DFA Records
DFA Records is a record label from New York founded in 2001 that specializes in danceable Electropunk and Electroclash . The label was started by Tim Goldsworthy, James Murphy and Jonathan Galkin. Artists like Hot Chip , LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture are under contract at DFA . DFA works with the major label EMI .
Label history
DFA Records started in 2001 with the release of the singles House of Jealous Lovers by The Rapture and By The Time I Get To Venus by The Juan MacLean . The label was able to celebrate a major commercial success with the album LCD Soundsystem by label co-founder Murphy, which made it to number 20 on the British album charts.
DFA can also achieve great musical influence through the remixes produced by Murphy and Goldsworthy and published by DFA. Remixes were made for numerous well-known artists such as Le Tigre , Goldfrapp , Nine Inch Nails , Gorillaz and The Chemical Brothers . Due to the remixes and the influential published bands like Animal Collective or Black Dice , DFA is now considered the center of the dance-punk movement.
Label compilations
- DFA Compilation, Vol. 1 (DFA 2003)
- DFA Compilation, Vol. 2 (DFA 2004)
- DFA Holiday Mix 2005 (DFA 2005)
- The DFA Remixes - Chapter One (DFA 2006)
- The DFA Remixes - Chapter Two (DFA 2006)