Cantaloupe Music

Cantaloupe Music is a record label founded in March 2001 by the three founders of New York's Bang on a Can Festival: Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe, and Bang on a Can executive director Kenny Savelson. Cantaloupe Music has made a massive impact in the new music community, and been recognized by critics and fans around the globe for its adventurous sounds. Its goal is to provide a home for "music that slips between the cracks." The label has repeatedly received "Top 10 of the Year" accolades from publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian (UK), The Wire, the New Yorker, Newsday, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, Mojo, the San Jose Mercury News, Gramophone, Billboard, Stereophile, and Time Out NY. Its releases have also been featured on CNN, PitchforkMedia, NPR, PaperThinWalls, BBC, and other major TV/radio/online outlets.

Cantaloupe Music is distributed by Naxos of America and music can also be purchased on the Bang on a Can Store website.