Manimal Vinyl

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Manimal Vinyl is a Los Angeles based record label founded in 2006. They have released albums from The Chapin Sisters, Bat For Lashes, Apollo Heights, Hecuba and recently Through the Wilderness : a tribute to Madonna, which was released worldwide on November 27th 2007, featuring contributions from Lavender Diamond, Giant Drag , Jonathan Wilson, The Tyde and Apollo Heights among others. The label is distributed worldwide through RedEye and Cargo. They are currently working on releases from Bat For Lashes multi-instrumentalist, Caroline Weeks, French progressive noise band Aquaserge as well as new material from Ariel Pink, Rio en Medio, ambient-noise collective East Berlin and a tribute record to The Cure titled Perfect As Cats: a tribute to The Cure which will feature covers by The Dandy Warhols, Blonde Redhead, Bat For Lashes, Kaki King, blackblack and more. On June 7th, 2008 they launched the first annual Manimal Festival in Pioneertown, California with performances by Ariel Pink and his band, Haunted Graffiti, blackblack, The Chapin Sisters, Hecuba and several Los Angeles and New York City folk and pop groups associated with the label.

[edit] Discography

  • Chapin Sisters and Winter Flowers split LP (MANI-001) released as a limited picture disc April 2007
  • Bat For Lashes Fur and Gold vinyl LP (MANI-002) Limited Edition with poster June 2007
  • Through the Wilderness a tribute to Madonna CD (MANI-003) November 2007
  • Apollo Heights White Music For Black People CD (MANI-005) October 2007
  • Magick Daggers Black Diamonds CD-EP (MANI-006) October 2007
  • Siddhartha The Birth Book digital single Feb 2008
  • East Berlin Caligula LP (MANI-004) March 2008 digital release only
  • Hecuba Sir 12" EP/ CD-EP (MANI-008) April 2008
  • Caroline Weeks Songs For Edna 12" EP/ CD-EP (MANI-007) Fall 2008 Bat For Lashes solo project
  • Aquaserge Tahiti Coco 12" EP/ CD-EP (MANI-009) June 2008
  • Bat For Lashes What's A Girl To Do? Remix single feat. Plaid and Scroobius Pip (MANI-011) Summer 2008
  • Rio en Medio Frontier LP (MANI-012) Summer 2008
  • Perfect As Cats a tribute to The Cure 2xCD (MANI-013) October 2008
  • Alexandra Hope Invisible Sunday LP/CD (MANI-014) Fall 2008

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