The label has released archival material related to prominent twentieth-century avant-garde figures such as Marcel Duchamp, William S. Burroughs, James Joyce, and Kurt Schwitters.

Over its three decades of operation Sub Rosa has gained cult status through its publishing of music that doubles as historical cultural artifacts.

[3] Since 2001, Sub Rosa has been releasing Guy-Marc Hinant's An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music series, completed as the formidable [4] seven double volume experimental compilation in 2012.

The project curated noise music and electronic musical recordings from the last hundred years by both obscure and leading sound artists like John Cage, Captain Beefheart, Pauline Oliveros, Sun Ra, Ryoji Ikeda, Einstürzende Neubauten, Johanna M Beyer, Morton Subotnick, Sonic Youth, Stephen O' Malley, Francisco López, Steve Reich, Cabaret Voltaire, and Mika Vainio.

Guy-Marc Hinant and Dominque Lohlé have also run a film production outfit since 2000, OME (Electronic Music Observatory, or Observatoire des musiques électroniques).