Emperor Norton Records

Emperor Norton Records was a Los Angeles-based electronica, hip-hop, and dance-music record label. Among the artists featured on the label were Ladytron, Arling & Cameron, Money Mark, Ugly Duckling, and Fantastic Plastic Machine. Additionally, it released the soundtracks to movies including Lost in Translation, CQ and The Virgin Suicides.

The company was named after Joshua A. Norton, a San Francisco citizen noted for proclaiming himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico in 1859. The record label was founded by Peter Getty, and the company was purchased by Rykodisc in 2004 and was then acrimoniously shut down later that year, with Rykodisc inheriting its back-catalog.

On March 23, 2006, it was announced that Warner Music Group acquired the Ryko Corporation for $67.5 million.

Artists

Air

Arling and Cameron

Buffalo Daughter

Bertrand Burgalat

Call & Response

Cato Salsa Experience

Cinemaphonic: Electro Soul

Codec and Flexor

Cords

DJ Me DJ You

Electrocute

Fantastic Plastic Machine

Felix Da Housecat

Golden Boy

Green Romance Orchestra

Bruce Haack

Ladytron

Logan's Sanctuary

The Maxwell Implosion

Midnight Movies

Takako Minekawa

Miss Kittin

Money Mark

Mount Sims

Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band

Olivia Tremor Control

Pepe Deluxé

Permafrost

Phaser

Schroeder's Cat

Senor Coconut

Soul Ecstasy

Sunshine Fix

Titán

Ugly Duckling

The Upper Crust

Velma

The Virgin-Whore Complex

Zoobombs

Soundtracks

CQ

Lost in Translation

Thinking XXX

The Virgin Suicides

See also

List of record labels

References

External links

American record labels

Electronic music record labels

Electronic dance music record labels

Hip hop record labels

Warner Music labels