Fog City Records is celebrating their 10th anniversary as a San Francisco-based independent record label. Their recordings are diverse, but share a common thread: fat tones, good times and deep roots in regional American culture (New Orleans, southern California, Austin Texas, North Florida, Oakland etc). Their artists tour -- either regionally, nationally or internationally. All are great performers (that's how they can cut their records live in the studio).Their goal is to provide great musicians with a forum for music of substance, and to encourage you to explore the possibilities outside our increasingly monochromatic pop culture.Their method is to capture the spirit that can only come from real human beings playing actual three-dimensional instruments in a live atmosphere. An obvious thing to some people, but it does bear repeating in this age of over-reliance on samplers and sequencers. And, we do enjoy making recording studio owners say, "no one records like this any more!"

Producer/engineer Dan Prothero oversees every aspect of the label, from A&R to recording, concept to finished product. If you see or hear anything you don't like, it's probably his fault. They are very proud to say that their first artist, Galactic, has become an internationally touring act with major label releases. And this was no fluke... Stanton Moore, Garage A Trois, and Papa Mali were also introduced by Fog City. More recently, MOFRO was featured on MTV, National Public Radio and the Discovery Channel (!), and a score of their compositions was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Music -- the sort of acclaim usually reserved for major label acts. However, Fog City Records remains independent in the best sense of the word.

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Producer/engineer and Fog City label owner Dan Prothero is putting the finishing touches on two new exciting releases; The third as-of-yet untitled Mofro album, and the second Papa Mali album which we are happy to announce will include a Making of the Record video, a Fast Atmosphere Production.