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Orange Twin Records is a Athens, Georgia based record label run by Laura Carter, a multi-instrumental member of Elephant 6 popsters Elf Power. Athens or Athens-Clarke County is a city located in Clarke County, Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, just off of Georgia 316. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Laura Carter is a multi-instrumentalist musician from Athens, GA. She is more notably in the indie rock band Elf Power, but has performed with a number of bands within The Elephant Six Collective, such as The Gerbils, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Dixie Blood Moustache. ... The Elephant Six Recording Company was a musical collective founded in Athens, Georgia, USA, by Bill Doss, Will Cullen Hart (both, now formerly, of Olivia Tremor Control), Jeff Mangum (of Neutral Milk Hotel), and Robert Schneider (of the Apples in Stereo), the four of whom grew up making music in... Elf Power Elf Power is an indie rock band whose style often resembles psychedelic rock. ...

The label started in 1999 and has released influential works by Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel) and other bands from Athens, Georgia, including several Elephant 6 related groups. Orange Twin has also rereleased records by obscure folk artists Elyse and Sibylle Baier. The label is also a key sponsor for the Orange Twin Conservation Community, also located in Athens, Georgia. Neutral Milk Hotel. ... Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band, centering around its chief lyricist and songwriter, Jeff Mangum, who, on the bands two full-length albums, played with a number of other musicians, notably Jeremy Barnes (drums), Scott Spillane (horns), Julian Koster (banjo/bass guitar/saw) and producer-instrumentalist... Athens or Athens-Clarke County is a city located in Clarke County, Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, just off of Georgia 316. ... The Orange Twin Conservation Community is a pedestrian-based eco-village based five miles from downtown Athens, Georgia. ... Athens or Athens-Clarke County is a city located in Clarke County, Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, just off of Georgia 316. ...

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Neutral Milk Hotel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1437 words)
	It was released by Merge Records in 1996.
	Although it met with scant response from the general public when it was released, the recording has continued to gain momentum in indie music circles and has become a cult classic, selling well over 100,000 copies according to Merge Records.
	There were plans to release a Neutral Milk Hotel rarities album on the Orange Twin label; however, after an announcement in 2005 on the Orange Twin website claiming that Jeff Mangum had in fact eventually decided against the project, it is unclear if this will ever happen.

Everything Is (EP) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (477 words)
	Everything Is was the first recording mass-released by Neutral Milk Hotel, which at this point was largely still an outlet for the songwriting of Jeff Mangum, instead of a fully formed band.
	The recording was originally the second release on the fledgling Seattle label Cher Doll Records in 1994.
	The British label Fire Records re-released the record in 1995, on CD and 7", with the 7" retaining the same A and B sides, and the CD version featuring an extra track, Aunt Eggma Blowtorch, a five minute sound collage by Mangum.

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