Old Europa Cafe is an Italian
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 ...
and mail order service specializing in
ambient music
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,
noise music
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,
electronic music
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, and
industrial music. It is based in
Pordenone
Pordenone (; Venetian language, Venetian and ) is a city and (municipality) in the Italy, Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the capital of the Province of Pordenone, Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone.
The name comes from Lati ...
. Originating in the early 1980s Old Europa Cafe began as a small cassette label. Some of the original Old Europa Cafe artists included De Fabriek,
Mauro Teho Teardo, and Brume. According to founder Rodolfo Protti, Old Europa Cafe has two guidelines for musick it releases—uncompromising industrial sounds and esoteric
dark ambient
Dark ambient (referred to as ambient industrial especially in the 1980s) is a genre of post-industrial musicReed, Alexander: ''Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music'', Oxford University Press, 2013, , p. 190 that features an ominous, ...
styles.
[Rodolfo Protti Interview at Dagaz musick http://www.dagaz-music.com/pdf/RodolfoProtti0902.pdf]
Notable artists
See also
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List of record labels
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List of electronic music record labels
This is a list of notable electronic music record labels:
0–9
* 3 Beat Records
* 12k
* 430 West Records
* 8bitpeoples
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D–F
G–L
M–O
P–S
T–Z
See also
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Old europa cafe discography
References
External links
Old Europa Cafe.com- official website
Electronic music record labels
Italian independent record labels
Record labels established in 1980
Ambient music record labels
Noise music record labels
Industrial record labels
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