Chocolate Industries

Headquarters: Chicago, IL

Founded: ?

Founded by: ?

Link: http://www.chocolateindustries.com/

Genre(s): instrumental hip-hop, rap, electronica, synth-rock, folktronica, funk

Active Roster
Funkstörung, Ko-Wreck Technique, While, Sluta Leta, Push Button Objects, Diverse, Sunday, Via Tania, Caural, Souls of Mischief, Ghislain Poirer, The Timeout Drawer, Vast Aire

Inactive Roster
McNeal & Niles

Key Releases
Various Artists - Urban Renewal Program, Diverse - Certified, Push Button Objects - Ghetto Blaster, McNeal & Niles - Thrust

Biography
I would honestly love to tell you more about Chocolate Industries, because they are one of my favorite labels, but as far as I know, their website has been "coming soon" for about a year and a half now (which is when I first started checking). What I can tell you is that they are one of the most underrated indie labels on the market today. They never receive the same recognition as similar labels like Stones Throw or Def Jux, and this could quite possibly be because they have not had a reliable website/source of information for quite some time now. But their roster really speaks for itself. The Chicago label released mostly experimental instrumental hip-hop and electronica in the beginning, but snowballed into a slew of genres and really quite different sounds. While having considerable success with the ever-productive While, Chocolate Industries really solidified their place in the indie-hip-hop world with fantastic releases by Chicago emcee Diverse (who is probably the most underrated emcee on the face of the planet) and instrumental hip-hop pioneers Push Button Objects. They have also been responsible for putting together incredible compilations like Rapid Transit and The Urban Renewal Program which included along with their roster songs and collaborations from Mos Def, DJ Food, El-P, Aesop Rock, Tortoise, Prefuse 73 and Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto and Gorillaz. More recently, Chocolate Industries have diversified their line-up with a re-release of the wonderful funk album Thrust by Push Button Objects along with signing synth-rock outfit, The Timeout Drawer. As it seems, the mysterious but productive label is continuing to put out inventive music from the depths of Chicago, maybe one day they'll get their website under order and we all can be enlightened that much more.

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