Wednesday, 20 June 2007

Independent UK Record Labels

  • Artists Against Success Records is a UK based independent record label that has released records from MJ Hibbett, Plans & Apologies, and The Chemistry Experiment. They usually work with indie or alternative rock bands.

    Their personal company quote:

    ‘Welcome to the world of Artists Against Success. Here you will discover the ways of VALIDITY, where Brave New Ways of being a record company are utilised, such as Treating the ARTISTE like a Human Being, Telling the TRUTH, and DEFYING the PREVAILING ORTHODOXY of the Record BUSINESS.....One day THE KIDS will rise, and all record companies will work this way. Until then, read on, and ENJOY this, our NEWS.’ http://www.artistsagainstsuccess.com/
  • Trend Records is a small record label with its own recording studio about 15 miles west from Aberdeen and 7 miles east from Aboyne in Scotland. The company is owned and ran by Thomas Button and Michael Fawcett. It started in 2004 by Thomas in a very small garden shed. About a year after that much better studios were built and bands started to get interested then Michael joined the company in late 2006 then the company really started. They have recorded bands like ILLICIT, Tucano and Armour Against Fate. They have had record deals with Toxic Distortion and DJ liam c. There website is http://www.trendrecords.co.uk/ and www.myspace.com/trendrecords
  • Gwarn Music is an independent record label which was created in Manchester, England in 1991. It was founded by former 52nd Street guitarist Tony Henry to release his then new music project FR’ Mystery (lead vocalist Lorna Bailey) after talks to sign the act to WEA in London broke down. The label was initially independently distributed by local city record shop Manchester Underground, before New Order manager Rob Gretton invited Henry to bring the label under the wing of his then new imprint Rob’s Records in late 1994. This was the second time in over ten years that Henry and Gretton had worked together. Gretton was 52nd Street’s A&R Manager at Factory Records.
    Gwarn Music is now the sole owner of all 52nd Street's master copyrights released through Factory, A&M (US) and Profile Records (US) in the 1980s.

What i have learnt from this is the fact that many independent record labels seem to work with band associated with very niche genres such as indie and alternative rock or grime. This means in order for us to become successful with our coursework we will have to work with either an artist/band that arent that well known or find a song that isnt very well known. This will also help us keep our video quite original as it wont really be compared to any recent or well known videos for that particualr song.

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