Making great music is an organic process that happens most naturally in an environment where artists feel welcome, comfortable, and appreciated. What's needed is a combination of warmth and energy, spirit and sensuality, independence and cooperation. It takes a place with the aura of a shrine and the vibe of a roadhouse, where there's a deep sense of reverence for the music right alongside the homey, frivolous feeling of a back-porch jam session.
At Malamute Music Productions, we think all of this is essential to making music and having fun doing it. Here, the temple vibe permeates, but it's a broadly welcoming temple. Statues of Buddha and Ganesha commingle with images of Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley to create a powerful synergy no single musical or spiritual tradition can match. Malamute Music Productions’ founder, Tito Fuentes, made sure meticulous care went into the design and construction of the recording rooms to ensure the best sound possible. The Malamute studio is a place where music and life are one, where we won't settle for less and don't expect anyone else to.
Record promotion should follow the same guiding principles. In today's recording industry, there's a deep tension between music as music and music as product. A fine balance needs to be achieved to make sure neither dominates. The artists need to feel that they own the music throughout the entire process.
Our label, Malamute Records, is pro-artist and anti-corporate. We provide artists with everything they need to make music that reaches the audience intact and undiluted. Our studio and label combination draws on the powerful legacy of recording pioneers like Motown and Sun Records, but of course, we're local to the bone. We're independently owned and operated in Seattle, Washington, where people can appreciate an honest, grassroots approach to production and promotion. Our goal is to contribute to the rich and diverse history of Northwest music with a catalog of artists from a variety of genres and influences.
This month we have Regina Spektor with the theme to the film Prince Caspian (but don’t let that put you off, it is really rather wonderful), Mermaid Skeletons with a great song that’s worth it for the chorus alone, the Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir, who are as good as their name if not more so and finally the legendary Chip Taylor with the thought-provoking Former American Soldier. Great listening, and if you like the tracks, buy the albums!
Thanks for the Add! It's a pleasure to see a label that actually finds emerging talent. What a concept! You've got a gem in Beth Whitney, get her out here to Boston, they'd love her!
Thanks for stopping by! I've shared the stage with Star Anna before and plan on being at the CD release party this weekend--if you can pick me out of line-up, be sure to say hello in real life.
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