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    Alarm Music
    Artiscope Music
    Auditorium
    Cope Records
    Copenhagen Records
    Cowbell Music
    Crunchy Frog
    Fønix Musik
    Go' Danish Folk Music
    Good Tape Records
    Haiku Music
    Heptown
    Iceberg Records
    ILK
    Lifted House
    Local Heroes Unlimited
    Lolita Industri
    MasterPunkRecordings
    Melodika
    Merger Management
    Monkey Music
    Morningside Records
    Orpheus Records
    Pad Pen Records
    Playground Music
    PonyRec
    Quartermain Records
    Roar Music
    Rump Recordings
    Rumraket
    Slow Shark Records
    Spangster Records
    Target Distribution
    Tigerspring
    Transistor Music
    Trechoma Records
    VME - Voices, Music & Entertainment
    Whiteout Music Aps
    World Records
    Your Favourite Records

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    Copenhagen
    Rock, Hip-Hop, Electronica, Indie, Pop

    www.alarmmusic.dk www.attackmusic.dk
    info@alarmmusic.dk
    A:larm music offers an alternative way of release music in the Danish Market. We represent Danish and foreign labels and artists in agreements, which provide great artistic freedom for the artists and thereby a great co-responsibility for the success of the music.

    A:larm music offers promotion, marketing, sales, production and distribution and a great knowledge of the Danish market. Our setup can handle small/indie releases as well as big commercial releases for a number of chosen artists and labels, primarily within what we define as quality music.

    Artists include: The Rumour Said Fire, Quadron, AsInRebekkaMaria
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    Copenhagen
    Pop, Rock, Alternative, Childrens
    www.artiscope.dk
    nicolaj@artiscope.dk
    Artiscope Music is a label that offers the artist a holistic partnership. Artiscope is the artists partner and advisor “all the way around” in a co-operation that aims for the long-term strategy – from production and marketing over touring and scheduling to artistic counseling.

    Artiscope Music focusses on quality and wishes to work with both new and established artists that see a force in our holistic mindset and personal competences.

    Artiscope Music was founded in 2006 by Nicolaj Hylthén-Cavallius, who has a background as a musician and communications manager in Copenhagen venue VEGA.

    Artists include: Emil De Waal, One-Eyed Mule, Cleeman, Maria Køhnke, The Liberty Balance

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    Copenhagen

    All genres

    www.coperecords.com

    peter@coperecords.com

    Cope Records was founded in 1999 and since then more than 160 albums have been released, primarily with Danish artists including Sara Grabow, Salem, Karen Mukupa & Thorbjørn Risager.

    Calibrated Music is focusing on jazz and the artists include Sidsel Storm, WonderBrazz, Mames Babegenush and Magnus fra Gaarden ao. The variety of musical genres is truly impressive: including straightahead modern jazz, be-bop, big band, vocal jazz and pop, brass band funk, electronica and Latin, as well brilliant, original blends and shadings of all the above.

    Artists include: Karen Mukupa, Thorbjørn Risager, Sidsel Storm, WonderBrazz, Magnus fra Gaarden

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    Jazz, World

    www.cowbellmusic.dk

    info@cowbellmusic.dk

    Cowbell Music is a Danish independent jazz label owned by the renowned saxophone player Benjamin Koppel. Founded in the year 2000, Cowbell Music now have a catalogue of nearly 50 releases with internationally acclaimed musicians like Kenny Werner, Larry Goldings, Miroslav Vitous, Paul Bley and the late Charlie Mariano.

    Besides releasing CDs, Cowbell Music is organizing a lot of high quality jazz concerts in Denmark mainly around the two large festivals; Copenhagen Jazz Festival and Winter Jazz Festival.

    Artists include: Benjamin Koppel, Kenny Werner, Miroslav Vitous, Charlie Mariano, Alex Riel

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    Vejle
    Danish Folk/world music
    www.gofolk.dk
    go@gofolk.dk
    GO’ Danish Folk Music — a label specialised in traditional and contemporary Danish folk/world music. GO’ Danish Folk Music is an independent, one man label, started and run by Erling Olsen, in close cooperation with the involved musicians and bands.

    GO’ and Danish folk music is based on the old, rich and living tradition. We are doing our best to offer a possible link to this small and unique country, some of its best musicians and music, to our regular and new listeners/costumers worldwide.

    To make the music available to all listeners and buyers we are working with a number of distributors and shops worldwide. We also have our own webshop www.folkshop.dk based on releases by musicians, cooperating with the GO’ Danish Folk Music. Our catalogue include more than 50 artists and their releases.

    Artists include: Haugaard & Høirup, Trio Mio, Phønix, Serras, a.m.o.

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    Singer/songwriter, indie, alt. rock
    www.goodtaperecords.dk
    info@goodtaperecords.dk
    Mads Vraa and Kamilla Traberg Hannibal started Good Tape Records in 2006 over a shared love of melody and mixtapes. Their first release, Murder’s genre-defining neo-folk album “Stockholm Syndrome”, was the starting point on a winding path that weaves between singer-songwriters, bright-eyed indie-pop, alternative rock and experimental electro.
    Artists include: Murder, The Late Parade, Bodebrixen, Hymns from Nineveh, Attrap
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    Copenhagen

    Ambient & Rock

    www.haikumusic.dk

    info@haikumusic.dk

    haikuMusic is a small Danish indie label making music for thinking people.

    The band haiku plays both ambient and rock music.

    First album haiku is melting progressive rock and ambient music

    2nd album mondo is a rock concept album – A Danish newspaper gave 5 stars and described mondo as " A superb collection of magnificent rock songs; Definitely a fabulously sounding album, which you can only go into raptures about.“

    3rd album flow is instrumental music, both ambient and new age – perfect for inner peace.

     
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    Lund, Sweden

    Rockabilly, Garage, Roots, 50’s

    www.heptownrecords.com

    records@heptown.com

    The last years have seen HepTown Records grow into being one of the leading underground labels of Scandinavia!

    HepTown is based in the Öresund´s area, the southern part of Sweden and Copenhagen – Denmark. We are openminded and love everything with an edge!!!

    We been releasing records as rockabilly, americana, country, punk, garage, psychobilly, new wave, surf, ska, jazz, lounge and things that we like.

    Artists include: Untamed, J. Tex, Cherry Overdrive, President Fetch, Locators, Duck and Cover

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    København
    Jazz, avantgarde, improv, electronic
    www.ilkmusic.com
    ilkmusic@ilkmusic.com

    ILK is reflecting the incomparable and vibrant scene in Copenhagen. ILK represents new music, hybrids, avant-, improv- and jazz-related sounds by artists acknowledged as innovators on an international scale.

    ILK is a collective of 18 musicians and composers who has joined forces to release an ever growing output of original creative music and to make the expanding catalogue more visible and available to listeners world wide.

    The ILK catalogue also highlights a wide range of international collaborations with master musicians such as Paul Bley, Henry Grimes, John Tchicai, Andrew Cyrille, Craig Taborn, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jeff Ballard, Airto Moeira, Chris Speed, Jon Balke, Gerald Cleaver, Cuong Vu, Han Bennink and many more

    Musical and artistic necessity, collective responsibility and inspiration from past and present genres are key issues shared by the ILK´s.

    Artists include: Anders Banke, Jakob Anderskov, Mark Solborg, Kresten Osgood a.o.

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    Copenhagen
    Pop, House
    www.liftedhouse.com
    home@liftedhouse.com
    Lifted House is dedicated to two things… Customized music for companies looking for unique solutions to brand their business trough the music media and signing unique artists and develop them for the international market.

    Lifted started out in 1992 with focus on the American market that had yet to discover the many facets of the growing electronic music scene. Putting more than 300 compilations on the US market in 7 years was a rather immaculate result from a label located as far away as Denmark but 1999 opened up an even more remarkable door. Lifted House acquired the rights to remix the relatively unknown Bob Marley track "Sun Is Shining" and after some time in the studio the producer Funkstar De Luxe got remix right. With the new millennium kicking in Lifted House decided to extend their business and service companies who wanted to brand themselves through music media. In 2009 we opened up for signing new artists and we welcomed Lyck and JulieAnn to our family. Both artists are set for album releases in 2010 and in addition to their own artist career they both successfully write for other artists. In addition to the high profiled artists we also work the artists Naim, ReUnited, Out Of Sight and Gauzz whose audience is different in both size and shape but not less interesting.
    Artists include: Funkstar Deluxe, Ida Corr, Camille Jones
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    www.localheroes.dk
    rasmus@bandbase.dk
    Local Heroes Unlimited er et digitalt pladeselskab, der nemt og enkelt giver alle danske kunstnere mulighed for at komme i distribution via DiGiDi, hvis de har en bandprofil på BandBase.dk.

    Samtidig indgår vi, med TDC som partner, aftaler med udvalgte kunstnere om mere forpligtende samarbejder med fokus at bringe nye, store talenter ud til et større publikum via TDCs og BandBase.dks digitale platforme.

    Artists include: De første udgivelser ventes klar i foråret 2010

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    Art Rock

    www.danskfloede.dk

    bv@freezone.dk

    Art releases on homemade Lathe Cut vinyl.

    Artists include: Dansk Fløde, Danish Cream, Uoplagt, Peace & Adventure
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    Sorø

    Rock, folk etc.

    www.melodika.dk

    kontor@melodika.dk

    Melodika er sangskrivernes pladeselskab. Vi udsender kun dansksproget musik.
    Artists include: Olesen-Olesen, De efterladte, Konfus, Bo hr. Hansen og Nils Lassen
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    Copenhagen
    alternative, genre-breaking…

    www.mergermanagement.net
    jim@mergermanagement.net

    MERGER is a small, selective company, working with management, booking, PR/consulting and label.
    Artists include: Murder, CODY, Marybell Katastrophy and Maria Timm
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    Aarhus

    Pop, World, Hiphop, rock, childrens music

    www.monkeymusic.dk

    info@monkeymusic.dk

    Monkey Music is an independent record label working with different genres like World music, pop, Hiphop, rock and childrens music.

    Monkey Music was founded as a childrens music record label by artist Mek Pek back in 2002.
    The label is no longer only a childrens music label, but much more than that. Monkey Music got the philosophy and ambition to release quality music in all rythmic music genres.

    Artists include:
    Flødeklinikken, Karoline Munksnæs, Mek Pek & Habbasutterne, Nullernix, EW & the Gogobusters

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    København
    Støj-Rock, Indie, Shoegaze
    www.padpenrecords.com
    info@padpenrecords.com
    Pad og Pen Records er et ultra-indie tomandspladeselskab med base i København. Vi udgiver indiemusik inden for alle genrer, skåret i begrænsede vinyloplag og digitaliseret som download og cd. Målet er at sætte fokus på den opfindsomme, skæve og fantastiske musik, der ulmer i øvelokaler og på små spillesteder rundt omkring i den danske undergrund.
    Artists include: Darling Don’t Dance, King’s Light Infantry, The Shaking Sensations, Little Yells Alot, Keith Canisius
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    www.playgroundmusic.com
    info@playgroundmusic.com
    Playground Music Scandinavia er et uafhængigt pladeselskab der har eksisteret siden 1999. Med kontorer i Danmark, Finland, Norge og Sverige er Playground stærkt repræsenteret i hele Skandinavien. Vi sælger, producerer, markedsfører og promoverer musik i fysisk såvel som digital form fra vores lokale afdelinger i København, Oslo, Stockholm og Tampere. Siden begyndelsen har vi udviklet en markant identitet som et firma der vægter musikken højest og sætter vores kunstnere i forreste række. Vores værdigrundlag bygger på professionalisme, personlige relationer og innovative tiltag mht. formidling af musik til forbrugerne.
    Playground er selskabet bag en lang række artister inklusiv navne som: Teitur, Ayoe Angelica, UFO Yepha, Natasja, Anna David, Karen, Julie Maria, Marie Fisker, The Rasmus, Ace of Base, Jenny Wilson og repræsenter desuden adskillige uafhængige internationale selskaber som Beggars Banquet, Domino Records, PIAS Comedy, Rough Trade, 4AD, Rounder, XL Recordings, Eagle Rock, Sugar Hill, New West, Eagle Vision, World Circuit blandt mange flere.
    Artists include: The Kissaway Trail, Mike Sheridan, CALLmeKAT, Lucy Love

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    other and other pop

    www.rumraket.com
    contact@rumraket.com
    Rumraket is a friendly record label run by Rasmus Stolberg together with the other members of Efterklang who all are part of the musical board where new adventures are planned and agreed on.
    Artists include: Efterklang, Taxi Taxi! Slaraffenland and amiina

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    Copenhagen
    rock/pop, metal/hardrock, alternative a.o.
    www.targetdistribution.dk
    info@targetdistribution.dk
    Target Distribution ApS was officially founded August 2003 by individuals with a long history in the music industry. Our aim is to present quality music that we personally understand and appreciate.
    We deal with all major chain stores and wholesalers in Denmark, as well as the small independent stores. Furthermore we have the best possible digital sales distribution both national- and international wide. That’s why we consider ourselves number # 1 in our native territory when it comes to 100% independent music distribution. Furthermore we run the webshop Targetshop.dk (www.targetshop.dk), the concert booking company Target Booking (www.targetbooking.dk) and the magazine Target Mag (www.targetmag.dk). At present a dedicated staff of 9 people work at the Target Distribution ApS’ headquarters in central Copenhagen.
    Artists include: Volbeat, Morrissey, The Storm, Hatesphere, King Diamond, Bronson Brothers, Lily Electric, Joe Bonamassa, Whitesnake, Illdisposed, Motorhead, Raunchy, Oliver Weers, Alice Cooper, Ibrahim Electric, A Kid Hereafter, Mugison, Type O Negative, Fear Factory.
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    Indie/ Alternative / Pop

    www.tigerspring.net

    info@tigerspring.net

    Tigerspring is a Copenhagen and London-based indie record label and management agency. It spearheads the larger Tigerspring Companies, which includes booking, publishing and the recently launched sisterlabel called EasyTiger.

    At Tigerspring we work with some of the best and brightest talents on the thriving scandinavian indie-scene, in a personal, engaged and conscientious way. Our tight-knit group of artists often affectionately refer to themselves and each other as the “Tiger Family”, which makes us very proud.

    Tigerspring was founded in the summer of 2006 by Christian Møller and Søren Winding, both students of Music Management from the Royal Music Conservatorium. Christian, a former member of early 00..s indie darlings Moon Gringo and Søren, a former DJ and employee of EMI Music Denmark both shared a love of intelligent quality music and founded Tigerspring on the idea of creating a new kind of record label for the “post-crisis” music business.

    Artists include: Choir of Young Believers, Moi Caprice, Chimes & Bells, I Got You On Tape, Messy Shelters and many more

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    Esbjerg

    All genres within rhythmic music

    www.trechomarecords.dk

    contact@trechomarecords.dk

    Trechoma Records was originally founded in 1993 as a metal label but due to different circumstances the label had to close down. Now the label has a newfound power, and was started up again in 2007 with the main focus on rock music.

    We are specialized in bringing new talent to the scene, and creating a space for new bands. Primarily we work with small/indie releases, but we have a full set-up to work with bigger/commercial releases. Our interest in this business is to bring new, undiscovered underground talent to the surface of the scene.

    Artists include:
    Powderhog, Terminal, Vestkraft

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    Pop, Rock, Alternative / Jazz
    whiteoutmusic.dk blackoutmusic.dk
    whiteoutmusic@mac.com
    Whiteout Music is an independent company with a base in Copenhagen. Whiteout was founded in November 2005 by Emil Jørgensen, with the objective of developing new musical talents toward a national and international career.

    Blackout has its core focus on Scandinavian jazz, centered around a bunch of talented local musicians with proven international potential, some performing with a certain “Nordic tone”, others like they just blew in from New York. Refreshing revelations, either way. Energy, dynamics, nocturnal moods and diversity are some of the elements that characterize Blackout’s often evocative and colorful releases.

    Artists include: Prins Nitram, Marianne van Toornburg, Oui Mari, Lily’s Apartment, The Universal Quartet featuring Yusef Lateef, Colligan/Ulrik/Bodilsen/Mogensen, Thunderstrucks, Kasper Tranberg, Anders Mogensen, Real People, Bandapart, Grammofunch, etc.

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    Rock, Pop, Folk, Jazz

    www.yourfavouriterecords.dk
    mail@yourfavouriterecords.dk
    Your Favourite Records was founded in 2005 by pianist Lars Winther. Originally just planning to release his own albums, Lars soon realised that as he had a flair for all the different elements an album release consists of, he might as well help other hard-working artists release their music – after all, there’s too much great music to play it all yourself.

    Your Favourite Records has no specific genre-profile; the only requirement for a release is high quality and hard-working, engaged musicians. However, in 2009 the sub-label Your Favourite Jazz was established to handle, ehh, the jazz-releases. Artists and bands are welcome to send us their material. Please start by sending us an email with a brief description and a link (no audio!), and we’ll let you know how we’d prefer to recieve your material.

    Artists include: Pernille Gunvad, Claes Cem, Rasmus Ehlers, Benjamin Aggerbæk