Equal Vision Records
| Equal Vision Records | |
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| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | Ray Cappo |
| Distributor(s) | The Orchard (United States) UNFD (Australia/New Zealand) |
| Genre | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Albany, New York |
| Official website | www |
Equal Vision Records is an independent record label based in Albany, New York. It was founded in the early 1990s by Ray Cappo, the singer for the punk bands Youth of Today, Shelter, and Better Than a Thousand.
Initially, the label existed solely to distribute Shelter and other Krishna releases. In 1992, label manager Steve Reddy acquired Equal Vision from Cappo. The focus of the label expanded, bringing a wider variety of bands on board. According to Punk News,[1] the mid-to-late '90s witnessed a renewed emphasis on hardcore efforts at Equal Vision, with notable signings such as One King Down and Ten Yard Fight. By the end of the '90s, Equal Vision Records (EVR) had built a stable of hardcore and punk bands, adding Bane, Trial, Converge, and Saves the Day to its roster in the latter part of the decade.
Sublabels and distribution
[edit]In July 2009, EVR established a sub-label named Mantralogy, which features bands that "deliver edgy, Krishna-conscious music."[2]
In 2012, EVR artist Max Bemis (of Say Anything) created an imprint label named Rory Records, which is distributed by EVR. On June 19, it was announced that Equal Vision Records would form a partnership with Casey Crescenzo of the Dear Hunter, giving him his own imprint label: Cave & Canary Goods.
EVR returned its distribution of physical and digital releases in the U.S. to RED Distribution as of January 23, 2012,[3] after many years with Alternative Distribution Alliance. In May 2013, EVR inked a partnership with UNFD to manufacture, promote, and distribute EVR releases in Australia and New Zealand.[4] Prior to this partnership, EVR had shared several artists with UNFD for distribution in both regions, including Say Anything, We Came as Romans, and House vs. Hurricane.
Velocity Records was originally established in 2009 as a subsidiary of Rise Records. It was relaunched in 2016 as a partner of Equal Vision Records.[5]
Artists
[edit]Current
[edit]- Anberlin
- Anthony Raneri
- Armor for Sleep
- As Cities Burn
- Concrete Castles
- Dead American[6]
- The Dear Hunter (Cave & Canary Goods)
- Donovan Melero
- Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows
- Fairweather
- Gideon
- Hail the Sun
- Hopesfall
- Hot Water Music
- The Juliana Theory[7]
- Mae
- Museum Mouth (EVR/Rory Records)
- Night Verses (Graphic Nature)
- No Devotion
- The Number Twelve Looks Like You
- Shallow Pools[8]
- Silent Drive
- Texas in July
- The Vaughns
- William Ryan Key[9]
- Yellowcard
Velocity Records
[edit]- And So I Watch You from Afar
- Eve 6
- If I Die First
- Nemophila
- Craig Owens
- Scary Kids Scaring Kids
- Secrets
- Terror
- Thursday
Former
[edit]- 108 (active on Deathwish, Inc.)
- Alexisonfire
- Alive in Wild Paint (disbanded 2009)
- Antoine and Dead Kelly (disbanded 2014)
- A Lot Like Birds (disbanded 2018)
- As Friends Rust
- Bane (disbanded 2016)
- Be Well
- Bear vs. Shark (disbanded 2005)
- Being As An Ocean (active with SharpTone Records)
- Better Off
- BoySetsFire
- Breaking Pangaea
- Brian Marquis
- Burn
- Chiodos (disbanded 2016)
- Cinematic Sunrise (disbanded 2009)
- Circa Survive (on hiatus)
- Closure in Moscow[10]
- Coheed and Cambria (active with Roadrunner Records)
- Coldfront
- The Color Fred (active with Heading East Records)
- Converge (active with Epitaph Records)
- Copper
- Codeseven
- Come and Rest
- Crown of Thornz
- Damiera
- Davenport Cabinet (disbanded 2016)
- The Dear & Departed
- Dear and the Headlights (disbanded 2011)
- Drowningman
- Dustin Kensrue
- Earth Crisis (active with Candlelight)
- Eisley
- The Fall of Troy (active, unsigned)
- Fear Before (on hiatus)
- Fivespeed (active with Sunset Alliance)
- For All I Am (active, unsigned)
- Gatherers (active with No Sleep Records)
- Gatsby's American Dream
- Give Up the Ghost
- Glass Cloud (inactive)
- Good Clean Fun (active with Reflections Records)
- Goodbye Tomorrow
- H2O (active with Bridge 9 Records)
- Hands Tied
- The Hope Conspiracy (active with Deathwish Records)
- Hot Cross
- House vs. Hurricane
- Household
- I the Mighty (on hiatus)
- Isles & Glaciers (disbanded 2010)
- Jonah Matranga
- Kurt Travis (active with Esque Records)
- Liars Academy (active with Goodwill Records)
- Matt Pryor
- Modern Life is War (active with Deathwish Records)
- New End Original
- One King Down
- Orbs
- OWEL
- Patton Thomas (solo and as a member of Antoine and Dead Kelly)
- Pierce the Veil (active with Fearless Records)
- Polyphia (active with Rise Records)
- Portugal. The Man (active with Atlantic Records)
- The Prize Fighter Inferno
- Refused
- The Rocking Horse Winner
- Say Anything (active with Dine Alone Records)
- Saves the Day
- Seemless
- Serpico
- Shelter (active with Good Life Recordings)
- Sick of It All (active on Century Media)
- Set It Off (active, unsigned)
- Sky Eats Airplane (inactive)
- Sleep On It (disbanded 2020)
- The Snake the Cross the Crown
- Snapcase
- The Sound of Animals Fighting[11] (inactive)
- Stolas (disbanded)
- Ten Yard Fight
- This Day Forward
- This Time Next Year (disbanded 2012)
- Time in Malta
- Trial (active with Panic Records)
- Two Tongues
- Until the End
- Vaux
- Vinnie Caruana
- Waterparks (active, unsigned)
- We Came as Romans (active with SharpTone Records)
- William Beckett
- Weerd Science (active with Super Rap Records)
- Wild Orchid Children
- YouInSeries
Mantralogy bands
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Punknews.org. "About Equal Vision Records". www.punknews.org. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "chorus.fm". chorus.fm. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "REDMUSIC". www.redmusic.com. 16 November 2016. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "UNFD Ink Deal With Equal Vision Records". theMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ News: Velocity Records reactive partnership with Equal Vision Records
- ^ "Dead American". Equal Vision Records. 11 February 2022.
- ^ "The Juliana Theory". 6 May 2022.
- ^ SHALLOW POOLS SIGN TO EVR AND RELEASE NEW SINGLE, "SAY WHAT YOU WANT"
- ^ William Ryan Key announces new EP 'Everything Except Desire'
- ^ lambgoat.com (2008-11-06). "Equal Vision Records Sign Closure In Moscow". Retrieved 2008-11-06.
- ^ "The Sound Of Animals Fighting sign to Equal Vision". Alternative Press. February 20, 2006. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
External links
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- 2008 establishments in New York (state)
- Record labels based in New York (state)
- Companies based in Albany, New York
- American independent record labels
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- Post-hardcore record labels
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