- Jagjaguwar
Infobox record label
name = Jagjaguwar
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founded = 1996
founder = Darius Van Arman
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genre =Indie rock
country =United States
location =Bloomington, Indiana
url = http://www.jagjaguwar.comJagjaguwar is an
indie rock record label based inBloomington, Indiana .History
In 1996, in
Charlottesville, Virginia , friends ofDarius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label. They had previously released a7" record on the short-lived label Sentimental, which was co-run by Van Arman and a friendDawson Prater (who later went on to eventually start theLocust Music label out of Chicago). Sentimental, however, became inactive when Prater moved away from Charlottesville. Working under the theory that having some sort of label-affiliation would be better for The Curious Digit than if they self-released the album, Van Arman started Jagjaguwar Records.Initially, The Curious Digit album "Bombay Aloo" was going to be the only album released on Jagjaguwar, but a Richmond band called Drunk performed at the venue Tokyo Rose where Van Arman booked musical acts. Mesmerized by their performance, Van Arman asked Drunk to release their new record, which the band had just completed, through Jagjaguwar. Two records make a label discography, and Jagjaguwar was earnestly underway.
In 1999,
Chris Swanson , who was part owner of the record labelSecretly Canadian , became partners with Van Arman and Jagjaguwar and Secretly Canadian became much more tightly connected, sharing office space and some staff. Most recently, the other two partners of Secretly Canadian, Ben Swanson and Jonathan Cargill, became equal partners of Jagjaguwar as well, although, A&R-wise, Chris Swanson and Van Arman solely decide what is released on Jagjaguwar.With regard to the Jagjaguwar name, it was generated using a
Dungeons & Dragons character name-generating program.Label roster
*
Alex Delivery
* Aspera
*The Besnard Lakes
* Bevel
* Black Mountain
*Bon Iver
* Company
*Robert Creeley
*The Curious Digit
*Dirty Faces
*Julie Doiron
* Drunk
*Jad Fair
* Fuck
*Daniel Johnston
*Simon Joyner
* Ladyhawk
*Lightning Dust
*Love Life
*Manishevitz
*Minus Story
*Monroe Mustang
*Nad Navillus
*Nagisa Ni Te
* Oakley Hall
*Odawas
*Okkervil River
* Oneida
*Parker Paul
*Parts & Labor
*Patrick Phelan
*Pink Mountaintops
* Pterodactyl
*The Skygreen Leopards
* South
* Spokane
*Stigma Rock Unit
* Swan Lake
*Sunset Rubdown
*The Union of a Man and a Woman
*Sarah White
* Wilderness
*Richard Youngs See also
*
List of record labels External links
* [http://www.jagjaguwar.com/ Official site]
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