Amulet Records is a record label based in
New Jersey
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specializing in
percussion
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...
,
avant-garde
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, and
experimental music
Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, ...
. The label was established by the percussionist composer and visual artist
Billy Martin in 1995, inspired by a percussion session with
the Lounge Lizards drummers
Grant Calvin Weston and Billy Martin who released their first duet record ''Percussion Duets'' in 1997.
The catalogue features titles ranging from percussion repertoire produced by Martin; the ''Mozown series'', dedicated to preserving vintage
Bob Moses recordings; hip-hop and remix projects; a ''Sound Healing'' series and other visionary music and art.
See also
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Avant-garde jazz
Avant-garde jazz (also known as avant-jazz, experimental jazz, or "new thing") is a style of music and improvisation that combines avant-garde art music and composition with jazz. It originated in the early 1950s and developed through the late 1 ...
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Experimental pop
Experimental pop is pop music that cannot be categorized within traditional musical boundaries or which attempts to push elements of existing popular forms into new areas. It may incorporate experimental music, experimental techniques such as m ...
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Experimental rock
Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre. Artists aim to liberate and innovate, wit ...
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Lists of record labels
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References
External links
Official site
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Experimental music record labels
Record labels based in New Jersey
American independent record labels