Darius Van Arman
American businessman.1
About
Secretly Group is a family of American independent record labels based in Bloomington, Indiana. The group is made up of Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, and Dead Oceans, as well as a 50% stake in Merge Records. Secretly Canadian, the first of the labels, was formed in 1996 by brothers Chris and Ben Swanson, Eric Weddle, and Jonathan Cargill. Their first release was a re-issue of an album by June Panic. Weddle later left to form label Family Vineyard; the remaining trio were joined by Darius Van Arman, as well as his label Jagjaguwar, in 1999. The two labels had worked closely before Jagjaguwar's offices moved to Bloomington to work alongside Secretly Canadian's.
In February 2007, the partners behind Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar, along with Phil Waldorf, former label manager of Misra Records, announced a third label, Dead Oceans. The three labels share offices and staff in Bloomington, IN; however, they maintain distinct and separate aesthetic visions. In June 2013, The Numero Group, an existing re-issuer out of Chicago, joined forces with Secretly Canadian and the collection of labels known as Secretly Group. In 2025, it acquired a 50% stake in the influential independent label Merge Records.
All five labels are distributed by Secretly Group's in-house distribution arm, Secretly Distribution.
From Wikipedia’s article on Darius Van Arman, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Secretly GroupFounder8
Early life and education
- Date not recordedGonzaga College High School3
Career
Occupation: music executive.6
- Date not recordedFounded Secretly Group4
- Date not recordedFounded Jagjaguwar5
Personal life
- BornPennsylvania7
Sources
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- 1WikidataDarius Van Arman on Wikidata
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- 8WikidataSecretly Group, Founder