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Hefty Records is an independent record label
Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels....
 based in Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
, Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
 (USA). Founded in 1995
1995 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995....
 by John Hughes III (aka Slicker), the label has established itself as a home for innovative electronica
Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing....
. The label releases range in genres and include post-rock
Post-rock

Post-rock is a genre of alternative rock characterized by the use of musical instruments commonly associated with rock music, but using rhythms, harmony, melodies, timbre, and chord progressions that are not found in rock tradition....
, IDM
Intelligent dance music

Intelligent dance music is a popular name for an electronic music music genre that emerged in the early 1990s at the end of the British rave era....
, down-tempo, nu jazz
Nu jazz

Nu jazz is an umbrella term coined in the late 1990s to refer to music that blends jazz elements with other musical styles, such as funk, soul music, electronic dance music, and free improvisation....
, and hip-hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
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Hefty Records is an independent record label
Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels....
 based in Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
, Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
 (USA). Founded in 1995
1995 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995....
 by John Hughes III (aka Slicker), the label has established itself as a home for innovative electronica
Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing....
. The label releases range in genres and include post-rock
Post-rock

Post-rock is a genre of alternative rock characterized by the use of musical instruments commonly associated with rock music, but using rhythms, harmony, melodies, timbre, and chord progressions that are not found in rock tradition....
, IDM
Intelligent dance music

Intelligent dance music is a popular name for an electronic music music genre that emerged in the early 1990s at the end of the British rave era....
, down-tempo, nu jazz
Nu jazz

Nu jazz is an umbrella term coined in the late 1990s to refer to music that blends jazz elements with other musical styles, such as funk, soul music, electronic dance music, and free improvisation....
, and hip-hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
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Artists

  • Euphone
  • Eliot Lipp
    Eliot Lipp

    Eliot Lipp is a Los Angeles based electronic music artist. He made a name for himself in the genre of electro when his work was picked up by Scott Herren of Prefuse 73 ....
  • Victor Bermon
  • Ghosts & Vodka
  • L'Altra
    L'Altra

    L'Altra was formed in 1999 in Chicago with original members Ken Dyber, Eben English, Lindsay Anderson, and Joseph Desler Costa. Marc Hellner was also a regular contributor....
  • Phil Ranelin
    Phil Ranelin

    Phil Ranelin is an American jazz and experimental music trombonist.Ranelin was born in Indianapolis, and lived in New York before moving to Detroit in the 1960s....
  • Savath and Savalas
  • Samadha Trio
  • John Hughes/Slicker
  • Telefon Tel Aviv
    Telefon Tel Aviv

    Telefon Tel Aviv was a Chicago-based Electronic music group that relocated from New Orleans in 2001 and was primarily known for its work in electronica....
  • Smaze
    Smaze

    Smaze is a music producer also known as Conrad Newholmes, Beneath Autumn Sky and Shevek's Masada among other guises. He releases moody beat projects based in the boom-bap/hip-hop tradition while at the same time going off into different regions of music and feeling....
  • Plus Device
  • Retina.IT
  • Radicalfashion
  • Samadha
  • Solo Andata
  • Some Water and Sun
  • Spanova


See also

  • List of record labels
    List of record labels

    This is a list of notable record labels.Owing to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the label's name, with labels starting with a number added to this page:...


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