| Project Mooncircle | |
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Gordon Gieseking |
| Genre | Experimental hip hop, electronic, Electronica, Folk Music, Jazz, Drum and Bass, Breakbeat, Instrumental, Downtempo, Deep House, Techno, UK Garage |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Location | Berlin |
| Official website | projectmooncircle |
Project Mooncircle is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany, focusing on organic and electronic music. [1]
Project Mooncircle was founded in 2002 by Gordon Gieseking, as an offshoot of experimental electronic Miami label Beta Bodega. [2] In 2004 Gieseking formed a partnership with the vinyl and clothing mail-order company Hip Hop Vinyl, and when Beta Bodega ceased operations in 2005, Project Mooncircle became HHV.DE's official imprint. [3] Respectively in 2009 and 2010, Project Mooncircle took up two sub-labels, dub techno imprint Project Squared [4] [5] and blog/label Finest Ego, [6] and in 2014 it was featured in the XLR8R readers poll on the best independent record labels, behind Ninja Tune and Warp Records. [7]
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