Features

RA's Jordan Rothlein chats with Anthony Parasole, whose new label captures the grit of New York's mean streets.

One of Amsterdam's busiest labels and promoters is also its most laid-back. RA's Will Lynch sees how they do it.

The Brooklyn outfit is assembling one of the unruliest rosters in the game. RA's Jordan Rothlein investigates.

RA's Andrew Ryce meets Stephen Bishop, the man behind the homespun cassette label that's making waves in the electronic music underground.

An interview with Presha, the man behind one of the most ambitious drum & bass labels going.

One of underground electronic music's most vital labels.

The dreamy, melody-drenched home to Genius of Time is among a new breed of Swedish labels making a name for themselves.

Dub techno from the depths of the Canadian forest.

Big hooks, big hits: The Italian imprint isn't as big as Hot Creations, Visionquest or Crosstown Rebels...yet. RA's Todd L. Burns explains.

The Belgian label has been quietly pushing some of the most compelling techno around. RA's Todd L. Burns give them their close-up.

The Moscow label is a logical extension of one of the best clubs in the world.

RA's Andrew Ryce profiles one of the hottest UK labels of the moment.

The raw and dirty sounds of New York's underground.

RA's Ryan Keeling scores a rare interview with Loefah, the man behind one of the UK's most exciting imprints.

Oklahoma: The unlikely home to one of experimental electronic music's most fascinating labels of recent vintage.

A California imprint digging into the unexplored possibilities of the 303.

What happens when a label that's already been around a while hits its stride? RA's Ryan Keeling recently found out when he talked to Ali Perc.

Modeselektor's clubby outlet is one of the most prolific post-everything imprints. We asked the artists behind the label to explain why.

Sweden's southernmost house and techno label gets a look in from RA's Christine Kakaire.

Guilt, envy, revenge: The core values of electronic music's darkest imprint.

Low end, high end and midrange theories from Los Angeles.

RA catches up with the duo behind the raw and analogue house music that has captured the attention of tastemaking DJs in both Berlin and London.

The new house (and techno and acid and downtempo and more) sound from Dresden.

One of the few drum & bass labels that credibly toes the line between underground and overground, Kasra's London imprint is one of the reasons that the genre is so vital at the moment.

Electronic music with Catalan charisma.

Hand-crafted works of ambient bliss from the UK.

A freewheeling take on house and techno, straight out of Washington DC.

In a city littered with labels, this Berlin techno outpost composed of the work of three friends stands out as one of the most consistently engaging.

The strange and wonderful world of the Norwegian imprint may not make much sense to outsiders. But as RA's Philip Sherburne tells it, there's little mystery as to why they're a favorite of so many.

UK bass music is ever-changing, and Bok Bok and L-Vis 1990's new imprint is at the forefront of its most recent mutation.

An edit may have been its starting point, but Phil South's label is far broader than that. RA's Andy Beta talks to the man behind one of the best parties (and labels) in New York City.

Belgium has always been known as a techno bastion. As RA's Thomas D. Cox explains, however, there's at least one outlet pushing any and all forms of house music.

Enter a world of "compressed dub" with the young Berlin-based imprint that has been making waves in the techno community over the past year.

The close-knit family behind the London imprint doesn't have an identifiable sound. But label bosses Alexander Nut and Floating Points like it that way. RA's Richard Carnes reports.

The Seattle-based imprint has brought cassette culture back to electronic music. RA's Will Lynch investigates.

The music that Claremont 56 releases, meticulously designed and often coming in hand-numbered editions, conjures laconic equatorial latitudes and the gaseous regions of outer space, no matter where your physical location might be.

Quality over quantity has been the guiding principle for this London techno label over the past decade, and it has been better than ever since its relaunch in 2009. RA delves into the history of James Ruskin's Blueprint.

Third Ear Recordings have been flying the flag for heavy transatlantic house for almost ten years now. RA's Ryan Keeling pays a visit to the UK home of Beatdown.

With their productions as Instra:mental, Alex Green and Damon Kirkham have managed to breathe new life into the drum & bass scene. In advance of their upcoming performance at Bloc Weekend, RA's Richard Carnes investigates.

The house imprint of Valencia's most famous club, Barraca Music has quickly made a name for itself. Encompassing both the sound of its home city, as well as the sound of clubland at large, it's RA's January 2010 label of the month.

Jamal Moss' Chicago-based label has had a prolific 24 month period, seeing the imprint's catalogue nearly double. RA's Lee Smith calls up the man called Hieroglyphic Being to see why there's so much noise to be heard.

The French Touch this ain't: RA's Derek Miller celebrates the unconventional sounds of the Circus Company imprint, one of Paris' finest labels.

Not everyone understands house music; it's a spiritual thing, a body thing, a soul thing, a...Spanish thing? This month, Todd L. Burns celebrates Madrid's Deep Explorer Music.

In a city renowned for its cutting-edge imprints, liebe*detail flies under the radar, consistently releasing some of the finest tech house around. RA's Todd L. Burns finds out more.

The Munich-based Prologue has stormed out of the gates in 2009 with a heady collection of deep, trancey techno. It will only get better from here.

Be it techno, electro, dubstep, house or UK funky, Glasgow's Wireblock have got it all after just three years in the game. RA's Richard Carnes tracked down the trio behind the label's diverse and consistent output to discover more.

Touchdown! Gerd Janson's Running Back label has scored hit after hit by embracing a wide-ranging music policy. RA's Bjørn Schaeffner tracked down the multi-tasking label owner to chat about what his playbook looks like.

Burning Man sculptures, steam room breaks and a fake hotel: It's all part of what has made Wolf + Lamb one of the most exciting labels of 2009. RA's William Rauscher sweats it out to find out more.

No website, no promos, no problem: London's Dissident imprint keeps a low profile, but the quality of its limited edition disco-inclined offerings make it one of the hottest labels around.

Daniel Lyons is a self-professed slacker, yet he runs three quirky imprints that span house, techno and beyond in their limitless scope. RA's Todd L. Burns calls up Copenhagen to get to the bottom of things.

Taking the original spirit of dubstep and running with it, Hessle Audio are cementing their influence on both dubstep and techno's DJing fraternities. RA's Richard Carnes investigates.

After a string of seminal releases in the late '80s and early '90s, R&S Records slowly slid into obscurity. But now, the imprint is back and better than ever, with releases celebrating its past and looking firmly into the future. RA's David Stubbs investigates...

Frankfurt-based Connaisseur has made a name for itself for it as the place for "minimal trance," but as RA's Eike Kühl tells it, the imprint (and its two sublabels) is much more than that.

Forget every "hyphen-disco" genre you know. The crew behind Dirty elide any sort of easy categorization. RA's William Rauscher talks to the masters of the edit to find out where they're taking their knife next.

Straddling the blurry line between house, disco and soul, Chicago's Still Music label group is one of the most vital labels operating today. RA's Thomas D. Cox investigates.

Richard Brophy profiles enigmatic techno label Sandwell District.

Todd L. Burns talks to Matt Edwards and James Masters, the minds behind the UK's most successful export since the light bulb - Rekids.

In the first of a new series on RA, Todd L. Burns profiles fairground house imprint Diynamic.