Quiet Design is an independent music and sound art label based in Austin, Texas, and founded in 2007.http://www.thewire.co.uk/issues/303/ Wire Magazine article Owned and curated by composers Mike Vernusky and Cory Allen, Alarm Press feature Quiet Design has released work by over 30 artists from 10 countries. It has been said of Quiet Design that their "intriguing and often brilliant recordings will open your eyes, your ears, and very likely your mind."http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/web-exclusive-cd/apr-09/95215 Guitar Player Magazine feature
The label's focus is releasing electronic music and sound art that is described as minimal, avant-garde and experimental. The packaging for each release is custom tailored to the sound of each piece in the catalog. Radio interview on Germany's WDR3 Radio
Artists on Quiet Design Tetuzi Akiyama, Cory Allen, Jim Altieri, Christopher Ariza, Alfredo Barros, Daniel Blinkhorn, Mark Cetilia, Thomas Dempster, exclusiveOr, Fires Were Shot, Guy Gelem, Glen Hall, Glen Charles Halls, Erdem Helvacioglu, Nick Hennies, Jandek, Kioku, Clara Latham, Alvin Lucier, Yoshio Machida, Paula Matthusen, Alex Mincek, Kim Myhr, Alex Ness, Damian O'Riain, Duane Pitre, Sam Pluta, Sebastien Roux, Keith Rowe, Josh Russell, Paul Russell, Jeff Snyder, Kate Soper, Steinbruchel, Peter Swendsen, and Mike Vernusky Quiet Design's Artist page
Catalog Cory Allen, The Great Order, 2013 Steinbruchel + Cory Allen, Seam, 2012 Cory Allen, Still, 2011 Guy Gelem, Tides, 2011 Fires Were Shot, Awakened by a Lonely Feud, 2011 Cory Allen, Pearls, 2010 Mike Vernusky, Music for Film and Electro-Theatre, 2010 Alvin Lucier / Nick Hennies, Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas, 2010 Mark Cetilia, Anemoi, 2009 Cory Allen, Hearing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Hears, 2009 Glen Hall / Glen Charles Halls, Northern Dialogues, 2009 Duane Pitre, ED09, 2009 Various, Spectra: Guitar in the 21st Century, 2009 Various, The Language Of, 2008 Cory Allen, The Fourth Way, 2008 Kioku, Live 6.14.08, 2008 exclusiveOr, S/T, 2008 Josh Russell, Sink, 2008 Kioku, Both Far and Near, 2008 Various, Resonance: Steel Pan in the 21st Century, 2007 Mike Vernusky, Blood that Sees the Light, 2007
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External links Official site Discogs page