DARK ENTRIES RECORDS is a San Francisco-based record label helmed by Josh Cheon, a vinyl-focused DJ and collector, born in July 2009 in SanFrancisco to release out of print and unreleased archival music as well as contemporary bands. Synth-pop, Italo disco, Darkwave, House, and Techno that proves to be crucial to our modern idea of bodily music that exists out of time. So to celebrate 15 years of the label, 2009 to 2024, we've brought together some of our roster and friends.
Brontez Purnell
https://www.instagram.com/brontezpurnell/
Brontez Purnell is an American writer, musician, dancer, and director based out of Oakland, California. He is the author of several award-winning books, including Since I Laid My Burden Down, 100 Boyfriends, which won a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction, and the punk zine Fag School.
Loveshadow
https://www.instagram.com/loveshadowmusic/
Bay Area DIY pop duo Anya Prisk and Izaak Schlossman met in Oakland in 2016, bonded over their love of '80s sounds and immediately began building their musical world with lush synths, funky basslines, and irresistible hooks.
Topopgraphies
https://www.instagram.com/_topographies_/
Formed in 2018 in San Francisco by Justin Oronos, Jeremie Ruest, and Gray Tolhurst, Topographies link the icy riffs and gloomy atmosphere of early coldwave with ethereal shoegaze and dreampop.
Topazu
Topazu is a San Francisco-based selector, curator and artist. She hosts the local Infinite Beat Ambient showcase and radio show, Infinite Beat, formerly on Radio Valencia and SutroFM. Her interests lie in abstract textures, carnal rhythms and exuberance in darker, chaotic noise