US based micro/electrohouse labels

Orac in Seattle (experimental to minimal dancefloor techno)
http://www.orac.vu/

Zero G Sounds in Boston (techno, dub, house, and ambient)
http://www.zer0gsounds.com

just to be a complete pedant, Minus is based in canada

orac needs to fix its website so it's less totally unreadable

Caduceus Music in Pennsylvania (Dark/Clicky Minimal House)
http://www.caduceusmusic.net/

Anyone want to do a primer on any of this stuff? I don't know nearly enough about these labels.

Strictly speaking, most of their housey stuff is coming out on Ghostly's sister-label, Spectral- Ghostly keeps going more and more pop/IDM as the years go on, which is not a bad thing.

Todd over at Stylus wrote a bit about Orac/Spectral today.

Unlocked Groove in Boston
Foundsound and Unfoundsound in Philly.

Unlocked Groove and Unfroundsound have all their releases available to download. The new Unfoundsound Unhappy Birthday compilation is probably the most wideranging compilation of (mostly) North American house producers yet.

Tracklisting:

01. fidget - toylicks
02. jeremy p. caufield - what plays now is mayhem
03. butane - soul food
04. miskate - strange string
05. sarah goldfarb - farandole
06. socks and sandals - lucidrill
07. jay haze - fuck the fame
08. quenum - calimero
09. vivianne projects - fingers
10. dapayk - loopo
11. ben parris - monstriack
12. fushiphorm - daddy-ohhhh
13. mike uzzi & ben recht - numbers are only indicators
14. bruno pronsato - write that down, ken
15. miguel tutera - desorden de ansiedad
16. barem - ochenta hojas secas
17. mark-henning - booty breakfast
18. someone else - generic atmo
19. my my - whitewash
20. apoll - precious sweet friday
21. krause duo nr.2 - loopio
22. tleilaxu - deserted
23. frivolous - un monde sans fil
24. jeff milligan - blackbird
25. ezekiel honig - thirsty table
26. j. hunsberger - bottom of my bottle

Ghostly, M_nus, Wagon Repair and Caro are the best labels around at the moment! Congratulations, dear North Americans! Attend their gigs, pay twice the fee, support the scene!

*Orac not Caro!

don't forget Palette, john tejada's label. based in LA, P&D'd through wordandsound in Germany (s'why we pay import prices)..

duh, missed that the first time. moted.