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Hefty Records

Established Dec 1995

Chicago

About

Hefty Records’ experimental sound journey started in 1995. The “sound” was prefaced by an ingrained Chicago aesthetic—a get-down-to-business mentality and a melting-pot of musical genres, generally characterized as beat-centric, electronic-influenced sound with carefully crafted production. The Hefty sound is often described as “future roots music” because of an apparent tension between lo-fi and hi-fi, between man-made and machine- made. The label also derives its musical identity from the cross-pollination and collaboration between its artists.

Artists - see all 8

Hefty Catalog

Blog - see all 1

Telefon Tel Aviv - Remixes Compiled Pre-Orders May 1

By compiling their remix output onto one disc, they offer a 50-minute, re-education of Telefon Tel Aviv and simultaneously highlight the sweeping beauty and schizophrenic nature of their music.

Comments - see all 12

Nina Slash says:

thank you for the add!!! Cheers!!! Nina Slash

posted Sep 9

Strings Of Consciousness says:

nice to find u here... hope you hav enjoyed the sweet breeze of summer

posted Sep 6

humeka says:

electronica's finest.

posted Jul 13

MUNICIPLE says:

Big up all Chicago fam.

posted Jul 4

c l o u d says:

Brilliantly diverse, bloody cool.... Stay creative. Ta.

posted Jun 6

Fabien Barral says:

How, you have so much nice artists under your label... impressive...

posted Jun 6

encym says:

I love the sounds you release on Hefty.... Best wishes, Roland

posted Apr 25

Jet Jaguar says:

So much awesome music on this one label... fantastic.

posted Apr 21

hi-nu says:

Hefty, you are THE creative story maker

posted Apr 16

KREYK says:

great production :-)

posted Apr 9

fred says:

Hefty was one the labels that inspired me to start my own. Keep it up.

posted Apr 8