Manimal Vinyl
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Manimal Vinyl is a Los Angeles
based record label
founded in 2006
by fashion stylist, Paul Beahan. They are known for releasing underground and experimental pop music. They were originally known as a folk label that makes annual tribute records for worldwide charities, having eventually switched to dance music and progressive underground. In 2009, they switched to worldwide distribution, making their once difficult to find catalogue available in the UK, EU and Asia. In 2008, they founded the annual Manimal Festival in Pioneertown, California. In June 2011, Manimal became part of RED Distribution
, a branch of Sony Music Entertainment
.
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founded in 2006
2006 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band....
by fashion stylist, Paul Beahan. They are known for releasing underground and experimental pop music. They were originally known as a folk label that makes annual tribute records for worldwide charities, having eventually switched to dance music and progressive underground. In 2009, they switched to worldwide distribution, making their once difficult to find catalogue available in the UK, EU and Asia. In 2008, they founded the annual Manimal Festival in Pioneertown, California. In June 2011, Manimal became part of RED Distribution
RED Distribution
RED - An Artist Development Company is a Sony Music Entertainment-owned sales and marketing division that handles releases for over sixty independent record labels....
, a branch of Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
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Discography
- Chapin SistersChapin SistersThe Chapin Sisters are an American folk pop musical group consisting of sisters Abigail Chapin and Lily Chapin, and formerly their half-sister Jessica Craven. Abigail and Lily are daughters of folk singer Tom Chapin and nieces of the late singer-songwriter Harry Chapin...
and Winter Flowers split LP (MANI-001) released as a limited picture disc April 2007 - Bat For LashesBat for LashesNatasha Khan , also known by her stage name Bat for Lashes, is an English musician. She sings and plays the piano, bass, guitar, harpsichord and the autoharp....
Fur and Gold vinyl LP (MANI-002) Limited Edition with poster June 2007 - Through the WildernessThrough the WildernessThrough the Wilderness is a tribute album to Madonna by various folk artists, released on November 27, 2007 on Manimal Vinyl Records.*7 out of 10- Pitchforkmedia.com*3.5 Stars - Spin Magazine-Tracks included:...
a tribute to Madonna CD (MANI-003) November 2007 (feat. Lavender DiamondLavender DiamondLavender Diamond is a Los Angeles-based Folk/country-pop quartet known for its light-hearted, often winsome sound; its simple, romantic lyrics; and the charismatic, whimsical stage presence and ethereal vocals of frontwoman Becky Stark.-History:...
, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, etc) - Apollo HeightsApollo HeightsApollo Heights are an American shoegazer band that was formed in New York City in 2002. Consisting mainly of twin brothers, Daniel and Danny Chavis, they play experimental rock music. They cite AR Kane and My Bloody Valentine as a major inspiration...
White Music For Black People CD (MANI-005) October 2007 - Magick Daggers Black Diamonds CD-EP (MANI-006) October 2007
- East BerlinEast BerlinEast Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...
Caligula LP March 2008 digital release only Paul Beahan's own music - Hecuba (band)Hecuba (band)Hecuba is a band based in Los Angeles, California featuring performance artist, Isabelle Albuquerque and musician/designer Jon Beasley. They have toured with Devendra Banhart, Bat for Lashes and Rainbow Arabia. They have released two albums on Manimal Vinyl since their formation in 2006...
Sir 12" EP/ CD-EP (MANI-008) April 2008 - Caroline Weeks Songs For Edna LP/CD (MANI-004) March 17, 2009 Bat For LashesBat for LashesNatasha Khan , also known by her stage name Bat for Lashes, is an English musician. She sings and plays the piano, bass, guitar, harpsichord and the autoharp....
solo project - Aquaserge Tahiti Coco 12" EP/ CD-EP (MANI-009) Sept 2nd, 2008
- Rainbow ArabiaRainbow ArabiaRainbow Arabia is an electronic duo based in Los Angeles, California consisting of Future Pigeon and Whisky Biscuit keyboardist Danny Preston and wife Tiffany Preston....
"The Basta" CD-EP (MANI-007 Tiny Man/Manimal Vinyl) August 2008 - Rio en MedioRio en MedioRio en Medio is the pseudonym of singer and baritone ukulelist Danielle Stech-Homsy.-Background:Born in the high desert of New Mexico, Danielle later made Brooklyn her home and there began to record and perform her own compositions...
Frontier LP (MANI-012) October 4, 2008 - Perfect As CatsPerfect As CatsPerfect as Cats: A Tribute to the Cure is a charity record released by Los Angeles indie label, Manimal Vinyl on October 28, 2008.. , Segodnya . , Les Inrockuptibles It features covers of The Cure favourites by Dandy Warhols, Bat For Lashes, Kaki King, Devastations, ex-Godflesh frontman, Justin K...
a tribute to The Cure 2xCD (MANI-013) October 28, 2008 (feat. Bat for LashesBat for LashesNatasha Khan , also known by her stage name Bat for Lashes, is an English musician. She sings and plays the piano, bass, guitar, harpsichord and the autoharp....
, Dandy Warhols, Kaki KingKaki KingKaki King is an American guitarist and composer. King is known for her percussive and jazz-tinged melodies, energetic live shows, use of multiple tunings on acoustic and lap steel guitar, and her diverse range in different genres.In February 2006, Rolling Stone released a list of "The New Guitar...
, etc) - Alexandra Hope Invisible Sunday LP/CD (MANI-010) March 17, 2009
- Corridor (band) s/t LP (MANI-011) May 25, 2009
- Hecuba (band)Hecuba (band)Hecuba is a band based in Los Angeles, California featuring performance artist, Isabelle Albuquerque and musician/designer Jon Beasley. They have toured with Devendra Banhart, Bat for Lashes and Rainbow Arabia. They have released two albums on Manimal Vinyl since their formation in 2006...
Paradise CD/LP (MANI-014) May 25, 2009 - The Polyamorous AffairThe Polyamorous AffairThe Polyamorous Affair are an electronic band based in Los Angeles consisting of producer/songwriter Eddie Chacon and Sissy Sainte-Marie. They self-released their first album in 2008. Their follow up release, The Polyamorous Affair, Bolshevik Disco was critically acclaimed by NME, XLR8R, DAZED,...
Bolshevik Disco CD/LP (MANI-015) July 14, 2009 - Rainbow ArabiaRainbow ArabiaRainbow Arabia is an electronic duo based in Los Angeles, California consisting of Future Pigeon and Whisky Biscuit keyboardist Danny Preston and wife Tiffany Preston....
Kabukimono 12" EP/CD (MANI-016) July 28, 2009 - Voices Voices Origins EP/12" (Remixed and Produced by Prefuse 73 Jan 26th, 2010
- WarpaintWarpaint (band)Warpaint is an American art rock group from Los Angeles, formed in 2004. The band's members are Emily Kokal , Theresa Wayman , Jenny Lee Lindberg , and Stella Mozgawa . The band's membership has also included actress Shannyn Sossamon and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer...
Exquisite Corpse EP/12" October 5, 2009 - Pizza! (band) "Bogus Rimshots From the Fourth" Digital LP October 5, 2009
- East BerlinEast BerlinEast Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...
Abracadabra Digital LP March 2010 - We Are The WorldWe Are the World"We Are the World" is a song and charity single originally recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the album We Are the World...
Clay Stones LP/CD April 6th, 2010 - ASKAAskaAska can refer to:*ASKA , an American heavy-metal band*Aska Hundred, or Aska härad, was an hundred of Östergötland, Sweden.*Isuzu Aska, a Japanese car....
"There Are Many of Us" 7" single (theme from Spike JonzeSpike JonzeSpike Jonze is an American director, producer and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television...
's film I'm Here) Spring 2010 - We Were So Turned OnWe Were So Turned OnWe Were So Turned On: A Tribute to David Bowie is a David Bowie tribute album released worldwide on September 6, 2010 by Manimal Vinyl as a charity for War Child UK...
: a tribute to David BowieDavid BowieDavid Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
LP/CD September 6th, 2010 (featuring contributions from Duran DuranDuran DuranDuran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...
, Devendra BanhartDevendra BanhartDevendra Obi Banhart is a singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Houston, Texas and was raised by his mother in Venezuela, until he moved to California as a teenager. He began to study at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1998, but dropped out to perform music in Europe, San...
, Carla BruniCarla BruniCarla Bruni-Sarkozy is an Italian-French songwriter, singer, actress, and former model...
, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Vivian GirlsVivian GirlsVivian Girls are an American band from Brooklyn, New York.- History :Vivian Girls, named after the magnum opus of outsider author Henry Darger, started in Brooklyn, NY in March 2007 as the trio of Cassie Ramone ; Katy "Kickball Katy" Goodman; and Frankie Rose...
, ChairliftChairliftAn elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel cable loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers, carrying a series of chairs...
, A Place to Bury StrangersA Place to Bury StrangersA Place to Bury Strangers are a New York–based noise rock band composed of Oliver Ackermann , Dion Lunadon and Jay Space . The band plays a heavy, atmospheric wall of sound-influenced blend of psychedelic rock, shoegaze and space rock...
and more) All profits go to War Child UK. - Sister CrayonSister CrayonSister Crayon is a Sacramento-based quartet signed to independent label Manimal Vinyl. Led by vocalist Terra Lopez with Dani Fernandez playing backing tracks, the band was a two member act for approximately one year before keys player Genarro Ulloa and drummer Nicholas Suhr joined the following year...
Bellow LP/CD February 2011 - Swahili BlondeSwahili BlondeSwahili Blonde is an experimental musical project formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009. Founded by former 'WEAVE!' drummer and vocalist Nicole Turley, violinist and bassist Laena Myers-Ionita, Duran Duran bassist John Taylor and multi-instrumentalists Stella Mozgawa and Michael Quinn...
Man Meat LP/CD July 29th, 2010 Nicole Turley project - papercranes Let's Make Babies in the Woods CD/LP January 24th, 2011 Rain PhoenixRain PhoenixRain Phoenix is an American actress, musician, and singer. Phoenix has four siblings: two brothers, actors Joaquin and the late River Phoenix, and two sisters, Summer and Liberty.-Early life:...
project - Juliette CommagereJuliette CommagereJuliette Commagere is a Los Angeles based singer/songwriter who previously worked with the band Hello Stranger and The Bird and the Bee. She has toured with Nick Lowe, Ry Cooder, Pete Yorn and played the Download Festival with Bat for Lashes as well as co-headlined the 2nd annual Manimal Festival...
The Procession CD/LP September 28th, 2010 - Sophie HungerSophie HungerSophie Hunger is a folk-pop-blues singer from Zurich.- Early life :Sophie Hunger grew up in Bern , London , Bonn and Zurich with two older siblings...
s/t CD April 2011 - ASKAAskaAska can refer to:*ASKA , an American heavy-metal band*Aska Hundred, or Aska härad, was an hundred of Östergötland, Sweden.*Isuzu Aska, a Japanese car....
s/t CD-EP Winter 2010 - Duran DuranDuran DuranDuran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...
and Carla BruniCarla BruniCarla Bruni-Sarkozy is an Italian-French songwriter, singer, actress, and former model...
split 7" single (David BowieDavid BowieDavid Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
covers for War Child charity) December 2010 - WarpaintWarpaint (band)Warpaint is an American art rock group from Los Angeles, formed in 2004. The band's members are Emily Kokal , Theresa Wayman , Jenny Lee Lindberg , and Stella Mozgawa . The band's membership has also included actress Shannyn Sossamon and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer...
and Sister CrayonSister CrayonSister Crayon is a Sacramento-based quartet signed to independent label Manimal Vinyl. Led by vocalist Terra Lopez with Dani Fernandez playing backing tracks, the band was a two member act for approximately one year before keys player Genarro Ulloa and drummer Nicholas Suhr joined the following year...
split 7" single (David BowieDavid BowieDavid Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
covers for War Child charity) September 2010 - Baron von LuxxuryBaron von LuxxuryBaron von Luxxury is a producer, songwriter, DJ and lead singer of the band Luxxury. Some of his best-known songs are "Drunk" which was used in commercials for Pontiac, "Sweet and Vicious" which was used on The Hills and "I Know There's Something Going On", a cover of a song by Frida from ABBA...
"The Lovely Theresa" single Feb 2011 - Jenny O. Home EP Spring 2011
- Corridor (band) Real Late LP Summer 2011
- Io Echo tba EP Summer 2012
- papercranes "Long Way" 7" single Summer 2011
- Dreamtapes "I Disappear" 7" single Summer 2011
- Extra Classic "Your Light Like White Lightning, Your Light Like A Laserbeam" October 2011
- Baron von LuxxuryBaron von LuxxuryBaron von Luxxury is a producer, songwriter, DJ and lead singer of the band Luxxury. Some of his best-known songs are "Drunk" which was used in commercials for Pontiac, "Sweet and Vicious" which was used on The Hills and "I Know There's Something Going On", a cover of a song by Frida from ABBA...
"Women of A Certain Age" LP October 2011 - Cameras s/t LP Fall 2011
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