# Avant! Records
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{{Short description|Italian record label}}
{{Infobox record label
| name = Avant! Records
| image =
| parent =
| founded = {{start date|2007}}
| founder = Andrea Napoli
| defunct =
| status = Active
| distributor =
| genre = [post-punk](/source/post-punk), [dark wave](/source/dark_wave), [electronic music](/source/electronic_music), [synth-pop](/source/synth-pop), [industrial](/source/industrial_music), [new wave](/source/New_wave_music)
| country = [Italy](/source/Italy)
| location = [Bologna](/source/Bologna)
| url = {{URL|http://www.avantrecords.com/}}
}}
'''Avant! Records''' is an independent Italian [record label](/source/record_label) based in [Bologna](/source/Bologna), founded by Andrea Napoli.[[https://www.thenewnoise.it/avant-records-intervista-ad-andrea-napoli/ "Avant! Records: intervista ad Andrea Napoli"] ''The New Noise'', 18 February 2016][[https://zero.eu/it/news/dieci-pezzi-che-ci-raccontano-di-andrea-napoli-e-della-sua-avant-records// "Dieci pezzi che ci raccontano di Andrea Napoli e della sua Avant! Records"] ''Zero'', 28 November 2016] in late 2007,[[https://www.vice.com/it/article/avant-records-dieci-anni-playlist-festa// "Avant! Records, dieci anni di oscurità"] ''Vice'', 22 November 2017][[https://zero.eu/it/persone/andrea-napoli/ "I 10 anni di AVANT! Records raccontati dal fondatore Andrea Napoli"] ''Zero'', 28 November 2017] specializing in vinyl releases of [dark wave](/source/dark_wave), [post-punk](/source/post-punk), [cold wave](/source/cold_wave), and [experimental electronic music](/source/experimental_electronic_music).[[https://www.vice.com/it/article/avant-records-intervista/ "Cinquanta sfumature di nero: Avant! records"] ''Vice'', 18 June 2015]
The label has released music from underground acts like [Buzz Kull](/source/Buzz_Kull), [Crush of Souls](/source/Crocodiles_(band)), Horror Vacui, [House of Harm](/source/House_of_Harm), [King Dude](/source/%3Ait%3AKing_Dude), Lust for Youth, M!R!M, Night Sins, [Nuovo Testamento](/source/Nuovo_Testamento_(group)), [Qual](/source/Lebanon_Hanover), [The Spoiled](/source/The_Spoiled), and White Hex, showcasing a dark, melodic, and often melancholic sound.
==Discography==
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*AV!001 HIS ELECTRO BLUE VOICE / NUIT NOIRE – s/t (2007)
*AV!002 THE BLACK BUG – I Don't Like You (2008)
*AV!003 LOS LLAMARADA – Against The Day (2008)
*AV!004 MOVIE STAR JUNKIES – Junkyears (2009)
*AV!005 KRYSMOPOMPAS – Gesa (2009)
*AV!006 THE FEELING OF LOVE – Waiting For The Cheerleaders To Get Drunk (2009)
*AV!007 CCCANDY – Lonesome Berlin (2010)
*AV!008 CULT OF YOUTH – Filthy Plumage In An Open Sea! (2010)
*AV!009 SCORPION VIOLENTE – Uberschleiss (2010)
*AV!010 LUST FOR YOUTH – Solar Flare (2011)
*AV!011 CONTREPOISON – ...Until Next Morning (2011)
*AV!012 DREAM AFFAIR – Endless Days (2011)
*AV!013 [King Dude](/source/%3Ait%3AKing_Dude) – Tonight's Special Death (2011)
*AV!014 FATHER MURPHY / HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD? – s/t (2011)
*AV!015 FUNK POLICE – Hot We Are Funk We Play (2011)
*AV!016 LFY / WAR – The Glass House Etiquette (2012)
*AV!017 LUST FOR YOUTH – Growing Seeds (2012)
*AV!018 WHITE HEX – Heat (2012)
*AV!019 NATURAL ASSEMBLY – Arms of Departure (2012)
*AV!020 NIGHT SINS – New Grave (2012)
*AV!021 HORROR VACUI – In Darkness You Will Feel Alright (2012)
*AV!022 HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD? – s/t (2012)
*AV!023 LUST FOR YOUTH – Saluting Rome (2012)
*AV!024 LAKES – Blood of the Grove (2013)
*AV!025 KINIT HER – The Poet & The Blue Flower (2013)
*AV!026 NIGHT SINS – To London Or The Lake (2013)
*AV!027 SANGRE DE MUERDAGO / NOVEMTHREE – Braided Paths (2014)
*AV!028 CONTREPOISON – I Keep On Searching (2014)
*AV!029 NUN – Nun (2014)
*AV!030 PHASE FATALE – Skyscraper (2014)
*AV!031 HAND OF DUST – Walk in White (2014)
*AV!032 HOT GUTS – Wilds (2014)
*AV!033 LOST TRIBE – Solace (2014)
*AV!034 HORROR VACUI – Return of the Empire (2015)
*AV!035 [Qual](/source/Lebanon_Hanover) – Sable (2015)
*AV!036 BLACK BUG – Frozen Energy (2015)
*AV!037 PURE GROUND – Standard of Living (2015)
*AV!038 HAND OF DUST – Like Breath Beneath a Veil (2015)
*AV!039 DRIFT. – Black Devotion (2015)
*AV!040 KOBAN – Abject Obsessions (2016)
*AV!041 RENDEZ-VOUS – Distance (2016)
*AV!042 YOU. – Bouquet (2016)
*AV!043 PURE GROUND – Giftgarten (2016)
*AV!044 PLEASURE SYMBOLS – Pleasure Symbols (2016)
*AV!045 THE AGNES CIRCLE – Some Vague Desire (2016)
*AV!046 [Qual](/source/Lebanon_Hanover) – Cupio Dissolvi (2017)
*AV!047 VEIL OF LIGHT – Front Teeth (2017)
*AV!048 DRIFT. – Genderland (2017)
*AV!049 DRIFT. – Genderland (2017)
*AV!050 SALLY DIGE – Holding On (2017)
*AV!051 [Qual](/source/Lebanon_Hanover) – The Ultimate Climax (2018)
*AV!052 HOLIDAY INN – Torbido (2018)
*AV!053 FATHER MURPHY – Rising. A requiem for Father Murphy (2018)
*AV!054 SDH – Tell Them (2018)
*AV!055 DEATH BELLS – Standing At The Edge Of The World (2018)
*AV!056 SDH – Semiotics Department Of Heteronyms (2018)
*AV!057 RITUAL VEIL – Wolf In The Night (2018)
*AV!058 HØRD – Parallels (2018)
*AV!059 [Buzz Kull](/source/Buzz_Kull) – New Kind Of Cross (2018)
*AV!060 [Qual](/source/Lebanon_Hanover) – Cyber Care (2019)
*AV!061 PROFIT PRISON – Six Strange Passions (2019)
*AV!062 VEIL OF LIGHT – Inflict (2019)
*AV!063 PLEASURE SYMBOLS – Closer And Closer Apart (2019)
*AV!064 SKEMER – Benevolence (2019)
*AV!065 [Nuovo Testamento](/source/Nuovo_Testamento_(group)) – Exposure (2019)
*AV!066 [Buzz Kull](/source/Buzz_Kull) – Last In The Club (2019)
*AV!067 M!R!M – The Visionary (2020)
*AV!068 SDH – Against Strong Thinking (2020)
*AV!069 HØRD – Bodies (2020)
*AV!070 PLASTIC ESTATE – This Place (2020)
*AV!071 [House of Harm](/source/House_of_Harm) – Vicious Pastimes (2020)
*AV!072 PROFIT PRISON – Dreams of a Dark Building (2020)
*AV!073 VEIL OF LIGHT – Landslide (2021)
*AV!074 [Nuovo Testamento](/source/Nuovo_Testamento_(group)) – New Earth (2021)
*AV!075 PLASTIC ESTATE – Plastic Estate (2022)
*AV!076 M!R!M – Time Traitor (2022)
*AV!077 SDH – Maybe A Body (2022)
*AV!078 BLIND SEAGULL – Personal Decay (2022)
*AV!079 HØRD – Sciences (2022)
*AV!080 [Buzz Kull](/source/Buzz_Kull) – Fascination (2022)
*AV!081 VEIL OF LIGHT – Sundancing (2023)
*AV!082 KORINE – Tear (2023)
*AV!083 MALE TEARS – KRYPT (2023)
*AV!084 SDH – Fake Is Real (2023)
*AV!085 [Crush of Souls](/source/Crocodiles_(band)) – (A)Void Love (2023)
*AV!086 DELUXXE – If You Were Me (2023)
*AV!087 SKEMER – Toasts & Sentiments (2023)
*AV!088 [House of Harm](/source/House_of_Harm) – Playground (2023)
*AV!089 DANCING PLAGUE – Elogium (2024)
*AV!090 POISON POINT – Wandering Echoes (2024)
*AV!091 BLIND SEAGULL – Decade Of Effort (2024)
*AV!092 PROFIT PRISON – Gilt (2024)
*AV!093 MALE TEARS – Paradísco (2024)
*AV!094 PLASTIC ESTATE – Code d’Amour (2024)
*AV!095 NO FILTER – Sans Filtre (2024)
*AV!096 [Crush of Souls](/source/Crocodiles_(band)) – Lézire (2025)
*AV!097 SPLEEN – Demos (2025)
*AV!098 SILVER TEARS – Silver Tears (2025)
*AV!099 [Buzz Kull](/source/Buzz_Kull) – Chroma (2025)
*AV!100 [The Spoiled](/source/The_Spoiled) – [When It Rains](/source/When_It_Rains_(The_Spoiled_album)) (2026)
*AV!101 BRÅND – Tåg & Nåcht (2026)
*AV!102 [Crush of Souls](/source/Crocodiles_(band)) – Captive Youth (2026)
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== References ==
== External links ==
* [https://avantrecords.bandcamp.com/ Avant! Records] at [Bandcamp](/source/Bandcamp)
Category:Italian independent record labels
Category:Record labels established in 2007
Category:Experimental music record labels
Category:Post-punk record labels
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