Answer the following question: Dan Friel is an American electronic musician based in Brooklyn. Friel was a founding member of Parts & Labor and played with the group until its dissolution in 2012. He began self releasing solo recordings in 2001 and has since released music on Thrill Jockey Records Important Records and Night People. In 2005 Friel co-founded Cardboard Records an independent record label that has released albums by Gowns Ecstatic Sunshine Pterodactyl and others. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Artist