| Hippos in Tanks | |
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| Founder |
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| Defunct | 2015 (2015) |
| Status | Defunct |
| Distributors | Sony Genepool Universal and Redeye |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Los Angeles, Miami, NY and London, CA New York, NY |
Hippos in Tanks was a record label founded in 2010 by Barron Machat and Travis Woolsey. The label specialized inelectronic music. It was named the best label of 2011 byFact.[1] Following the death of Machat in 2015,The Fader praised the label for "laying the groundwork to an alternative template for theavant-garde" into the 21st century during thepost-internet era.[2] The label is no longer active.
In 2009, Machat and Woolsey—who met while working at an online company in Los Angeles—were asked to host a radio show onKXLU called Hippos in Tanks.[3] It was named after the novel by Jack Kerouac and William S. BurroughsAnd the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks.[4] After leaving the company to work on their label full-time, HIT released their first EP from Von Haze in June 2010.[3] In 2011, Woolsey left the label with Machat staying on as CEO.
According toDean Blunt in 2014, Hippos in Tanks sued him for $10,000 over contract disputes. The dispute was resolved when his label at the time,Rough Trade Records, paid Hippos in Tanks the $10,000.[5]
Hippos in Tanks closed following the death of Barron Machat on April 9, 2015. The label is now part of Machat Entertainment.
The label would become associated withinternet age experimental pop that drew on disparate sources such asnew wave, avant-gardenoise,R&B, andtechno.[6] The label released projects by artists such asGrimes,James Ferraro,Autre Ne Veut,Laurel Halo,Hype Williams, andArca.[6]
Hippos in Tanks founder Barron Machat died in a car crash in Miami, Florida, on April 8, 2015.[7]
The label has been inactive since late 2015.
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