Mokum Records

Mokum is a Dutch Hardcore label founded in 1993 by Freddy B (3) (Fred Berkhout) as humorous response to Rotterdam Records. (Mokum is the Yiddish word for Amsterdam.)
Mokum was a sister label to Go Bang! Records and ESP Records.

The label was active until late 1998 around which time its then parent label Roadrunner Records decided to forego vinyl completely. Its vinyl department cost more than it yielded.

The label started out under the wing of Boudisque Records and later changed hands to the Dutch division of American rock company Roadrunner Records. From that moment on the catalog numbers also reflect the 'DB' catalog extension. DB stood for Deep Blue, which was the shared name for all of Roadrunner's vinyl releases.

In 2004 with Hardcore back on the rise again Freddy B decided to start Mokum back up; this time as an independent label. A&R duties are handled by him and François Prijt aka Chosen Few (one of the main artists on Mokum). The new releases start at catalog number 100. (92, 93, 94 and 96 were never made).

21 is a coffee mug (pic available at image section). In Dutch mug is Mok, and therefore some sort of joke as the catalogue numbers are MOK.