# Hefty Records

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'''Hefty Records''' is an [independent record label](/source/independent_record_label) based in [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois) (United States). Founded in 1995 by John Hughes III, who is the son of the director [John Hughes](/source/John_Hughes_(filmmaker)),<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kamp |first1=David |title=David Kamp on John Hughes |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2010/03/john-hughes-201003 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=10 February 2010 |publisher=Vanity Fair |accessdate=18 July 2018}}</ref><ref name=xlr8r>[https://www.xlr8r.com/features/hefty-records-looking-to-the-future Hefty Records: Looking to the Future]. ''[XLR8R](/source/XLR8R)'', September 29, 2005.</ref> the label releases records in a range of genres that include [post-rock](/source/post-rock), [IDM](/source/intelligent_dance_music), [down-tempo](/source/down-tempo), [nu jazz](/source/nu_jazz), [experimental music](/source/experimental_music), and [hip-hop](/source/Hip_hop_music).

==History==
Hefty Records was formed by John Hughes with Dan Snazelle as a way of releasing Hughes' own music.<ref name=xlr8r/><ref>{{cite web |title= Hefty Records  |url= http://www.chicagomusic.org/hefty-records/ |website=Chicago Music}}</ref> Hughes, the son of filmmaker [John Hughes](/source/John_Hughes_(filmmaker)), had been interested in music since his youth, but had initially been more interested in record production than in creating music of his own.<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/05/02/john-hughes-iii/ John Hughes Iii: Hefty Is His Bag]. ''[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)'', May 2, 2004.</ref> The label was formed in 1995 while Hughes was a college student, and was originally set up in his dorm room.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/16/style/a-night-out-with-john-hughes-iii-the-whole-menagerie.html A NIGHT OUT WITH: John Hughes III; The Whole Menagerie]. ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'', May 16, 2004.</ref> Hughes chose the label name because, as he put it, "I liked it because it sounded optimistic. And it had a conquering tone to it."<ref name=ss/>

The first label's releases were of Hughes's own work as Slicker just after the breakup of his previous band Bill Ding.<ref name=ss>[http://www.stopsmilingonline.com/story_detail.php?id=677 Label Oral Histories: Hefty Records]. ''Stop Smiling'', October 23, 2006.</ref> Hefty began the ''Immediate Action'' series in 2000, a collection intended to consist of six vinyl records. The sleeves were created by the Brooklyn graphics company Graphic Havoc.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} In 2005, the label hosted a live concert in Chicago and released two volumes of compilation and remix material from artists on the label, titled ''History is Bunk: Collaborations, Reinterpretations and New Compositions''.<ref>[http://chicagoist.com/2006/05/22/the_interview_john_hughes_iii_hefty_records.php The Interview: John Hughes III, Hefty Records] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106092227/http://chicagoist.com/2006/05/22/the_interview_john_hughes_iii_hefty_records.php |date=2017-11-06 }}. ''Chicagoist'', May 22, 2006.</ref> Their last release was in 2010.

==Artists==
* Victor Bermon
* [Phil Cohran](/source/Phil_Cohran)
* Euphone
* [Ghosts and Vodka](/source/Ghosts_and_Vodka)
* [L'Altra](/source/L'Altra)
* [Eliot Lipp](/source/Eliot_Lipp)
* Plus Device
* [Prefuse 73](/source/Prefuse_73)
* Radicalfashion
* [Phil Ranelin](/source/Phil_Ranelin)
* Retina.IT
* [Savath and Savalas](/source/Savath_and_Savalas)
* Slicker
* Smaze
* Samadha
* Solo Andata
* Some Water and Sun
* Spanova
* [Telefon Tel Aviv](/source/Telefon_Tel_Aviv)
* [T. Raumschmiere](/source/T._Raumschmiere)
* [Twine (band)](/source/Twine_(band))

==Compilation albums==
* [Immediate Action](/source/Immediate_Action) series of 9 EP's
* Hefty's 10th Anniversary series of 4 albums

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.heftyrecords.com Official site]

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Category:American independent record labels
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Category:Alternative rock record labels
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