{{Short description|American independent record label}} {{Infobox record label | name = Mush Records | founded = {{start date|1997}} | founder = Robert Curcio, Cindy Roché | genre = Electronic, hip hop | country = U.S. | location = Los Angeles, California | website = {{URL|www.mushrecords.com}} }}
'''Mush Records''' is an American independent record label. It was founded by Robert Curcio and Cindy Roché in 1997.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-111781647.html Mush Records]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. ''Remix Magazine'', January 1, 2004.</ref>
==History== Originally known as Dirty Loop Music, Mush Records started out as a recording studio in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the label formed as an outlet to release music that was being made in the studio. Since then, Mush Records has been located in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York, and has now settled in Los Angeles.<ref>[http://www.mushrecords.com Official website]</ref> Primarily an electronic music label, Mush Records puts out a wide range of music within the genre, including "electronic instrumental, underground hip hop, downtempo, abstract hip-hop, experimental, indie rock, jazz-based grooves, turntablist compositions, electronic pop, and saturated folk."<ref name=pcworld>[http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146009-page,2-c,audio/article.html 5 Groovy Sites for Free Downloads]. PC World, May 16, 2008.</ref> The label operates an online store to facilitate direct sales of Mush Records releases and merchandise.<ref name=pcworld/>
Mush Records' first release was Boom Bip & DJ Osiris' ''Low End Sequence'' EP in 1998, with the first album release Boom Bip & Dose One's ''Circle'' in 2000.<ref name="Shapiro">Shapiro, Peter (2005) ''The Rough Guide to Reggae'', Rough Guides, {{ISBN|1-84353-263-8}}, p.264-266</ref> This was followed the same year by the ''Ropeladder 12'' compilation, featuring contributions from many artists from the Anticon roster.<ref name="Shapiro" />
In 2003, Mush Records sponsored a tour which included its roster artists Busdriver, Radioinactive, Daedelus, Awol One, AntiMC and others.<ref>[http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2003/04/15/Entertainment/Mush-Records.Spring.Tour.Has.Best.Of.HipHop-494976.shtml Mush Records Spring Tour Has Best of Hip-Hop]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''The Daily Texan'', April 15, 2003.</ref>
==Discography== {{Main|Mush Records discography}}
==See also== * List of record labels
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.mushrecords.com Official website] * [http://www.discogs.com/label/Mush Mush Records] on Discogs
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Category:American independent record labels Category:Record labels established in 1997 Category:Electronic music record labels Category:Hip-hop record labels Category:Experimental music record labels Category:Indie rock record labels