Soleilmoon is an American record label that began in 1987 as a cassette label, operating from the back of a record shop called The Ooze in Portland, Oregon, USA. The first releases were by Smegma, Muslimgauze, Coil, and Nocturnal Emissions. Compact discs releases soon followed in increasing numbers, until eventually all of the cassettes were deleted. In recent years the label has issued vinyl records, video tapes, and DATs. This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1987 Record labels established in 1987 // January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... Nickname: Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: , Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government  - Mayor Tom Potter Area  - City 376. ... Smegma is an American experimental noise group formed in Pasadena, California in 1973 and currently based in Portland, Oregon. ... 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. ... Coil was an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as Jhonn Balance—and his lover Peter Christopherson, aka Sleazy.[1] The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be inspired by... Nocturnal Emissions is sound art project that has released numerous records and CDs in music styles ranging from electro-acoustic, musique concrete, hybridised beats, sound collage, post-industrial music and noise music. ...

Much of the music is dark and electronic, but there are also examples of ethnic influences, ambient soundscapes, and even harsh experimental noise pieces. For other uses, see Electronic music (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A soundscape is an acoustic environment or an environment created by sound. ... For experimental rock music, see experimental rock. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Two European labels have been loyal allies in the early days of Soleilmoon's existence. Touch Music, based in London, has long been the home base for numerous vital musical and visual artists. Staalplaat, in Amsterdam, was a virtual "brother" to Soleilmoon for many years. Staalplaat and Soleilmoon frequently worked together to issue co-releases, and several artists were signed to both labels simultaneously. With the passing of time the two labels found themselves diverging artistically and philosophically, and now act independently of each other. Touch Music (sometimes written TouchMusic) is a British independent record label company, operating the Touch Records label. ... Staalplaat is an independent record label located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. ...

Soleilmoon releases are distributed in the UK by Cargo, in Europe by Cold Meat Industry, Target, and Tesco, and in Japan by Digital Narcis. Cold Meat Industry is a Swedish independent record label established in 1987, which specializes in Dark Ambient, Death Industrial, Noise music and Neo-Classical. ... This article is about the United States retail company. ... For other uses, see Tesco (disambiguation). ...

Soleilmoon artists

• A Small Good Thing
• Arkkon
• Bass Communion
• Black Faction
• Boyd Rice
• Continuum
• Controlled Bleeding
• Edward Ka-spel
• Daniel Menche
• Death in June
• Eyeless in Gaza
• Fear Falls Burning
• Foreign Terrain
• Hafler Trio
• Illusion of Safety
• Legendary Pink Dots
• Loren Nerell
• Lustmord
• Muslimgauze
• Nick Parkin
• Nocturnal Emissions
• O Yuki Conjugate
• People Like Us
• Randy Greif
• Rapoon
• Steve Roach
• Vidna Obmana
• Z'ev
• Zoviet France

Bass Communion Bass Communion is a side project of Steven Wilson, best known for his lead role in the rock band Porcupine Tree and also of the bands No-Man, Blackfield, and Incredible Expanding Mindfuck (IEM). ... Boyd Rice (born 1956) is an American experimental sound artist, occultist, archivist, actor, photographer, prankster and writer best known for his pioneering industrial noise music under the name NON. // Rice started creating experimental noise recordings in 1975, drawing on his interest in tape machines and bubblegum pop sung by female... Look up continuum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Controlled Bleeding were an experiment / industrial band formed in 1979 by Paul Lemos and Chris Moriarty, and later joined by Joe Papa. ... Edward Ka-Spel, a singer-songwriter, was born January 23, 1954 in London, and is currently living in The Netherlands. ... Daniel Menche is a US musician from Portland, Oregon, whose work could best be described as belonging to the noise genre, though some of his works touch on ritual ambient, dark ambient, and other related styles. ... Death In June is the musical brainchild of English folk musician Douglas Pearce, better known as Douglas P. Death In June was originally formed in Britain in 1981 as a trio, but after the other members left in 1985 to work on other projects, the group became the work of... Eyeless in Gaza is a dense novel by Aldous Huxley, first published in 1936. ... 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, environmental soundscape, musique concrete, electro-acoustic, and audio-montage as cinema for the ears from 1986 to present, each of which utilise graphic... The Legendary Pink Dots are a UK rock band formed in London at the end of the late 1970s and who although distinctly underground, have been musically influential over the years. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Brian Lustmord Williams is a musician credited with creating the dark ambient genre with the influential album, Heresy - a relentlessly dark work that sounds like a journey through Hell. ... 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. ... Nocturnal Emissions is sound art project that has released numerous records and CDs in music styles ranging from electro-acoustic, musique concrete, hybridised beats, sound collage, post-industrial music and noise music. ... O Yuki Conjugate is an organic ambient musical group, sometimes based in London. ... People Like Us (Vicki Bennett) creates audio-visual collage using sampling and found footage. ... Rapoon is the musical vehicle of Robin Storey, a former member of Zoviet France. ... Steve Roach (born 1955 in La Mesa, California) is a pioneering American ambient musician, composer and performer. ... Vidna Obmana is a pseudonym for Belgian composer and ambient music artist Dirk Serries. ... ZEV (born Stefan Weisser, at 7:58 a. ... Zoviet france (also known as Soviet France, and also written as :zoviet*france:) is a fairly prolific industrial music group from Newcastle upon Tyne in Northern England. ...

See also

• List of record labels

This is a list of record labels. ...

External links

• Official site
• Soleilmoon page at Epitonic