ZE Records

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ZE Records is an influential New York-based independent label best known for its late-1970s and early-1980s no wave, post-punk, and “mutant disco” releases.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
ZE Records canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf independent record label ⓘ
record label ⓘ
activePeriodPeak early 1980s ⓘ
activePeriodStart late 1970s ⓘ
associatedWith New York post-punk scene ⓘ
mutant disco scene ⓘ
no wave scene ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
collaboratedWith Island Records ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedAs influential New York-based independent label ⓘ
distribution Island Records ⓘ
focus downtown art and club culture ⓘ
foundedBy Michael Zilkha ⓘ
Michel Esteban ⓘ
genre disco ⓘ
mutant disco ⓘ
no wave ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
hasNotableCompilation A Christmas Record ⓘ
Mutant Disco ⓘ
inception 1978 ⓘ
industry music industry ⓘ
influenced alternative dance ⓘ
dance-punk ⓘ
indie dance ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
movement downtown New York music scene ⓘ
notableFor mutant disco releases ⓘ
no wave releases ⓘ
post-punk releases ⓘ
product albums ⓘ
singles ⓘ
vinyl records ⓘ
releasedMusicBy Cristina ⓘ
Garçons ⓘ
Gichy Dan’s Beachwood No. 9 ⓘ
James Chance ⓘ
James White and the Blacks ⓘ
Kid Creole and the Coconuts ⓘ
Lizzy Mercier Descloux ⓘ
Material ⓘ
Suicide ⓘ
Was (Not Was) ⓘ
style eclectic ⓘ
experimental ⓘ
timePeriod early 1980s ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dream Baby Dream → recordLabel → ZE Records ⓘ
Suicide → recordLabel → ZE Records ⓘ
Suicide → recordLabel → ZE Records ⓘ
Alan Vega → recordLabel → ZE Records ⓘ