Important Records was created in 2001 after the management collapse of a popular North East record shop. An online store and record label was launched simultaneously with the release of Daniel Johnston's 'Impossible Love 7"' and Merzbow's album 'Amlux.' 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A Record Shop (AKA Record Store) is an outlet that sells recorded music. ... Daniel Dale Johnston (b. ... // Merzbow (Japanese; メルツバウ) is the name used by Japanese musician Masami Akita (秋田昌美 Akita Masami) for most of his experimental noise records, and is considered by many to be the earliest project among others in what has become known as the Japanese noise scene. He has released many CDs, LPs and cassettes...

Since its inception Important has flourished with a highly active release schedule, a roster of new and established artists and an broad output of modern sounds. In 2006 Important celebrated it's 5th anniversary and 100th release with IMPREC100, a collection of tracks from some of the first 100 releases. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bands released on Important Records

• Absolute Null Punkt / ANP
• Abstinence
• Acid Mothers Temple
• Andrew Liles
• The Angels of Light (see also Swans)
• Anoice
• Atom TM
• Barbez
• Beequeen
• The Birds
• James Blackshaw
• Tom Carter
• Kim Cascone
• Noam Chomsky
• Citay
• Diane Cluck
• Jack Dangers
• Kimya Dawson
• The Dresden Dolls
• Earth
• The Electric Ghosts
• Alec Empire
• Experimental Audio Research
• John Fahey
• Fe-Mail
• Carlos Giffoni
• The Hafler Trio
• Keiji Haino
• Robert Horton
• Hototogisu
• Hrvatski
• Hyperjinx Tricycle
• Henry Jacobs
• Jad Fair
• Daniel Johnston
• King Missile III
• KK Null
• Larsen
• Maja Ratkje
• The Major Stars
• Mars
• Daniel Menche
• Merzbow
• Kawabata Makoto
• Thurston Moore
• Mouse On Mars
• Mouthus
• Muslimgauze
• My Cat Is An Alien
• Nau-Zee-auN
• Negativland
• Ocean
• Genesis P-Orridge
• Pestrepeller
• Piano Magic
• Plug
• Colin Potter
• (r)
• Lee Ranaldo
• DJ Rupture
• Sitar Tah
• Slomo
• Space Machine
• DJ Spooky
• Thee Majesty
• Unbunny
• Vibracathedral Orchestra
• Wolf Eyes
• XXL (Xiu Xiu Larsen)

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Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is the Institute Professor Emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ... Diane Cluck is a New York-based singer-songwriter affiliated with the Anti-folk scene centred around open mic nights at the Sidewalk Cafe. ... Jack Dangers (born John Corrigan, 1965, in Swindon) is an electronic musician, DJ, producer, and remixer best known for his work as the primary member of Meat Beat Manifesto. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Dresden Dolls are a two-piece band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed mid-2000 and made up of singer/pianist Amanda Palmer and drummer/occasional guitarist and vocalist Brian Viglione. ... Dylan Carlson of Earth. ... Alec Empire (born May 2, 1972) is a German musician. ... Peter Kember (born 19 November 1965) is a British musician, more usually known as Sonic Boom. ... John Fahey ( February 28, 1939–February 22, 2001) was an American guitarist and composer, and one of the first guitarists to perform solo instrumental steel-string acoustic guitar. ... The Hafler Trio is a conceptual and sound art group that has released numerous albums and CDs in experimental musical styles ranging from electronica, cut-up, ambient, trance, environmental soundscape, musique concrete, electro-acoustic, and audio-montage as cinema for the ears from 1986 to present, each of which utilise... Keiji Haino is a Japanese musician whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise, singer-songwriter, solo percussion, psychedelic, minimalism and drone styles, and covers. ... Sir Robert Horton is a UK businessman born on 18 August 1939. ... 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Daniel Menche is a US musician from out of Portland, Oregon, whose work could best be described as belonging to the noise genre, but some of his works touch on ritual ambient. ... // Merzbow (Japanese; メルツバウ) is the name used by Japanese musician Masami Akita (秋田昌美 Akita Masami) for most of his experimental noise records, and is considered by many to be the earliest project among others in what has become known as the Japanese noise scene. He has released many CDs, LPs and cassettes... Thurston Moore Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a singer and guitarist for Sonic Youth. ... Mouse on Mars are a duo from Germany (Jan St. ... Muslimgauze was the stage name of Bryn Jones (June 17, 1961 - January 14, 1999), an extremely prolific British electronic music artist, strongly influenced by everything to do with the Middle East. ... Negativland is an experimental music and sound collage band which originated in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1970s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Piano Magic is an indie group formed in 1996 by Glen Johnson, Dominic Chennell, and Dick Rance. ... Luke Francis Vibert (born January 26, 1973) is a Cornish recording artist and producer known for his work in many subgenres of electronica. ... Lee Ranaldo at Ilosaarirock 2003 Lee Ranaldo (b. ... DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid (born Paul Miller, 1970), is a Washington DC-born illbient and trip hop musician, turntablist and producer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Vibracathedral Orchestra is a UK-based drone ensemble that has been active since the late 1990s. ... Wolf Eyes is a noise rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan USA. It began as a solo project of former Nautical Almanac member Nate Young, with Aaron Dilloway joining in 1999, and John Olson in 2000. ...

See also

• List of record labels

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External links

• Official site