Instinct Records

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Founded as a dance label in a Greenwich Village living room, Instinct Records gained prominence in the early 1990s by releasing compilations of Acid Jazz-label material in the US. The simultaneous success of the label's first signing, electronic musician Moby, was built on by licensing and releasing seminal recordings from Rising High Records, Kickin Records, and Antler-Subway, as well as releasing music by local techno-oriented ambient musicians signed to the label. Instinct was purchased by Knitting Factory Records in 2003.
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222 West 14th Street, Suite 8B
New York, NY 10011

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26 W. 17th St. #502
New York, NY 10011

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81 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10013
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Releases:
12 YOBR 24 Brainstorm (3) Rock The House (12") 1991
146.079-3 Moby Go (Mixes) (CD, Maxi, Car) 1991
176.1564.3 Moby Next Is The E (CD, Maxi) 1993
AMB:003-2 Omicron The Generation And Motion Of A Pulse (CD, Album) 1995
amb6002-2 Tetsu Inoue World Receiver (CD, Album) 1996
AXISTM 001 Moby I Feel It + Thousand (The Remixes) (12") 1993
eb 9772-2 Various Dorian Gray - History Of Magic (2xCD, Comp, Dig) 2001
EX-222 K-Collective, The* Never Stop (12") 1990
EX-223 K-Collective, The* Never Stop (12") 1990
EX-224 Brotherhood, The (4) Time's Up (12") 1990
EX-225CD Various This Is Acid Jazz Volume One (CD) 1990
EX-225LP Various This Is Acid Jazz Volume One (LP) 1990
EX-226 Moby Mobility (3 versions) 1990
EX-227 Voodoo Child Voodoo Child (2 versions) 1990
EX-228 L.U.P.O. Featuring Cathy* Keep It Up! (12") 1990
EX-229 Moby Go (Remixes) (2 versions) 1991
EX-230-1 Homeboy Control Yourself Cousin (12") 1990
EX-231 Brainstorm (3) Rock The House (2 versions) 1990
EX-232 Voodoo Child Voodoo Child (Remixes) (2 versions) 1991
EX-233 Barracuda Drug Fits The Face (2 versions) 1991
EX-234 L.U.P.O. So Hard / Hell Or Heaven (12") 1991
EX-234 L.U.P.O. So Hard / Hell Or Heaven (12", TP) 1991
EX-235 2 Tuff Jazz Thang (12") 1991
EX-236CD Various Instinct Dance (CD, Comp) 1991
EX-236LP Various Instinct Dance (2xLP, Comp) 1991
EX-237-1 Moby Go (Remixes) (12") 1991
EX-237 CDS Moby Go (Remixes) (Single) (2 versions) 1991
EX-237S Moby Go (Remixes) (2 versions) 1991
EX-238-1 Zero Zero Sanity Clause / Zeroxed (12") 1991
EX-238-CDS Zero Zero Zeroxed (CD, Maxi) 1992
EX-239 Heavy Shift* Obey The Rules Of The Night (12") 1992
EX-240-1 Moby Drop A Beat (12") 1992
EX-240-2 Moby Drop A Beat (Single) (2 versions) 1992
EX-240 PROMO Moby Drop A Beat (12", Promo) 1992
EX241 Moby Moby (10xFile, MP3, 256) 1992
EX-241-1 Moby Moby (LP, Album) 1992
EX-241-2 Moby Moby (CD, Album) 1992
EX-241-4 Moby Moby (Cass, Album) 1992
EX-242-1 Niko* Oh Yeah! (12") 1992
EX-242-2 Niko* Oh Yeah! (CD, Maxi) 1992
EX-242 DJ Niko* Oh Yeah! (12", Promo) 1992
EX-243-1 Acid Blues Project, The* Lonely Blues (12") 1992
EX-244-1 Various This Is Acid Jazz Volume Two (LP, Comp) 1992
EX-244-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz Volume Two (CD, Comp) 1992
EX-245-2 Various Rising High Techno Injection (CD, Comp) 1992
EX-246-1 Dominatrix UK Possession (12") 1992
EX-246-2 Dominatrix UK Possession EP (CD, Maxi, EP) 1992
EX-247-1 Moby Next Is The E (12") 1992
EX-247-2 Moby Next Is The E (Single, Maxi) (2 versions) 1992
EX-248-1 Mitch Moses' Acid Blues Project* Money Blues (2 versions) 1993
EX250-2 Moby Early Underground (Comp) (2 versions) 1993
EX-250-4 Moby Early Underground (Cass, Comp) 1993
EX251-1 Various This Is Acid Jazz Volume 3 (Comp) (2 versions) 1993
EX-251-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz Volume Three (CD, Comp) 1993
EX252-1 Various Rising High Trance Injection EP (EP) (2 versions) 1993
EX-252-2 Various Rising High Techno Injection 2 (CD, Comp) 1993
EX-253-2 Moby Ambient (CD, Album) 1993
EX-253-4 Moby Ambient (Cass, Album) 1993
EX-254-2 C.F.M. Band CFM Band (CD, Album) 1993
EX-255-2 Cabaret Voltaire Plasticity (CD, Album) 1993
EX-255-4 Cabaret Voltaire Plasticity (Cass, Album) 1993
EX-256-1 Irresistible Force, The Underground EP (12", EP) 1993
EX-256-2 Irresistible Force, The Underground EP (CD, EP) 1993
EX-257-2 Various Chill Out! - The Techno Evolution Continues (2xCD, Comp) 1993
EX-258-2 Irresistible Force, The Flying High (CD) 1993
EX-258-4 Irresistible Force, The Flying High (Cass, Album) 1993
EX-259 Exodus Quartet Tribute To Mr. Cool (12") 1993
EX-260-1 Various Project II Trance (2 versions) 1993
EX-260-2 Various Project II Trance (CD, Comp) 1993
EX-261-1 Human Mesh Dance Hyaline (12") 1993
EX-261-2 Human Mesh Dance Hyaline (CD, Album) 1993
EX-262-1 Evolve Now The Dream EP (EP) (2 versions) 1993
EX-262-2 Evolve Now The Dream EP (CD, EP) 1993
EX-263-1 Omicron Symbolis (EP) (2 versions) 1993
EX-263-2 Omicron Symbolis EP (CD, EP) 1993
EX-264-1 Cabaret Voltaire Back In The Front Of Your Mind (EP) (2 versions) 1993
EX-264-2 Cabaret Voltaire International Language (CD, Album) 1993
EX-264-4 Cabaret Voltaire International Language (Cass, Album) 1993
EX-265-2 Various Rising High Trance Injection (2xCD, Comp) 1994
EX-266-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz - New Voices (CD, Comp) 1994
EX-267-2 Various Plug In + Turn On (2xCD) 1994
EX-268-2 Various Chillout Phase Two (2xCD, Comp) 1994
EX-273-2 Cabaret Voltaire The Conversation (2xCD, Album) 1994
EX-274-2 Various Dorado: The Gold Sessions (CD, Comp) 1994
EX-275-2 Night Trains Miles Away (CD, Album)  
EX-279-2 Mysteries Of Science Mysteries Of Science (CD, Album) 1994
EX-280-2 Various em:t 0094 (CD, Album) 1994
EX-280-4 Various em:t 0094 (Cass) 1994
EX-282-1 Various This Is Acid Jazz Volume 4 (LP) 1994
EX-282-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz Volume 4 (CD) 1994
EX-283-2 Terre Thaemlitz Tranquilizer (CD, Album) 1994
EX-284-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz: Back To Basics (CD, Comp) 1994
EX-285-1 Various This Is Acid Jazz: The Vibe (LP, Comp) 1994
EX-285-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz: The Vibe (CD) 1994
EX-286-1 Drum Club, The* Drums Are Dangerous (US Remixes) (12") 1994
EX-287-2 SETI SETI (CD, Album) 1994
EX-288-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz: Jazz Com Bossa (CD) 1994
EX-289-2 Omicron Acrocosm (CD, Album) 1994
EX-291-1 Various Instinct Ambient (2x12") 1994
EX-292-2 Deep Space Network Big Rooms (CD, Album) 1994
EX-293-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz: The Soul Of Boogie Back (CD) 1994
EX-294-2 Woob Woob 1194 (CD, Album) 1994
EX-295-2 Bobby Byrd On The Move (I Can't Get Enough) (CD, Album, RE) 1994
EX-296-2 JB Horns, The* I Like It Like That (CD, Album) 1994
EX-297-2 Various Plug In & Turn On x.2 (2xCD, Comp) 1994
EX-298-2 Various After Hours (CD, Comp) 1994
EX-301-2 Various Ninja Tune-Trip Hop & Jazz (CD) 1994
EX-303-2 Human Mesh Dance Mindflower (CD) 1994
EX-304-2 Various Rising High Futurescape (2xCD) 1995
EX-305-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz: New Voices (Take Two) (CD, Comp) 1995
EX-306-2 No Se Quelle Aventure (CD) 1995
EX-307-2 Various Back To Basics 2 (CD, Comp) 1995
EX-308-2 Disjam Disjam (CD, Album) 1995
EX-309-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz: The Jazz Of Boogie Back (CD, Comp) 1995
EX-311-2 Various Em:t 2000 (2xCD, Comp) 1995
EX-312-2 CFM Band* ...River Of Steel (CD, Album) 1995
EX-313 Various This Is Acid Jazz: Bossa Brava (CD, Comp) 1995
EX314-2 Drum Club Live In Iceland (CD) 1995
EX-315-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz: The Next Step (CD) 1995
EX-316-2 Various Earthrise.ntone.1 (2xCD, Comp) 1995
EX-317 Various The Best Of Acid Jazz: A Five Year Retrospective (CD, Comp, Promo) 1995
EX-317-2 Various The Best Of Acid Jazz: A Five Year Retrospective (CD, Comp) 1995
EX-318-2 Various ...After Hours 2 Last Call (CD) 1995
EX-318-4 Various ...After Hours 2 Last Call (Cass, Comp) 1995
EX-319-S Slowly The Remix Project (12") 1995
EX-320-2 Slowly Ming (2xCD) 1995
EX-321-2 Pal Joey's New Breed Section Of Life (CD, Album) 1995
EX-322-1 Various Earthrise.ntone.1 (2xLP, Comp) 1995
EX-325-2 Sérgio Boré Tambores Urbanos (CD) 1995
EX-326-2 Various Trip Hop And Jazz v.2 (CD, Comp) 1996
EX-327-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz Vol. 5: Livin' In The Land Of Hi-Fi (CD) 1996
EX-328-2 Count Basic Movin' In The Right Direction (CD) 1996
EX-329-2 Various Plug In & Turn On X.3 (CD) 1996
EX-330-2 Various Em:t Explorer (2xCD) 1996
EX-331-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz: Original Raw Soul (CD, Comp) 1996
EX-333-2 Soundscape* Life Force (CD) 1996
EX-334-2 Various The Future Sound Of Jazz (CD, Comp) 1996
EX-335-2 Moby Rare: The Collected B-Sides 1989-1993 (CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Mixed) 1996
EX-337-2 Exodus Quartet Way Out There (CD) 1996
EX-338-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz: New Voices Vol. 3 (CD, Comp) 1996
EX-339-2 Various The Sound Of London, Jazz Powers Vol. 2 (CD, Comp) 1996
EX-341-2 Various The Best Of Acid Jazz Volume 2 (CD, Album, Comp) 1997
EX-342-2 Various Plug In & Turn On x.4 (CD, Comp) 1997
EX-343-2 Gota* European Comfort (CD, Maxi, Promo) 1997
EX345-2 Various ¡Bossa Brava! Volume 2 (CD, Comp) 1997
EX-346-2 Mr. Electric Triangle Kosmosis Of The Heart / Kosmosis Of The Dub (2xCD) 1997
EX-347-2 Gota* It's So Different Here (CD) 1997
EX-348-2 Various The Future Sound Of Jazz 2 (2xCD, Comp) 1997
EX-349-2 Various After Hours Volume Three (CD, Comp) 1997
EX-350-2 Gota* All Alone (CD, Single) 1997
EX-352-2 Various More Original Raw Soul (CD) 1997
EX358-2 Sérgio Boré Intuicao De Tupa (CD, Album) 1997
EX-359-2 Various Sweet Emotions (CD) 1997
EX-361-2 Soundscape UK Surreal Thing (CD) 1998
EX-364-2 Various Trip Hop & Jazz 3 (CD) 1997
EX-365-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz Vol. 6: The Golden Age Of Groove (CD, Comp) 1998
EX-367-2 Various Bossa Brava 3 (CD) 1998
EX-368-2 Various The Future Sound Of Jazz 3 (CD, Comp) 1998
EX-369-2 Various Em:t Beat Exploration (CD, Comp) 1998
EX-370-2 Various Instinct Jazz: New Voices Vol. 4 (CD, Comp) 1998
EX-371-2 Various Even More Original Raw Soul! (CD, Comp) 1998
EX-374-2 Various High Performance 2: The Eclectic Sound Of Vienna (CD, Comp) 1998
EX377-2 Various After Hours 4 (CD, Comp) 1998
ex378-2 Shakatak ‘Shinin’ On’ (CD, Album) 1998
EX-379-2 Various Martini Grooves (CD, Comp) 1998
EX-387-2 Various Trip Hop & Jazz 4 "Parking Any Time" (CD, Comp) 1998
EX-388-2 Various Cocktails (CD) 1998
EX-391-2 Various Digital Reflex (CD) 1998
EX-392-2 Sambada Tropicale (CD) 1998
EX-393-2 Duboniks On The Vibe (CD, Album) 1998
EX-400-2 Gota* Let's Get Started (CD) 1999
EX-402-2 Various Funk Electric (CD, Comp)  
EX-404-2 Various BossaBrava: Caliente! (CD, Album) 1999
EX-406-2 Various Step Off! - A Collection Of Trip-Hop & Dub (CD) 1999
EX408-2 DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo Ki-Oku (CD, Album) 1999
EX-410-2 Gota* In The City Life (CD, Single) 1999
EX-413-2 Creatures, The Anima Animus (CD) 1999
EX414-2 Creatures, The Anima Animus Interview Disc (CD, Promo) 1999
EX-415-2 Various The Best Of Acid Jazz In The Mix (CD, Comp, Mixed) 1999
EX-417-1 Creatures, The 2nd Floor (12") 1999
EX-239-1-DJ Heavy Shift Obey The Rules Of The Night (12", Pro)  
EX-246-1-DJ Dominatrix UK Possession (12", Promo) 1992
EX-247-1DJ Moby Next Is The E (12", Promo) 1992
EX.286.2 Drum Club Drums Are Dangerous (CD, Album) 1994
FAX-5555-2 Various FAX Compilation (2xCD) 1994
FAX-5556-2 Air (2) Air I + II (2xCD, Mixed) 1994
FAX-5557-2 Silence Silence I + II (2xCD) 1994
FAX-5558-2 Sad World Sad World I + II (2xCD, Album) 1995
FAX-5559-2 Alien Community Alien Community I + II (2xCD, Mixed) 1994
FAX-5560-2 Various FAX Compilation II (2xCD) 1995
INS02P Various Instinct Promo Sampler For January '02 (CD, Smplr, Promo) 2002
INS093-4 Various Instinct And Sonic Records Present: Techno Redefined (Cass, Promo, Comp) 1993
INS-094-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz (CD, Comp, Smplr, Promo) 1994
INS411-2 Various Ambient Systems 4 (CD, Comp, Ltd) 2000
INS421-2 Various After Hours: Miles Away (CD) 1999
INS422-2 Shakatak Magic (CD, Album) 1999
INS423-2 Various Jazz Steppin' (CD) 1999
INS427-2 Various This Is Acid Jazz: The Spoken Word (CD, Comp) 1999
INS436-2 Various Global Grooves (CD) 1999
INS438-2 Various Ambient Systems: Limited Edition (CD) 1999
INS440-2 Marc Almond Interview Disc August 1999 (CD, Promo) 1999
INS-500-2 Jimmy Somerville Manage The Damage (CD, Album) 2000
INS-501-2 Russell Mills / Undark Pearl + Umbra (CD) 2000
INS502-2 Chris Standring Hip Sway (CD, Album) 2000
INS504-2 Dietrich Schoenemann Shadowgraphs (CD, Album) 2000
INS506-2 Various After Hours Volume Six (CD, Comp) 2000
INS507-2 Sarah Cracknell Lipslide (CD, Enh) 2000
INS511-2 Count Basic Trust Your Instincts (CD, Album) 1999
INS512-2 Various The Best Of Acid Jazz In The Mix 2 (CD, Comp, Mixed) 2000
INS513-2 Various Future Jazz (CD) 2000
INS515-2 Marianne Faithfull Vagabond Ways (CD, Album) 2000
INS516-2 Creatures, The U.S. Retrace (CD, Comp) 2000
INS518-2 Various Ambient Systems - Interior Horizons (CD, Comp, Ltd) 2000
INS519 Jimmy Somerville Something To Live For (12") 2000
INS522-2 Various Revenge Of The Abstract Groove (CD) 2000
INS523-2 Various Daft Electro (CD) 2000
INS525-2 Soundscape UK Uptown Groove (CD) 2000
INS526-2 Russell Mills / Undark Undark One - Strange Familiar (CD) 2000
INS529-2 Various Super Post Electronica Phase One (CD) 2000
INS531-2 Jimmy Somerville Root Beer (CD, Comp) 2000
INS532-2 Sarah Cracknell Kelly's Locker (CD) 2000
INS538-2 Various Raw Funk (CD, Comp) 2000
INS540-2 DiY Diversions (CD, Comp) 2000
INS541-2 Various King Of The Jungle 2 (CD, Comp) 2000
INS547-2 Various Ambient Systems:Initialized (CD, Album, Comp, Ltd) 2000
INS550-2 Gota* Day & Night (CD, Album) 2001
INS551-2 James Taylor Quartet, The The Bigger Picture (CD, Album) 2001
INS552-2 United Future Organization Bon Voyage (CD, Album, Enh) 2001
INS554-2 Honolulu Playboys Between Drinks (CD) 2001
INS557-2 Kirsty MacColl Tropical Brainstorm (CD, Enh) 2001
INS560-2 Various Future Jazz: The Sounds Of Synchrovision 1.0 (CD) 2001
INS561-2 Adam X On The One And Two (CD, Comp, Mixed) 2001
INS562-2 Dietrich Schoenemann An Agenda And A Beat (CD, Mixed) 2001
INS563-2 Various Break N' Bossa! The American Chapter (CD, Comp) 2001
INS564-2 Adam X Creative Vandalism (CD, Album) 2001
INS569-2 DJ Harry* The String Cheese Remix Project (CD, Album, Rem) 2001
INS570-2 Gordon Gano Hitting The Ground (CD, Album) 2002
INS571-2 Violet Indiana Roulette (CD, Enh, Album) 2001
INS572-2 Various Chronologi 12k: Year 1-Year 4 (2xCD) 2001
INS575-2 Various King Of The Jungle 3 (CD) 2001
INS576-2 Various Press Play (CD, Comp) 2001
INS578-2 Various The Best Of This Is Acid Jazz: A 10 Year Celebration (2xCD, Comp) 2001
INS580-2 Various Loungin' After Hours (CD, Comp) 2001
INS583-2 Various Sonic Groove Defined (CD) 2001
INS588-2 V.I.P. Club* Coconut Kiss (CD, Album) 2001
INS589-2 DJ Smash Recollection Vol. 1 (CD) 2001
INS590-2 Various Ambient Boxed: A Guide By Instinct (4xCD, Comp, P/Mixed) 2001
INS592-2 Cranes Future Songs (CD, Album) 2002
INS593-2 Violet Indiana Casino (CD, Comp, Enh) 2002
INS594-2 Various 12 Tales (CD, Comp) 2002
INS595-2 J.B.'s Reunion, The* Bring The Funk On Down (CD, Album, RE) 2002
INS598-2 V.I.P. Club* Urban Life (CD, Album) 2002
INS599-2 Rasputina Cabin Fever! (CD, Album) 2002
INS600-2 Cranes Submarine (CD, Maxi) 2002
INS602-2 Gota* The Best Of Gota (CD, Album) 2002
INS606-2 Various The Very Best Of This Is Acid Jazz 2: A 10 Year Celebration (2xCD) 2002
INS607-2 Shakatak Under Your Spell (CD, Album) 2002
INS608-2 Future Bible Heroes Eternal Youth (CD, Album) 2002
INS609-2 Rasputina My Fever Broke (CD, Enh) 2002
INS612-2 Rasputina The Lost And Found (2nd Edition) (CD) 2003
INS613-2 Future Bible Heroes The Lonely Robot EP (CD, EP) 2003
INS614-2 King Missile III* The Psychopathology Of Everyday Life (CD) 2003
INS615-2 Various Break N' Bossa! The American Chapter Volume Two (CD, Comp) 2003
INS616-2 Edwyn Collins Doctor Syntax (CD) 2003
INS617-2 Cranes Live In Italy (CD, Album) 2003
INS619-2 Creatures, The Hái! (CD, Album + DVD) 2003
INS619-P Creatures, The Hái! (CD, Album, Promo) 2003
INS620-2 Rasputina Frustration Plantation (Album) (2 versions) 2004
INS621-2 Isobel Campbell Amorino (CD, Album) 2003
INS623-2 Daniel Johnston 1990 (CD, Album, RE) 2004
INS625-2 King Missile Mystical Shit / Fluting On The Hump (CD, Comp) 2004
INS435.2 Marc Almond Open All Night (CD, Album) 1999
INS7001-2 Gwei-lo Gwei-lo (CD) 2001
INS7002-2 Bonnevill Pelican (CD, Album) 2001
INS7003-2 Rothko In The Pulse Of An Artery (CD) 2001
INS7005-2 Jack Dangers Variaciones Espectrales (CD, Album) 2002
KX-4101 Messiah Temple Of Dreams (12") 1992
KX4101-2 Messiah Temple Of Dreams (CD, Maxi) 1992
KX-4101 DJ Messiah Temple Of Dreams (12", Promo) 1992
KX-4102-2 Various Kickin Mental Detergent (CD, Comp) 1992
KX-4103-1 Various Kickin' Mental Detergent Volume 2 - EP (12", EP) 1993
KX-4103-2 Various Kickin' Mental Detergent Vol. 2 (CD) 1993
KX-4104-1 X-Statik Rapture (12") 1993
KX-4104-2 X-Statik Rapture (CD, Maxi) 1993
KX-4105-2 Various Kickin' Hardcore Leaders (CD, Comp) 1994
KX-4106-2 Various Kickin Hardcore Nations (CD, Comp) 1994
KX-4107-2 Various King Of The Jungle (2xCD, Comp) 1995
KX-4108-2 Various Speed Kills (CD, Comp) 1995
NMS 02 Moby New Music Seminar Sampler (Cass, Promo) 1992
none Ravelin 7Thema Eleven Split (Cass, Comp) 1999
PLRCD014 Moby The Story So Far (CD, Comp, MP) 1993
PLRCD 014 Moby Moby (CD, Album) 1993
RTD 176.1566.2 Moby Moby (CD, Album) 1993
RTD 250.1143.0 Moby Go (12") 1991
RTD 124.1750.2 42 Various This Is Acid Jazz - New Voices (CD) 1994
RTD GAS 106.4016.2 Moby Early Underground (CD, Comp) 1993
SNC 2015-1 Church Of Extacy Modulator (12", Promo) 1993
SNC-2015-2 Church Of Extacy Modulator (CD, Maxi) 1993
SPIN-093-2 Various Instinct Records: The New Alternative (Promotional Sampler) (CD, Comp) 1993
SPIN-193-4 SR Various Instinct Records: The New Alternative (Promotional Sampler) (Cass, Comp) 1993
WPCP-4952 Various Songs From The Cool World (CD, Comp) 1992

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