Hammock Music

Hammock Music is an independent record-label imprint based in Nashville, Tennessee, and owned and operated by the band Hammock. The imprint functions as a home for Hammock's own recordings as well as selected projects associated with ambient, post-rock, cinematic, and atmospheric music. Its catalog is characterized by expansive instrumental compositions, layered guitars, electronic textures, slow-building arrangements, and a focus on album-length listening experiences rather than conventional singles-driven pop releases. The label's catalog began with Hammock releases in the mid-2000s, including Kenotic in 2005 and Stranded Under Endless Sky EP later that year. Through the following decade, the imprint issued a sequence of Hammock albums and EPs, including Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo, Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow, Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts, Departure Songs, and Oblivion Hymns. These releases established the imprint as a vehicle for the band's evolving blend of ambient music, post-rock, modern classical influence, and devotional or cinematic moods. Hammock Music also developed beyond the core band catalog. Its listed label artists include Hammock, Slow Meadow, The Summer Kills, Amman / Josh, and The Ascent of Everest. In 2015, the imprint signed Slow Meadow, the ambient project of Matt Kidd. Slow Meadow's self-titled debut was released through the label in August 2015, with the catalog subsequently listing the album in 2016. The relationship broadened Hammock Music's roster while remaining consistent with its emphasis on atmospheric and contemplative music. The label's later output included releases such as Everything and Nothing, Mysterium, Slow Meadow's Costero, Amman / Josh's Places, The Ascent of Everest's Is Not Defeated, and Hammock's Universalis. Its catalog also includes limited and digital formats, including outtakes, EPs, and entries in The Sleep-Over Series. Secretly Distribution distributes Hammock Music's releases, giving the imprint access to an established independent distribution network while leaving artistic control with the band and label. Hammock Music is best understood as a boutique artist-led imprint rather than a large multi-genre record company. Its identity is closely tied to Hammock's creative direction and to a small community of artists working in ambient, experimental, post-rock, and adjacent instrumental styles. Public reference material does not establish a separate corporate headquarters, financial profile, public listing, or extensive executive structure beyond the label's ownership and operation by Hammock.

Hammock Music emerged as the label imprint of Hammock, the Nashville-based band known for atmospheric music combining ambient, post-rock, electronic, and cinematic elements. Rather than operating as a conventional large record company, the imprint has served as a controlled platform for the band's own releases and for a small number of related artists. Its catalog and identity are therefore closely connected to Hammock's artistic development. The label's documented release history begins in 2005 with Kenotic, identified as catalog number HMK-001CD, followed by the Stranded Under Endless Sky EP, catalog number HMK-002CD. In 2006, Hammock Music issued The Sleep-Over Series (Volume 1) and Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo. These early releases established the imprint's preference for immersive, carefully sequenced works and for formats that included both full-length albums and shorter EP projects. The catalog expanded in 2008 with Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow and continued in 2010 with Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts. The same period also produced a digital outtakes EP and the limited North West East South EP. In 2011, the imprint released Longest Year EP, followed by Asleep in the Downlights EP and Departure Songs in 2012. Oblivion Hymns followed in 2013, and The Sleepover Series, Volume Two appeared in 2014. These releases demonstrate the label's continuing emphasis on Hammock's own body of work while also showing an interest in companion projects, archival material, and limited formats. A significant roster development took place in 2015, when Hammock Music signed Slow Meadow, the ambient project of Matt Kidd. Slow Meadow's self-titled debut was released through the imprint in August 2015 and is listed in the label catalog as a 2016 release. The signing gave Hammock Music a clearer role as a boutique curator of related atmospheric music rather than solely as a vehicle for Hammock recordings. Subsequent catalog entries include Hammock's Everything and Nothing in 2016 and Mysterium in 2017. Slow Meadow's Costero was also listed in 2017. In 2018, Amman / Josh released Places through the imprint. The Ascent of Everest's Is Not Defeated and Hammock's Universalis followed in 2019. The listed label roster includes Hammock, Slow Meadow, The Summer Kills, Amman / Josh, and The Ascent of Everest. Hammock Music's releases are distributed by Secretly Distribution. This arrangement supports physical and digital circulation while preserving the imprint's independent, artist-centered character. Publicly available reference material does not provide a documented founding year separate from the label's early catalog, a standalone corporate ownership structure, financial information, or a list of formal executives. The available record instead presents Hammock Music as a continuing imprint operated by Hammock and focused on ambient, post-rock, experimental, and cinematic music.

• 2019

  Later catalog reaches multiple affiliated projects

  [1]Hammock Musicen.wikipedia.org

  The Ascent of Everest's Is Not Defeated and Hammock's Universalis are listed as 2019 imprint releases.

• 2017

  Mysterium and Costero appear in the catalog

  [1]Hammock Musicen.wikipedia.org

  The imprint lists Hammock's Mysterium and Slow Meadow's Costero among its releases.

• 2015

  Slow Meadow joins the imprint

  [1]Hammock Musicen.wikipedia.org

  Hammock Music signs Slow Meadow, an ambient project by Matt Kidd.

• 2012

  Departure Songs released

  [1]Hammock Musicen.wikipedia.org

  Hammock Music issues the Asleep in the Downlights EP and Departure Songs.

• 2010

  Catalog adds archival and limited-format releases

  [1]Hammock Musicen.wikipedia.org

  The imprint releases Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts, a digital outtakes EP, and the limited North West East South EP.

• 2006

  Early catalog expands

  [1]Hammock Musicen.wikipedia.org

  The label issues The Sleep-Over Series (Volume 1) and Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo.

• 2005

  Hammock Music begins its documented catalog

  [1]Hammock Musicen.wikipedia.org

  The imprint's documented releases begin with Hammock's Kenotic, followed by the Stranded Under Endless Sky EP.

An artist-led independent imprint specializing in ambient, post-rock, cinematic, and experimental music, with a catalog centered on immersive album experiences and closely affiliated creative projects.

• Studio album · 2005

  Kenotic

  Kenotic is a Hammock album and the first documented release in the Hammock Music catalog. It established the imprint's early association with atmospheric, instrumental, and post-rock-oriented music.

• Extended play · 2005

  Stranded Under Endless Sky EP

  This EP followed Kenotic as one of the imprint's earliest releases. It helped demonstrate Hammock Music's willingness to use shorter formats alongside full-length albums.

• Studio album · 2006

  Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo

  A Hammock studio album released through the imprint during its formative period, continuing the label's focus on expansive and atmospheric music.

• Studio album · 2008

  Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow

  This 2008 Hammock release is part of the label's early sequence of album-length projects and reflects the imprint's continuing focus on immersive instrumental music.

• Studio album · 2010

  Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts

  Released in 2010, this Hammock album was accompanied by an outtakes EP, illustrating the label's practice of extending a core album project through related digital material.

• Studio album · 2012

  Departure Songs

  Departure Songs is a Hammock album released by the imprint in 2012. It belongs to the label's central body of atmospheric, album-oriented work.

• Studio album · 2013

  Oblivion Hymns

  A 2013 Hammock album in the imprint catalog, continuing the label's relationship with contemplative and cinematic forms of instrumental music.

• Ambient studio album · 2016

  Slow Meadow

  Slow Meadow's self-titled debut introduced Matt Kidd's ambient project to the Hammock Music catalog after the project signed with the imprint in 2015. The album was released in August 2015 and is listed in the catalog as a 2016 release.

• Studio album · 2016

  Everything and Nothing

  A Hammock release listed by the imprint in 2016, representing the continuation of the band's catalog under its own label.

• Studio album · 2017

  Mysterium

  A 2017 Hammock album issued through Hammock Music and aligned with the imprint's ambient, post-rock, and cinematic positioning.

• Ambient studio album · 2017

  Costero

  Slow Meadow's Costero is a 2017 release in the Hammock Music catalog, extending the imprint's support for ambient projects beyond the core Hammock discography.

• Studio album · 2018

  Places

  Places is a release credited to Amman / Josh and listed among the imprint's affiliated-project catalog, reflecting its broader interest in atmospheric and experimental music.

• Studio album · 2019

  Is Not Defeated

  A 2019 release by The Ascent of Everest, one of the artists listed in connection with Hammock Music.

• Studio album · 2019

  Universalis

  Universalis is a 2019 Hammock release and one of the later documented entries in the imprint's catalog.

• 2015

  Expand the roster through the signing of Slow MeadowStrategy

  Background

  Hammock Music had primarily been identified with releases by its owner-operator, the band Hammock.

  Action taken

  The imprint signed Slow Meadow, the ambient project of Matt Kidd, bringing an additional artist project into the label catalog.

  Aftermath

  Slow Meadow's self-titled debut was released through the imprint in August 2015, and the project later appeared in the label's catalog with Costero.

  Source

1. 1Hammock Musicen.wikipedia.org