No Sleep Records
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| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Chris Hansen |
| Status | Active |
| Distributor(s) | Fontana Distribution |
| Genre | Punk rock, hardcore punk, indie rock |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | California |
| Official website | nosleeprecords |
No Sleep Records is an American independent record label based out of Huntington Beach, California. They were founded by Chris Hansen in 2006 and have released records by artists including Balance and Composure, La Dispute and The Wonder Years. They have released free sample albums on the internet on a number of occasions and the label closely associates itself with vegan lifestyle and the revived interest in vinyl record sales.
Chris Hansen, the record label's founder, started at the bottom of the music industry in an attempt to build up experience and knowledge of owning a label. He started at Smartpunk and Fearless Records doing Mail Order.
No Sleep properly released their first album when a friend of Hansen offered to release an already fully funded and complete album on his newly constructed label. The release, the 'Our 'American Cousin ep, which in Hansen's opinion was "a good 90s style indie/emo record". In the first two years of No Sleep existence Hansen worked as an art director at Trustkill, however was laid-off and moved back to California and focused entirely on the label.
The Wonder Years' second studio album The Upsides in 2010 acted as a significant release for the record label as the album appeared on the United States Billboard album chart.No Sleep set up their on distribution wing for the United Kingdom and European Union due to the significant success in 2010.
No Sleep Records won the 2011 Libby Award from Peta2 for being the "Most Animal Friendly Record Label" and so most No Sleep releases include a flyer on going vegan.
Across 2012, as a promotional tool No Sleep started to offer free music to get the attention of people. Starting with the offer of a subscription package to the label which included all their current vinyl releases they started various initiatives like “Free Album Tuesday” for some of their lesser known artists. They also released a string of free sampler albums featuring tracks from their included artists. While some, in the early stages of its development were part of a collection of short sampler downloads called "No Sleep Till Death" American online magazine Alter The Press exclusively announced one of these large releases. No Sleep's signed bands that were participating in Warped Tour 2012 were released on a Summer 2012 compilation album which included b-sides and rarities.
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