Dead Oceans, Inc.,
History
On June 30, 2006,
founded Dead Oceans with Chris Swanson.
Swanson suggested the name Dead Oceans, which came from the lyrics of
Bob Dylan "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" (1963).
Chris' brother Ben Swanson, Darius Van Arman, and Jonathan Cargill of Secretly Canadian and
Jagjaguwar also helped to found the label.
[Austin Powell, "Dead Oceans Making Waves" Austin Chronicle, October 19, 2007.][Dave Maher, "Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar Birth Dead Oceans" Pitchfork Media, February 19, 2007.] The label was launched in 2007, and is part of
Secretly Group.
In 2017, the label released Shoegazing band Slowdive first album in 22 years.
In 2018, Dead Oceans was listed as #7 on Paste magazine's top-10 record labels of 2018.
Artists
See also
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List of record labels
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Secretly Canadian
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Jagjaguwar
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