weird
music
done right.

Octoquan Records is a DIY independent label built from the ground up by a music hacker who got tired of waiting for the industry to catch up. Based in Arkansas. Operating everywhere.

We sign artists who make music that resists conformity — the weird stuff, the loud stuff, the tender stuff, the stuff that comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable. We believe in owning your masters, keeping it underground, and letting the music do the talking.

No major label money. No playlisting algorithms (well, maybe a few). Just good music pushed hard into the world through whatever means necessary.