Editing Cuneiform Records

{{short description|American record label}}
{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Cuneiform Records
| image       = Cuneiform Records logo.png
| founded     = {{start date|1984}}
| founder     = Steven Feigenbaum
| genre       = Jazz, jazz rock, progressive rock
| country     = U.S.
| location    = Silver Spring, Maryland
| website     = {{URL|cuneiformrecords.com}}
}}

'''Cuneiform Records''' is a record label in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]].<ref name="Winners">{{cite web |title=Wadada Leo Smith, Mary Halvorson Among Winners in DownBeat Critics Poll |url=http://downbeat.com/news/detail/wadada-leo-smith-mary-halvorson-among-winners-in-downbeat-critics-poll |website=DownBeat |access-date=7 June 2018 |date=26 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="Gomes">{{cite web |last1=Gomes |first1=Gary |title=Perfect Sound Forever: Cuneiform, Steve Feigenbaum |url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/cuneiform.html |website=www.furious.com |access-date=7 June 2018 |date=April 2018}}</ref><ref name="Humphries">{{cite web |last1=Humphries |first1=Stephen |title=Everything you need to know about Cuneiform Records |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/everything-you-need-to-know-about-cuneiform-records |website=Prog Magazine |access-date=7 June 2018|date=16 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Luckert">{{cite web |last1=Luckert |first1=Samantha |title=Cuneiform Records produces 33 years of music - Takoma Voice |url=https://takomavoice.com/2017/07/06/cuneiform-records-produces-33-years-music/ |website=takomavoice.com |access-date=7 June 2018 |date=6 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143328/https://takomavoice.com/2017/07/06/cuneiform-records-produces-33-years-music/ |archive-date=12 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Founded in 1984, the label releases a mixture of musical styles, all with a [[Rock in Opposition]] aesthetic, including progressive [[jazz]], [[jazz fusion]], the [[Canterbury scene]], and [[electronic music]]. Cuneiform has introduced many notable acts but also documents older bands who fit the profile, including its release of the [[Heldon]] catalog and several archival [[Soft Machine]] recordings. The label operates with a mail-order retailer, Wayside Music.<ref name="Thompson">{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave|title=Cuneiform Records - Thirty-plus Years of Essential Listening|url=http://www.goldminemag.com/features/cuneiform-records-thirty-plus-years-essential-listening|website=Goldmine|access-date=9 August 2016|date=5 May 2016}}</ref>

In 2018, founder Steve Feigenbaum announced that the label would not release any new music that year.<ref name="Takes">{{cite web |title=Cuneiform Records Takes 2018 Hiatus |url=http://downbeat.com/news/detail/cuneiform-records-on-hiatus-in-20181 |website=DownBeat |access-date=7 June 2018|date=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="DB18">{{cite magazine|date=March 2018 |title=On Hiatus |magazine=DownBeat |pages=14}}</ref><ref name="Warren">{{cite web |last1=Warren |first1=Will |title=Cuneiform Records Takes a Break |url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/podcast/article/20991394/cuneiform-records-takes-a-break |website=Washington City Paper |access-date=7 June 2018 |date=5 February 2018}}</ref> Nevertheless, 2019 saw the arrival of several new albums on the Cuneiform label.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cuneiform Records: The Albums of 2019, by Cuneiform Records|url=https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cuneiform-records-the-albums-of-2019|website=Cuneiform Records|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{main|List of Cuneiform Records releases}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://cuneiformrecords.com/ Official site]

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[[Category:Record labels established in 1984]]
[[Category:American independent record labels]]
[[Category:American jazz record labels]]
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[[Category:Progressive rock record labels]]
[[Category:Electronic music record labels]]