After its inception and first set of releases, Tri Angle initially gained a reputation with
Dazed & Confused magazine, which called the label "one of today’s most singular musical tribes". In 2011, Tri Angle was named one of the top-50 labels in America by
Billboard, and in 2013, label owner Robin Carolan was profiled in
The New Yorker. The label's releases were featured on multiple "best of" lists by notable websites and publications such as
Pitchfork,
The Guardian,
The New York Times,
Rolling Stone, and
Spin.
Style and impact Tri Angle's sound was heavily debated in the music press, with
The Wire noting it as being "one of the hardest labels to pin down in contemporary music". Starting in the middle of the 2010s, artists from the label began collaborating with, and creatively partnering with, mainstream artists including
Kanye West,
Björk,
Disclosure,
A$AP Rocky,
FKA Twigs,
Diplo,
Vince Staples,
Atticus Ross,
Tinashe,
Massive Attack, and
The Weeknd. Björk in particular was a strong supporter of the label, crediting Robin Carolan with having helped her finish her eighth studio album
Vulnicura, as well as collaborating with Tri Angle on a number of other occasions. In 2017, Carolan was credited on
Utopia, Björk's ninth studio album, as 'the fifth ear'.
Shutdown On April 24, 2020, Carolan released a statement via Twitter announcing that Tri Angle was officially defunct. He went on to compose the score (alongside
Sebastian Gainsborough) for
Robert Eggers's 2022 film
The Northman. Carolan later composed the score for Eggers' remake of
Nosferatu. ==Former artists==