Night Slugs

Night Slugs
Founded2010
FounderAlex Sushon
James Connolly
Distributor(s)Warp
Genre
LocationLondon, UK
Official websitenightslugs.net

Night Slugs is an English electronic music record label, established in 2010 by Alex Sushon (also known as Bok Bok) and James Connolly (also known as L-Vis 1990). Spin magazine described the label as having "developed one of the most distinctive sounds in U.K. dance music, a mutable hybrid of grime, house, electro, R&B, techno, hip-hop, and dubstep".[1]

History

Night Slugs was originally started as a London-based club night by DJs/producers Alex Sushon and James Connolly after the two met on Myspace in 2008.[2][3][4] The first Night Slugs party was staged at the Redstar in Camberwell in March 2008, though the nights would eventually move to the more centrally located East Village.[3]

After artists featured at the club nights remained unsigned, Sushon and Connolly founded Night Slugs as a record label in January 2010 with the release of Mosca’s Square One EP.[3][5][6] That same year the label released their first compilation, Night Slugs Allstars Vol. 1.[7]

Artists

Artists who have released music on Night Slugs include:

See also

References

  1. ^ Sherburne, Philip (13 February 2013). "Night Slugs' Bok Bok on Grime, Texture, and Moving Beyond 'Bass Music'". SPIN. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Night Slugs". Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Keeling, Ryan (1 November 2010). "Label of the month: Night Slugs". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. ^ Richards, Sam (5 March 2011). "Night Slugs, the indefinable dance music team". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  5. ^ McKean, Colin (25 January 2010). "Mosca - Square One". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Bok Bok and L-Vis 1990 Share the Records That Shaped Night Slugs". self-titled. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  7. ^ Rosenberg, Tal (13 January 2011). "Various Artists - Night Slugs Allstars Vol.1". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  8. ^ Saxelby, Ruth (4 February 2012). "Jacques Greene: the Radiohead-approved dance prodigy who's signing designers to his label". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 March 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.