Subharmonic
Subharmonic was an independent record label based in New York City. It primarily issued music with strong ambient and dub music influence. Its sub-label was Strata Records, which issued all its albums in an opaque black container.
Subharmonic
- Name
- Subharmonic
- Founded
- 1993
- Headquarters
- United States
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Subharmonic was an independent record label based in New York City. It primarily issued music with strong ambient and dub music influence. Its sub-label was Strata Records, which issued all its albums in an opaque black container.
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The label was founded in 1993 by music producers Bill Laswell, John Matarazzo and Robert Soares. A falling-out with Matarazzo occurred during the mid-nineties, effectively ending the label's activities.
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• Name — Subharmonic • Founded — 1993 • Founder — Bill Laswell John Matarazzo Robert Soares • Status — Defunct • Genre — Ambient, dub • Country — U.S. • Location — New York City
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Main discography
• No. — Year — Artist — Title — Format • 001 — 1993 — Divination — Ambient Dub Volume I — CD, CS • 002 — Praxis — Sacrifist — CD • 003 — Divination — Ambient Dub Volume II — CD, CS • 004 — Chaos Face — Doom Ride — CD • 005 — 1994 — Pete Namlook & Bill Laswell — Psychonavigation — CD • 006 — Jonah Sharp/Bill Laswell — Visitation — CD • 007 — Praxis — Metatron — CD • 008 — Painkiller — Execution Ground — CD • 009 — Bill Laswell/Tetsu Inoue — Cymatic Scan — CD • 010 — 1995 — Bill Laswell & Terre Thaemlitz — Web — CD • 011 — Divination — Akasha — CD • 012 — M.J. Harris & Bill Laswell — Somnific Flux — CD • 013 — Lull — Cold Summer — CD • 014 — Final — One — CD • 017 — Cypher 7 — Security — CD • 021 — 1997 — Aïyb Dieng — Rhythmagick — CD
Strata discography
Strata discography
• No. — Year — Artist — Title — Format • 0001 — 1994 — Death Cube K — Dreamatorium — CD • 0002 — Azonic — Halo — CD • 0003 — Cypher 7 — Decoder — CD • 0004 — Automaton — Dub Terror Exhaust — CD • 0005 — Jihad (Points of Order) — CD
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