# Ecstatic Peace! > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ecstatic_Peace! > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ecstatic_Peace!.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstatic_Peace! > Source revision: 1303535373 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Record label Record label Ecstatic Peace! Founded 1981 Founder Thurston Moore Distributor Motown Records/Caroline Distribution Genre Indie rock, noise rock Country of origin United States Location Easthampton, Massachusetts Official website http://www.ecstaticpeace.com **Ecstatic Peace!** is a [record label](/source/Record_label) based in [Easthampton](/source/Easthampton%2C_Massachusetts), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts), founded in 1981 by American musician [Thurston Moore](/source/Thurston_Moore) of [Sonic Youth](/source/Sonic_Youth). The label name is borrowed from a line in [Tom Wolfe](/source/Tom_Wolfe)'s 1968 nonfiction novel *[The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test](/source/The_Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test)*. The label's releases are eclectic and often experimental or avant-garde. The premiere release was a split cassette featuring spoken word performances from [Michael Gira](/source/Michael_Gira) of [Swans](/source/Swans_(band)) and [Lydia Lunch](/source/Lydia_Lunch) titled "Hard Rock" in 1984. Ecstatic Peace! has released more than 200 LPs, cassettes, 7"s, and CDs, of both highly established and fledgling artists, including [Hush Arbors](/source/Hush_Arbors), [be your own PET](/source/Be_your_own_PET), [Awesome Color](/source/Awesome_Color), [Black Helicopter](/source/Black_Helicopter_(band)), [Free Kitten](/source/Free_Kitten), [Arthur Doyle](/source/Arthur_Doyle), [Dredd Foole](/source/Dredd_Foole), [No-Neck Blues Band](/source/No-Neck_Blues_Band), [Nels Cline](/source/Nels_Cline), [Notekillers](/source/Notekillers), [Magik Markers](/source/Magik_Markers), [Tall Firs](/source/Tall_Firs), [Pagoda](/source/Pagoda_(band)), [My Cat Is An Alien](/source/My_Cat_Is_an_Alien), Monotract, [Sunburned Hand of the Man](/source/Sunburned_Hand_of_the_Man), [Violent Soho](/source/Violent_Soho), and many more.[1] In February 2006, Moore signed a deal with [Universal](/source/Universal_Music_Group) to distribute the label's albums.[2] The label's website was hacked at some point during the latter half of 2012.[3] Since 2015, the site's lone page says "Thanks for checking in. Have a good day."[4] As of 2022, this was its last update. Ecstatic Peace! has released three records since 2014, all of which are Thurston Moore recordings.[5] ## See also - [List of record labels](/source/List_of_record_labels) - [Ecstatic Peace Library](/source/Ecstatic_Peace_Library) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Ecstatic Peace! Artists"](http://www.ecstaticpeace.com/artists.php). Retrieved May 27, 2017.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Stutz, Colin. ["Ecstatic Peace Signs with Universal"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080612045225/http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php?c=1&lid=3052). [Filter](/source/Filter_(magazine)). Archived from [the original](http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php?c=1&lid=3052) on June 12, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Ecstatic Peace"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121015080326/http://www.ecstaticpeace.com:80/). October 15, 2012. Archived from [the original](http://www.ecstaticpeace.com:80/) on October 15, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Ecstatic Peace"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150401105138/http://www.ecstaticpeace.com/). April 1, 2015. Archived from [the original](http://www.ecstaticpeace.com/) on April 1, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Ecstatic Peace!"](https://www.discogs.com/label/8555-Ecstatic-Peace!). *Discogs*. Retrieved July 1, 2022. - [A perfect partner: An interview with Ecstatic Peace’s Andrew Kesin](http://www.saucerlike.com/articles.php?x=display&id=17) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20101222173212/http://saucerlike.com/articles.php?x=display&id=17) December 22, 2010, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Saucer Like interview ## External links - [Official site](http://ecstaticpeace.com/) v t e Thurston Moore Thurston Moore Band: Steve Shelley Debbie Googe James Sedwards Solo albums Psychic Hearts Trees Outside the Academy Sensitive/Lethal Demolished Thoughts The Best Day Rock n Roll Consciousness Spirit Counsel By the Fire Screen Time Flow Critical Lucidity Collaborations Yokokimthurston @ Full Bleed Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper Improvisations They Came Like Swallows Bands Chelsea Light Moving The Coachmen Dim Stars Rodney & the Tube Tops Sonic Youth Swans To Live and Shave in L.A. Twilight Wylde Ratttz Related articles Discography Protest Records Ecstatic Peace! Ecstatic Peace Library Mix Tape: The Art of Cassette Culture Sonic Life: A Memoir Authority control databases MusicBrainz label --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ecstatic Peace!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstatic_Peace!) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstatic_Peace!?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.