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Fool's Gold Records

American independent record label

Summary

American independent record label

Field	Value
name	Fool's Gold Records
image	Fool's Gold logo.svg
founded
founder	Alain Macklovitch
Nick Barat
distributor	Virgin Music Group
genre	Electronic, hip hop
country	United States
location	Brooklyn, New York
website

Nick Barat

Fool's Gold Records is an independent record label based in Brooklyn, New York, United States. The label is known for its annual series of Day Off concerts across the US and Canada.

History

Fool’s Gold Records was founded in 2007 by DJs A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs. It established itself with releases bridging the worlds of all music genres together to the world while being dubbed an "indie innovator" by Billboard and a "tastemaker" label by The New York Times, and "one of the most influential indies in the music business" by Pitchfork. It moved to Universal Music Group & Virgin Music for new distribution.

Roster

100s
A-Trak
Alexander Robotnick
Alvin Risk
Anna Lunoe
Ape Drums
Bag Raiders
Cardo
Brockhampton
Carnage
Chromeo
Chris Crack
Congorock
The Count & Sinden
Crookers
Cubic Zirconia
D.O.D
Danny Brown
Donnis
Duck Sauce
Flosstradamus
Giraffage
Jokers of the Scene
Just Blaze
Kavinsky
Kid Cudi
Kid Sister
Laidback Luke
Lil B
McLane
Meyhem Lauren
NAPT
Nick Catchdubs
Oliver
Onra
Party Supplies
Ricky Blaze
RL Grime
Rome Fortune
Run the Jewels
Sleepy Tom
Style of Eye
Sweet Valley
Ta-ku
Tchami
The Cool Kids
The Suzan
Tommy Trash
Trackademicks
Treasure Fingers
World's Fair

2016 Concert Series

The New York Edition of the 2016 Concert Series features included Migos, A-Trak, Lil Yachty, Dave East, Juelz Santana, Leaf and Nick Catchdubs. The New York event commenced on August 20, then Miami on September 17, and LA on September 25.

References

"A-Trak's Fool's Gold Records Signs Global Distribution Deal With Caroline".
Pelly, Jenn. (2011). "The D.I.Y. Indie 20".
Miller, Jennifer. (April 4, 2014). "Introducing Corporate to Cool". The New York Times.
Raymer, Miles. "A-Trak Tuna Melt EP Review". Pitchfork Media.
(21 January 2013). "Hear Oliver's Body-Moving Fool's Gold EP 'Mechanical'". SPIN.
Lilah, Kyle. (June 9, 2016). "Fool's Gold Line up Announced".

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