Asphodel Records


Asphodel Ltd was a San Francisco-based independent record label founded by musician Mitzi Johnson and Naut Humon in 1992. The label is named after the mythological flower that grows along the banks of the River Styx in Hades. The label had shut down as of January 2011.
Asphodel has a diverse catalog of releases with a prominent experimental thread in the genres of turntablism, electronica, ambient, illbient, electroacoustic, trip hop, spoken word, noise, techno, and lounge.

History

The label's first release was the self-titled debut by Johnson's band, Blue Rubies.
Naut Humon became the official Asphodel head of A&R in 1994. Erik Gilbert, once served as the label's General Manager, before becoming the Vice President of Content at the Independent Online Distribution Alliance before Sony restructured to become The Orchard.
Asphodel was named as one of the "top 10 independent labels in the world" by Rolling Stone magazine in 1998.
As of January 2011, a message on the asphodel.com last snapshot reads, "Asphodel is now closed. Thank you for the love and support. Mitzi Johnson, San Francisco
January, 2011".

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