Projector Records
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Projector Records is a record label
based in Brixton
, South London
, UK
. Projector is home to electronic
experimentalists
such as Vertical Cat, Noakes Pressure, Volunteer and Cabin 33, collected on their 2004 compilation Know Your Monkey. This has been followed by 7" releases from Volunteer and Dan Lo_Fi, and the 2006 12" compilation We are Stupid. The label is mainly notable for much of its early output defining the sound that was to become known as 'Grime' or 'Dubstep'.
Record label
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based in Brixton
Brixton
Brixton is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London, England. It is south south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London....
, South London
South London
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, UK
United Kingdom
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. Projector is home to electronic
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...
experimentalists
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
such as Vertical Cat, Noakes Pressure, Volunteer and Cabin 33, collected on their 2004 compilation Know Your Monkey. This has been followed by 7" releases from Volunteer and Dan Lo_Fi, and the 2006 12" compilation We are Stupid. The label is mainly notable for much of its early output defining the sound that was to become known as 'Grime' or 'Dubstep'.