Ecstatic Peace!

Ecstatic Peace! is a record label based in Easthampton, Massachusetts, founded in 1981 by American musician Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. The label name is borrowed from a line in Tom Wolfe's 1968 nonfiction novel The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.

Ecstatic Peace!
Founded1981
FounderThurston Moore
Distributor(s)Motown Records/Caroline Distribution
GenreIndie rock, noise rock
Country of originUnited States
LocationEasthampton, Massachusetts
Official websitehttp://www.ecstaticpeace.com

The label's releases are eclectic and often experimental or avant-garde. The premiere release was a split cassette featuring spoken word performances from Michael Gira of Swans and Lydia Lunch.

Ecstatic Peace! has released more than 200 LPs, cassettes, 7"s, and CDs, of both highly established and fledgling artists, including Hush Arbors, be your own PET, Awesome Color, Black Helicopter, Free Kitten, Arthur Doyle, Dredd Foole, No-Neck Blues Band, Nels Cline, Notekillers, Magik Markers, Tall Firs, Pagoda, My Cat Is An Alien, Monotract, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Violent Soho, and many more.[1]

In February 2006, Moore signed a deal with Universal to distribute the label's albums.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Ecstatic Peace! Artists". Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  2. Stutz, Colin. "Ecstatic Peace Signs with Universal". Filter. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
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