n5MD

n5MD is a record label based in Oakland, California. The label was founded by Mike Cadoo in 2000.[1][2]

n5MD
Founded2000 (2000)
FounderMike Cadoo
Distributor(s)Redeye (Global, ex. UK)
SRD (UK / EU)
P*Dis / Inpartmaint (JP)
n5B2B (Iceland)
GenreElectroacoustic, Post-Rock, Post-classical, Experimental, Ambient, Electronica
Country of originUnited States
LocationOakland, California
Official websiten5md.com

n5MD started out as a MiniDisc-only label, the label name meaning "No Fives, Minidiscs!" But when Sony DADC Austria stopped manufacturing pre-recorded MDs, n5MD changed over to CDs, continuing to release a few 7" records and eventually moving to 12". Much of the back catalog is available for purchase in MP3 format from the label's web site.[3][4]

The label specializes in more emotive styles of contemporary music, with their releases branching between post-rock,[5] post-classical, experimental music and electronica.[6][7] The label has released over 100 albums to date.[8][9][10][11][12]

n5MD signed with Redeye Worldwide in October 2017 for North American physical and worldwide digital distribution.[13]

Active roster
  • (Ghost)
  • Aerosol
  • Arovane
  • Asonat
  • Axel Rigaud
  • Boy Is Fiction + Ghosts Of Tyto Alba
  • Bvdub
  • Dalot
  • Dreissk
  • Ex Confusion
  • Fall Therapy
  • Hollie Kenniff
  • Jason van Wyk
  • Last Days
  • Loess
  • Mark Harris
  • Miwon
  • Near The Parenthesis
  • Ocoeur
  • Okada
  • Porya Hatami And Arovane
  • Preghost
  • Ruxpin
  • Stray Theories
  • Suumhow
  • Tangent
  • To Destroy A City
  • Winterlight

Alumni

See also

References
  1. "Headphone Commute - n5MD interview". Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. "A Strangely Isolated Place - n5MD Profile". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. "n5MD Discogs page". Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. "n5MD - Rate Your Music". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  5. "Ether Real about Near The Parenthesis' "Music For The Forest Concourse"". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  6. "Tailored Communication - n5MD Label Profile". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  7. "The Abstract Side of Organic Electronics :: n5MD Label Profile". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  8. "n5MD Discogs page". Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  9. "n5MD Releases". Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  10. "n5MD Resident Advisor". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  11. "n5MD Stationary Travels". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  12. "n5MD XLR8R". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  13. "Redeye Welcomes n5MD". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  14. "Port-Royal - Dying in Time - XLR8R Review". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  15. "SubtractiveLAD Life at the End of the World - XLR8R Review". Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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