Phil Waldorf Photo: RNZ / Emma Smith
Starting out in college radio and the kinds of record stores that dedicate a whole section to kraut rock, Phil Waldorf was involved in Sub Pop subsidiary Misra, before co-founding Dead Oceans in 2007. Dirty Projectors, A Place To Bury Strangers, Phosphorescent and Akron/Family have all released material through the label.
Dead Oceans is also part of a bigger family of labels- Secretly Group. He talks with Emma Smith.
Music Details
Artist: APTBS
Song: Lower Zone
Composer: APTBS
Album: Transfixiation
Label: Dead Oceans
Artist: Lord Rahburn
Song: Disco Connection
Composer: Lord Rahburn
Album: Cult Cargo: Belize CIty Boil Up
Label: Numero Group
Artist: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Song: Can't Keep Checking My Phone
Composer: Nielson
Album: Multi-Love
Label: Jagjaguwar
Artist: Mark McGuire
Song: Wonderland of Living Things
Composer: McGuire
Album: Along The Way
Label: Dead Oceans
Artist: APTBS
Song: Supermaster
Composer: APTBS
Album: Transfixiation
Label: Dead Oceans
Artist: The Explorer's Club
Song: Do You Love Me
Composer: The Explorer's Club
Album: Freedom Wind
Label: Dead Oceans
Artist: The War On Drugs
Song: An Ocean In Between The Waves
Composer: The War On Drugs
Album: Lost In The Dream
Label: Secretly Canadian
Artist: Antony And The Johnsons
Song: Swanlights
Composer: Johnsons
Album: Swanlights
Label: Secretly Canadian
Artist: Akron Family
Song: Silly Bears
Composer:
Album: S/T II: The Cosmic Birth And Journey Of Shinju TNT
Label: Dead Oceans
Artist: Phosphorescent
Song: Song For Zula
Composer: Phosphorescent
Album: Muchacho
Label: Dead Oceans
Artist: Bully
Song:I Remember
Composer: Bully
Album: Feels Like
Label: Columbia
Artist: Viet Cong
Song:Continental Shelf
Composer: Viet Cong
Album: Viet Cong
Label: Jagjaguwar
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