Music and sound unconstrained by genre, tradition, or expectation — driven by curiosity and futures unheard.
An independent music label founded in 1999 by Shannon Michael Terry — composer, producer, and multidisciplinary artist. Timeless music and sound art not restrained by its limited connotation.
Primal Future Now Music has distinguished itself by incorporating unusual new instruments, world influences and unique organic sounds combined with a continually expanding creative standard for its high fidelity recordings. The catalog continues to be a unique musical source for filmmakers, music supervisors and museum curators including: Ironbound Films, Macalube Films, the Fowler Museum at UCLA, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the University Museum and Art Gallery at the University of Hong Kong, Art Center College of Design, Amazon Watch, Nota Bne Productions, Spot 52 Productions, Vrontikis Design Office, LA Inc., the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau, and more.
Full-service studio recording. Analog and digital signal chains. No templates, no shortcuts.
From concept to final master. We work with artists at every stage.
Custom sonic identities for film, installation, and live performance.
Original music for any context. Scored, improvised, or somewhere between.