Clone Records was founded in 1993, and really rose to prominence in the late 90s and early 00s for its fresh but reverential take on the classic sounds of Chicago house, Detroit techno, electro, disco and italo. Killer productions on the imprint from the likes of ADULT., Alden Tyrell, Duplex and Putsch ‘79 were rooted in the past, but their very passion and attitude made them sound incredibly prescient, and unmistakeably Clone.
One of the label’s most important functions has been its curating of dance music’s heritage, both in releasing new work by older artists and in reissuing hard-to-find 12″s and albums from yesteryear. In 2004 Clone had the honour of putting out Grava 4, the final album by Drexciya, reissues of records by Drexciya, Dopplereffekt and related projects have followed. Meanwhile, the Clone Classic Cuts series provides modern listeners the chance to own high quality, properly-licensed 12″s of seminal fare by the likes of Tyree, Gay Cat Park and The Oppenheimer Analysis, and little-known albums by such artists as Fred Ventura and Unit Moebius.
In 2009 Clone shocked the international dance community by declaring that they would end the label... Only to return just a couple of months later with a fresh and wide spectrum of series. .
