Kranky (stylized as kranky) is an American independent record label based in Chicago. It was founded in 1993 by Joel Leoschke and Bruce Adams, who both had backgrounds in the music industry. The label releases experimental music, such as ambient and post-rock.
History and operation Kranky was founded in the spring of 1993 by Joel Leoschke and Bruce Adams in Chicago. They created Kranky with the intent of releasing Prazision LP by Labradford, which was the first release of the label. Adams first moved to Chicago from Ann Arbor in 1987. In Chicago, he worked at Kaleidoscope, a music distributor in Des Plaines; Touch & Go Records, after quitting work at Kaleidoscope in a year of working for it; and Cargo Music Distribution, which he started working for in the spring of 1991. Adams and Leoschke were still working for Cargo when forming Kranky. The label's second release was This Is Not a Dream in 1995, a compilation album by Dadamah. In 2006, Adams left Kranky and founded label Flingco Sound. In 2005, Brian Foote joined Kranky to co-operate it.
Kranky releases ambient, drone, post-rock, techno, and Krautrock music from musicians and bands such as Stars of the Lid, Loscil, Tim Hecker, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. According to Resident Advisor, "[Kranky] let[s] artists do whatever they want without interfering", and that Kranky rarely runs advertisements.
Artists Adapted from Kranky's official website in 2021.
Current • Clinic Stars Anjou Atlas Sound Autistic Daughters A Winged Victory for the Sullen Jessica Bailiff Belong Benoit Pioulard Bird Show Christopher Bissonnette Boduf Songs Ken Camden Christina Carter Tom Carter Charalambides Clear Horizon Cloudland Canyon Greg Davis The Dead Texan Deerhunter Demen Disappears Dreamscape Earthen Sea Ethernet Felix Forma Grouper Brent Gutzeit Chihei Hatakeyama Steve Hauschildt Tim Hecker Chris Herbert High Plains Implodes Gregg Kowalsky Labradford Less Bells Lichens Loscil Lotus Plaza Brian McBride Mirrorring MJ Guider Nudge Tara Jane O'Neil Pan American Andrew Pekler Raglani Jonas Reinhardt Dean Roberts Saloli Dawn Smithson Stars of the Lid Strategy To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie Valet Christina Vantzou Justin Walter Keith Fullerton Whitman White Rainbow Windy & Carl
Former Aix Em Klemm Amp Bowery Electric Christmas Decorations Dadamah Doldrums Flies Inside the Sun Fontanelle Godspeed You! Black Emperor Growing Jessamine Low Magnog Roy Montgomery Out Hud Philosopher's Stone James Plotkin Spiny Anteaters Mark Spybey Tomorrowland
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