About
Founded as a dance label in a Greenwich Village living room, Instinct Records gained prominence in the early 1990s by releasing compilations of Acid Jazz-label material in the US. The simultaneous success of the label's first signing, electronic musician Moby, was built on by licensing and releasing seminal recordings from Rising High Records, Kickin Records, and Antler-Subway, as well as releasing music by local techno-oriented ambient musicians signed to the label. Instinct was purchased by Knitting Factory Records in 2003. For company credits, please use Instinct Records, Inc. if credited with "Inc".
Sub-labels
Trance Atlantic Records
King Of The Jungle (2)
This is a series, not a label. Only add this to the "Series" field, together with the actual label of the release.
Instinct Ambient
Instinct Ambient was a sub-label of Instinct active from 1995 through 1997. Initially focusing on pure ambient works, the later releases on the label also featured trip-hop and downtempo drum'n'bas...
Shadow Records
American electronic label. (for unofficial releases of this label use: Shadow Records (16).) Shadow Records was launched in 1995 as an Instinct Records sublabel, focused on the more or...
Liquid Music
Short-lived house sublabel of Instinct Records.
Sonic Records
1990s dance label from New York, New York.
Terra Firma
Terra Firma is a division of Instinct Records
Earth Recordings
Earth Recordings was a UK Hardcore label set up in the early 90's. Most of the releases came from the excellent Sub Love aka Jody Wisternoff, with occassional collaboration from DJ Die.
Instinct Jazz
Kickin Records USA
Sublabel of Instinct Records which re-releases material from the UK branch of Kickin Records for the US market. Catalogue numbers begin with KX. Some releases do not explicitly state Kickin Recor...
This Is Acid Jazz
Ever since releasing the first volume of the "This Is Acid Jazz" compilation series in 1990, Instinct Records (based in New York) put the "This Is Acid Jazz" logo on nearly every release in the jaz...
Evolver (2)
Plug In + Turn On
USA (series).
Instinct Electronica
Imprint of Instinct Records.
The Future Sound Of Jazz
A series of compilations issued in license by Instinct Records. Originally these came out in Germany through Compost Records (see under Future Sounds Of Jazz). The numbering is differ...
FAX USA
Sub-label of under which were released a small number of combined reissues and two compilations for the North American market.
Contact Label
[not current; original address (from 1990)] 222 West 14th Street, Suite 8B New York, NY 10011 [not current; valid in 1998] 26 W. 17th St. #502 New York, NY 10011 Vox: 212.727.1360 Fax: 212.366.5979 Email: John@Instinct-online.com or DRead@Instinct-online.com [not current] 81 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10013