Emperor Norton Records was a Los Angeles-based

electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that came to prominence in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mos ...

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, and dance-music

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. Among the artists featured on the label were

Ladytron Ladytron are an electronic band formed in Liverpool in 1999. The group consists of Helen Marnie (lead vocals, synthesizers), Mira Aroyo (vocals, synthesizers), and Daniel Hunt (synthesizers, guitar, vocals). Reuben Wu (synthesizers) was a ...

Arling & Cameron Arling & Cameron (sometimes 'A&C') were a Dutch electronic music duo, composed of Gerry Arling (deceased) and Richard Cameron. Their early music draw from French pop, spy movie themes, lounge, '70s light rock, Japanese Shibuya-kei and other musi ...

Money Mark Mark Ramos Nishita (born February 10, 1960), known professionally as Money Mark, is an American producer and musician, best known for his collaborations with the Beastie Boys from 1992 until 2011. Early life Born in Detroit to a Japanese-Hawai ...

, Ugly Duckling, and Fantastic Plastic Machine. Additionally, it released the soundtracks to movies including '' Lost in Translation'', '' CQ'' and ''

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''. The company was named after Joshua A. Norton, a

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citizen noted for proclaiming himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico in 1859. The record label was founded by Peter Getty (grandson of the late billionaire

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), and the company was purchased by

Rykodisc Rykodisc is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, operating as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance. History Claiming to be the first CD-only independent record label ...

in 2004 and was then acrimoniously shut down later that year, with Rykodisc inheriting its back-catalog. On March 23, 2006, it was announced that

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acquired the Ryko Corporation for $67.5 million."Ryko bought by Warner." ''Ottawa (Ontario) Citizen,'' March 25, 2006, p. D3.

Artists

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* Arling and Cameron * Buffalo Daughter * Bertrand Burgalat * Call & Response * Cato Salsa Experience * Cinemaphonic: Electro Soul * Codec and Flexor * Cords * DJ Me DJ You * Electrocute * Fantastic Plastic Machine * Felix Da Housecat * Golden Boy * Green Romance Orchestra *

Bruce Haack Bruce Clinton Haack () (May 4, 1931 – September 26, 1988) was a Canadian musician and composer in the field of electronic music. Biography From Alberta to New York (1931–1963) Bruce Haack played on his family's piano at the age of three, a ...

* Logan's Sanctuary * The Maxwell Implosion * Midnight Movies *

Takako Minekawa is a Japanese people, Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, and writer. Career In her childhood, Minekawa acted in film and television. Minekawa's first musical venture was playing in Lolita, a band she formed with several college friends. She ...

Miss Kittin Caroline Hervé (born 15 July 1973), known professionally as Kittin, is a French electronic music producer, DJ, singer, and songwriter. Since rising to prominence in 1998 for her singles "1982" and "Frank Sinatra" with The Hacker, she has worke ...

* Mount Sims * Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band *

Olivia Tremor Control The Olivia Tremor Control were an American psychedelic band from Athens, Georgia that released two studio albums, a bonus disc, a singles collection and a live album between 1996 and 2000. The main members were Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss, ...

* Pepe Deluxé *

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* Phaser * Schroeder's Cat * Senor Coconut * Soul Ecstasy * Sunshine Fix * Titán * Ugly Duckling * The Upper Crust * Velma * The Virgin-Whore Complex * Zoobombs

Soundtracks

* ''CQ'' * ''Lost in Translation'' *'' Thinking XXX'' * ''The Virgin Suicides''

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