Status Active Official website Magnanimous.org | Location Takoma Park, Maryland Founded 2000 | |
Founder Curt Seiss
Daniele Seiss Genre Atmospheric, experimental, ambient | ||
Magnanimous Records is an independent record label based in Takoma Park, Maryland. Founded in 2000, the artist-run label specializes in atmospheric and experimental music.
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History
Magnanimous Records was founded in Shepherdstown, West Virginia in 2001 by Curt Seiss and Daniele Seiss. The label was formed to provide a platform for local musicians specializing in modern atmospheric music, as most local venues catered primarily to Appalachian and bluegrass musicians. The label soon signed around a dozen ambient and atmospheric musicians, and later moved to Takoma Park, Maryland.
The label's first compilation in 2004 received a glowing review from Left off the Dial, which wrote "While indie-pop culture appropriates the IDM underground to make frequently saccharine sing-alongs, it is good to know that young, talented musicians continue to produce intelligent, experimental electronic sounds. Fans...will appreciate the drifting tones and haunted quality of the Magnanimous artists."