Tokyo Dawn Records
Encyclopedia
Tokyo Dawn Records is an independent record label based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
. The label carries origins in the demoscene
and was established 1997 as one of the very first netlabels worldwide to promote “opensource
music”. All activities shut down around 2005 without known reason.
The label relaunched 2009 with a purely digital distribution concept. Tokyo Dawn Records is headed by Marc Wallowy and Fabien Schivre and features many aspiring artists and musicians related to Neo Soul
, Funk
, Electro
, Hip Hop
and similar genres.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The label carries origins in the demoscene
Demoscene
The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations that run in real-time on a computer...
and was established 1997 as one of the very first netlabels worldwide to promote “opensource
Openness
Openness is the quality of being open. It sometimes refers to a very general philosophical position from which some individuals and organizations operate, often highlighted by a decision-making process recognizing communal management by distributed stakeholders rather than a centralized authority...
music”. All activities shut down around 2005 without known reason.
The label relaunched 2009 with a purely digital distribution concept. Tokyo Dawn Records is headed by Marc Wallowy and Fabien Schivre and features many aspiring artists and musicians related to Neo Soul
Neo soul
The term neo soul was originally coined by Kedar Massenburg of Motown Records in the late 1990s as a marketing category following the commercial breakthroughs of artists such as D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Maxwell...
, Funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, Electro
Electro (music)
Electro is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines, Moog keytar synthesizers and funk sampling...
, Hip Hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
and similar genres.
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