芝加哥的獨立音樂廠牌Kranky在1993年由Bruce Adams和Joel Leoschke創立，至今正好經過二十週年，旗下樂團的創作大多有傳統搖滾樂結構，但採用不少實驗元素，並深受電子音樂的影響。自從發行Labradford的《Prazision LP》後，他們簽下的樂團經常做出低迷、沈鬱的音樂，用反覆嗡鳴的Drone聲響將人領入空寂迷離的空間中。除了Labradford，他們還發行過Godspeed You! Black Emperor、Deerhunter、Low等樂團的專輯，近年來像Tim Hecker、Disappears、Stars Of The Lid、Lotus Plaza、Windy & Carl等音樂組合也廣受大家喜愛。

為慶祝成立二十週年，Kranky選了一些他們認為最具代表性的歌曲，曲目如下：

Labradford - New Listening (收錄於《Prazision LP》)
Bowery Electric - Black Night (收錄於《Beat》)
Low - Will The Night (收錄於《Songs For A Dead Pilot》)
Jessica Bailiff - Crush (收錄於《Hour Of The Trace》)
Stars Of The Lid - Requiem For Dying Mothers, part 2 (收錄於《The Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid》)
Keith Fullerton track3a (2waynice) (收錄於《Playthroughs》)
Loscil - Lucy Dub (收錄於《First Narrows》)
Growing - Anaheim II (收錄於《The Soul Of The Rainbow And The Harmony Of Light》)
Chris Bissonnette - Travelling Light (收錄於《Periphery》)
Benoit Pioulard - Together And Down (收錄於《Precis》)
Deerhunter - Like New (收錄於《Fluorescent Grey》)
Valet - Kehaar (收錄於《Naked Acid》)
Tim Hecker - Paragon Point (收錄於《An Imaginary Country》)
Felix - Where Is My Dragon? (收錄於《You Are The One I Pick》)
Boduf Songs - I Am Going Away And I Am Never Coming Back (收錄於《This Alone Above All Else In Spite Of Everything》)
Belong - Keep Still (收錄於《Common Era》)
Dreamscape - Cradle (收錄於《La-Di-Da Recordings》)
Grouper - Being Her Shadow (收錄於《The Man Who Died In His Boat》)