Secretly Group is a family of American independent record labels based in Bloomington, Indiana. The group is made up of Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, and Dead Oceans. Secretly Canadian, the first of the labels, was formed in 1996 by brothers Chris and Ben Swanson, Eric Weddle, and Jonathan Cargill. Their first release was a re-issue of an album by June Panic. Weddle later left to form label Family Vineyard; the remaining trio were joined by Darius Van Arman, as well as his label Jagjaguwar, in 1999. The two labels had worked closely before Jagjaguwar's offices moved to Bloomington to work alongside Secretly Canadian's.[1]

Secretly Group
Founded1996
FounderChris Swanson
Darius Van Arman
Ben Swanson
Eric Weddle
Jonathan Cargill
Distributor(s)Secretly Distribution
GenreIndie rock
Country of originUnited States
LocationBloomington, Indiana
Official websitehttp://secretlygroup.com/

In February 2007, the partners behind Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar, along with Phil Waldorf, former label manager of Misra Records, announced a third label, Dead Oceans. The three labels share offices and staff in Bloomington, IN; however, they maintain distinct and separate aesthetic visions. In June 2013, The Numero Group, an existing re-issuer out of Chicago, joined forces with Secretly Canadian and the collection of labels known as Secretly Group.[2]

All four labels are distributed by Secretly Group's in-house distribution arm, Secretly Distribution.

Artists

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A number of artists have appeared on the four labels over the years.[3]

Secretly Canadian

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Antony and the Johnsons Anohni Alex Cameron Cherry Glazerr Porridge Radio Stella Donnelly
Jens Lekman Songs: Ohia serpentwithfeet Richard Swift Tig Notaro Faye Webster
Yoko Ono Jason Molina Whitney Ben Abraham Ativin BLK JKS
Shura Cayucas Danielson Dave Fischoff David Vandervelde
The Horns of Happiness Foreign Born Frida Hyvonen Gardens & Villa Havergal
Instruments of Science & Technology Little Scream Luke Temple Damien Jurado The Impossible Shapes
Magnolia Electric Co. Major Lazer Marmoset Molina and Johnson Music Go Music Nikki Sudden & The Jacobites
Porcelain Raft Racebannon Scout Niblett Simon Joyner Swearing at Motorists
Tomas Barfod Throw Me The Statue The War on Drugs Windsor for the Derby Woman's Hour
Taken By Trees Jorma Whittaker June Panic Early Day Miners Alasdair Roberts
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness Swell Maps Nite Jewel Bodies of Water Nightlands Steven A. Clark
jj Suuns Yeasayer Don Lennon
Suzanne Langille & Loren MazzaCane Connors Electric Youth Dungeonesse Bobb Trimble Catfish Haven

Jagjaguwar

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Aspera The Besnard Lakes Bevel Black Mountain Bon Iver
S. Carey The Cave Singers Company Robert Creeley The Curious Digit
Cut Worms Tim Darcy Dasher The Dead C Alex Delivery
Diana Dinosaur Jr. Dirty Faces Julie Doiron Drunk
Foxygen Fuck Gayngs Gordi Simon Joyner
Ladyhawk Lia Ices Lightning Dust Lonnie Holley The Lord Dog Bird
Love Life Manishevitz Briana Marela Midnight Sister Minus Story
Monroe Mustang Moonface Moonface and Siinai Moses Sumney Nad Navillus
Nagisa ni te Nap Eyes Odawas Okkervil River Angel Olsen
Oneida Parker Paul Parts & Labor Peter Wolf Crier Patrick Phelan
Pink Mountaintops Preoccupations Pterodactyl Trevor Sensor Sinoia Caves
The Skygreen Leopards Small Black South Spokane Stigma Rock Unit
Sunset Rubdown Supreme Dicks Swan Lake They Hate Change The Union of a Man and a Woman
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Sharon Van Etten Volcano Choir Sarah White Wilderness
Wolf People Women Jamila Woods Richard Youngs

Dead Oceans

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A Place to Bury Strangers Akron/Family Julianna Barwick Bear in Heaven Better Oblivion Community Center
Bill Fay Bishop Allen Blackout Beach Bleached Bowerbirds
Brazos Bright Eyes Califone Citay Destroyer
Dirty Projectors Dub Thompson Durand Jones & The Indications The Donkeys Evangelicals
The Explorers Club Frog Eyes Gauntlet Hair The Good Ones Greylag
Japanese Breakfast Khruangbin Alex Lahey Lump The Luyas
Mark McGuire Mitski Kevin Morby Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band Night Beds
Nurses On Fillmore Phoebe Bridgers Phosphorescent Tom Rogerson
Shame Slowdive Strand of Oaks Kane Strang Sun Airway
The Tallest Man on Earth These Are Powers John Vanderslice Ryley Walker White Hinterland
Marlon Williams Toro y Moi

Numero Group

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Secretly Canadian: Mythological Proportions. Spacelab, August 8, 2007. Accessed September 30, 2008.
  2. ^ "Numero Group Joins Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans in Newly Formed 'Secretly Label Group' (Exclusive)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Secretly Label Group is born: Numero, Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar and Secretly Canadian join forces". Music Week.