We’re back with a new label deep dive and this time we wanted to take a closer look at record label INPLANET MUSIC. INPLANET MUSIC was founded in 2008 and focuses on ‘artist-led music production’ of genre music like R&B, Hip-Hop and soul. Currently they have these artists signed with them: Boni, Wilcox, OuiOui, DAMYE, bobae, Choi Cello, XINZWA, Jeong ...
We’re back with a new Label Deep Dive, this time we’re taking a closer look at Coridel Entertainment. The entertainment company was founded in 2015 by Tyler Kwon. Cordidel Entertainment is a subsidiary of the American Coridel Group which is a global alternative asset manager. The label has both singers and actors signed with them. Most famously, Jessica Jung signed ...
For this week’s Label Deep Dive, we are diving into the current talent pool of an indie label focussed on independent Hip-Hop artists. This week we are talking about ‘Talented’. Formerly known as ‘Passport Seoul’ and ‘Whip’, this label was founded by Shin Sang-hyun in 2018. Currently the label is home to over thirty-five indie artists, some of them with ...
We’re back with a new Label Deep Dive and this time we’re taking a closer look at the electronic record label YOUNG,GIFTED&WACK. As written on their website: “Young planning YOUNG, GIFTED & WACK is a record label that produces young (YOUNG), blessed (GIFTED) and awesome (WACK) music and contents.” The name of the label was inspired by ‘To Be Young, ...
We’re back with a new Label Deep Dive and this time we’re taking a closer look at the indie label Peponi Music. The label was created alongside the now very popular band Jannabi. The South Korean record label was made official in 2012 while the members of Jannabi were participating in ‘Superstar K5’. Member Choi Jung-hoon’s older brother headed the ...
For this week’s Label Deep Dive we are talking about the independent label HYPLE Entertainment. Formerly known as High Fly Music between the years 2018 and 2020. Now, HYPLE Entertainment was created by KEEBE, a former member of the Hip-Hop duo Eluphant. One of the first artists signed into the company was EB in 2019. She debuted under this agency ...
We’re back with a new label deep dive and this time we’re really going to the K-indie genre because we’re writing about Happy Robot Records. If you’ve listened to any of the bigger bands of the indie scene, you’ll have undoubtedly seen it floating around. The label has been around since 2006 founded by Lee So-young with “a small wish ...
We’re back with a new Label Deep Dive and this time we’re taking a closer look at ATISPAUS. Founding ATISPAUS was founded in 2020 with the debut of singer-songwriter Seori. On their website they wrote: “We bring artists, such as musicians, music producers, video directors, photographers, graphic designers, writers, and fashion designers together to give synesthesia pleasure to the public ...
We’re back with a new Label Deep Dive, this time about the record label Music Farm. Start Music Farm was founded in 2002 by Kang Tae-kyu for the indie rock group Cherry Filter. Originally the name of the label was Farm Entertainment. They changed it in 2005. I really like the mission statement of Music Farm they wrote on their ...
We’re back with a new Label Deep Dive, this time we’re taking a look at Antenna. If you’re into Indie music, stick around! Founding The record label was founded in 1997 by You Hee-yeol. Originally a singer-songwriter and producer and part of the one-member band Toy, he’s proven himself to be quite an interesting business man as well. The band ...