 1994) is a Swedish singer and musician. She released her self-titled debut album in 2012. Her music has been profiled by various publications including ''Elle'', '' Seventeen'', and ...
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The Mary Onettes
The Mary Onettes are an indie rock/dream pop band from Jönköping, Sweden, signed to Labrador Records. To date, the band has released three full-length studio albums and four EPs.
History
The Mary Onettes were formed in 2000 in the Swedish town ...
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Pallers
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Sambassadeur
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, nickname = "The Big Land"
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The Sound of Arrows
The Sound of Arrows are a Swedish electronic music duo originally from Gävle, and now based in Stockholm. The duo, consisting of Oskar Gullstrand and Stefan Storm, have remixed tracks for artists such as Lady Gaga, Alphabeat, The Naked and Fa ...
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Starlet
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* ''Starlet'' (film), a 2012 independent dramatic film directed by Sean Baker
* '' The Starlet'', reality TV show
* The Starlets, a girl group
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Suburban Kids with Biblical Names
Earlier
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Aerospace
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Cinnamon
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Afraid of Stairs
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* "Afraid" (The Neighbourhood song), 2013
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Happydeadmen
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Airliner
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Chasing Dorotea
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Corduroy Utd.
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Irene
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Irene, and related names, may refer to:
* Irene (given name)
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Douglas Heart
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
*Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
* Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil ...
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Edson
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Lasse Lindh
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Laurel Music
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* Lauraceae, the laurel family
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* Laurel (given name), people with the given name
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* Laurel (m ...
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Leslies
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Loveninjas
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Mondial
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Ronderlin
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South Ambulance
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Etymology
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The Sound of Arrows
The Sound of Arrows are a Swedish electronic music duo originally from Gävle, and now based in Stockholm. The duo, consisting of Oskar Gullstrand and Stefan Storm, have remixed tracks for artists such as Lady Gaga, Alphabeat, The Naked and Fa ...
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Tribeca
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Waltz for Debbie
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Wan Light
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The Radio Dept.
The Radio Dept. is a Swedish dream pop band from Lund.
History
In 1995, schoolmates Elin Almered and Johan Duncanson started a band which they named after a gas-station-turned-radio-repair-shop called "Radioavdelningen" (Swedish for The Radio De ...
See also
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List of record labels
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References
External links
Official site
Swedish independent record labels
Indie pop record labels
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