12 Apostles is an independent record label

Independent record label

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 based in London

London

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, England

England

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 and Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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, USA.

Founded in 2000

2000 in music

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 the label was created as an antidote to the increasingly corporate approach of independent dance music record labels around the world and is inspired by British dance collective The KLF

The KLF

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 and genre free record labels of the late 1970s such as Small Wonder Records, Mute

Mute Records

Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

 & Factory Records

Factory Records

Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, Northside and James and...

12 Apostles Records specialises in 12” vinyl releases that are distributed by Cargo International in the UK. Releases are available via Rough Trade Records

Rough Trade Shop

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 (London), Other Music (New York), Halcyon Records (Brooklyn) Red Eye Records (Sydney).

Artists on 12 Apostles label

• Dsico
  Dsico
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• Girl talk
  Girl Talk (musician)
  Gregg Michael Gillis , better known by his stage name Girl Talk, is an American musician specializing in mashups and digital sampling. Gillis has released five LPs on the record label Illegal Art and EPs on 333 and 12 Apostles....
  
  
• Hamster Dragster
• Oh Astro
  Oh Astro
  Oh Astro are an American mashup group formed in Illinois, United States in 2004.-Discography:*Hello World *Champions Of Wonder...
  
  
• ROC
• Ollo
• The Mavs

External links

• Official website
• 12 Apostles on MySpace
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