Secretly Group
Secretly Group | |
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Founded | 1996 |
Founder |
Chris Swanson Ben Swanson Eric Weddle Jonathan Cargill |
Distributor(s) | SC Distribution |
Genre | Indie rock |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | Bloomington, Indiana |
Secretly Group is a family of American independent record labels based in Bloomington, Indiana. The group is made up of Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans, and The Numero Group. Secretly Canadian, the first of the labels, was formed in 1996 by brothers Chris and Ben Swanson, Eric Weddle, and Jonathan Cargill. Their first release was a re-issue of an album by June Panic. Weddle later left to form label Family Vineyard; the remaining trio were joined by Darius Van Arman, as well as his label Jagjaguwar, in 1999. The two labels had worked closely before Jagjaguwar's offices moved to Bloomington to work alongside Secretly Canadian's.[1]
In February 2007 the partners behind Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar, along with Phil Waldorf, former label manager of Misra Records, announced a third sister label, Dead Oceans. The three labels share offices and staff in Bloomington, IN; however, they maintain distinct and separate aesthetic visions. In June 2013, The Numero Group, an existing re-issuer out of Chicago, joined forces with Secretly Canadian and the collection of labels formally became known as Secretly Group.[2]
All four labels are distributed by Secretly Canadian's in-house distribution arm, SC Distribution.
Artists
Since 2007 a number of artist have appeared on the four labels either on contract or through distribution deals.[3]
Secretly Canadian
- Antony and the Johnsons
- BLK JKS
- Cayucas
- Damien Jurado
- Dungeonesse
- Exitmusic
- Gardens & Villa
- Here We Go Magic
- The Jason Molina catalog, including Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co.
- Jens Lekman
- JJ
- Little Scream
- Luke Temple
- Major Lazer
- Nightlands
- Porcelain Raft
- Richard Swift
- Suuns
- Taken By Trees
- The War on Drugs
- Tig Notaro
- Yeasayer
Jagjaguwar
- Rick Alverson
- The Besnard Lakes
- Black Mountain
- Bon Iver
- S. Carey
- The Cave Singers
- DIANA
- Dinosaur Jr.
- Foxygen
- GAYNGS
- Lia Ices
- Lightning Dust
- Moonface
- Angel Olsen
- Oneida
- Peter Wolf Crier
- Pink Mountaintops
- Small Black
- Supreme Dicks
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- Sharon Van Etten
- Volcano Choir
- Wolf People
Dead Oceans
- Akron/Family
- A Place To Bury Strangers
- Julianna Barwick
- Bear in Heaven
- Bishop Allen
- Bleached
- Bowerbirds
- Brazos
- Califone
- Destroyer
- Bill Fay
- Frog Eyes
- Gauntlet Hair
- The Luyas
- Night Beds
- On Fillmore
- Phosphorescent
- Sun Airway
- The Tallest Man on Earth
- White Hinterland
Numero Group
References
- ↑ Secretly Canadian: Mythological Proportions. Spacelab, August 8, 2007. Accessed September 30, 2008.
- ↑ "Numero Group Joins Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans in Newly Formed 'Secretly Label Group' (Exclusive)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Secretly Label Group is born: Numero, Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar and Secretly Canadian join forces". Music Week.