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| Founded | 1981 |
| Founder | Thurston Moore |
| Distributing label | Universal/Fontana Distribution |
| Genre | Indie rock, noise rock |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Easthampton, Massachusetts |
| Official website | http://www.ecstaticpeace.com |
Ecstatic Peace! is a record label based in Easthampton, Massachusetts, founded in 1981 by Sonic Youth member Thurston Moore. Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958 in Coral Gables Florida) is an American Musician best known as a Singer, Universal Music Group (UMG is the largest Business group and family of Record labels in the Recording industry. Fontana Distribution is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group Distribution that distributes music for independent record labels and was launched in 2004 Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Noise rock (also known as noise punk) describes one variety of Post-punk Rock music that became prominent in the 1980s The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Town of Easthampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music The Town of Easthampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. See also Musical groups established in 1981 Record labels established in 1981 List of 'years in music' Sonic Youth is an American Alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981 Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958 in Coral Gables Florida) is an American Musician best known as a Singer, The premiere release was a split cassette featuring spoken word performances from Michael Gira of Swans and Lydia Lunch. Michael Rolfe Gira (pronounced jeer-AH (born 1954 is an American musician author and artist Swans was an influential American Post-punk band active from 1982 to 1997 led by singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Koch on June 2, 1959 in Rochester New York) is an American Singer, Poet, The label's name is borrowed from a line in Tom Wolfe's 1968 novel The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr (born March 2, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia) known as Tom Wolfe, is a Best-selling The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a work of Literary journalism by Tom Wolfe, published in 1968
Artists currently on Ecstatic Peace! include be your own PET, Awesome Color, Black Helicopter, Tam, Notekillers, Magik Markers, Poor School, Tall firs, Pagoda, Monotract, and Mouthus. Black Helicopter is a United States Boston, Massachusetts based Hard rock band on Thurston Moore 's Ecstatic Peace The Magik Markers are a Noise rock band from Hartford, Connecticut. Tall Firs are a New York City based underground electric Folk rock band originally formed in 1990 by Dave Mies and Aaron Mullan in Pagoda is a band from Brooklyn, New York with Michael Pitt as vocalist and guitarist along with Reece Carr on drums Willie Paredes Monotract is a 3-piece experimental music group based in Brooklyn New York but originated in Miami Florida
In February 2006, Moore signed a deal with Universal Records to distribute the label's albums. [1][2]
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