# Aerophonic Records

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- **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/aerophonic-records
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/aerophonic-records.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/aerophonic-records/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://aerophonicrecords.com
- **Slug:** aerophonic-records
- **Categories:** media-entertainment

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Artist-run record label documenting jazz and improvised music, founded by Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis.
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Description:** Aerophonic Records is a 100% artist-run label founded by Dave Rempis in the winter of 2013. It releases physical and digital recordings featuring jazz and improvised music artists, with purchases available directly and through independent retailers.
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

## Identity

- **Mission:** To document artists' ongoing work while maintaining artist control and responsibility over how music is presented, distributed, and connected to touring schedules and recorded output.
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Founders & leadership:** Founded by Dave Rempis, a Chicago saxophonist.
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Website:** https://aerophonicrecords.com
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Founded:** Winter 2013
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Parent ownership:** 100% artist-run; founded by Dave Rempis.
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

## Offerings

- **Problem solved:** Provides artist-controlled recording, presentation, and distribution for jazz and improvised music, offering an alternative to major corporate music aggregators and directing purchases toward artists.
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Artist-run record production and release management
  - Physical releases on CD, LP, and 2-CD formats
  - Digital-only releases and Bandcamp distribution
  - Direct-to-fan sales
  - Distribution through independent record retailers in North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia
  - Documentation of jazz and improvised music performances and ensembles
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Products / SKUs:**
  - Physical catalog releases on CD, LP, and multi-CD sets
  - Digital-only releases
  - Bandcamp downloads and streams
  - The Aerophonic Records catalog
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Jazz and improvised music
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Customer base:** Fans and customers of jazz and improvised music, plus independent record retailers and online music retailers.
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Ideal customer profile:** Listeners and supporters of jazz and improvised music who want to buy artist-direct releases or discover them through independent record stores.
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Use cases:**
  - Buying recordings directly from the label
  - Downloading or streaming releases through Bandcamp
  - Supporting artists' ongoing creative output through purchases
  - Finding Aerophonic releases through independent record retailers
  - Accessing archival recordings, ad-hoc pairings, and recordings from established ensembles
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Customer outcomes:**
  - Purchases go directly to support an artist's creative output
  - Listeners gain access to physical recordings and Bandcamp downloads or streams
  - Customers can support local and independent record stores by purchasing Aerophonic releases through them
Source: Brand's website (https://aerophonicrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

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