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American record label
Downtown Records
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Founded
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2006
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Founder
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Distributor(s)
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Country of origin
| U.S.
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Location
| New York City
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Official website
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Downtown Records
is an American
record label
based in New York City with offices in Los Angeles. Owned and operated by Josh Deutsch and Terence Lam, the label is distributed by
Geffen Records
(formerly
Interscope Records
and
The Orchard
) in the US and in the UK distributed by
Polydor Records
.
The roster includes artists such as
Nick Murphy
,
Brett Dennen
,
Electric Guest
,
Tei Shi
,
Goldroom
and
Tommy Genesis
.
History
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The label was co-founded by Josh Deutsch and Terence Lam in 2006 and grew to become
Downtown Music
with publishing, licensing, music services and Songtrust. In 2013 Downtown Records was purchased outright by its original co-founders
[1]
and now operates fully independent. The label's music was distributed by
Sony Music
's
RED Distribution
and
Cooperative Music
.
[2]
It is now distributed by
Interscope Records
/
Universal Music Group
(now
Geffen Records
).
[3]
In addition to the sister label,
Mercer Street Records
, Downtown has label partnerships with
Dim Mak Records
,
Fool's Gold Records
and
Mad Decent
.
[4]
Downtown Records also operates Downtown Events
[5]
? a festival and concert promotion company that produces The Downtown Music Festival.
[6]
[7]
Roster
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Past roster
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[
clarification needed
]
Mercer Street Records
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References
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- ^
"Downtown Music's Josh Deutsch Talks 'Harlem Shake' Success, Future Business Plans at SXSW"
. Billboard. 2013-03-13
. Retrieved
2016-07-02
.
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"Loud & Proud"
. RED Music. Archived from
the original
on 2014-04-27
. Retrieved
2016-07-02
.
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"UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP AND INTERSCOPE RECORDS FORGE MULTITIERED PACT WITH DOWNTOWN RECORDS AS ICONIC LABEL CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY"
.
www.universalmusic.com
. 20 July 2016
. Retrieved
1 September
2017
.
- ^
"Downtown Links with Fontana, Interscope"
, Harding, Cortney,
Billboard
, September 5, 2008.
- ^
"The Downtown Music Festival | 2 Nights. Big Music. Small Stages"
. Archived from
the original
on September 27, 2013
. Retrieved
September 24,
2013
.
- ^
Evan Minsker (2013-03-28).
"Kendrick Lamar, Earl Sweatshirt, Purity Ring, DIIV, Schoolboy Q to Play Downtown Music Festival"
. Pitchfork
. Retrieved
2016-07-02
.
- ^
Caramanica, Jon (12 May 2013).
"Downtown Festival on the Lower East Side"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
2016-07-02
.
- ^
Grizzle, Shereita (25 October 2017).
"Devin puts pause on dancehall - Deejay targets international market"
.
The Star
. Retrieved
23 January
2018
.
- ^
"Exclusive: Downtown Records Launches Immortal Music Publishing"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
2017-03-23
.
External links
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