Tom Kat Records | DSN Music

Tom Kat Records is a Portland, Oregon based independent rock music record label.

Founded in 2007, Tom Kat Records was created as one of the first green record labels, using eco-friendly production of its product. Label founder Thom King remarked, "I plan on running the labels with a keen eye to sustainability e.g. manufacturing on 100% post consumer waste paper with soy ink and utilizing digital distribution… and taking tours off of the tradition grid and having busses run on bio-diesel."

Tom Kat Records and sister labels Stumptown Records and TerraSoul Music, were formed after King, a former regional VP for Clear Channel bought into Long Live Crime Records in 2005 to parlay them into his entertainment marketing company, Multimediary Entertainment Marketing.

In 2008, Multimediary spun off Tom Kat Records majority stake to multimedia company Digital Syndicate Network (DSN). King retained a minority stake, as DSN began to add affiliated artists to the revamped label. New artists included Las Vegas rockers Left Standing and Mercury Bullet from Fresno.

Artists who originally were on the label such as Dust, stayed aboard with new ownership in place, whereas Los Angles act Cage9 bought out their contract to go independent. The label officialy became Tom Kat Records | DSN Music.

 Artist roster

Current artists

  • Mercury Bullet
  • Left Standing
  • Envy of Nona
  • Bo Wilson
  • Action Toolbelt
  • Dust

    References

 


 
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