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The Top 20 Record Labels Of 2016
These imprints have driven dance music forward this year
3 Whities
Whities is a sublabel of Young Turks and Young Turks is a sublabel of XL Recordings. If that doesn’t give you a good indication of what to expect then we’re not sure what will. Founded in 2014, this year has seen London DJ and Whities boss Nic Tasker take the label from strength to strength, through an amazing aesthetic identity and music that doesn’t stay sat in one category.
Reckonwrong recently released an amazing four-tracker (sleeve above) and Minor Science's 12" in July flipped the low-end techno script completely. And towards the start of the year Avalon Emerson made her intent for 2016 very, very clear. ‘The Frontier’ is easily one of the most inventive and fascinating techno tracks we’ve been treated to over the last 12 months and its forceful progression coupled with unique, screeching riffs helped it creep into our top ten tracks of 2016.
Every release from Whities seems carefully considered and that’s a rare, beautiful thing in a record label. Funster
