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record label
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based in
Miami
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electronic music
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Background
Their releases cover a wide range of styles, from cut up vocal hip hop by their most prominent artist
Machinedrum
Travis Stewart, better known as Machinedrum, is an American electronic record producer and performer from North Carolina.IDM by artists like Proem, Mr. Projectile, and Deru, to indie-influenced electronic music like Tiki Obmar or Lateduster. They also release a wide geographical range of artists, from all over Europe and the US, as well as Australia, Russia and Japan. Also Merck is somewhat known for only putting forth minimal artist images, and not promoting the label in the traditional music industry push style.
Merck had produced 51 CD releases and 50 vinyl records by February 2007, at which point it ceased releasing new material.
A sublabel, Narita Records, has been set up by Merck to put out more dancefloor-oriented music.
Anders Ilar
Anders Ilar (born December 13, 1973) is a Swedish electronic musician, DJ and producer, based in Ludvika.
Biography
Born in Ludvika, Ilar grew up in the little town that is surrounded by woods and lakes, and started playing the piano when he w ...
* Aphilas
* Blamstrain
* Deceptikon
* Deru
* Esem
* Frank & Bill
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Helios
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* Ilkae
* Kettel
* Kristuit Salu vs. Morris Nightingale (aka
Jimmy Edgar
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Lackluster
Esa Ruoho (born 26 October 1978 in Helsinki, Finland), better known as Lackluster, is a Finnish electronic music producer and performer from Kontula, Helsinki. He is also known as Esa Ruoho, XLLV, Can'O'Lard and Kökö and the Köks.
Ruoho has ...
Machinedrum
Travis Stewart, better known as Machinedrum, is an American electronic record producer and performer from North Carolina.Syndrone
Travis Stewart, better known as Machinedrum, is an American electronic record producer and performer from North Carolina.Tycho
Narita Records
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Anders Ilar
Anders Ilar (born December 13, 1973) is a Swedish electronic musician, DJ and producer, based in Ludvika.
Biography
Born in Ludvika, Ilar grew up in the little town that is surrounded by woods and lakes, and started playing the piano when he w ...
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Arctic Hospital
Arctic Hospital (Eric Patrick Bray born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, January 8, 1985) is an American DJ and record producer. He began DJing industrial and EBM at age 14, and began producing urban techno on a Macintosh using the software sequenc ...
List of record labels
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Electronica
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Intelligent dance music
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Techno
Techno is a Music genre, genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally music production, produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central Drum beat, rhythm is typ ...