Ten12 Records was a

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-based outsider

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, and experimental

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. Ten12 was noted for its focus on facilitating collaboration between new experimental recording artists and the few remaining (and overlooked) early-stage

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the ...

and

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pioneers to foster unique recordings that identify the link and dialog between electronic, sample-based recordings and its analog origins. Ten 12's roots stretched back to the

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where, in 2000, Charles Lazar started the label in a friend's apartment at 1012 Capp Street. Formerly located in

, Ten12 maintained its West Coast presence with operations in San Francisco, while developing a strong international presence, with operations in Japan, Australia, and the Netherlands. Ten12 Records has released numerous artists to date, including the following: *

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The Audible Doctor Mark Vincent Woodford (born May 24, 1984), better known by his stage name The Audible Doctor, is a Brooklyn-based United States, American record producer and underground rapper. The Audible Doctor has been credited as producer in critically accl ...

*Underdog *Monk-One *

Steinski Double Dee and Steinski is a duo of hip hop producers, composed of Doug "Double Dee" DiFranco and Steven "Steinski" Stein. They achieved notoriety in the early 1980s for a series of underground hip-hop sample-based collages known as the "Less ...

*Unagi *Discolobos *Arecee *Leslie & The Lys *ten12 systems *PaperCrossbow *The Diplomats

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*Official Website: http://www.ten12records.com {{Authority control American record labels Record labels established in 2004 Electronic music record labels Hip-hop record labels Mission District, San Francisco