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Crammed Discs is an independent record label whose output blends , , , and . Based in Brussels, Belgium, Crammed was founded in 1980 by of and has since released around 400 albums and 300 singles, working with artists from all over the world (from Western Europe and the US to the Balkans and North & Central Africa, from South America to the Middle East and Japan).

Crammed Discs is run by (A&R) with Hanna Gorjaczkowska (artist development, marketing, distribution & art direction) and (producer, director of the Congotronics Series).

Marc Hollander and Crammed Discs received the award in 2004 at the World Music Expo international music trade fair, for being "one of the seminal players on the world music field". However, the label has always systematically worked with electronic music, indie pop and rock artists, and "doesn't see itself as a world music label: it just happens to enjoy working with artists from around the world, some of whom sing in languages other than English" (as stated in the label's manifesto). Crammed has been described as "one of the most boldly eclectic independent labels around" (Pitchfork), as "innovative and groundbreaking" and "visionary", a.o. for steadily avoiding to confine its roster "to one, potentially homogeneous category" and encouraging artists with plural identities to create new forms of music.

In 2011, Crammed Discs celebrated its 30th anniversary by setting up the Congotronics vs Rockers project, a "superband" including ten Congolese and ten indie rock musicians (including members of Konono No1, , Wildbirds & Peacedrums, , Skeletons, and ), who collaborated to create a common repertoire and performed at 15 major festivals and venues in ten countries.

From 2008 to 2014, the following artists have joined the Crammed Discs roster: Chicago band Allá, indie pop act Lonely Drifter Karen (from and ), London-based electronic artist U-cef, Congolese band Staff Benda Bilili, musician/composer/producer , Belgian band , Belgo-Congolese rapper Baloji, Belgian-Colombian band La Chiva Gantiva, French-American artist Maïa Vidal, US bands Skeletons & , South African/Dutch band SKIP&DIE, Belgian band , Lebanese singer , Argentinian artist and Ghanaian/Swiss band OY.

The label's latest signings (2016-2023) are Parisian electronic music collective , Portuguese singer & musician , young French-Welsh band , French experimental pop band , Matias Aguayo & The Desdemonas, the new rock band founded by the German-Chilean electronic music producer, Berlin-based Spanish experimental musician Don The Tiger, French-Chilean band , Lagos/London project , Ugandan/British band , Californian musician , producer and his new project, and Palestinian techno duet .

Sub-labels
Because of the diversity of the label's output since its early days in the 1980s, its founders chose to create several sub-labels. This policy was discarded during the latter part of the 1990s, because Crammed felt that genre-blending had finally become acceptable.

  • Language This 'avant dance' sub-label was A&R'd by Tony Thorpe (a.k.a. The Moody Boyz). 10 albums and 22 singles/EPs were released between 1995 and 1999, by artists including Buckfunk 3000 () and Circadian Rhythms (a band led by ex- member Charles Bullen).

  • Ziriguiboom Launched in 1998 in collaboration with Brazilian A&R/Producer Béco Dranoff, Ziriguiboom's aim was to present original and as-yet-unexposed aspects of Brazilian music to international audiences. It quickly became one of the global hubs for the new wave of Brazilian music, and has brought Crammed its biggest commercial success to date with 's debut album Tanto Tempo (which sold one million units worldwide). Ziriguiboom also signed and released albums by artists such as , , Zuco 103, Trio Mocotó, , , and the late Suba.

Crammed also had several specialized and one-artist sub-labels:

  • Cramworld (for contemporary and archival releases)
  • Selector (specialized in drum and bass)
  • Cramboy (for 's releases)
  • Furax (released )
  • The Congotronics Series
Currently the only subsiding Crammed Discs imprints are Congotronics and Made To Measure. Congotronoics is not a sub-label per se, but a collection of releases by Congolese bands who play their own respective styles of electrified traditional music (such as Konono No1 and ). The series is curated and produced by . As for the Made To Measure composers' series, it is being discreetly revived since 2013 (after having remained inactive for 18 years), as 6 new volumes have recently come out.

Discography (albums)
1980
1981
  • : Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine (originally out in 1977, released on Crammed in 1981, CD reissue in 2003, vinyl reissue in 2015)
  • : Minimal Compact (mini-album, 1981, reissued on CD as part of One+One By One)
  • Band Apart: Band Apart (mini-album)
  • : Greatest Hits

1982
  • The Honeymoon Killers: Les Tueurs de la Lune de Miel
  • : Lunga Notte (mini-album)
  • Hermine: The World On My Plates
  • /Steven Brown: Douzième Journée: le Verbe, la Parure, l'Amour

1983
1984
  • Made To Measure Vol.1, feat. Aksak Maboul, Benjamin Lew, Minimal Compact, Tuxedomoon
  • /: Colorado Suite
  • : Deadly Weapons
  • : Regrets Eternels (1984, re-released in 2003 as part of Secret Love - Compiled Electropop Works)

1985
  • : Mr Manager
  • Peter Principle: Sedimental Journey
  • : Holy Wars
  • : Raging Souls
  • : Half Mute (originally out on Ralph Records in 1980, reissued on Crammed in 1985)
  • : Géographies
  • : Fatal Reverie (1985, re-released in 2003 as part of Secret Love - Compiled Electropop Works)
  • : Rapture In Baghdad, feat. Adrian Sherwood

1986
  • Surfin Dave and The Absent Legends: In Search of a Decent Haircut
  • Various Artists: Fuck Your Dreams, This Is Heaven, feat. members of Tuxedomoon & Minimal Compact playing covers of 1960s/1970s songs
  • : Commercial Suicide
  • : Desire (originally out on Ralph Records in 1981, re-issued on Crammed in 1986)
  • /Steven Brown: A propos d'un paysage
  • : Ship of Fools
  • : A Walk In The Woods
  • : Stranger Than Paradise (original soundtrack from the Jim Jarmusch film)
  • : Ere Mela Mela (originally released 1975-76, released on Crammed Discs in 1986, and re-issued as part of the Ethiopiques series in 2000)
  • : Reivax au Bongo

1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
  • Bel Canto: Shimmering Warm and Bright
  • David Cunningham: Water
  • Various Artists: Roots Of Rumba Rock 1 (1953-54) (1992, reissued with vol.2 as a double CD in 2006)
  • The Gruesome Twosome ( & Bertrand Burgalat): Candy For Strangers
  • : Les Snuls, bien entendu

1993
1994
  • : 2 l'Amour
  • Various Artists: Freezone 1: The Phenomenology Of Ambient (2CD)
  • : Sabsylma
  • : Cannibale
  • Taraf de Haïdouks: Honourable Brigands, Magic Horses & Evil Eye
  • Solar Quest: Orgship
  • Various Artists: Around The Day in 80 Worlds, compiled by a.k.a.
  • Purna Das Baul & Bauls Of Bengal
  • Various Artists: Jungle Vibes
  • Various Artists: Renegade Selector

1995
  • 4hero Parallel Universe
  • National Orchestra: Men With Sticks
  • & : Glyph
  • Various Artists: Freezone 2: Variations On A Chill, compiled by a.k.a. (2 CD)
  • Various Artists: Miscellaneous (Language compilation)
  • Various Artists: Jungle Vibes 2 (Selector compilation)
  • Various Artists: Roots Of Rumba Rock 2 (1954-55) (1995, reissued with vol.1 as a double CD in 2006)
  • : Wrong
  • : Les dieux sont fâchés/The Gods Are Angry
  • : Surreal Sheep

1996
  • Tek 9: It's Not What You Think It Is !!?!
  • Snooze: The Man In The Shadow
  • Various Artists: Freezone 3: Horizontal Dancing, 23 exclusives by Herbert, Kruder&Dorfmeister, Carl Craig...(2CD)
  • Various Artists: Miscellaneous, The 2nd Edition (Language compilation)
  • Equations
  • Hugo: La Formule
  • : Remixed Sheep
  • Various Artists: Moving House, compiled by DJ Geoffroy a.k.a. Mugwump
  • Various Artists: Junglized (Selector compilation)
  • Various Artists: The Deepest Shade Of Techno, compiled by 4hero (2CD)
  • : Mashreq Classics

1997
  • More Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art
  • with : Made On Earth
  • Various Artists: Freezone 4: Dangerous Lullabies, 22 exclusives by Basement Jaxx, Rhythm And Sound, Thievery Corporation...(2CD)
  • vs Spacer: Mail-Order Justice
  • : The Ghost Sonata (1991, reissued on Crammed in 1997)
  • Kočani Orkestar: L'Orient est rouge
  • : Alien Rainbow
  • : Dissected
  • : The Arc Of Blueness
  • Subject 13: The Black Steele Project
  • : Esoteric Red
  • Various Artists: Moving House 2, compiled by DJ Geoffroy a.k.a. Mugwump
  • Various Artists: Lysergic Factory, compiled by

1998
  • Taraf de Haïdouks: Dumbala Dumba
  • Buckfunk 3000: First Class Ticket To Telos
  • : The Unbearable Lightness Of Auto-Repeating
  • Circadian Rhythms: Internal Clock
  • Various Artists: Freezone 5: The Radio Is Teaching My Goldfish Ju-Jitsu, 21 exclusives by Shawn J.Period, Jigmastas, Joe Claussell... (2CD)
  • : Revisited Classics
  • : I Don't Like Music, a collection of remixes
  • Various Artists: Moving House 3, compiled by DJ Geoffroy a.k.a. Mugwump
  • Various Artists: If U Can Beat 'Em, Break 'Em, compiled by
  • Various Artists: Phax'n'Phixion, The Nu Hip Hop Underground, compiled by
  • Various Artists: Junglized 2 (Selector compilation)
  • Various Artists: The Family Album, exclusive tracks by artists on the Language label
  • : Faces & Phases (2CD)

1999
  • : I Don't Like Music 2, a collection of remixes
  • : Spears Into Hooks
  • Various Artists: Freezone 6: Fourth Person Singular, 22 exclusives by Alex Gopher, Stacey Pullen, Mark Pritchard... (2CD)
  • Zuco 103: Outro Lado
  • : Pillar Of Salt
  • Various Artists: Brasil 2mil - The Soul Of Bass-O-Nova
  • Suba (Mitar Subotić): São Paulo Confessions
  • & : City Boy Players
  • Various Artists: Moving House At Food Club
  • Various Artists: Tags Of The Times 2.0
  • Various Artists: The Beyond Real Experience, produced and compiled by
  • Various Artists: Electric Kingdom - New Skool Breaks & Electro
  • Various Artists If It's Not 100% U.K. Hip Hop You Can Have Your Money Back, compiled by Tony Thorpe & Dave Watts

2000
2001
  • Taraf de Haïdouks: Band of Gypsies
  • Zuco 103: The Other Side of Outro Lado
  • Various Artists: Freezone: Seven Is Seven Is, 23 exclusives by Cibelle, Kid Koala, Tim 'Love' Lee... (2CD)
  • Trio Mocotó: Samba Rock
  • Various Artists: Samba Soul 70
  • Snooze: Goingmobile
  • : Brasilidade
  • : Tanto Tempo Remixes

2002
  • Kočani Orkestar: Alone at my Wedding
  • Suba (Mitar Subotić): Tributo
  • Zuco 103: Tales of High Fever
  • : Escape To Where
  • /: Shy Angels
  • Various Artists: Ziriguiboom: The Now Sound Of Brazil

2003
  • Electric Gypsyland 1 (Taraf de Haïdouks and Kočani Orkestar reinterpreted by Señor Coconut, Mercan Dede, Arto Lindsay & more)
  • : Cibelle
  • : Natural
  • : Compiled Electronic Landscapes
  • Zuco 103: One Down, One Up (2CD)

2004
  • : Bebel Gilberto
  • : Cabin In The Sky
  • : Seismic Riffs (DVD)
  • Mahala Rai Banda: Mahala Rai Banda
  • Trio Mocotó: Beleza! Beleza!! Beleza!!!
  • : Uma Batida Diferente
  • Konono Nº1: Congotronics
  • : Returning Wheel (3-CD box set, including new remixes and rarities)

2005
  • : Rive Gauche Rio
  • : Bebel Gilberto Remixed
  • : Res Inexplicata Volans feat. Cibelle, Seu Jorge etc.
  • : Aparelhagem
  • Zuco 103: Whaa!
  • : About A Girl EP (CD/DVD dualdisc)
  • Various Artists: Ziriguiboom: The Now Sound Of Brazil 2
  • Taraf de Haïdouks: The Continuing Adventures Of... (DVD+CD)
  • 2, Buzz'n'Rumble in the Urb'n'Jungle, feat. Konono No.1, Kasai Allstars, Basokin... (CD+DVD)

2006
  • Abacabok
  • Think Of One: Trafico
  • : The Shine Of Dried Electric Leaves
  • Electric Gypsyland 2 (Taraf de Haïdouks et al., reinterpreted by Tunng, Animal Collective, Nouvelle Vague, Susheela Raman & more)
  • : Bardo Hotel Soundtrack
  • Hugo: La Nuit des Balançoires
  • Wise In Time: The Ballad of Den The Men
  • Various Artists: Roots Of Rumba Rock 1+2 (1953–55) (originally out in 1992 and 1995, reissued as a 2CD in 2006)

2007
  • : Vapour Trails
  • : 77o7 TM (The 30th Anniversary Box) (3CD+1DVD)
  • : Momento
  • Taraf de Haïdouks: Maskarada
  • Flat Earth Society: Psychoscout
  • Balkan Beat Box: Nu Med
  • Think Of One: Camping Shaabi
  • Disko Partizani!
  • Konono Nº1: Live At Couleur Cafe
  • Various Artists: Sex & The Single Rabbit (a 2-volume compilation of Crammed electronic music tracks, digital-only)

2008
  • In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish...
  • Kočani Orkestar: The Ravished Bride
  • : 1 Real
  • Allá Es Tiempo
  • Balkan Beat Box: Nu-Made (CD+DVD)
  • Lonely Drifter Karen Grass Is Singing
  • : Halalwood
  • & Swara: In The House Of Mirrors

2009
  • Staff Benda Bilili Tres Tres Fort
  • : Ao Vivo (DVD+CD)
  • Saskamodie
  • : Planet Paprika
  • : Sonido Amazonico!
  • Les Tueurs de la lune de miel (a.k.a. The Honeymoon Killers): Special Manubre (originally out in 1977, reissued in 2009)
  • Akron/Family Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
  • Gather, Form & Fly
  • Flat Earth Society: Cheer Me, Perverts
  • People & Things

2010
  • Konono N°1 Assume Crash Position
  • Lonely Drifter Karen: Fall Of Spring
  • Balkan Beat Box: Blue Eyed Black Boy
  • : Las Venus Resort Palace Hotel
  • : Pesebre
  • Various Artists: The Roots Of Chicha 2
  • Presents: The Sound Of Club Secousse (African Dance Music Anthems)
  • Tradi-Mods vs Rockers: Alternative Takes on Congotronics feat. Deerhoof, Andrew Bird, Juana Molina, Micachu, Glenn Kotche & more (2CD)
  • : Heretofore

2011
  • Skeletons: People
  • Taraf de Haïdouks & Kočani Orkestar: Band of Gypsies 2
  • : Belgotronics
  • Various Artists: The Karindula Sessions (CD+DVD)
  • : Unearthed, previously-unreleased music and videos (CD+DVD)
  • : Megafaun
  • The Real Tuesday Weld: The Last Werewolf
  • La Chiva Gantiva: Pelao
  • Maïa Vidal: God Is My Bike
  • Baloji: Kinshasa Succursale

2012
  • Zita Swoon Group: Wait For Me
  • Lonely Drifter Karen: Poles
  • Balkan Beat Box: Give
  • : Bongo Hotheads
  • : Canibalismo
  • Staff Benda Bilili: Bouger Le Monde
  • SKIP&DIE: Riots In The Jungle

2013
2014
  • La Chiva Gantiva: Vivo
  • OY: No Problem Saloon
  • : from clay to figures
  • : Pink Narcissus
  • : Beware The Fetish
  • : Segundo (re-issue - originally out in 2000)
  • : Tres Cosas (re-issue - originally out in 2002)
  • : Son (re-issue - originally out in 2006)
  • : Un día (re-issue - originally out in 2008)
  • Chancha Via Circuito: Amansara
  • Véronique Vincent & : Ex-Futur Album
  • Jozef Van Wissem: It Is Time For You To Return

2015
  • Taraf de Haïdouks: Of Lovers, Gamblers and Parachute Skirts
  • : Hombre de piedra
  • SKIP&DIE: Cosmic Serpents
  • Bérangère Maximin: Dangerous Orbits
  • : The Best of Soapkills
  • Maïa Vidal: You're The Waves
  • & Cult With No Name: Blue Velvet Revisited
  • : The Vinyl Box (retrospective, 10-LP boxed set)

2016
  • Konono N°1: Konono N°1 meets Batida
  • Various Artists: Give Me New Noise: Half-Mute Revisited
  • Véronique Vincent & : Je pleure tout le temps EP (reworks & remixes)
  • OY: Space Diaspora
  • : Musique de France
  • : Guerre EP
  • : The Hydra EP
  • Véronique Vincent & : 16 Visions of Ex-Futur (covers & reworks, feat. Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Aquaserge, Laetitia Sadier, Forever Pavot, Flavien Berger, Nite Jewel, Bullion, Burnt Friedman, Hello Skinny, Marc Collin, Bérangère Maximin, Lena Willikens and Aksak Maboul)

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
  • Steven Brown: El Hombre Invisible
  • Congotronics International: Where's The One?
  • : Fictions (Made To Measure Vol.47) feat. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Mary Lattimore etc
  • : Neon Colonialismo

2023
2024
Crammed Samplers
  • It's A Crammed, Crammed World 1 (LP, 1984)
  • It's A Crammed, Crammed World 2 (LP, 1987)
  • The World According To Crammed (CD, 1993)
  • Crammed Global Soundclash 80-89 (2 separate CDs, or box set including bonus material, 2003)
  • 20 Ways To Float Through Walls, a selection of tracks released between 2001 & 2007 (CD, 2007)
  • It's A Crammed, Crammed World 3, tracks from 2008/2009 (CD, 2009)
  • Crammed Walks With The Animals, tracks with titles containing animal names (CD, 2011)
  • Crammed Goes To The Movies, tracks from or inspired by films (CD, 2011)

Awards and nominations
Awards
  • Award for Best Pop Collaboration (USA): Konono No1 (with ) (2011)
  • Songlines Award for Best Group (UK): Staff Benda Bilili (2010)
  • Artist Award of the Year: Staff Benda Bilili (2009)
  • /World Music Charts Europe () Label Of The Year: Crammed Discs (2009)
  • Awards for World Music (UK): Konono No1 (2006)
  • Awards for World Music (UK): (2006)
  • (The Netherlands): Taraf de Haïdouks (2006)
  • World Music Charts Europe () Label Of The Year: Crammed Discs (2005)
  • Award of the Year: and Crammed Discs (2004)
  • Awards for World Music (UK): Think Of One (2004)
  • (Music Of Black Origin) (UK): (2004)
  • Awards for World Music (UK): Taraf de Haïdouks (2002)
  • (The Netherlands): (1991)

Nominations

  • Awards (USA): Konono No1 (2007)
  • Awards (USA): (2001, 2004 and 2007)
  • (Pan-European Indie Awards): Maïa Vidal (2011)
  • UK Music Video Awards: Maïa Vidal (2012)

Crammed Discs artists (past and present)

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