Minus or M-nus is a recording label based in

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and Windsor,

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. It was created in 1998 by

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when Plus 8, a label previously created by Hawtin, was put on hold. By 2005, M-nus was releasing 2 to 3 CDs and 12 to 14 records per year. As Hawtin said of the scaling down to a smaller label, "''You learn better who you are, what you are, and how to better present that and present it creatively. With Minus, we wanted to slow it down and try new things…''" In 2011 Hawtin's music technology company Liine released ''Remiix Minus'', a remix-app for

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which enables fans to recombine loops and samples from Minus artists.

Label roster

* Actual Jakshun * Manclossi Deboroner * Algoritmo, also known as

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* Barem *

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, also known as Ryan Crosson * Click Box *

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* Gavin Lynch, also known as

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* Joop Junior * JPLS * Justin James *

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(also known as Audion and False) * Niederflur *

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, also recording as Plastikman *

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(also known as Dale Lawrence) * Thomas Brinkman * Tractile - (Joel Boychuk and Adam Young) * Whyt Noyz - also known as David Sidley

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Minus (record label) at Resident Advisor
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Label roster

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