Magnanimous Records is an independent record label based in Takoma Park, Maryland. Founded in 2000, the artist-run label specializes in atmospheric and experimental music.
History Magnanimous Records was founded in Shepherdstown, West Virginia in 2001 by Curt Seiss and Daniele Seiss. The label was formed to provide a platform for local musicians specializing in modern atmospheric music, as most local venues catered primarily to Appalachian and bluegrass musicians. The label soon signed around a dozen ambient and atmospheric musicians, and later moved to Takoma Park, Maryland.
The label's first compilation in 2004 received a glowing review from Left off the Dial, which wrote "While indie-pop culture appropriates the IDM underground to make frequently saccharine sing-alongs, it is good to know that young, talented musicians continue to produce intelligent, experimental electronic sounds. Fans...will appreciate the drifting tones and haunted quality of the Magnanimous artists."
Roster moljebka pvlse Paradigm9 Aaron Lennox Brain Ballet Skinny Mode7 Polyphasic Michael Winter LIGO Element Kuuda ophibre Lykaion Eclipse Mandible Chatter Ourson David Tagg
Discography No. Artist Title Year MAG001 paradigm9 The Halo Effect 2003 MAG002 MAG003 Various M1: A Magnanimous Compilation 2004 MAG004 Seiss Drone Lender 2003 MAG006 paradigm9 Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage soundtrack 2004 MAG007 paradigm9 Live at the Lost Dog 2004 MAG008 Brain Ballet Aquarium of the Deep Sea 2004 MAG009 Mode7 Night Echoes 2004 MAG010 Aaron Lennox Sibilance 2005 MAG011 Various M2: Reconstructions 2005 MAG012 Polyphasic Petit Somme 2005 MAG013 MAO II Klee 2007 MAG014 Aaron Lennox Heliopause03 2007 MAG015 Polyphasic See Plan 2007 MAG016 Element Kuuda Le Village 2007 MAG017 Lykaion Eclipse Mesa 2007 MAG018 David Tagg Cold Spring Harbor 2009 MAG019 Ophibre Mesmer 2008 MAG020 Ourson Oth 2008 MAG021 Mandible Chatter Grace 2008 MAG022 Michael Winter Recursive Stall 2009 MAG023 Polyphasic Multiphasic MAG024 Polyphasic The Map is Not the Territory MAG025 Moljebka Pvlse Kaikv 2011 Source: Discogs.com (updated July 31, 2013)
See also List of electronic music record labels
References
External links Magnanimous Records (Official) Magnanimous Records on MySpace (Official)