{{Short description|American independent record label}} {{Infobox record label | name = Slow Roast Records | image = LudwigLogo.jpg | founded = {{Start date|2009}} | founder = DJ Craze<br/>Kill The Noise | genre = Electronic | location = Miami, Florida | website = {{URL|http://slowroastrecs.com}} }}
'''Slow Roast Records''' is an independent record label based out of Miami, Florida, US.
== History ==
Slow Roast Records was founded in 2009<ref name="RBMA">{{cite web |url=http://www.vibe.com/article/rbma-presents-culture-clash-miami |author=Megan Saad |title= RBMA Presents: Culture Clash Miami |publisher=Vibe}}</ref> by the 3x DMC World Champion<ref name="A Five-Part History of Slow Roast Records">{{cite web |url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2014-01-16/music/slow-roast-records-history-miami/ |author=Kat Bein |title=A Five-Part History of Slow Roast Records |publisher=Miami New Times}}</ref> DJ Craze and Kill the Noise.<ref name="Kill The Noise Bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.globaldancefestival.com/site/artists/bio.php?aid=166&keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=453&width=655 |title=Kill The Noise Bio}}</ref> The ''Miami New Times'' acknowledges the record label's starting to make big waves in the independent scene in recent years saying, "After a couple of years of carefully cooking up the right beats, choosing the right artists, and prepping the right releases, Craze, Kill the Noise, and their genre-bending label hit it hard in 2013."<ref name="A Five-Part History of Slow Roast Records" /> Until recently, Slow Roast was distributed by their good friends at Fool's Gold Records.<ref name="DAD Label Profile: Slow Roast Records">{{cite web |url=http://doandroidsdance.com/features/dad-label-profile-slow-roast-records/ |author=Brent Tactic |title=DAD Label Profile: Slow Roast Records |publisher=Do Androids Dance}}</ref>
== Founders ==
Craze was born in Nicaragua and grew up in Miami where he currently resides. He is known as one of the most accomplished turntablists of all time, having won over a dozen competition titles including a record three consecutive World DMC Championships. Craze also placed second in the 1999 DMC World Team Championships with his group The Allies (alongside fellow DMC World Champions A-Trak and Infamous) who took home the Team Championship the following year.<ref name="ReverbNation_2020-09-07">{{Citation | url=https://www.reverbnation.com/officialdjcraze| title=DJ Craze, Electronica from Miami, FL| newspaper=ReverbNation| access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref> Kill The Noise, also known as Jake Stanczak or Ewun, is an electronic music producer from Rochester, NY currently living and working in Los Angeles, CA.<ref name="Last.fm_2020-09-07">{{Citation | url=https://www.last.fm/music/Kill+the+Noise/+wiki| title=Kill the Noise age, hometown, biography |newspaper=Last.fm| access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref> After gaining critical success with his Ewun project, Jake Stanczak delved into the spacier dubstep realm to create Kill The Noise. Since, he has worked with Deadmau5's label Mau5trap and collaborated with Skrillex on four tracks: "Right on Time" and "Burst" with 12th Planet, "Narcissistic Cannibal" with Korn and "Recess" with Fatman Scoop and Michael Angelakos.<ref name="KTN iTunes_2020-09-07">{{Citation | url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kill-the-noise/280835500| title=Kill the Noise on Apple Music| access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref>
== Roster == Source:<ref name="archive.vn_2014/03/12">{{Citation | url=http://slowroastrecs.com/artists/| archive-url=https://archive.today/20140312034007/http://slowroastrecs.com/artists/| url-status=dead| archive-date=2014-03-12| title=Slow Roast Records| newspaper=archive.vn| date= 12 March 2014| access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref> * Ape Drums * Brillz * Codes * DJ Craze * Kill The Noise * DJ Klever
== Discography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Slow Roast Records Discography<ref name="Discogs_2020-09-07">{{Citation | url=https://www.discogs.com/label/190421-Slow-Roast-Records| title=Slow Roast Records| newspaper=Discogs| access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="Beatport.com_2020-09-07">{{Citation | url=https://www.beatport.com/label/slow-roast-records/15249| title=Slow Roast Records Releases & Artists on Beatport| newspaper=Beatport.com| access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref> ! Year!!Artist!!Title!!Catalogue |- | rowspan="3" align=center|2010 || Kill The Noise || Roots EP || SR001 |- | Senor Stereo || Unintentional EP || SR002 |- | Klever || It Gets Hot EP || SR003 |- | rowspan="4" align=center|2011 || Senor Stereo || Unintentional EP - The Remixes || SR004 |- | Codes || Codes House EP || SR005 |- | Craze || Dance Alone || SR006 |- | Codes || Codes House Remix EP || SR007 |- | rowspan="3" align=center|2012 || Kill The Noise || Roots Remixed EP || SR008 |- | Craze || Selekta EP || SR009 |- | Codes & Craze || Deeper<ref name="archive.vn_2014-03-12">{{Citation | url=http://obscureobjectfilms.com/?p=3426| archive-url=https://archive.today/20140312034008/http://obscureobjectfilms.com/?p=3426| url-status=dead| archive-date=2014-03-12| title=Obscure Object Films » "DEEPER" Music Video For Codes and Craze Out O…| newspaper=archive.vn| date= 12 March 2014| access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref> || SR010 |- | rowspan="3" align=center|2013 || Codes || The Get Down EP || SR011 |- | Brillz || TWONK LP || SR012 |- | Brillz || RETWONKED<ref name="Your EDM_2013-11-18">{{Citation | url=https://www.youredm.com/2013/11/18/brillz-retownked/| title=Brillz {{sic|Ano|unces|nolink=y}} Remix Album "Retwonked" out on SlowRoast Records |newspaper=Your EDM| date= 18 November 2013| access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref> || SR013 |- | rowspan="5" align=center|2014 || Ape Drums || Bashment || SR014 |- | J. Rabbit || Peyote Soda EP || SR015 |- | SuddenBeatz feat. Craze || Bring it Back Now || SR016 |- | Astronomar || Leather Gloves || SR017 |- | Codes || Brooklyn Bounce LP || SR018 |}
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Category:Record labels established in 2009