Another 25 years’ old Indie Famous Label from Midwest USA!
In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, sixth year senior Darius Van Arman, Jagjaguwar founder, was a music director at UVA’s WT JU radio station, a clerk at Plan 9 Records, art director at Charlottesville’s C-Ville Weekly, an overnight supervisor for an adult-care facility, and booking shows at The Tokyo Rose.
In 1999, Van Arman and Chris Swanson who was part owner of the record label Secretly Canadian, became friends and soon partners. Fairly early on in those exchanges, Van Arman suggested a partnership in Jagjaguwar.
Van Arman relocated to Bloomington in 1999, and Jagjaguwar and Secretly Canadian grew closer. Van Arman soon became a partner in Secretly Canadian, and other Secretly Canadian partners, Ben Swanson and Jonathan Cargill, joined Van Arman and Chris Swanson in a Jagjaguwar partnership.
The label feature music acts from Bon Iver, Angel Olsen, Moses Sumney, Sharon Van Etten, Okay Kaya, Jamila Woods, Gabriel Garzon-Montano, Midnight Sister, Foxygen, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Cut Worms and many many more…