Independiente (record label)
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| Independiente Records | |
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| Parent company | Concord |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Andy Macdonald |
| Distributor(s) | Universal Music Group (worldwide distribution) Craft Recordings (reissues) |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | UK |
| Location | London, England |
| Official website | www |
Independiente is a British independent record label formed in 1997 after Andy Macdonald sold his first label Go! Discs to PolyGram in 1996 for a reported £30 million. The label, which is currently dormant, is a division of Concord Music.[1]
The label's catalogue included albums by Travis, John Martyn, Nile, Gomez, Embrace, Paul Weller and Martina Topley-Bird. In December 2013, it was confirmed that Embrace had signed to Cooking Vinyl, leaving Independiente with no current artists on its roster.[2] The label ceased releasing music by new artists in 2009 and has subsequently transformed itself into a profitable synchronisation business, sourcing opportunities in film and advertising for its catalogue.
Label success
[edit]The label saw a considerable amount of success in the late 1990s and early 2000s with the Travis album The Man Who being cited as the 25th biggest selling album in the UK,[3] and their follow up The Invisible Band in 2001, along with Out of Nothing, Embrace's UK number one comeback album released in September 2004. Embrace's follow-up album This New Day also debuted at number one, becoming the band's third number one album.[4]
Artists who have released records on Independiente
[edit]- Archive
- Blackbud
- Crashland
- Deejay Punk-Roc
- Embrace
- David Ford
- Roddy Frame
- Gomez
- Howling Bells
- Kinesis
- Lisa Maffia
- John Martyn
- Ooberman[5]
- Nile
- Ulrich Schnauss
- The Shortwave Set
- Snowblind
- So Solid Crew
- Sun House
- The Tears
- Martina Topley-Bird
- Tinariwen
- Travis
- Paul Weller
- White Rose Movement
- Vitro
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Concord Music Acquires U.K. Indie Label Independiente Records | Billboard". Billboard. 6 August 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Cooking Vinyl signs Embrace". Recordoftheday.com. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Queen rules - in album sales". Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ^ "Radio Swiss Classic". www.radioswissclassic.ch. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ Strong, Martin C. (2003). The great indie discography. Edinburgh: Canongate. p. 902. ISBN 978-1-84195-335-9. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
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