DeadAir Records
{{Short description|American independent record label}}
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{{Infobox record label
| name = deadAir Records
| image =
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| founded = {{start date|2021}}
| founder = Billie Bugara
Jesse Taconelli
Quinn
| status = Active
| genre = {{hlist|Electronic|hip hop|experimental|hyperpop|shoegaze}}
| country = {{Flag|U.S.}}
| location =
| website = {{URL|https://deadairrecords.com/}}
}}
deadAir Records is an American independent record label founded by Jesse Taconelli, Billie Bugara and Quinn in 2021.
In addition to physical media, deadAir also designs and sells merchandise for its artists.
History
Quinn and Taconelli crossed paths while the latter worked as a music journalist and janitor. Covering up-and-coming artists and niche music scenes, he noticed mismanagement as a lead cause of young artists' careers ending sooner than they had to. They co-founded deadAir "in hopes of giving Quinn a shot at something better". Bugara also worked as a music journalist and wrote about multiple future label mates during her time at Complex and Lyrical Lemonade.{{cite web|url=https://blog.lyricallemonade.com/p/author/billiebugara/ |title=BillieBugara |access-date=6 May 2025 |website=Lyrical Lemonade}} As of 2022, Taconelli worked as creative director of deadAir and manager for Quinn, as well as label mates Jane Remover and Quadeca.{{cite web|url=https://officemagazine.net/quinn-doesnt-want-cheat-codes|title=quinn Doesn't Want the Cheat Codes|author=Hyland, Samuel|date=20 August 2022|access-date=11 November 2024|website=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/arts/music/100-gecs-10000-gecs.html|title=100 gecs Shook the Underground. Can the Duo Explode … With Rock Music?|author=Coscarelli, Joe|date=28 February 2023|access-date=11 November 2024|website=The New York Times}}{{cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/quadeca#rebelltitem49 |title=For Quadeca, Home Is the Afterlife |date=30 December 2022 |author=Gomez, Jade |access-date=7 May 2025 |website=Paper}}
Artists released
{{See also|:Category: deadAir Records artists}}
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- Dazegxd
- Jane Remover
- Kmoe
- Kuru
- Lucy Bedroque
- Operelly
- Photographic Memory
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- Prostitute
- Quadeca{{efn|As of 2025, Quadeca is no longer with DeadAir and is releasing music under his own label, X8 Music.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}}}
- Quannnic
- Quinn{{efn|Quinn hasn't released any of her projects through DeadAir since 2023's collaboration with Dazegxd, dSX.fm EP.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/quinn-stars-fell-on-trench/ |title=stars fell on trench |author=Helfand, Raphael |date=14 January 2025 |access-date=6 May 2025 |website=Pitchfork}}}}
- Underscores
- Venturing{{efn|Venturing is a side project of Jane Remover.}}
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Discography
{{See also|:Category: deadAir Records albums}}
=Studio albums=
=Mixtapes=
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|+ ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Artist(s) ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Formats and notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}} |
| scope="row" | 2024
|Quadeca |Digital, CD, cassette, vinyl | |
|---|
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2025
|Unmusique |Lucy Bedroque |Digital |
| Stay True Forever
|Kuru |Digital, CD |
| Daze's Game 3!
|Dazegxd |Digital re-release{{efn|Daze's Game 3! was originally released in 2021. After briefly being taken off streaming platforms for unknown reasons in May 2025, it was re-released digitally via deadAir later that same month.}} |{{cite web|url= https://x.com/dazegxd1k/status/1922022877517197710 |title=daze @ dazegxd.com on X |date=12 May 2025 |access-date=27 May 2025 |website=X}}{{cite web|url= https://x.com/dazegxd1k/status/1927445499805671548 |title=daze @ dazegxd.com on X |date=27 May 2025 |access-date=27 May 2025 |website=X}} |
=EPs=
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|+ ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Artist(s) ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Formats and notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}} |
| scope="row" | 2022
|Jane Remover |Digital re-release (abridged version){{efn|Teen Week was originally self-released as an 8-track EP in 2021. Following Jane Remover's name change in 2022, an abridged 4-track version of the EP was released digitally via deadAir.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}}} | |
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| scope="row" rowspan="4" | 2023
|dSX.fm |Dazegxd & Quinn |rowspan="5" | Digital |{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/dazegxd-quinn-dsxfm-ep/|title=dSX.fm EP|author=Press-Reynolds, Kieran|date=1 May 2023|access-date=16 November 2024|website=Pitchfork}} |
| Scrapyard I
|rowspan="3" | Quadeca | |
| Scrapyard II
| |
| Scrapyard III
| |
| scope="row" | 2025
|Handwriting Practice No. 1 |Operelly |
=Singles=
The following list excludes singles which are released in the rollout of and included on an album or mixtape for legibility.
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|+ ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Artist(s) ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Formats and notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}} |
| 2022
|"Royal Blue Walls" |Jane Remover |rowspan=4|Digital | |
| 2023
|"Vete" |Kuru | |
| rowspan=2|2024
|"Flash in the Pan" |rowspan=2|Jane Remover | |
| "Magic I Want U"
| |
Notes
{{Notelist}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official|https://deadairrecords.com/}}
- {{Discogs label|Deadair}}
Category:Electronic music record labels
Category:American hip-hop record labels