Perlon
Encyclopedia
Perlon is an electronic music
record label
founded in Frankfurt
, Germany
, based in Berlin
, and run by Zip and Markus Nikolai. It is a minimal techno and microhouse
label whose sound features vocals and crispy sounds. Producers such as Ricardo Villalobos
, Baby Ford
, Stefan Goldmann
, Luciano
, Matt John, Akufen
and Pantytec work for Perlon. It is mainly a vinyl only label, as none of their releases are officially available online in any digital format.
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
founded in Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, based in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, and run by Zip and Markus Nikolai. It is a minimal techno and microhouse
Microhouse
Microhouse, buftech or sometimes just minimal, is a subgenre of house and glitch music.-History:Microhouse has its roots in the minimal techno, glitch , and house genres of music. Its first echoes appeared in a glitch album by German experimental artist Oval, in 1993...
label whose sound features vocals and crispy sounds. Producers such as Ricardo Villalobos
Ricardo Villalobos
Ricardo Villalobos is a Chilean-German electronic music producer and DJ. He is well-known for his work in the minimal techno and microhouse genres, and is one of the most significant figures in today's minimal techno scene....
, Baby Ford
Baby Ford
Peter Ford, better known as Baby Ford, is a British electronic music record producer, known particularly for his contributions to the birth of acid house...
, Stefan Goldmann
Stefan Goldmann
Stefan Goldmann is a German-Bulgarian DJ and Record producer of electronic music. He has released numerous records through the labels Perlon, Innervisions, Cocoon Recordings and others. Since 2007 he runs his own imprint, Macro, and holds a residency at Berlin's Panorama Bar club...
, Luciano
Luciano
Luciano is a Jamaican second generation roots reggae artist and poet....
, Matt John, Akufen
Akufen
Marc Leclair, better known by his stage name Akufen, is a Canadian electronic musician. His music is electronic music that is often described as minimal house, minimal techno, glitch, or microhouse....
and Pantytec work for Perlon. It is mainly a vinyl only label, as none of their releases are officially available online in any digital format.