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ALBUMS
Automotive
Benevento/Russo Duo
Benni Hemm Hemm
Caribou
[The] Caseworker
Eric Chenaux
Cineplexx
Claudia
Daedelus
J Dilla
Envy
Fond of Tigers
Formication
Grizzly Bear
Guther
Ike Yard
Kilo Watts
The Knife
Minimum Chips
Miss Violetta Beauregarde
North Valley Sub. Orch.
Quench
Sandoz
Dani Siciliano
Liam Singer
Stop Disco Mafia
Susanna/Magical Orch.
Vorpal
Wisp
Working Nuclear Free City
Peter Wright
Susumu Yokota
Zeebee

COMPILATIONS/MIXES
Belladonna Summer
Cut Copy FabricLive
Mark Farina
Magda
Tandem 4
Tiefschwarz Fabric
Total 7
Until Human Voices...

3"/7"/10"/12"/EPs
Allie
Barem
Deathprod
Ensemble
Extrawelt
Marc Houle
Loco Dice
Lost Trax
David Newlyn
Sandro Perri
Porter & Blain
Relay
Sirka Ragnar
SLG
Swat-Squad

RUNE GRAMMOFON

Year founded and founders: 1997 by Rune Kristoffersen; first release appeared in January 1998.

Location: Oslo, Norway.

Styles: Electronica, jazz, improv, contemporary, preferably all of this melded into one undefinable category.

Roster: Alog, Deathprod, Food, Arve Henriksen, In The Country, Arne Nordheim, Nils Økland, Phonophani, Scorch Trio, Shining, Skyphone, Spunk, Supersilent, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Maja Ratkje, Humcrush, MoHa and more.

Managed by: Rune Kristoffersen.

Why established: To provide an outlet for the explosion of Norwegian talent within the genres described above.

Differentiating characteristics: Rune Grammofon is dedicated to releasing work by adventurous and creative Norwegian artists and composers. Its visually distinctive releases are issued in the digipak format with exclusive designs by Kim Hiorthøy.

Label Philosophy: Art before commerce.

Proudest accomplishment: Many, but the Supersilent DVD and Money Will Ruin Everything book/2-CD are two special projects we are very happy about.

Currently promoting: Susanna and the Magical Orchestra's Melody Mountain

Upcoming: New albums from Huntsville and In The Country; early next year: new albums from Shining and Arve Henriksen.

Favourite label(s): Impulse, Factory, 4AD, Rough Trade, Tzadik, Häpna.

Non-Rune Grammofon artist who perfectly embodies the Rune Grammofon esthetic: Nobody does this better than Supersilent, but maybe Tortoise or Jaga Jazzist.

Album(s) we wished we'd issued: Captain Beefheart: Trout Mask Replica, King Crimson: Red, This Heat: This Heat, Joy Division: Closer, David Sylvian: Secrets of The Beehive, Black Dog: Bytes, Radiohead: Kid A (the list could go on forever and is of course totally unrealistic....).

Website: Rune Grammofon