Siltbreeze is an American

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 ...

based in

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. It is known for its eclectic roster of artists and releases of

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, folk, and rock-based music. Founded in 1989 by Ohio native Tom Lax, the label evolved out of a zine of the same name which he published from 1987 until 1992. The first label release was a Halo of Flies EP, and soon after, Lax produced a steady stream of record releases by

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Sebadoh Sebadoh () is an American indie rock band formed in 1986 in Northampton, Massachusetts, by Eric Gaffney and Lou Barlow, with multi-instrumentalist Jason Loewenstein completing the line-up in 1989. Barlow co-created Sebadoh as an outlet for h ...

The Strapping Fieldhands The Strapping Fieldhands are an American indie rock band based in Philadelphia, and are associated with the Siltbreeze label and American lo-fi psych scene. The band's first live incarnation was a three-piece opening for The Frogs. During the 199 ...

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, Jim Shepard, and Mike Rep among others throughout the early and mid 1990s. The label slowed its output toward the later 1990s until the mid and late 2000s. This proved to be a second boom for the label, during which Lax released records by a new crop of artists including Times New Viking, Sic Alps, Pink Reason,

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, U.S. Girls, and Eat Skull.

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*1929 *

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Above Ground Above Ground was a band from Christchurch, New Zealand formed in 1983. History Above Ground developed out of the friendship of the four members: Bill Direen (Guitar/Vocals), Carol Woodward (Keyboards), Maryrose Wilkinson (Bass/Vocals) and Stu ...

* A Handful of Dust *Alasehir *Amanda X *Ashtabula * Ashtray Navigations *Axemen * Bardo Pond *Beyond The Implode * Blank Realm *

Blues Control Blues Control was an American experimental music duo from Queens, New York City. Blues Control's members were Russ Waterhouse (guitar, electronics) and Lea Cho (keyboards). The group released music on a variety of formats, including vinyl, casset ...

*Bren't Lewiis Ensemble * Brother JT & Vibrolux *Sarah Mary Chadwick *

Charalambides Charalambides is an avant garde musical group originally from Houston, Texas, United States and lately of Austin, Texas. Formed in 1991 (under the short-lived name Mutual Admiration Society) by Tom Carter, Christina Carter and Kyle Silfer, they ...

*Chickens *Circle Pit *Constant Mongrel *

*Doozer *

Eat Skull Eating (also known as consuming) is the ingestion of food, typically to provide a heterotrophic organism with energy and to allow for growth. Animals and other heterotrophs must eat in order to survive — carnivores eat other animals, herbi ...

*Ex-Cocaine *Fabulous Diamonds *Factums *Far-Out Fangtooth *Mark Feehan *

Alastair Galbraith Alastair Galbraith (born 1965) is a New Zealand musician and sound artist from Dunedin. Career Galbraith's first band was The Rip, which he formed with Robbie Muir, and Mathew Ransome and later Jeff Harford (of Bored Games). They released two ...

*Gas *Gate *Gibson Bros *Hall Of Fame * Halo of Flies *Hank IV *

*Kitchens Floor *Kito Mizukumi Rouber *

Alan Licht Alan Licht (born June 6, 1968) is an American guitarist and composer, whose work combines elements of pop, noise, free jazz and minimalism. He is also a writer and journalist. Biography Licht was born in New Jersey in 1968. His earliest musi ...

*Little Claw *Lloyd Pack *Love Is So Fast *

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*Mantles *Max Block *Dan Melchior *Monkey 101 *Roy Montgomery *Mount Carmel *Naked On The Vague *Oper'azione Nafta *People Skills * Pin Group *

Pink Reason Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, ...

*Puffy Areolas *

*Queen Meanie Puss *Ratas Del Vaticano *Mike Rep & The Quotas *

The Renderers ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

*Letha Rodman-Melchior * Bruce Russell *Sam Esh & Hard Black Thing *Sandoz Lab Technicians *Sapat *

*Scorched Earth Policy *

Shadow Ring A shadow is a dark area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, ...

* Sic Alps *Jim Shepard *

Shimmy Rivers and Canal Shimmy Rivers and and Canal was a UK beat combo that was formed in Dalston, London in 2003. In 2005 Resonance FM released a collection of demo recordings. The same year, the band played at Resonance FM's 3rd Anniversary event at the Conway Hall ...

Strapping Fieldhands The Strapping Fieldhands are an American indie rock band based in Philadelphia, and are associated with the Siltbreeze label and American lo-fi psych scene. The band's first live incarnation was a three-piece opening for The Frogs. During the 199 ...

*Sunshine Super Scum *Temple Of Bon Matin *Teenage Panzerkorps (aka Der TPK) * The Terminals * Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments * Times New Viking *Titmachine *Tower Recordings *Tropa Macaca *Tyvek *Un * U.S. Girls *Vacuum *V-3 *

Venom P. Stinger Venom P. Stinger were an Australian noise rock band, formed in 1985. The original line-up was Dugald Mackenzie on lead vocals, Alan Secher-Jensen on bass guitar, Mick Turner on guitar, and Jim White on drums. They disbanded in 1988 and refor ...

*Vertical Slit *Victor Dimisich Band *Watery Love *xNOBBQx *Yips

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Siltbreeze website
American independent record labels Companies based in Philadelphia {{US-independent-record-label-stub

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