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Post Present Medium (or PPM) is an Independent Record Label [1] l [2] started and run by Dean Allen Spunt, also from the band No Age.

Spunt started the label in 2001 with the release of a 7" by Portland/Olympia post punk band The Intima. [3] Initial funding came from a settlement Spunt received as a teenager, when he got into a car accident with a member of the Backstreet Boys. [4] PPM has released records from artists that include Mika Miko, Abe Vigoda, Barr, Best Coast, No Age, Gun Outfit, Silk Flowers, John Wiese, Eric Copeland, Infinite Body, and SFV Acid. [4] PPM has at least 75 releases to date. [4] Releases typically get 500 to 1000 pressings. [5]

Currently the roster includes Behavior, Syko Friend, Otis Houston Jr., P22, Gen Pop, Mayako XO, Brontez Purnell, Chronophage. [4]

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