Mole Listening Pearls is a German record label based in Mannheim

Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....

. From 1996 till 2003 it was owned by UCMG; in 2004 Mole Listening Pearls was overtaken by Daredo Music. The name "Mole" derives from the novel "Neuromancer

Neuromancer

Neuromancer is a 1984 novel by William Gibson, a seminal work in the cyberpunk genre and the first winner of the science-fiction "triple crown" — the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. It was Gibson's debut novel and the beginning of the Sprawl trilogy...

" and describes a kind of computer virus.

Since 1996 various artists of electronic music, like Alphawezen

Alphawezen

Alphawezen is a German electronic duo formed in 1998, consisting of Asu Yalcindag and Ernst Wawra .In the beginning, Alphawezen was an instrumental project, but with the first official album „L'après-midi d'un Microphone“ and with the co-operation of singer Asu it became a kind of ambient...

, Bassface Sascha, De-Phazz, Lemongrass, moodorama, Naomi, Wax Tailor

Wax Tailor

Wax Tailor is the alias of French trip hop/hip hop producer, Jean-Christophe Le Saoût . He started in 2004 with two EP's . The first album Tales of the Forgotten Melodies was released in March 2005, mixing hip-hop, downtempo, trip-hop with samples extracted from movies...

, Barbara Lahr

Barbara Lahr

Barbara Lahr is a German singer , composer, bassist , guitarist, producer best known for her collaboration with german Nu Jazz group De Phazz.-Career:...

, Yonderboi

Yonderboi

Yonderboi is a Hungarian electronic music artist whose real name is László Fogarasi. He was born in Mernye, Somogy, Hungary in 1980.He experimented with music on his computer during high school. After his 16th birthday he sent a demo to "Juice Records". It was quickly followed by an EP called...

 and Zagar have been released on this label.

The first records were compilations. On "Science Jazz Vol. 1", arranged by the Zurich DJ Minus 8, you could find artists like Nightmares on Wax, LTJ Bukem and Lamb, on "Breaking The Ice" you can find, among others, Kruder & Dorfmeister and Red Snapper. From 1997 on individual artists have been signed by this label. The debut album "Detunized Gravity" (1997) by De-Phazz and Yonderboi's debut album "Shallow and Profound" were a big success, as they sold over 30 000 copies. As of August 2008, 84 albums of 31 Bands have been released. Still, various compilations will be released. These compilations act as an overview of all artists and their production on one hand, and there are a number of programmatical demands for certain music styles on the other. For instance "Batacuda" – already three follow-ups have been released between 2000 and 2007 – has afro-percussive influenced tracks, while "Science Fiction Jazz" with its eleven editions between 1996 until 2008, made a fundamental contribution to the evolution of NuJazz.

Current active bands

• Airmate
• Alphawezen
  Alphawezen
  Alphawezen is a German electronic duo formed in 1998, consisting of Asu Yalcindag and Ernst Wawra .In the beginning, Alphawezen was an instrumental project, but with the first official album „L'après-midi d'un Microphone“ and with the co-operation of singer Asu it became a kind of ambient...
  
  
• Anima Sound System
  Anima Sound System
  Anima Sound System is a Hungarian electronic band founded in 1993 in Szombathely. Anima is one of the first and most important Hungarian electronic acts, a unique fusion of Eastern-European folk music and modern electronic styles. The band is current under Mole Listening Pearls. The band soon...
  
  
• Audio Lotion
• Bassface Sascha
• Calmstreet
• Club Bangahs
• De Phazz
  De Phazz
  De Phazz is a downtempo jazz ensemble integrating modern turntablism and elements of soul, Latin, trip hop and drum and bass into a lounge music sound. De Phazz is led by Pit Baumgartner, a German producer who has varied the lineup of artists for every new album. Some regular members are Barbara...
  
  
• Felka
• Gábor Deutsch
• Geb.el
• Homegrown
• JFC
• Khoiba
• Lahr
• Lemongrass
• LLava
• ManMachineMan
• Marcel (band)
• moodorama
• Naomi
  Naomi (band)
  Naomi is a German electronic duo formed in 1996, consisting of Bernd Lechler and Nico Tobias Wirtz.- Discography :* Everyone Loves You * Pappelallee * Aquarium * Tweak * The Big Shapes...
  
  
• nor elle
• Q-Point
• Soul G And Tony Match
• The Lushlife Project
• Wax Tailor
  Wax Tailor
  Wax Tailor is the alias of French trip hop/hip hop producer, Jean-Christophe Le Saoût . He started in 2004 with two EP's . The first album Tales of the Forgotten Melodies was released in March 2005, mixing hip-hop, downtempo, trip-hop with samples extracted from movies...
  
  
• Yonderboi
  Yonderboi
  Yonderboi is a Hungarian electronic music artist whose real name is László Fogarasi. He was born in Mernye, Somogy, Hungary in 1980.He experimented with music on his computer during high school. After his 16th birthday he sent a demo to "Juice Records". It was quickly followed by an EP called...
  
  
• Zorg

External links

• Mole Listening Pearls official website
• Label profile from Mole Listening Pearls