Perhaps Transparent is a Jersey City, New Jersey based

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- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

founded by Gabriel Walsh and Stephen Connolly. The label releases

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and

psychedelic folk Psychedelic folk (sometimes acid folk or freak folk) is a loosely defined form of psychedelia that originated in the 1960s. It retains the largely acoustic instrumentation of folk, but adds musical elements common to psychedelic music. Chara ...

. Artists on this label tend to include song, narrative or conceptual structures that are deliberately complicated and/or obscure – Your Team Ring buries puzzles in its albums,

Flaming Fire Flaming Fire is an American arts collective and experimental rock band from Brooklyn, New York, United States, which formed in 2000.Proskocil, Niz (August 28, 2003). "Band asks concertgoers to make art of a Bible verse: Rocking the Bible", ''Oma ...

utilizes classic

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elements, Pothole Skinny experiment in the sounds of psychedelic folk, IE: the woods-folk-avant-dark-strings, and Irene Moon's music is principally about her interests and research in

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. PG Six, aka Pat Gubler from Tower Recordings explores song craft through the resurgence of 1960's British Follk revival and experimental bray harp drones. Through live

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releases, and the vinyl versions of his Amish Records releases, one can get a keen glimpse of Pat's Musical journey.

Artists on this label

* American Watercolor Movement *

Calvin, Don't Jump! Calvin, Don't Jump! started as the solo recording project of J. Kirk Pleasant, a musician with extensive connections to the Elephant 6 Collective. Before moving to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he contributed to releases from bands like the ...

* Irene Moon * PG Six * Outhern Acific * Pothole Skinny * Stephen Connolly * Your Team Ring * Fireworks Collage Project with Daniel Carter

External links

Official site

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Artists on this label

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