Elephant Stone Records is a US

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 record label

Record label

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 formed in 2002

2002 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:*February 3 – U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI...

 by music critic and former Dionysus Records publicist Ben Szporluk (Ben Vendetta) and his artist wife Arabella Proffer (Bella Vendetta). Named after a song by The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses

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, the label focuses on new groups and reissue compilations influenced by the 60s psychedelic

Psychedelic

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 and/or 90s shoegaze movements. Originally distributed in the United States by Mordam

Mordam Records

Mordam Records was a Sacramento, California record distribution company for independent record labels. It was originally founded in San Francisco in 1983 as an independent punk distribution company by Ruth Schwartz...

, they entered an exclusive distribution deal with Parasol after their fifth release.

Releases

• Limited Edition - The Volta Sound "Cuts 2000-2004"
• ES1016 - Dora Flood "We Live Now"
• ES1015 - Alcian Blue "Alcian Blue"
• ES1014 - Ashley Naylor "Ashley Naylor's Four Track Mind"
• ES1013 - The Situation "The Situation"
• ES1012 - Smashing Orange
  Smashing Orange
  Smashing Orange was an American band formed in 1990. They released three albums before splitting up in the mid-1990s. Their early sound saw them classified as "shoegazing".-History:...
  
   "1991"
• ES1011 - Reverb "Swirl"
• ES1010 - Daydream Nation "Bella Vendetta"
• ES1009 - Dora Flood "Highlands"
• ES1008 - New Planet Trampoline "The Curse of... "
• ES1007 - Delta "Singularity"
• ES1006 - Daydream Nation "Daydream Nation"
• ES1005 - The Situation "The Reece Nasty EP"
• ES1004 - Outrageous Cherry "I've Been Obsessed" 7"
• ES1003 - The Land of Nod
  The Land of Nod (band)
  The Land of Nod are a space rock/post-rock duo from Cheltenham, England, comprising guitarist Ant Walker and bass guitarist Dave Battersby.-History:...
  
  "Reality Channel"
• ES1002 - The Out Crowd "Go On, Give A Damn" EP
• ES1001 - The Volta Sound "Fast Light With Radio Signal:" EP