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Hard funk, soul, and afrobeat by current artists. Made-up of musicians and producers from the now defunct 1990s funk revival pioneer label Desco Records. Label is run by Gabriel Roth (with his alter-ego "Bosco Mann" doing most of the studio mix work!) & Neal Sugarman. It is home to artists such as Sharon Jones, The Dap-Kings, Lee Fields, Sugarman 3, Antibalas, The Mighty Imperials, and others. The majority of Daptone's seven inch singles have a generic blue record label. However, all singles are pressed in limited quantities of 1000 - 2000 copies and some in-demand titles have received a second press run with a red colored label after the initial first pressing had sold out. Mikey Post, in charge of Direct Sales & Distribution at Daptone, talks about their releases being continuously "in-print", as of February 2019: "We started barcoding our records in 2009, so anything released prior to that did not include a barcode, initially (ie. Budos I + II). However, I'm still pulling stampers from the original 'Mother' plates, so the dead-wax is no different from the first press to the stock in print today...There are very slight differences in the color of the labels throughout the years (as I print all of our labels on an offset machine with stock paper."
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Misty
A sub-label of Daptone Records, Misty Records features "funky soul innovation" with a "darker production character".
Dunham
US label founded by in Brooklyn, New York in 2006. The label is co-run by Brenneck and , and is a subsidiary of . The label was originally run out of Brenneck's bedroom...
Ever-Soul
Daptone Records launched Ever-Soul in 2008 as a specialty reissue label with the purpose of spotlighting rare, obscure, and underground Soul from long-defunct, short-lived independent labe...
Penrose
Penrose is an imprint of Daptone Records showcasing artists from Southern California.
Wick Records
Wick Records is the rock subsidiary of Daptone Recording Co., launched in 2015 with their first release being a 7" single by The Mystery Lights.
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