Asphodel

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US label originally from the bay area with strong connections to New York known for Hip Hop turntablism, Illbient beats, electroacoustic noisework. Owned by Mitzi Johnson. Founded and developed in the early 90ies by her together with her then husband Naut Humon. The label went out of business in the late 2000s when they divorced. The New York outpost for several years was run by Erik Gilbert acting as their label manager.

Sublabels:

Audio Soul, Sombient

Contact Info:

Asphodel
763 Brannan St.
San Francisco, Ca. 94103
USA

Tele: (415) 863-3068
Fax: (415) 863-4973
E-mail: [email protected]

(valid in June 1998:)
Asphodel Records
PO Box 51, Chelsea Station
New York, NY 10113-0051
USA

Fax: (212) 965-0959
Tel: (212) 965-0953
[email protected]

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  • MISTER_DIA-TRIBE_73's avatar
    Asphodel

    as′fo-del, n. a kind of lily—in Greek mythology, the peculiar plant of the dead. In Greece they cover the bleakest hillsides with enduring blossom.—adj. Elysian. [Gr. asphodelos, a plant of the lily kind; cf. Homer's asphodelos leimōn, the meadow of the dead.