n5MD

{{Short description|American record label}}

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{{Infobox record label

| name = n5MD

| image = N5MD records logo.jpg

| founded = {{start date|2000}}

| founder = Mike Cadoo

| distributor = Redeye {{small|(Global, ex. UK)}}
SRD {{small|(UK / EU)}}
P*Dis / Inpartmaint {{small|(JP)}}
n5B2B {{small|(Iceland)}}

| genre = Electroacoustic, Post-Rock, Post-classical, Experimental, Ambient, Electronica

| country = United States

| location = Oakland, California

| website = {{URL|n5md.com}}

}}

n5MD is an American record label based in Oakland, California. The label was founded by Mike Cadoo in 2000.{{cite web|title= Headphone Commute - n5MD interview|url=https://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/05/02/n5md/|website=Reviews.headphonecommute.com|date=2 May 2009 |access-date= 27 November 2018}}{{cite web|title= A Strangely Isolated Place - n5MD Profile|url=http://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/blog/2017/3/23/isolatedmix-67-mike-cadoo-n5md|website=Astrangelyisolatedplace.com|date=23 March 2017 |access-date= 28 November 2018}}

n5MD started out as a MiniDisc-only label, the label name meaning "No Fives, Minidiscs!" But when Sony DADC Austria stopped manufacturing pre-recorded MDs, n5MD changed over to CDs, continuing to release a few 7" records and eventually moving to 12". Much of the back catalog is available for purchase in MP3 format from the label's web site.{{cite web|title= n5MD Discogs page|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/2062-n5MD|website=Discogs.com|access-date= 27 November 2018}}{{cite web|title= n5MD - Rate Your Music|url=https://rateyourmusic.com/label/n5md/|website=Rateryourmusic.com|access-date= 28 November 2018}}

The label specializes in more emotive styles of contemporary music, with their releases branching between post-rock,{{cite web|title= Ether Real about Near The Parenthesis' "Music For The Forest Concourse"|url=http://www.etherreal.com/spip.php?article3656|website=Etherreal.com|access-date= 28 November 2018}} post-classical, experimental music and electronica.{{cite web|title= Tailored Communication - n5MD Label Profile|url=https://www.tailored-communication.com/record-labels/n5md|website=Tailored-communication.com|access-date= 28 November 2018}}{{cite web|title= The Abstract Side of Organic Electronics :: n5MD Label Profile|url=https://igloomag.com/profiles/the-abstract-side-of-organic-electronics-n5md-label-profile|website=Igloomag.com|date=6 July 2002 |access-date= 28 November 2018}} The label has released over 100 albums to date.{{cite web|title= n5MD Releases|url=https://n5md.com/discography|website=N5md.com|access-date= 27 November 2018}}{{cite web|title= n5MD Resident Advisor|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/record-label.aspx?id=1781|website=Residentadvisor.net|access-date= 28 November 2018}}{{cite web|title= n5MD Stationary Travels|url=https://stationarytravels.wordpress.com/tag/n5md/|website=Stationarytravels.wordpress.com|access-date= 28 January 2018}}{{cite web|title= n5MD XLR8R|url=https://www.xlr8r.com/tag/n5md|website=Xlr8r.com|access-date= 28 January 2018}}

n5MD signed with Redeye Worldwide in October 2017 for North American physical and worldwide digital distribution.{{cite web|title= Redeye Welcomes n5MD|url=http://www.redeyeworldwide.com/redeye-welcomes-n5md/|website=Redeyeworldwide.com|access-date= 28 January 2018}}