Founder Kurt Kellison Location Chicago, Illinois Founded 1986 | Country of origin U.S. Official website www.atavistic.com | |
Genre Rock, free jazz, no wave Artists Ken Vandermark, Swans, Jarboe, Michael Gira, Nels Cline Albums The Last Place to Go, Dutch Harbor – Where th, Quartets, Two Brothers, The Men Album | ||
Atavistic Records is an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois, known for its No Wave and free jazz recordings.
Atavistic has released albums by Glenn Branca, Nels Cline, Lydia Lunch, Peter Brötzmann, Ken Vandermark, Pinetop Seven, Swans, Elliott Sharp, Larry Ochs, Mars, Davey Williams, Brian Harnetty, and Poem Rocket, among others. The label was founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1985 by Kurt Kellison as a video label producing live VHS recordings by bands such as Live Skull and The Flaming Lips. The label was relocated when Kellison moved to Chicago in 1988.
Atavistic's Unheard Music Series imprint focuses on the reissuing of out-of-print free improvisation/ avant-garde jazz recordings.
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