Night Slugs
| Night Slugs | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder | Alex Sushon James Connolly |
| Distributor(s) | Warp |
| Genre | |
| Location | London, UK |
| Official website | nightslugs |
Night Slugsis an Englishelectronic musicrecord label,established in 2010 by Alex Sushon (also known asBok Bok) and James Connolly (also known as L-Vis 1990).Spinmagazine described the label as having "developed one of the most distinctive sounds in U.K. dance music, a mutable hybrid ofgrime,house,electro,R&B,techno,hip-hop,anddubstep".[1]
History
[edit]Night Slugs was originally started as a London-basedclubnight by DJs/producersAlex Sushonand James Connolly after the two met onMyspacein 2008.[2][3][4]The first Night Slugs party was staged at the Redstar inCamberwellin March 2008, though the nights would eventually move to the more centrally locatedEast Village.[3]
After artists featured at the club nights remained unsigned, Sushon and Connolly founded Night Slugs as a record label in January 2010 with the release of Mosca’sSquare One EP.[3][5][6]That same year the label released their first compilation,Night Slugs Allstars Vol. 1.[7]
Artists
[edit]Artists who have released music on Night Slugs include:
- Bok Bok
- Cubic Zirconia
- DAT Oven
- DJC
- Egyptrixx
- Girl Unit
- Helix
- Hysterics
- Jacques Greene[8]
- Jam City
- Kingdom
- KW Griff
- Lil Silva
- L-Vis 1990
- MikeQ
- Morri$
- Mosca
- Neana
- Optimum
- Pearson Sound
- P Jam
- Sweyn Jupiter
- T. Williams
- Velour
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Sherburne, Philip (13 February 2013)."Night Slugs' Bok Bok on Grime, Texture, and Moving Beyond 'Bass Music'".SPIN.Retrieved14 August2014.
- ^"Night Slugs".Archived fromthe originalon 13 September 2014.Retrieved14 August2014.
- ^abcKeeling, Ryan (1 November 2010)."Label of the month: Night Slugs".Resident Advisor.Retrieved14 August2014.
- ^Richards, Sam (5 March 2011)."Night Slugs, the indefinable dance music team".The Guardian.Retrieved14 August2014.
- ^McKean, Colin (25 January 2010)."Mosca - Square One".Resident Advisor.Retrieved14 August2014.
- ^"Bok Bok and L-Vis 1990 Share the Records That Shaped Night Slugs".self-titled.26 June 2013.Retrieved14 August2014.
- ^Rosenberg, Tal (13 January 2011)."Various Artists - Night Slugs Allstars Vol.1".Resident Advisor.Retrieved14 August2014.
- ^Saxelby, Ruth (4 February 2012)."Jacques Greene: the Radiohead-approved dance prodigy who's signing designers to his label".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved12 March2019– via www.theguardian.com.
