Hypnos is an
independent record label
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, located in
Portland
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,
Oregon
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, United States. It was started in
1996
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by
M. Griffin to release his own recordings, both solo and for his collaborative project
Viridian Sun, and has since become an established
ambient label.
The music released tends toward more minimal,
dark ambient or
drone
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* Unmanned aerial vehicle
* Unmanned surface vehicle, watercraft
* Unmanned underwater vehicle or underwater drone
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...
styles, mostly electronic in basis, though ambient works based upon guitar, tuba, cello, and location recordings have also been released by Hypnos.
Their first release was the CD ''Washed in Mercury'' by Saul Stokes in 1997. As of 2011, more than 100 CDs have been released by Hypnos and its sub-labels.
Side labels
Griffin has also started several side-labels with collaborators to focus on other genres of music. These include the
Binary
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and
Hypnos Secret Sounds sub-labels.
Hypnos releases
* Saul Stokes - Washed in Mercury CD (hyp1602)
*
M. Griffin - Sudden Dark CD (hyp1701)
*
Viridian Sun - Solar Noise CD (hyp1703)
* Various - The Other World 2xCD (hyp1804)
*
David Tollefson
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- New Eyes on the Universe CD (hyp1805)
* Saul Stokes - Zo Pilots CD (hyp1807)
*
Richard Bone
Richard Bone (born February 3, 1952) is an American electronic musician.
Life and career
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Bone began his professional musical career creating soundtracks and scores for several off-Broadway companies working in experiment ...
- Spectral Ships CD (hyp1808)
*
Jeff Greinke
Jeff Greinke is an American ambient music and jazz artist and composer currently based in Tucson, Arizona. He is known as one of the pioneers of dark ambient music, with his earlier solo albums often compared to works by Robert Rich, Brian Eno, ...
- Places of Motility CD (hyp1809)
* Modell/Mantra - Sonic Continuum CD (hyp1811)
*
Viridian Sun - Perihelion CD (hyp1910)
* Various - Weightless, Effortless CD (hyp1912)
*
Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana (stylized vidnaObmana on many album covers) is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name ''Vidna Obmana'', a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serr ...
- Landscape in Obscurity CD (hyp1914)
*
Robert Rich - Inner Landscapes (hyp1915)
*
Jeff Greinke
Jeff Greinke is an American ambient music and jazz artist and composer currently based in Tucson, Arizona. He is known as one of the pioneers of dark ambient music, with his earlier solo albums often compared to works by Robert Rich, Brian Eno, ...
- Lost Terrain CD (hyp1916)
*
Richard Bone
Richard Bone (born February 3, 1952) is an American electronic musician.
Life and career
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Bone began his professional musical career creating soundtracks and scores for several off-Broadway companies working in experiment ...
- Ether Dome CD (hyp1917)
*
A Produce
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/ M. Griffin - Altara CD (hyp1918)
*
David Tollefson
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- Near and Far CD (hyp1919)
*
Robert Rich - Humidity 3xCD (hyp2020)
*
Jeff Pearce - To the Shores of Heaven CD (hyp2022)
* Saul Stokes - Outfolding CD (hyp2023)
* James Johnson - Entering Twilight CD (hyp2024)
* M. Griffin / Dave Fulton - The Most Distant Point Known CD (hyp2025)
*
Robert Rich - Sunyata CD (hyp2026)
*
Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana (stylized vidnaObmana on many album covers) is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name ''Vidna Obmana'', a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serr ...
- The Contemporary Nocturne CD (hyp2027)
* Markus Reuter - Digitalis CD (hyp2128)
*
A Produce
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- Smile on the Void CD (hyp2129)
* Sola Translatio - Mother Sunrise CD (hyp2130)
*
Robert Rich - Somnium DVD (hyp2131)
*
Jeff Pearce - The Light Beyond CD(hyp2132)
*
Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana (stylized vidnaObmana on many album covers) is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name ''Vidna Obmana'', a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serr ...
- Soundtrack for Aquarium 2xCD (hyp2133)
*
Paul Vnuk Jr.
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- Silence Speaks in Shadows CD (hyp2134)
*
Tom Heasley
Tom Heasley is an American musician, known for his ambient tuba work. Heasley also performs on didjeridu, voice, and electronics.
''Where the Earth Meets the Sky'', his first album, was released on the Hypnos Recordings ambient label and was mast ...
- Where the Earth Meets the Sky CD (hyp2135)
*
Ma Ja Le / James Johnson - Seed CD (hyp2138)
*
Oöphoi
Gianluigi Gasparetti (26 March 1958 – 12 April 2013), known by the pseudonym Oöphoi, was an Italian ambient musician. He is perhaps best known for his role as the editor of ''Deep Listenings'', an Italian magazine dedicated to ambient and ...
-
Athlit
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CD (hyp2236)
* James Johnson - The Butterfly Chamber CD (hyp2237)
*
Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana (stylized vidnaObmana on many album covers) is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name ''Vidna Obmana'', a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serr ...
- An Opera for Four Fusion Works, Act 1 CD (hyp2239)
*
Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana (stylized vidnaObmana on many album covers) is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name ''Vidna Obmana'', a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serr ...
- An Opera for Four Fusion Works, Act 2 CD (hyp2239b)
*
Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana (stylized vidnaObmana on many album covers) is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name ''Vidna Obmana'', a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serr ...
- An Opera for Four Fusion Works, Act 3 CD (hyp2239c)
*
Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana (stylized vidnaObmana on many album covers) is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name ''Vidna Obmana'', a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serr ...
- An Opera for Four Fusion Works, Act 4 CD (hyp2239d)
*
Jeff Greinke
Jeff Greinke is an American ambient music and jazz artist and composer currently based in Tucson, Arizona. He is known as one of the pioneers of dark ambient music, with his earlier solo albums often compared to works by Robert Rich, Brian Eno, ...
- Wide View CD (hyp2240)
*
Jeff Pearce - Bleed CD (hyp2241)
* M. Griffin / Dave Fulton - Imprint CD (hyp2242)
*
Numina
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- Sanctuary of Dreams CD (hyp2445)
* Chad Hoefler - Twilight in the Offing CD (hyp2446)
*
Robert Scott Thompson
Robert Scott Thompson (born 1959, California) is a composer of ambient, instrumental and electroacoustic music. He earned the B.Mus. degree from the University of Oregon and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, San Diego. ...
- At the Still Point of the Turning World CD (hyp2547)
*
Numina
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- Eye of the Nautilus CD (hyp2548)
*
Paul Vnuk Jr.
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Christianity
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/
Oöphoi
Gianluigi Gasparetti (26 March 1958 – 12 April 2013), known by the pseudonym Oöphoi, was an Italian ambient musician. He is perhaps best known for his role as the editor of ''Deep Listenings'', an Italian magazine dedicated to ambient and ...
- Distance to Zero CD (hyp2649)
*
Numina
Numen (plural numina) is a Latin term for " divinity", "divine presence", or "divine will." The Latin authors defined it as follows:For a more extensive account, refer to Cicero writes of a "divine mind" (''divina mens''), a god "whose numen e ...
- Shift to the Ghost CD (hyp2650)
* Various - Sounds of a Universe Overheard CD (hyp2752)
*
Austere - Solyaris CD (hyp2753, 2009)
* Various - Message from a Subatomic World CD (hyp2854)
Hypnos Secret Sounds releases
*
M. Griffin - Sounds are Hidden Inside Objects CD (hss01)
*
Viridian Sun - Live Paris Theater CD (hss02)
* Stephen Philips - Dagboken CD (hss03)
* M. Griffin - I Am Breathing Dreams Out of the Air CD (hss04)
* M. Griffin - The Pulse Meditations CD (hss05)
* M. Griffin - Speaking from the Dream CDS (hss07)
*
Austere - Pulse CD (hss10)
* Darren Rogers - The Alternate Realms CD (hss11)
* Justin Vanderberg - In Waking Moments CD (hss12)
* Deepspace - The Glittering Domain CD (hss25)
Binary releases
* Dweller at the Threshold - Ouroborus (HYBY0101)
* Paul Ellis - Into the Liquid Unknown (HYBY0102)
* Vir Unis/Saul Stokes - Thermal Transfer (HYBY0203)
* Synthetic Block - Sonic Approach (HYBY0204)
* Saul Stokes - Fields (HYBY0205)
* John Duval - Hell's Canyon (HYBY0306)
Current artists
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A Produce
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*
Alio Die
Alio Die, the stage name of Stefano Musso, is an Italian ambient-music composer and producer. Stefano Musso studied art and electronics in Milan, Italy, and began performing music in 1989.
Overview
His music is a fusion of acoustical elements ...
*
Austere
*
Ben Fleury-Steiner
*
Birds of Tin
*
Chad Hoefler
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* Dave Fulton
*
David Tollefson
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*
Deepspace
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* James Johnson
*
Jeff Greinke
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*
Jeff Pearce
*
Justin Vanderberg
*
M. Griffin
*
Ma Ja Le
*
*
Mystified
*
Nebulæ
*
Numina
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*
Oöphoi
Gianluigi Gasparetti (26 March 1958 – 12 April 2013), known by the pseudonym Oöphoi, was an Italian ambient musician. He is perhaps best known for his role as the editor of ''Deep Listenings'', an Italian magazine dedicated to ambient and ...
*
Paul Vnuk Jr.
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*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
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Christianity
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*
Richard Bone
Richard Bone (born February 3, 1952) is an American electronic musician.
Life and career
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Bone began his professional musical career creating soundtracks and scores for several off-Broadway companies working in experiment ...
*
Robert Rich
*
Robert Scott Thompson
Robert Scott Thompson (born 1959, California) is a composer of ambient, instrumental and electroacoustic music. He earned the B.Mus. degree from the University of Oregon and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, San Diego. ...
*
Rod Modell & Michael Mantra
*
Sans Serif (Forrest Fang)
* Saul Stokes
*
Sola Translatio (
Alio Die
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Overview
His music is a fusion of acoustical elements ...
&
Opium
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* Stephen Philips
*
Steve Brand
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Tom Heasley
Tom Heasley is an American musician, known for his ambient tuba work. Heasley also performs on didjeridu, voice, and electronics.
''Where the Earth Meets the Sky'', his first album, was released on the Hypnos Recordings ambient label and was mast ...
*
Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana (stylized vidnaObmana on many album covers) is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name ''Vidna Obmana'', a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serr ...
* Vir Unis
*
Viridian Sun
See also
*
List of record labels
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External links
Official siteHypnos on myspace.com
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American independent record labels
Record labels established in 1996
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