User:Ceremonyofmasters/Minus-1 Records

Minus-1 Records
Minus-1 Records is an indie record label.

Origins
Minus-1 started releasing music exclusively as a netlabel in the fall of 2007. A few releases by indie-rapper M.C. Carlito were completed and released with a small following being gained. Label owner Carl Ricco then called the label quits for a while. In October of 2009 Minus-1 was ressurected, and work began on creating an outlet for noise, dance, pop, and punk music apart from the major, and even major indie labels.

Ideals
Minus-1 Records operates on a few ideals that are different from most mainstream labels.


 * Almost all of the releases on Minus-1 are released for free, using the internet as the main method of distrobution. Occassionally, Minus-1 releases content to the major digital distributors (itunes, rhapsody, emusic, etc).
 * Music is considered an art. This is a philosophy Minus-1 garnered because music is most commonly treated as a commercial item.
 * Minus-1 keeps a relatively small percentage of monies earned from the sale of music. For example - if an artist sells an album on itunes for $9.99, the label will keep $1.50.
 * Everything is music. Minus-1 releases a lot of underground music, such as noise music, power electronics, ambient music, and drone music among others.

Artists Signed to Minus-1 Records

 * WEAREZOMBIES!: electronic music artist, various styles of noise/breakcore
 * Skin Luge: noisey dance music artist
 * Ruet Caelum: post-hardcore (INACTIVE)
 * Original Label: 10-34 Records any releases released after the breakup are released on Minus-1 Records
 * Jab: dance music (INACTIVE)
 * Carl Ricco: drone, noise, power-electronics
 * Stifler's Mom: indie, punk, hip-hop, funk, motown