October 1997 issue of CMJ New Music Monthly: "It looked for a while as though the minimalist electronic movement had simply disappeared into the valley of the self-indulgent and repetitive. The monotonous sound of a 909 kick drum and high-hat was really beginning to wear on the nerves of even the most committed techheads. Enter the Manchester-based Skam label, which has single-handedly invigorated a minimal techno sound that's not indebted to breakbeats or drum-and-bass. Having released early tracks by cult favorites Gescom and the Boards Of Canada, the Skam imprint has continued to thrive at the periphery of the crepuscular world of underground techno." In the same magazine in March 1999, Haslett wrote that Skam:"is notorious for its elusiveness, its tendency to make available only tiny quantities of each release. This might seem an elitist marketing move, an attempt to restrict the audience, but the Skam folks spend so much attention to detail in artwork and sound quality that it's easy to forgive them." Artists past and present See also List of record labels List of independent UK record labels References External links English record labels British independent record labels Record labels established in 1990 Music in Manchester Companies based in Manchester Electronic music record labels Electronic dance music record labels