Quiet Design is an independent music and sound art label based in

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, and founded in 2007. Owned and curated by composers Mike Vernusky and Cory Allen, Quiet Design has released work by over 30 artists from 10 countries. It has been said of Quiet Design that their "intriguing and often brilliant recordings will open your eyes, your ears, and very likely your mind." The label's focus is releasing electronic music and sound art that is described as minimal, avant-garde and experimental. The packaging for each release is custom tailored to the sound of each piece in the catalog.

Artists on Quiet Design

Tetuzi Akiyama Tetuzi Akiyama (Akiyama Tetsuji) (born 1964) is a Japanese guitarist, violinist, and instrument-maker. Akiyama formed the improvisation group Madhar in 1987, and the classical ensemble Hikyo String Quintet in 1994 (which also included Taku Sugi ...

, Cory Allen, Jim Altieri, Christopher Ariza, Alfredo Barros, Daniel Blinkhorn, Mark Cetilia, Thomas Dempster, exclusiveOr, Fires Were Shot, Guy Gelem, Glen Hall, Glen Charles Halls,

Erdem Helvacioglu Erdem () is a Turkish and Mongolian masculine name that means "virtue, merit, kind, knowledge".https://tureng.com/tr/turkce-ingilizce/erdem Erdem may also refer to: Given name * Erdem Başçı Erdem Başçı (born 1966) is a Turkish people, Tur ...

, Nick Hennies,

Jandek Jandek is the musical project of Sterling Smith (born October 26, 1945), a Houston, Texas-based American Lo-fi music, lo-fi Folk music, folk singer. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 120 albums while granting an interview extreme ...

, Kioku, Clara Latham,

Alvin Lucier Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr. (May 14, 1931 – December 1, 2021) was an American experimental composer and sound artist. A long-time music professor at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, Lucier was a member of the influential Sonic Ar ...

Yoshio Machida is a Japanese experimental musician, a steelpanist, composer, and visual artist. Biography A member of ASCAP, Machida studied minimal art, music and film at the Tama Art University under Kuniharu Akiyama, Yoshiaki Touno, Sakumi Hagiwara and Ki ...

, Paula Matthusen, Alex Mincek, Kim Myhr, Alex Ness, Damian O'Riain, Duane Pitre, Sam Pluta, Sebastien Roux,

Keith Rowe Keith Rowe (born 16 March 1940 in Plymouth, England) is an English free improvisation tabletop guitarist and painter. Rowe is a founding member of both AMM in the mid-1960s and M.I.M.E.O. Having trained as a visual artist, his paintings hav ...

, Josh Russell, Paul Russell, Jeff Snyder,

Kate Soper Kate Soper (born 1943) is a British philosopher. She is currently Visiting Professor at the University of Brighton.

, Steinbruchel, Peter Swendsen, and Mike Vernusky Quiet Design's Artist page

Catalog

* Cory Allen, ''The Great Order'', 2013 *Steinbruchel + Cory Allen, ''Seam'', 2012 * Cory Allen, ''Still'', 2011 *Guy Gelem, ''Tides'', 2011 *Fires Were Shot, ''Awakened by a Lonely Feud'', 2011 * Cory Allen, ''Pearls'', 2010 * Mike Vernusky, ''Music for Film and Electro-Theatre'', 2010 *

/ Nick Hennies, ''Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas'', 2010 *Mark Cetilia, ''Anemoi'', 2009 * Cory Allen, ''Hearing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Hears'', 2009 *Glen Hall / Glen Charles Halls, ''Northern Dialogues'', 2009 * Duane Pitre, ''ED09'', 2009 *Various, ''Spectra: Guitar in the 21st Century'', 2009 *Various, ''The Language Of'', 2008 * Cory Allen, ''The Fourth Way'', 2008 *Kioku, ''Live 6.14.08'', 2008 *exclusiveOr, ''S/T'', 2008 *Josh Russell, ''Sink'', 2008 *Kioku, ''Both Far and Near'', 2008 *Various, ''Resonance: Steel Pan in the 21st Century'', 2007 * Mike Vernusky, ''Blood that Sees the Light'', 2007

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External links

Official site

Discogs page
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