Perlon is a minimal techno/microhouse record label, founded in 1997 by Markus Nikolai , Thomas Franzmann (Zip ) and Chris Rehberger at Frankfurt and currently based in Berlin. It is often recognized as one of the genre-defining labels in the world of minimalistic and experimental techno. All releases on Perlon are physical only (vinyl and CD), not available for downloading.
Label Code: LC 11584 .

It is distributed by Wordandsound , Hamburg.

Perlon catalog includes such artists as Ricardo Villalobos , Baby Ford , Stefan Goldmann , Akufen , Pantytec , Dandy Jack , A Guy Called Gerald , Wareika and many others. The label famously never accepts demos. The name of the label came from Nikolai. Originally it was a working title for one of the albums of Pile , his project with Zip and graphic designer Chris Rehberger , who later created famous Perlon logo and designed covers for a number of their releases.



PERL 11 (1999) is a Perlon t-shirt, the only non-musical release.