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Mille Plateaux is a German record label founded in 1994 by Achim Szepanski in Frankfurt, as a sublabel of Force Inc. Music Works. Its releases in the fields of minimal techno, glitch music and other experimental electronic music have a lasting influence.




History






= Origins and Activities (1994–2004)

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The name Mille Plateaux was taken from Mille Plateaux (A Thousand Plateaus), a philosophy book by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, published in 1980. Their idea of the rhizome has been applied as the label's concept of publishing a large variety of forward thinking electronic music from different contexts.
In 2000, Mille Plateaux released their Clicks & Cuts Series, which featured both Mille Plateaux and non-Mille Plateaux glitch music artists. This series is widely perceived to be a cornerstone of glitch music.




= Bankruptcy and Various Revivals (2004–2011)

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In early 2004, Mille Plateaux's parent company Force Inc. went bankrupt due to the collapse of Germany's main independent music distributor, EFA-Medien. Mille Plateaux and other Force Inc. Music Works owned labels also folded at that time. The label was revived briefly in late 2004 under the name MillePlateauxMedia, with 4 releases. In 2005, two releases were made by RAI STREUBEL MUSIC S.L. on the label Supralinear with the note "by Mille Plateaux". In 2006, Mille Plateaux (along with the other former Force Inc. Music Works labels Force Inc. and Force Tracks) was taken over by the Berlin-based company Disco Inc. Ltd., who only released two CD albums.
In March 2008, Mille Plateaux was acquired by Total Recall, an online store and distributor for used and new music. Their owner Marcus Gabler, known as singer of the band Okay, became the A&R manager. Mille Plateaux relaunched its activities on 7 May 2010, with three new albums but halted activity in 2011. In 2018, Total Recall was dissolved.




= Relaunch by Achim Szepanski (2018–present)

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Its original founder Achim Szepanski successfully reactivated the label's activity in 2018. Since then it has released music digitally as well as on vinyl, CD, cassette and USB stick. Among a broad range of new and younger artists, Thomas Köner, Porter Ricks and Cristian Vogel have returned to the label. The curatorial focus is centered around the concept of Ultrablackness:"Anonymous, dark, black, hidden, concealed, encrypted, opaque, undercover, incomprehensible: Ultrablack of Music dares the exodus and listens to those forces and sounds that tell of the unheard in music. Sound is the vibration, resonance and diffraction of waves in the black cosmos."Bearing the same title, the book "Ultrablack of Music" contains texts by writers and artists such as Benjamin Noys, Frederic Neyrat, Marcus Schmickler and Holger Schulze. It was accompanied by a compilation of 34 tracks.




Former Sublabels


Ritornell – started 1999, released rather abstract, sound art works of experimental music
Cluster – started 2010, released experimental ambient music
Organic – started 2010, released experimental / progressive, non-electronic (sounding) music
Force Intel (sister label) – started 2010, released less experimental electronic music, often referred to as IDM




Artists


Some artists released on the label prior to 2004:

Akufen
Alva Noto
Alec Empire
Andreas Tilliander
Antye Greie-Fuchs
Autopoieses (Ekkehard Ehlers and Sebastian Meissner)
Christophe Charles
Cristian Vogel
Curd Duca
Dälek
Dean Roberts
DJ Spooky
DJ Vadim
Donnacha Costello
Frank Bretschneider
Hanayo
High Priest of the Antipop Consortium
Ice
Jamie Liddell
Jammin' Unit
Jetone
Jim O'Rourke
Justin Broadrick
Kevin Martin
Kid 606
Kouhei Matsunaga
Luomo (aka Vladislav Delay)
Marcus Schmickler
Marvin Ayres
Masami Akita
Max Eastley
Microstoria
Mouse On Mars
Mr. Thing
Noto
Oval
Panacea
Peter Rehberg
Porter Ricks
Random Inc (a.k.a. Sebastian Meissner)
Robert Babicz
Ryoji Ikeda
Safety Scissors
Scanner
Si Begg
snd
Sophie Rimheden
Spectre
Stewart Walker
Suba
Suphala
Techno Animal
Terre Thaemlitz
Thomas Köner
Twerk
Ultra-red
Vladislav Delay
Wolfgang Voigt (best known as Gas)
Yasunao Tone
Some artists released on the label (or its substitutes) between 2004 and 2010:

Thomas Köner
Eight Frozen Modules
Edith Progue
Kit Krash
Ran Slavin
Bizz Circuits
Some artists released under Marcus Gabler in 2010–2011:

Ametsub
Craig Vear
Gultskra Artikler
Kabutogani
Klive
Wyatt Keusch
Some artists released since the relaunch in 2018:

Bienoise
Baransu
Cristian Vogel
Deepchild
Thomas Köner
Porter Ricks
Network Ensemble
Simona Zamboli
woulg
DeRayling
Gianluca Iadema
John-Robin Bold
Andy Cowling




See also


Clicks & Cuts Series
Glitch (music)
List of record labels




References






External links


Official website
Mille Plateaux at Bandcamp
Mille Plateaux at Facebook
Mille Plateaux at Instagram
Mille Plateaux page at Discogs
MillePlateauxMedia page at Discogs

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mille Plateaux (record label)
• A Thousand Plateaus
• Mille
• 94 Diskont
• Transform (Alva Noto album)
• PS You Love Me
• Clicks & Cuts Series
• Andreas Tilliander
• Terre Thaemlitz
• Alec Empire