Thirsty Ear Recordings is an American independent record label. It was founded in the late 70s as a marketing company for the then-unnamed alternative music field, and expanded to issue its own records in 1990. The concept of an independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of one of the major record labels, which are generally defined to be the handful of media corporations which have recently dominated the recorded music industry in the West. ... Marketing is the collective field of advertising and promotion. ... The term alternative rock or alternative music1 was coined in the early 1980s to describe bands which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Thirsty Ear came to prominence in the mid-90s thanks to its series of CD reissues of classic early industrial albums by pioneers such as Foetus, Einstürzende Neubauten, Swans, and Test Dept. Foetus would stay on the label, recording original music on Thirsty Ear through 2001. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit ÄŒeské Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... Foetus is the main entity of industrial music pioneer J.G. Thirlwell. ... Einstürzende Neubauten is an ever-changing band originally from West Berlin that was formed in 1980 as part of a modern folk music movement. ... Swans were one of the few bands to emerge from the New York, USA No Wave scene intact. ... Test Dept. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

More recently, Thirsty Ear's Blue Series of jazz albums has become a highlight of the genre. Enlisting Matthew Shipp as the artistic director, the Blue Series seeks to foster the expansion of modern jazz, releasing albums by jazz artists such as Shipp, William Parker, Charlie Hunter and Tim Berne, but also inviting electronica artists DJ Spooky, Meat Beat Manifesto, and Spring Heel Jack; hip-hoppers El-P and Antipop Consortium; and even Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo. Jazz is a musical art form originally characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American free jazz pianist. ... This article is about the jazz bassist. ... Charlie Hunter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Tim Berne (born 1954) is an American jazz saxophone player and composer. ... Electronica is a rather ambiguous term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid (born Paul Miller, 1970), is a Washington DC-born illbient and trip hop musician, turntablist and producer. ... Meat Beat Manifesto is an electronic music outfit originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stevens formed in 1987. ... See also Spring Heeled Jack (Paranormal phenomena). ... El-Producto or El-P (born Jaime Meline) is well known in underground hip hop circles as a pioneer whose work with the trio Company Flow (El-P, Big Jus and Mr. ... Slayer in Augusta, Maine on July 11, 2004. ... A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Dave Lombardo Dave Lombardo (Sr. ...

Resources

• Thirsty Ear official website
• Thirsty Ear Discography at discogs.com