Spymania is a British

United Kingdom

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 independent record label

Independent record label

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, which has released music by Squarepusher

Squarepusher

Squarepusher is the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. He specialises in the electronic music genres of drum and bass and acid, with a significant jazz and musique concrète influence....

, Jamie Lidell

Jamie Lidell

Jamie Lidell is an English musician and soul singer living in Nashville, United States...

, MDK, Si Begg

Si Begg

Si Begg is electronic dance music DJ, musician and record producer Simon Begg, from Leicester, England.His music combines elements of Experimental, Downtempo, Breakbeat Ambient, Drum and bass, Turntablism and Jazz. Begg grew up in Leamington Spa and moved to London in 1991...

, Wafta, Cassetteboy

Cassetteboy

Cassetteboy is the stage name of Mark Bolton and Steve Warlin . It was only upon the confirmation of their third album's release date in 2008 that they came forward and made their identities known...

, Spandex

Spandex

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, and Steven Taylor (Beckett & Taylor).

This label garnered a reputation as a breeding ground for underground artists such as Squarepusher and Jamie Lidell, who both went on to become well established artists on the Warp Records

Warp Records

Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....

 roster.

One of the most popular Spymania releases was the Welcome To Celebrity Fog Donkey CD compilation, described in the NME

NME

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as the "Finest release yet from the consistently astounding Spymania imprint."

Spymania would appear to be on indefinite hiatus, despite regular updates to the label website. Its artists are still active however, Barry's Bootlegs are releasing Cassetteboy

Cassetteboy

Cassetteboy is the stage name of Mark Bolton and Steve Warlin . It was only upon the confirmation of their third album's release date in 2008 that they came forward and made their identities known...

albums and related projects on a regular basis, and Hand on the Plow continues to put out new music by Spandex and Beckett & Taylor. MDK released a new 12" on WeMe Records in 2007.