Home Normal | |
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Founded | 2008 |
Founder | Ian Hawgood |
Distributor(s) | P*Dis (JP) |
Genre | Ambient, Post-classical, Modern-classical, Electroacoustic |
Country of origin | Japan |
Location | Japan |
Official website | homenormal |
Home Normal is a record label founded in Tokyo in December 2008 and launched in March 2009. [1] The label was curated by Ian Hawgood, [2] [3] co-run with Ben Jones, with design assistance from Jeremy Bible and Christian Roth until 2016. Initially based exclusively in Tokyo, Home Normal relocated in 2016 to Warsaw, Poland, and then to Brighton, United Kingdom, late 2019. [4] [5]
The label specializes in minimal music, with their releases branching between post-classical, experimental ambient, [6] drone and electronica. [5] They've released over 100 albums to date. [7]
The following are artists with releases on Home Normal:
Besides the main catalog, Home Normal has a number of sub-labels that it manages. [8] These include:
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