Young God Records is an independent record label formed by Michael Gira in 1990 that specializes in experimental , avant-garde and often non genre-specific releases. The label was named after an EP released by Gira's band Swans called Young God .
4-607: The label's original intent was to facilitate the release of Swans' music, but while the band was disbanded Young God grew to host the Angels of Light as well as a number of other unique bands and artists, including: Akron/Family , Devendra Banhart , Lisa Germano , Ulan Bator , and Mi and L'au . Swans was re-formed in 2010, and began again releasing music under the Young God label. In 2012, Gira told Pitchfork that Young God would not be putting out any new albums by other bands, citing
8-467: A wide range of musicians from New York City and elsewhere, including Dana Schechter of Bee and Flower , Kid Congo Powers of The Cramps , Larry Mullins (a.k.a. Toby Dammit), Cassis Birgit Staudt of b-blush, Bliss Blood of The Moonlighters, Thor Harris of Shearwater , Swans guitarist Christoph Hahn , Phil Puleo of Cop Shoot Cop , and freak-folk musician Devendra Banhart . On The Angels of Light Sing 'Other People' and We Are Him , Gira
12-515: The band was formed, Gira intended to call his post-Swans acoustic/song-based project The Pleasure Seekers. This name was discarded because there had been a group with the same name in the 1960s. The first two live performances of what would become the Angels of Light (the Tonic / Bowery Ballroom benefit shows) were billed as "Michael Gira with guests". The revolving lineup up Angels of Light included
16-625: The decline in revenue. This article about a United States independent record label is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Angels of Light Angels of Light was an American neofolk band that was formed circa 1998 by singer-songwriter and musician Michael Gira after he disbanded Swans , the group he had founded in 1982. The band has marked a distinctly different style for Gira since he left Swans, most noticeably being musically more melodic and less brutal than his previous efforts and with emphasis on acoustic instruments and folk and country influences. Before
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