Mush Records is an American

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. It was founded by Robert Curcio and Cindy Roché in 1997.

History

Originally known as Dirty Loop Music, Mush Records started out as a recording studio in

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, with the label formed as an outlet to release music that was being made in the studio. Since then, Mush Records has been located in

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, and has now settled in

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. Primarily an

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label, Mush Records puts out a wide range of music within the genre, including "electronic instrumental, underground hip hop, downtempo, abstract hip-hop,

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, jazz-based grooves, turntablist compositions, electronic pop, and saturated folk."5 Groovy Sites for Free Downloads

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, May 16, 2008. The label operates an online store to facilitate direct sales of Mush Records releases and merchandise. Mush Records' first release was

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& DJ Osiris' ''Low End Sequence'' EP in 1998, with the first album release

& Dose One's ''

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'' in 2000.Shapiro, Peter (2005) ''The Rough Guide to Reggae'', Rough Guides, , p.264-266 This was followed the same year by the ''Ropeladder 12'' compilation, featuring contributions from many artists from the Anticon roster. In 2003, Mush Records sponsored a tour which included its roster artists

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, Radioinactive, Daedelus, Awol One, AntiMC and others.Mush Records Spring Tour Has Best of Hip-Hop
''The Daily Texan'', April 15, 2003.

Discography

References

External links

Official website

Mush Records
on

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History

Discography

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