Generally, I don't really like using labels to find new music. I am frequently disappointed when I go looking for new music at a label for an artist that I already like. For some reason, the “if you like that, you'll like this” approach to labels never really worked for me.
I discovered Radio Active Music a couple months ago and it has me re-evaluating my judgment on the issue. RAM is an interesting entity...part label, part distribution channel, part promotional network. What caught my attention was the fact that most of the bands that I've discovered and enjoyed over the last couple of years have some kind of connection to RAM and I didn't even know it til very recently.
Lunarclick, 51 PEG, Otto's Daughter, 23 Rainy Days, Fluffy Starr, Collide, and Mankind is Obsolete all have some kind of connection to Radio Active Music. The label is still relatively small but there's good stuff there.
I'm actually looking forward to exploring the other artists that they work with. I'm listening to more guitar music these days because I'm trying to learn to play, but synths are still my true love.
Update: Added links to band websitesl
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