Ecstatic Peace! is a
record label
"Big Three" music labels
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based in
Easthampton,
Massachusetts
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, founded in 1981 by American musician
Thurston Moore
Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known as a member of the rock band Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside Sonic Youth, as well as running ...
of
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth were an American rock band formed in New York City in 1981. Founding members Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), Thurston Moore (lead guitar, vocals) and Lee Ranaldo (rhythm guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of ...
. The label name is borrowed from a line in
Tom Wolfe
Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. (March 2, 1930 – May 14, 2018)Some sources say 1931; ''The New York Times'' and Reuters both initially reported 1931 in their obituaries before changing to 1930. See and was an American author and journalist widely ...
's 1968 nonfiction novel ''
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test''.
The label's releases are eclectic and often experimental or avant-garde. The premiere release was a split cassette featuring spoken word performances from
Michael Gira of
Swans and
Lydia Lunch titled "Hard Rock" in 1984.
Ecstatic Peace! has released more than 200 LPs, cassettes, 7"s, and CDs, of both highly established and fledgling artists, including
Hush Arbors,
be your own PET,
Awesome Color,
Black Helicopter,
Free Kitten,
Arthur Doyle,
Dredd Foole,
No-Neck Blues Band,
Nels Cline,
Notekillers,
Magik Markers,
Tall Firs,
Pagoda,
My Cat Is An Alien, Monotract,
Sunburned Hand of the Man,
Violent Soho, and many more.
In February 2006, Moore signed a deal with
Universal to distribute the label's albums.
The label's website was hacked at some point during the latter half of 2012. Since 2015, the site's lone page says "Thanks for checking in. Have a good day." As of 2022, this was its last update.
Ecstatic Peace! has released three records since 2014, all of which are Thurston Moore recordings.
See also
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List of record labels
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Ecstatic Peace Library
References
A perfect partner: An interview with Ecstatic Peace’s Andrew Kesin Saucer Like interview
External links
Official site
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Record labels established in 1981
Alternative rock record labels
Record labels based in Massachusetts
1981 establishments in Massachusetts
Indie rock record labels