Home Normal

{{Short description|Japanese record label}}

{{Infobox record label

| name = Home Normal

| image =

| founded = {{start date|2008}}

| founder = Ian Hawgood

| distributor = P*Dis (JP)

| genre = Ambient, Post-classical, Modern-classical, Electroacoustic

| country = Japan

| location = Japan

| website = {{URL|homenormal.com}}

}}

Home Normal is a record label founded in Tokyo in December 2008 and launched in March 2009. {{cite web|title= Fifteen Questions Interview with Ian Hawgood of Home Normal |url= https://15questions.net/interview/fifteen-questions-interview-ian-hawgood-home-normal/page-1/ |publisher=Fifteen Questions}} The label was curated by Ian Hawgood,{{cite web|title=An Interview with Ian Hawgood of Home Normal|date=9 January 2018 |url=https://driftingalmostfalling.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/home-normal-an-interview-with-ian-hawgood/ |publisher=Drifting, Almost Falling |accessdate=December 17, 2018}}{{cite web|title= Home Normal Reviews|date=29 June 2018 |url=https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2018-06-29/silentvigils-hawgood/ |publisher=Ambientblog |accessdate=December 17, 2018}} co-run with Ben Jones, with design assistance from Jeremy Bible and Christian Roth until 2016.

Initially based exclusively in Tokyo, Home Normal relocated in 2016 to Warsaw, Poland, and then to Brighton, United Kingdom, late 2019.{{cite web|title= Discogs.com, label discography for Home Normal|website=Discogs |url=https://www.discogs.com/label/143072-Home-Normal/|accessdate=October 17, 2018}}{{cite web |last=Chan |first=Seb |title=Label Profile: Home Normal – Interview with Ian Hawgood |date=March 10, 2016 |url=https://www.cyclicdefrost.com/2016/03/label-profile-home-normal-interview-with-ian-hawgood-by-seb-chan/ |publisher=Cyclic Defrost |accessdate=October 17, 2018}}

The label specializes in minimal music, with their releases branching between post-classical, experimental ambient,{{cite web|title= At Home With Home Normal|date=21 March 2010 |url=https://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2010/03/21/hc-at-home-with-home-normal/ |publisher=Headphone Commute |accessdate=December 17, 2018}} drone and electronica. They've released over 100 albums to date.{{cite web|title= Discogs.com, label discography for Home Normal|website=Discogs |url=https://www.discogs.com/label/143072-Home-Normal|accessdate=October 17, 2018}}