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Mexican Summer is an
independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...
founded in 2009 by Keith Abrahamsson and Andres Santo Domingo. Based in
Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...
, the label has released recordings from artists including
Best Coast Best Coast is an American rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009, currently on hiatus. The band consisted of songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno. Cosentino, a for ...
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Kurt Vile Kurt Samuel Vile (born January 3, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is known for his solo work, music released under the name "Kurt Vile and The Violators," and as the former lead guitarist of ...
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Ariel Pink Ariel Marcus Rosenberg ( ; born June 24, 1978), professionally known as Ariel Pink, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter whose work draws heavily from the popular music of the 1960s–1980s. His lo-fi aesthetic and home-recorded al ...
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Allah-Las Allah-Las are an American Rock music, rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2008. The band consists of Miles Michaud (vocals, guitar), Matthew Correia (percussion, vocals), Spencer Dunham (bass, vocals), and Pedrum Siadatian (lead gu ...
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Weyes Blood Natalie Laura Mering (born June 11, 1988), known professionally as Weyes Blood (pronounced , like "wise blood"), is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She was primarily raised in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She has been performing her o ...
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Connan Mockasin Connan Tant Hosford, better known by the stage name Connan Mockasin, is a New Zealand musician, composer and record producer. Described as "a psych-funk oddball...a contrarian", Mockasin played a role in the contemporary crossover of Psychedeli ...
, Jessica Pratt, and Cate Le Bon. The label is named after the song "Mexican Summer" by
Marissa Nadler Marissa Nadler (born April 5, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter. Active since 2000, she is currently signed to Sacred Bones Records and Bella Union, and released her ninth full-length studio album, ''The Path of the Clouds'', in October ...
. In 2013, '' T: The New York Times Style Magazine'' described the label as "a bastion for experimental pop, not to mention a model for successful music publishing in the 21st century."


History

Mexican Summer began in fall 2008 as a subscription service for limited edition, ornately packaged vinyl pieces. On September 2, 2008, they released their first 12" vinyl single ''Sätt Att Se'', from the Swedish
rock band ''Rock Band'' is a series of rhythm games first released in 2007 and developed by Harmonix. Based on their previous development work from the Guitar Hero, ''Guitar Hero'' series, the main ''Rock Band'' games have players use game controllers mod ...
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Dungen Dungen ("the grove", ) is a Swedish rock band based in Stockholm. Often classified as psychedelic rock, Dungen is also influenced by Swedish (and other) folk music, classic rock, progressive rock, garage rock and alternative rock. The band ...
. “I think the whole idea of Mexican Summer really just came because I wanted to try to develop artists in a different way,” said Abrahamsson. The label continued to add bands to its roster, including early releases from
Washed Out Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr. (born October 3, 1982), known professionally as Washed Out, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Commonly associated with the chillwave genre in the 2010s, ''Pitchfork'' dubbed him "the godfather of ...
, Real Estate, Kurt Vile, and
The Tallest Man on Earth Kristian Matsson (born 30 April 1983) is a Swedish singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name The Tallest Man on Earth. Matsson grew up in Leksand, and began his solo career in 2006, having previously been the lead singer of the Indepen ...
. In October 2009, Mexican Summer opened Co-Op 87, a
brick and mortar Brick and mortar (or B&M) is an organization or business with a physical presence in a building or other structure. The term ''brick-and-mortar business'' is often used to refer to a company that possesses or leases retail shops, factory produc ...
store in Greenpoint with several other record labels, an idea Santo Domingo called a "vinyl co-op store." In 2011, the label established a recording studio in the same location, Gary's Electric. A second record store, Brooklyn Record Exchange, was opened in March 2019 in
Bushwick Bushwick is a neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by the neighborhood of Ridgewood, Queens, to the northeast; Williamsburg to the northwest; the cemeteries of Highland Park to the southe ...
. In 2011, Mexican Summer and
Kemado Records Kemado Records is an American record label based in New York City founded in 2002 by Andrés Santo Domingo and Tom Clapp. In 2006 the label released the ''Invaders (compilation album), Invaders'' compilation, which featured many of the label's b ...
introduced a new subsidiary label called Software Recording Co. (2011–2016). It was run by
Daniel Lopatin Daniel Lopatin (born July 25, 1982), best known as Oneohtrix Point Never or OPN, is an American experimental electronic music producer, composer, singer, and songwriter. His music has utilized tropes from various musical genres and eras, samp ...
, who records under the name
Oneohtrix Point Never Daniel Lopatin (born July 25, 1982), best known as Oneohtrix Point Never or OPN, is an American Experimental music, experimental electronic music producer, composer, singer, and songwriter. His music has utilized wikt:trope, tropes from various ...
. Software Recording Co. focused mainly on experimental electronic and dance music. The label's inaugural release was a collaborative album with Lopatin and Joel Ford, '' Channel Pressure.'' In March 2016, the label released their final album, ''Arcology,'' from Thug Entrancer. Over the years, Mexican Summer has expanded its catalog to over 200 releases across multiple formats. The label's roster includes releases from Tamaryn,
Allah-Las Allah-Las are an American Rock music, rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2008. The band consists of Miles Michaud (vocals, guitar), Matthew Correia (percussion, vocals), Spencer Dunham (bass, vocals), and Pedrum Siadatian (lead gu ...
,
The Alps The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. ...
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Weekend The weekdays and weekend are the complementary parts of the week, devoted to labour and rest, respectively. The legal weekdays (British English), or workweek (American English), is the part of the seven-day week devoted to working. In most o ...
, and
No Joy No Joy are a Canadian shoegaze band from Montreal formed in late 2009 by Jasamine White-Gluz and former member Laura Lloyd. Biography No Joy's first show was with Grant Hart of Hüsker Dü on December 15, 2009. The band continued to play locall ...
. One of the label's largest successes was the 2010 release of ''Crazy For You'', the debut album from
Best Coast Best Coast is an American rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009, currently on hiatus. The band consisted of songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno. Cosentino, a for ...
. Additionally, Weyes Blood released her second album, ''The Innocents'' (October 2014), and her third album, '' Front Row Seat to Earth'' (October 2016), which was met with great acclaim throughout the music industry. In September 2017, Ariel Pink released his first solo LP on the label, ''
Dedicated to Bobby Jameson ''Dedicated to Bobby Jameson'' is the eleventh studio album by American recording artist Ariel Pink, released on September 15, 2017, through Mexican Summer. It is the follow-up to 2014's ''pom pom (album), pom pom'' and features a narrative Pink ...
''. Mexican Summer also launched Anthology Recordings in 2014 as its reissue imprint, serving vinyl and formats unforeseen. Since 2014, Mexican Summer and contemporary arts nonprofit Ballroom Marfa have organized the annual music festival and multidisciplinary cultural program, Marfa Myths, held in
Marfa Marfa may refer to: Music * Marfa (instrument), an African percussion instrument * Marfa (music), celebratory music of the Hyderabadi Muslims Places * Márfa, a village in Baranya county, Hungary * Marfa, Chad * Marfa, Texas, a city in the hi ...
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Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
. Marfa Myths showcases established and emerging artists, with notable performers including
Roky Erickson Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson (July 15, 1947 – May 31, 2019) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. Called an "outsider genius," he was a founding member and the leader of the 13th Floor Elevators and a pioneer of the psychedelic r ...
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Annette Peacock Annette Peacock (born 1941) is an American composer, musician, songwriter, producer, and arranger. She is a pioneer in electronic music who combined her voice with one of the first Moog synthesizers in the late 1960s. Biography Annette Peacock ...
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Pharoah Sanders Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", San ...
, Kelsey Lu,
Deerhunter Deerhunter is an American indie rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2001. The band currently consists of Bradford Cox (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Moses Archuleta (drums, electronics, sound treatments), Lockett Pundt (guitar, vocals, ...
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Amen Dunes Amen Dunes was the musical project formed by American singer-songwriter and musician Damon McMahon in 2006. History Damon McMahon founded the band Amen Dunes in 2006 in New York, New York. Amen Dunes' fifth record, ''Freedom,'' has receiv ...
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No Age No Age is an American noise rock duo consisting of guitarist Randy Randall and drummer/vocalist Dean Allen Spunt. The band is based in Los Angeles, California, and was signed to Sub Pop records from 2008 to 2013. No Age's fourth studio album, '' ...
, and
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. In November 2018, Mexican Summer celebrated the label's 10th anniversary with "A Decade Deeper," an all day festival at
Pioneer Works Pioneer Works is a Nonprofit organization, nonprofit cultural arts center in the Red Hook, Brooklyn, Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City that was founded by artist Dustin Yellin in 2012. Pioneer Works includes a large exhibition spac ...
, a cultural center in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Performers included Ariel Pink,
Allah-Las Allah-Las are an American Rock music, rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2008. The band consists of Miles Michaud (vocals, guitar), Matthew Correia (percussion, vocals), Spencer Dunham (bass, vocals), and Pedrum Siadatian (lead gu ...
,
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, F.J. McMahon,
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Jess Williamson Jess Williamson is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. She released her EP ''Medicine Wheel/Death Songs'' in 2011. Her fifth and most recent album, ''Time Ain't Accidental'' was released in 2023. Career Williamson was born in t ...
, Drugdealer, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Part Time, Pill, Arp,
Dungen Dungen ("the grove", ) is a Swedish rock band based in Stockholm. Often classified as psychedelic rock, Dungen is also influenced by Swedish (and other) folk music, classic rock, progressive rock, garage rock and alternative rock. The band ...
, Cate Le Bon, Photay, and Ben Steidel. The label is distributed in the United States through
Redeye Distribution Redeye Distribution is an American independent record label based in Hillsborough, North Carolina. It was founded in 1996 by Tor Hansen, Kim Hansen, and Glenn Dicker. History Redeye is represented worldwide with U.S. offices in Hillsborough, Nort ...
and in the United Kingdom and Europe through The Orchard.


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Allah-Las Allah-Las are an American Rock music, rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2008. The band consists of Miles Michaud (vocals, guitar), Matthew Correia (percussion, vocals), Spencer Dunham (bass, vocals), and Pedrum Siadatian (lead gu ...
*Andras Fox *Andrew Graham & Swarming Branch *Apache Dropout * Arp *Ashrae Fax *Beaches *
Best Coast Best Coast is an American rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009, currently on hiatus. The band consisted of songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno. Cosentino, a for ...
*BI *Bipolar Bear *
Black Moth Super Rainbow Black Moth Super Rainbow (occasionally abbreviated as BMSR) is an American psychedelic electronic indie rock project from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. BMSR is a solo music project created by Thomas Fec, who is also known as Tobacco. Fec wr ...
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Bobb Trimble Bobb Trimble (born August 4, 1958) is a psychedelic folk/ outsider musician from Worcester, Massachusetts. Biography He released two full-length albums, ''Iron Curtain Innocence'' in 1980 and ''Harvest of Dreams'' in 1982. Following the latter's ...
*Brain Idea *Campfires * Cate Le Bon *Cold Showers *
Connan Mockasin Connan Tant Hosford, better known by the stage name Connan Mockasin, is a New Zealand musician, composer and record producer. Described as "a psych-funk oddball...a contrarian", Mockasin played a role in the contemporary crossover of Psychedeli ...
*Date Palms *Dimples *Drugdealer *Dunes *
Dungen Dungen ("the grove", ) is a Swedish rock band based in Stockholm. Often classified as psychedelic rock, Dungen is also influenced by Swedish (and other) folk music, classic rock, progressive rock, garage rock and alternative rock. The band ...
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Eddy Current Suppression Ring Eddy Current Suppression Ring (sometimes seen as ECSR) are an Australian rock music, rock band formed in 2003. By 2004 their line-up was Daniel Young Danny Current on drums, his brother Michael Young Eddy Current on lead guitar and keyboards ...
*Farmer Dave Scher *
Ford & Lopatin Ford & Lopatin (formerly known as Games) is an American electronic duo composed of musicians Daniel Lopatin (better known as Oneohtrix Point Never) and Joel Ford (of the group Tigercity). The group's sound draws on disparate genres such as 1980 ...
*Fraction * Gauntlet Hair *Geneva Jacuzzi *Golden Triangle *GR *
Greg Ashley The Gris Gris were an American four-piece psychedelic rock band from Oakland, California via Houston, Texas originally. History The Gris Gris first signed with Birdman Records in 2003 after Garret Goddard of the band The Cuts, gave a burned CD ...
*Gregg Kowalsky *Happy Jawbone Family Band * Hayden Pedigo *Headdress *
Home Blitz Home Blitz is an alternative rock band founded by Daniel DiMaggio in 2005. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, the group is known for its idiosyncratic punk-influenced pop music. Musical history Daniel DiMaggio, frontman and songwriter for Home Bli ...
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Iceage Iceage is a Danish punk rock band from Copenhagen. The band was formed in 2008 and has released the albums '' New Brigade'' (2011), '' You're Nothing'' (2013), '' Plowing Into the Field of Love'' (2014), '' Beyondless'' (2018), and ''Seek She ...
* Jacuzzi Boys * Jefre Cantu-Ledesma *
Jess Williamson Jess Williamson is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. She released her EP ''Medicine Wheel/Death Songs'' in 2011. Her fifth and most recent album, ''Time Ain't Accidental'' was released in 2023. Career Williamson was born in t ...
* Jessica Pratt *
John Carpenter John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, composer, and actor. Most commonly associated with horror film, horror, action film, action, and science fiction film, science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s, he is ...
*Jorge Elbrecht *
Kurt Vile Kurt Samuel Vile (born January 3, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is known for his solo work, music released under the name "Kurt Vile and The Violators," and as the former lead guitarist of ...
*La Hell Gang *Lace Curtain *
Lansing-Dreiden Lansing-Dreiden is an American band and art collective founded in founded in Miami, Florida, and based in New York City. Their body of work includes music, multimedia artwork (in the form of drawings, collages, sculpture and video), and the l ...
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Light Asylum Light Asylum is a Brooklyn-based electronic music project from Shannon Funchess. Her music is heavily influenced by 1980s music and incorporates elements of darkwave, synthpop and post-punk. ''The Guardian'' compared Light Asylum to Nine Inch N ...
*Lilacs & Champagne *
Linda Perhacs Linda Perhacs (born 21 September 1943) is an American psychedelic folk singer, who released her first album, '' Parallelograms'', in 1970 to scant notice or sales. The album was rediscovered by record enthusiasts and reissued numerous times begin ...
* Little Girls *Lower Plenty *
L'Rain Taja Cheek, known professionally as L'Rain, is an American experimentalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and curator known primarily as the lead vocalist and songwriter of her eponymous band. L'Rain has been recognized for experimental music ...
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Lucky Luke ''Lucky Luke'' is a Western (genre), Western bande dessinée, comic album series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris (cartoonist), Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborati ...
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Marissa Nadler Marissa Nadler (born April 5, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter. Active since 2000, she is currently signed to Sacred Bones Records and Bella Union, and released her ninth full-length studio album, ''The Path of the Clouds'', in October ...
*Michael Angelo *Mike Wexler * Mood Rings *
Nachtmystium Nachtmystium is an American psychedelic black metal band formed by Blake Judd, formerly known as Azentrius, and Pat McCormick. The band's name is derived from the German word '' Nacht'' meaning "night", and the made-up term ''mystium'' which r ...
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Nite Jewel Ramona Gonzalez (known professionally as Nite Jewel) is an American singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California that is currently based in Oakland. Biography Ramona Gonzalez began as Nite Jewel in 2008 as the result of her juggling music with ...
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No Joy No Joy are a Canadian shoegaze band from Montreal formed in late 2009 by Jasamine White-Gluz and former member Laura Lloyd. Biography No Joy's first show was with Grant Hart of Hüsker Dü on December 15, 2009. The band continued to play locall ...
*Omri Keren * Orkustra *PAINT *
Peaking Lights Peaking Lights are a husband-and-wife music duo who met in San Francisco in 2006 and moved to Spring Green, Wisconsin in December 2007 where they lived until 2009. The couple then moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where they stayed until their return t ...
* Peter Matthew Bauer * Photay *Pill *Pink Playground *
Purling Hiss Purling Hiss is the rock music project of American multi-instrumentalist Mike Polizze. Based in Philadelphia, the project was named so because of its heavy use of distortion and white noise. Originally conceived for his own personal amusement an ...
*Puro Instinct *
Quilt A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of two or more layers of fabric or fiber. Commonly three layers are used with a filler material. These layers traditionally include a woven cloth top, a layer of padding, batting or w ...
*Radio People *
Ramases Ramases, born Kimberley Barrington Frost (1 January 1934 – 2 December 1976), was a British psychedelic musician who released two cult albums in the early 1970s. Biography Barrington Frost was, anecdotally, born sometime between 1935 and 19 ...
* Real Estate *Robert Lester Folsom *Sessa *Shadow Band *Soldiers of Fortune *Spectral Park * Steve Moore * Tamaryn *Teams vs Star Slinger *Terrible Truths *
The Alps The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. ...
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The Amazing The Amazing are a Swedish indie rock band, whose members include Reine Fiske, who plays with Dungen, and Christoffer Gunrup, who played in Granada and with Anna Järvinen. Fredrik Swahn, Alexis Benson, and drummer Moussa Fadera are also in The Ama ...
*The Bitters *
The Black Ryder The Black Ryder is songwriting duo Aimee Nash and Scott Von Ryper, who originate from Sydney, Australia. Their debut album ''Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride'' was released through their own label ''The Anti-Machine Machine'' / EMI Music Australi ...
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The Fresh & Onlys The Fresh & Onlys are an American rock band. They were formed in San Francisco, California, United States, in 2008 by Tim Cohen of Black Fiction, bassist Shayde Sartin and guitarist Wymond Miles. A year later they recruited drummer Kyle Gibson ...
*The Mantles *The Miracles Club *The Samps * The Soft Pack *
The Tallest Man on Earth Kristian Matsson (born 30 April 1983) is a Swedish singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name The Tallest Man on Earth. Matsson grew up in Leksand, and began his solo career in 2006, having previously been the lead singer of the Indepen ...
* The Vacant Lots * The Young *TK Webb *
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*Torn Hawk *Travis Bretzer *
True Widow True Widow is an American rock band formed in 2007 and based in Dallas, Texas. The band's expansive guitar-driven sound has led them to be cited as "drop-tuned, slow, repetitive, heavy, dreamy, and undeniably ear-wormy". True Widow has been kno ...
*Turning Shrines *Valet *
VietNam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
*Viva L'American Death Ray Music *
Washed Out Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr. (born October 3, 1982), known professionally as Washed Out, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Commonly associated with the chillwave genre in the 2010s, ''Pitchfork'' dubbed him "the godfather of ...
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Weekend The weekdays and weekend are the complementary parts of the week, devoted to labour and rest, respectively. The legal weekdays (British English), or workweek (American English), is the part of the seven-day week devoted to working. In most o ...
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Weyes Blood Natalie Laura Mering (born June 11, 1988), known professionally as Weyes Blood (pronounced , like "wise blood"), is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She was primarily raised in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She has been performing her o ...
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Wooden Shjips Wooden Shjips (pronounced "ships") is an American experimental and psychedelic rock band from San Francisco, California. History The project has released one EP and seven albums. Guitarist Ripley Johnson also plays in two side projects, inc ...
*Woodsman *Xander Duell *Young Prisms *Zig Zags


Anthology Recordings

Anthology Recordings is a reissue imprint. The label was founded by Mexican Summer A&R man, Keith Abrahamsson, in 2004, and has reissued records from artists such as Trad Gras Och Stenar,
Linda Perhacs Linda Perhacs (born 21 September 1943) is an American psychedelic folk singer, who released her first album, '' Parallelograms'', in 1970 to scant notice or sales. The album was rediscovered by record enthusiasts and reissued numerous times begin ...
, and
Rüdiger Lorenz Rüdiger Lorenz (September 1, 1941 – January 31, 2000) was a German pharmacist and synthesist known for his large collection of analog synthesizers and his prolific output of albums featuring them. History Lorenz began his musical education wit ...
, among others. In 2016, Anthology Recordings expanded its repertoire, and began publishing books under the imprint, Anthology Editions.


Reissues by Anthology Recordings

* Bernard Fèvre – ''Suspense'' (2012) * Morning of the Earth – ''Morning of the Earth OST'' (2014) * Crystal Voyager – ''Crystal Voyager OST'' (2014) * Creation Rebel / New Age Steppers – ''Threat to Creation'' (2014) * Robert Lester Folsom – ''Ode to a Rainy Day: Archives 1972–1975'' (2014) * Robert Lester Folsom – ''Music and Dreams'' (2014) * The Stroke Band – ''Green and Yellow'' (2014) * Bali High – ''Bali High OST'' (2014) * Andrew Kidman – ''Litmus'' (2015) * Andrew Kidman – ''Glass Love'' (2015) * Bernard Fèvre – ''Cosmos 2043'' (2015) * Michael Angelo – ''Michael Angelo'' (2015) * Rudiger Lorenz – ''Invisible Voices'' (2015) * Black Devil Disco Club – ''Black Devil Disco Club'' (2015) * Tully – ''Sea of Joy'' (2016) * Ilian – ''Love Me Crazy'' (2015) * Tamam Shud – ''Evolution'' (2016) * Trad Gras Och Stenar – ''Mors Mors'' (2016) * Trad Gras Och Stenar – ''Djungens Lag'' (2016) * Various Artists – ''Follow the Sun'' (2017) * F.J. McMahon – ''Spirit of the Golden Juice'' (2017) *
Pharoah Sanders Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", San ...
– ''Tauhid'' (2017) *
Pharoah Sanders Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", San ...
– ''Jewels of Thought'' (2017) *
Pharoah Sanders Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", San ...
– ''Summun Bukmun Umyun – Deaf Dumb Blind'' (2017) * Various Artists – ''Paul Major: Feel the Music Vol. 1'' (2017) * The Nightcrawlers – ''The Biophonic Boombox Recordings'' (2018) * Various Artists – '' Sad About The Times'' (2019) * Art Lown - '' Piper Oz The Hound''(2021) *
Norma Tanega Norma Cecilia Tanega (January 30, 1939 – December 29, 2019) was an American folk and pop singer-songwriter, painter, and experimental musician. In the 1960s, she had a hit with the single "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog" and wrote songs for Dusty Sp ...
– ''I'm the Sky: Studio and Demo Recordings, 1964–1971'' (2022)


Anthology Editions

Anthology Editions is an independent book publisher based in
Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...
. An imprint of the record label Mexican Summer, Anthology Editions was originally founded by Keith Abrahamsson and Andres Santo Domingo in 2016. The publishing company was an expansion of the existing Anthology Recordings brand, founded in 2004, and was run by Managing Director Jesse Pollock until 2025. The books of Anthology Editions typically center on music-related or
counter-cultural A counterculture is a culture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of Mainstream culture, mainstream society, sometimes diametrically opposed to mainstream cultural mores.Eric Donald Hirsch. ''The Dictionary of Cult ...
subject matter, and feature contributions by
Lou Reed Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942October 27, 2013) was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades. Althoug ...
, Joan E. Biren,
Jonas Mekas Jonas Mekas (; ; December 24, 1922 – January 23, 2019) was a Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet, and artist who has been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema". Mekas's work has been exhibited in museums and at festivals world ...
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Jerry Hsu Jerry Hsu (born December 17, 1981) is a Taiwanese-American Skateboarding, skateboarder, photographer and owner/operator of the skate company "Sci-Fi Fantasy". Early life As of 2007, Hsu's family home remains located in San Jose, California, Un ...
, Dennis Stock,
Emma Kohlmann Emma Kohlmann (born 1989) is an artist based in Western Massachusetts. Her work ranges from drawing and painting to zines, digital art, books and various media. Her primary focus is usually in working with ink and watercolor. Background and educ ...
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Ed Emberley Edward Randolph Emberley (born October 19, 1931) is an American artist and illustrator, best known for children's picture books. Biography Edward Randolph Emberley was born in Malden, Massachusetts on October 19, 1931. He studied art at the Mas ...
, Joe Roberts and more.


Books published

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Jack Womack Jack Womack (born January 8, 1956) is an American author of fiction and speculative fiction. Womack was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and now lives in New York City with his wife and daughter. "Yeah, I was in Kentucky. Lived there till I was 21, ...
— ''Flying Saucers are Real'' (2016) * Johan Kugelberg with
Jon Savage Jon Savage (born Jonathan Malcolm Sage, 2 September 1953) is an English writer, broadcaster and music journalist, best known for his definitive history of the Sex Pistols and punk music, ''England's Dreaming'' (1991). Early life and educati ...
and Glen Terry — ''God Save Sex Pistols'' (2016) * Tino Razo — ''Party in the Back'' (2017) * Peter Coffin — ''Imaginary Concerts'' (2017) *
Jonh Ingham Jonh Ingham (born 1951) is an English entrepreneur who has worked in music journalism, pop band and nightclub management, advertising, internet application development and management consultancy. In the mid-1970s he worked for the British po ...
— ''Spirit of 76: London Punk Eyewitness'' (2017) * Paul Major with Johan Kugelberg and Mark Iosifescu — ''Feel the Music: The Psychedelic Worlds of Paul Major'' (2017) *
Jonas Mekas Jonas Mekas (; ; December 24, 1922 – January 23, 2019) was a Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet, and artist who has been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema". Mekas's work has been exhibited in museums and at festivals world ...
— ''A Dance with Fred Astaire'' (2017) * Peter Watts — ''Altered States: The Library of Julio Santo Domingo'' (2017) * Peter Coffin — ''Imaginary Concerts Volume Two'' (2018) *
Lou Reed Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942October 27, 2013) was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades. Althoug ...
— ''Do Angels Need Haircuts?'' (2018) * David Hollander — ''Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music'' (2018) * Matthew Craven — ''Primer'' (2018) * Jane Dickson — ''Jane Dickson in Times Square'' (2018) * Joe Roberts — ''We Ate the Acid'' (2018) * CF — ''Pierrot Alterations'' (2018) *
Jerry Hsu Jerry Hsu (born December 17, 1981) is a Taiwanese-American Skateboarding, skateboarder, photographer and owner/operator of the skate company "Sci-Fi Fantasy". Early life As of 2007, Hsu's family home remains located in San Jose, California, Un ...
— ''The Beautiful Flower is the World'' (2019) * Natalie Anne Howard — ''From Gardens Where We Feel Secure'' (2019) * Brian Blomerth — ''Brian Blomerth's Bicycle Day'' (2019) * Grace Srinivasiah and Alex Tults — ''Crude Intentions'' (2019) * Dennis Stock — ''California Trip'' (2019) * Jonathan Higbee — ''Coincidences'' (2019) *
Ed Emshwiller Edmund Alexander Emshwiller (February 16, 1925 – July 27, 1990) was an American people, American visual artist notable for his science fiction illustrations and his pioneering experimental films. He usually signed his illustrations as Emsh but ...
— ''Dream Dance: The Art of Ed Emshwiller'' (2019) * Akasha Rabut — ''Death Magick Abundance'' (2020) * Paul Drummond — ''
13th Floor Elevators The 13th Floor Elevators was an American rock band from Austin, Texas, United States, formed by guitarist and vocalist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, and guitarist Stacy Sutherland. The band was together from 1965 to 1969, an ...
: A Visual History'' (2020) *
Tim Presley Tim Presley is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Presley began his career playing with the hardcore punk bands Model American and The Nerve Agents. In 2004, Presley founded the psychedelic rock band Darker My Love. In 2006 he joined ...
— ''Under the Banner of Concern'' (2020) * CF — ''William Softkey and the Purple Spider'' (2020) * Lavender Suarez — ''Transcendent Waves: How Listening Shapes Our Creative Lives'' (2020) * JEB ( Joan E. Biren) — ''Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians'' (2021) *
Jim Jarmusch James Robert Jarmusch ( ; born January 22, 1953) is an American film director, screenwriter and musician. He has been a major proponent of independent film, independent cinema since the 1980s, directing films such as ''Stranger Than Paradise'' ...
— ''Some Collages'' (2021) * Brian Blomerth — ''Brian Blomerth's Mycelium Wassoni'' (2021) *
Norma Tanega Norma Cecilia Tanega (January 30, 1939 – December 29, 2019) was an American folk and pop singer-songwriter, painter, and experimental musician. In the 1960s, she had a hit with the single "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog" and wrote songs for Dusty Sp ...
— ''Try to Tell a Fish About Water'' (2022) * Mark A. Rodriguez — ''After All is Said and Done: Taping the
Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1965. Known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, Folk music, folk, country music, country, bluegrass music, bluegrass, roc ...
, 1965-1995'' (2022) * Ted Greenwood — ''Obstreperous'' (2022) *
Faith Hubley Faith Hubley (née Chestman; September 16, 1924 – December 7, 2001) was an American animator, known for her experimental work both in collaboration with her husband John Hubley, and on her own following her husband's death. Biography Bor ...
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Elizabeth Swados Elizabeth Swados (February 5, 1951 – January 5, 2016) was an American writer, composer, musician, choreographer, and theatre director. Swados received Tony Award nominations for Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Book of a Music ...
— ''Skydance'' (2023) *
ANOHNI Anohni Hegarty (formerly Antony Hegarty), styled as ANOHNI, is an American singer, songwriter, and visual artist. She has presented solo work and as the lead singer of the band Anohni and the Johnsons, formerly known as Antony and the Johnsons. ...
and Marti Wilkerson — ''
Blacklips The Blacklips Performance Cult was an avant-garde drag theater troupe based in New York City's Lower East Side, at the Pyramid Club. The troupe was active from summer 1992 to spring 1995. The troupe was founded in the summer of 1992 by Anohni ...
: Her Life and Her Many, Many Deaths'' (2023) * Patrick D. Pagnano — ''Empire Roller Disco'' (2023) * Joe Roberts — ''LSD Worldpeace'' (2023) * Elias B. Rønnenfelt — ''Sunken Heights'' (2023) *
Ed Emberley Edward Randolph Emberley (born October 19, 1931) is an American artist and illustrator, best known for children's picture books. Biography Edward Randolph Emberley was born in Malden, Massachusetts on October 19, 1931. He studied art at the Mas ...
— ''Suppose You Met A Witch'' (2023) * Ken Grimes - ''Evidence For Contact'' (2023) * Håkan Agnsäter, Mats Eriksson Dunér, Jakob Sjöholm & Jonas Stål - '' Träd Gräs och Stenar: A Collective History'' (2023) *
Emma Kohlmann Emma Kohlmann (born 1989) is an artist based in Western Massachusetts. Her work ranges from drawing and painting to zines, digital art, books and various media. Her primary focus is usually in working with ink and watercolor. Background and educ ...
- ''Watercolors'' (2024) * Richard King - ''Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, a Life'' (2024) * Ken Werner - ''Halloween'' (2024) * Kate Sterlin - ''Still Life'' (2024) * Ralph Hopkins & Gili Rappaport - ''They Call Me the Mayor of Riis Beach'' (2024) *
Patrick O'Dell Patrick O'Dell is an American photographer, filmmaker, skateboarder, and skateboard journalist from Columbus, Ohio. Career Epicly Later'd In 2004 O'Dell started ''Epicly Later’d,'' one of the first skate-related blogs. ''Epicly Later'd'' e ...
- ''Epicly Later'd'' (2024) * Brian Blomerth — ''Brian Blomerth's Lilly Wave'' (2024) *
Ed Emberley Edward Randolph Emberley (born October 19, 1931) is an American artist and illustrator, best known for children's picture books. Biography Edward Randolph Emberley was born in Malden, Massachusetts on October 19, 1931. He studied art at the Mas ...
- ''The Wizard of Op'' (2025) * Lori Emerson - O''ther Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook'' (2025) * JEB ( Joan E. Biren) - ''Making A Way: Lesbians Out Front'' (2025) * Nicolas Devil and
Jean Rollin Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil (3 November 1938 – 15 December 2010) was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his work in the fantastique genre. Rollin's career, spanning over fifty years, featured early short films a ...
- '' Saga De Xam'' (2025)


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