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Cascine is an independent record label based in New York City. Its focus is alternative pop and electronic music. Cascine was formed in September 2010 and is owned by Jeff Bratton.

Key artists include Yumi Zouma, Half Waif, Chad Valley, Maria Usbeck, and Erika Spring among others. More recently, Sui Zhen, Banoffee, Konradsen and Michael David (Classixx) were added to the roster. Cascine also operates CSCN, a digital singles sublabel, and a management company named Gallerie.

Cascine began when Jeff met Sandra Croft, the label’s former publicist. Jeff was living in Los Angeles, working for both a corporate PR firm and cult Swedish record label, Service. Sandra lived in London and was overseeing PR for a Service artist. Jeff and Sandra bonded over an unsigned Finnish band named Shine 2009 and started Cascine to release Shine 2009's debut EP, Associates, still one of the best examples of the label's aesthetic. Sandra became the label's publicist and Jason Romanelli its art director, developing Cascine’s visual identity. Jason Kapiskosky, an old friend of Jeff's from Maryland, was also a part of Cascine's beginnings.