PAN is a Berlin-based record label founded in 2008 by Bill Kouligas. The label is known for its
interdisciplinary
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approach to the fields of contemporary art and music, and has collaborated with institutions such as London's
ICA. PAN has signed and distributed records by a number of acts including
Yves Tumor
Sean Bowie, best known by the recording alias Yves Tumor, is an American musician and producer of experimental music, born in Miami, Florida and currently based in Turin, Italy.
To date, they have released four studio albums: ''When Man Fails Y ...
,
Amnesia Scanner
Amnesia Scanner is a Berlin-based, Finnish electronic music duo currently signed to PAN. Their debut physical EP ''AS'' was released as a vinyl exclusive in 2016. They have also collaborated with Holly Herndon and Mykki Blanco
Mykki Blan ...
,
Anne Imhof,
Arca and
Eartheater.
In 2017, PAN released its first
compilation album, ''
Mono No Aware
, literally "the pathos of things", and also translated as "an empathy toward things", or "a sensitivity to ephemera", is a Japanese idiom for the awareness of , or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at ...
'', a collection of
ambient
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Music and sound
* Ambience (sound recording), also known as atmospheres or backgrounds
* Ambient music, a genre of music that puts an emphasis on tone and atmosphere
* ''Ambient'' (album), by Moby
* ...
songs by artists under the PAN label.
References
German record labels
2008 establishments in Germany
Experimental music record labels
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