Label mix 013 celebrates the 10th anniversary of Allergy Season, a crown jewel of the New York dance underground. Founded in 2013 by Physical Therapy, the Ridgewood, Queen-based label was born out of a moment of frustration with the existing label ecosystem.
Physical Therapy told Nina: “I wanted to see if I could come up with a better way to do things, as well as take control of my own musical output.” This led him to structure Allergy Season in ways that lets artists on the label retain more control of their music and gives them favorable terms.
The Allergy Season label mix highlights many of Physical Therapy’s favorites from the over 200 tracks out on the label. He said, “I was surprised though, I always thought of the label as just mirroring my own personal tastes at any given time, which are constantly shifting, but sorting through the tracks to make the mix—so much of it works together cohesively.”