Sinnbus is a Berlin

Berlin

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 based independent record label

Independent record label

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 founded in 2000.

History

It first started as a loose network of friends, musicians and artists. The label itself was founded in 2002. Over the years Sinnbus developed from representing a local Berlin scene to a well known label in Germany

Germany

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, Austria

Austria

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 and Switzerland

Switzerland

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 and has earned a high reputation for its high quality releases, design and cover-art. Sinnbus now serves as a label, music publisher

Music publisher

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 and occasional concert promoter. The style of music released by Sinnbus varies from post-rock

Post-rock

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, post-punk

Post-punk

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 to indie and electronica

Electronica

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.

The label's most successful bands are Bodi Bill and Hundreds, who have toured extensively through Germany, Austria and Switzerland and gained a notable popularity in the German-speaking indie scene.
Bands of the label have played various international festivals such as the Iceland Airwaves

Iceland Airwaves

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, Eurosonic, SXSW or Melt! festival

Melt! festival

The Melt! Festival is a music festival in Germany. The music that is played is described by the organizers as Electronic meets Rock.-Location:Since 1999 the festival is held in Ferropolis, Gräfenhainichen Germany....

.

Bands

• Alarma Man
• Ampl:tude
• Audrey
  Audrey (band)
  Swedish four-piece Audrey formed in 2002 in Henån, Sweden. The band first formed in a run-down music house that was going to be demolished during their time there. According to the band there were mice running on the floor and the pipes were frozen. In this harsh environment they started playing...
  
  
• Barra Head
  Barra Head (band)
  Barra Head is a band of three people from Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1992 the band never changed its members. Barra Head belong to the genres indie-rock, punk rock, post-hardcore and Math Rock. Their biggest influences are Karate, Fugazi and Faraquet. Very well known in the Danish and German...
  
  
• Beach
• Bodi Bill
• Honey For Petzi
• Hundreds
• I Might Be Wrong
• Jn Fischer Erf
• Kam:as
• Kate Mosh
• Kinn
• Masonne
• Mimas
  Mimas (band)
  Mimas is a Danish band, based in Aarhus. The band comprises Iceland-born Snævar Njáll Albertsson , Daniel Malling Beck , Gert Hoberg Jørgensen , and Lasse Dahl ....
  
  
• Monotekktoni
• My Bubba & Mi
• Pantasz
• SDNMT
• Ter Haar
• Tobogann
• Torchous
• Troy Von Balthazar
  Troy Von Balthazar
  Troy Von Balthazar is an American singer and songwriter who fronted the Los Angeles based indie rock band Chokebore. His work can be described as lo-fi pop music.-Biography:...
  
  
• We vs. Death
  We vs. Death
  - History :In the second half of 2000 a couple of like-minded musicians find each other at Utrecht University in Netherlands and decide to start a band. The band's name was initially Dylman's Disco Method, but after a while was changed to We vs. Death. Almost right away they chose to make...
  
  

External links

• Official Homepage
• Overview of Sinnbus releases
• http://soundcloud.com/sinnbusSinnbus' Soundcloud
  SoundCloud
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