Mute Records
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Mute Records is a British independent record label best known for pioneering and releasing influential electronic, experimental, and alternative music acts such as Depeche Mode and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mute Records canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4833774 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mute Records Context triple: [EMI Group, ownedRecordLabel, Mute Records]
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A.
Mammoth Records
Mammoth Records is an American record label known for its roster of alternative and indie rock artists, operating under the umbrella of Disney Music Group.
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B.
Matador Records
Matador Records is an influential independent record label known for championing alternative and indie rock artists since the late 1980s.
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C.
Konvict Muzik
Konvict Muzik is a record label founded by singer and producer Akon, known for releasing hip hop and R&B music from various artists.
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D.
Octone Records
Octone Records is the record label known for launching and releasing early music by the pop-rock band Maroon 5.
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E.
Ruthless Records
Ruthless Records is an American hip hop record label founded by Eazy-E and Jerry Heller, best known for launching the careers of N.W.A and pioneering gangsta rap on the West Coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mute Records Target entity description: Mute Records is a British independent record label best known for pioneering and releasing influential electronic, experimental, and alternative music acts such as Depeche Mode and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
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A.
Mammoth Records
Mammoth Records is an American record label known for its roster of alternative and indie rock artists, operating under the umbrella of Disney Music Group.
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B.
Matador Records
Matador Records is an influential independent record label known for championing alternative and indie rock artists since the late 1980s.
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C.
Konvict Muzik
Konvict Muzik is a record label founded by singer and producer Akon, known for releasing hip hop and R&B music from various artists.
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D.
Octone Records
Octone Records is the record label known for launching and releasing early music by the pop-rock band Maroon 5.
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E.
Ruthless Records
Ruthless Records is an American hip hop record label founded by Eazy-E and Jerry Heller, best known for launching the careers of N.W.A and pioneering gangsta rap on the West Coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
independent record label
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record label ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distribution | BMG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focus |
alternative music artists
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electronic music artists ⓘ experimental music artists ⓘ |
| formerParentCompany |
EMI
NERFINISHED
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EMI Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | Daniel Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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electronic music ⓘ experimental music ⓘ industrial music ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasSubLabel |
Blast First
NERFINISHED
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Future Noise Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Mute Song NERFINISHED ⓘ Novamute NERFINISHED ⓘ The Grey Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1978 ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationFounded | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableArtist |
Depeche Mode
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Erasure NERFINISHED ⓘ Goldfrapp NERFINISHED ⓘ Laibach NERFINISHED ⓘ Liars NERFINISHED ⓘ Moby NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds NERFINISHED ⓘ Nitzer Ebb NERFINISHED ⓘ Swans NERFINISHED ⓘ Wire NERFINISHED ⓘ Yazoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering electronic music
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releasing influential alternative music ⓘ supporting experimental artists ⓘ |
| notableRelease |
Murder Ballads
NERFINISHED
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Songs of Faith and Devotion NERFINISHED ⓘ Speak & Spell NERFINISHED ⓘ The Boatman’s Call NERFINISHED ⓘ Violator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | BMG Rights Management NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
albums
ⓘ
digital downloads ⓘ music recordings ⓘ singles ⓘ |
| website | https://mute.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mute Records Description of subject: Mute Records is a British independent record label best known for pioneering and releasing influential electronic, experimental, and alternative music acts such as Depeche Mode and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
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