Jump to content

All Saints Records: Difference between revisions

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
BunnysBot (talk | contribs)
Bots
5,620 edits
m Fix CW Errors with GenFixes (T1)
 
(14 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 4: Line 4:
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}


[[File:All_Saints_logo_JPG.jpg|thumb|All Saints Records logo]]
{{Infobox record label
{{Infobox record label
| name = All Saints Records
| name = All Saints Records
| image = All_Saints_logo_JPG.jpg
| founded = {{start date|1991}}
| founded = {{start date and age|1991}}
| founder = [[Dominic Norman-Taylor]]
| founder = [[Dominic Norman-Taylor]]
| defunct =
| defunct =
Line 18: Line 18:
}}
}}


'''All Saints Records''' is a British [[independent record label]]. It was established in 1991 by [[Dominic Norman-Taylor]].<ref> More Dark Than Shark, [http://www.moredarkthanshark.org/eno_int_mojo-jan14b.html]</ref>
'''All Saints Records''' is a British [[independent record label]] specialising in [[Post-Rock]], [[Downtempo]] and [[Ambient music|Ambient]] music.


==History==
==History==


All Saints Records was established on 1 November 1991 by [[Dominic Norman-Taylor]] (formerly of Opal Records).<ref>[http://www.moredarkthanshark.org/eno_int_mojo-jan14b.html More Dark Than Shark]</ref> Originally formed as an independent record label with distribution through [[Pinnacle Entertainment (United Kingdom)|Pinnacle]], All Saints licensed the label through [[Hannibal Records]] until Warner Bros bought Hannibal in 2006 and closed it down. It is now closely associated with [[Warp Records]] for international marketing and distribution.
All Saints Records was founded in 1991, named after a street in West London. The first releases were from [[Opal Records]]/[[Land Records]] which had closed that year as Opal ([[Brian Eno]]'s management company) wanted to concentrate on artist management rather than being a label.<ref>RA News, [https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=24513 'Greater Lengths release']</ref> All Saints continued to build upon those initial releases with new acts as well as with artists already associated with the label.


Its initial releases closely followed those of Opal Records which had ceased as a label in 1990, its first being ‘Flow Goes The Universe’ by New York artist [[Laraaji]]. Other artists followed including [[Biosphere]], [[Marconi Union]] and [[Dallas Acid]].<ref>[https://ra.co/news/24513 RA Magazine]</ref>
All Saints generally explores the areas where [[Ambient music]] embraces other genres of music, but its recent policy of branching out does not seem to have excluded its established artists. Much of the earlier catalogue however is pure ambient. Many of the albums are almost iconic in their stature, such as [[Biosphere (musician)|Biosphere]]'s 1997 ''Substrata''.


The label has released three artworks by Brian Eno, [[Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan]], [[Thursday Afternoon]] (on a single DVD) <ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/29575504-Brian-Eno-14-Video-Paintings]</ref> and [[77 Million Paintings]]
The label was distributed by [[Vital Records]] and later moved to [[Pinnacle Records]]. All Saints Records was almost silent from 2001 to 2004, but it was relaunched after Norman-Taylor returned from a period with the [[UN]] and a [[NGO]] in a deal with [[Rykodisc]]. In 2012 the label signed a co-operative deal with [[Warp Records]].


The label is named after [[All Saints Road]] in West London <ref>[https://ra.co/labels/10464 RA Magazine]</ref> despite being established on [[All Saints Day]].
The artwork of the label's releases plays an important part in its general culture and its interest in the visual as well as the musical is very apparent. For example, the label has released three artworks by Eno, [[Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan]], [[Thursday Afternoon]] (on a single DVD) and [[77 Million Paintings]].


==Roster==
==Roster==

* [[Dallas Acid]]
* [[Dallas Acid]]
* [[Biosphere (musician)|Biosphere]]
* [[Biosphere (musician)|Biosphere]]

Latest revision as of 10:07, 14 December 2024

All Saints Records
Founded1991; 33 years ago (1991)
FounderDominic Norman-Taylor
Distributor(s)Warp Records
GenreAmbient
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationLondon, England
Official websiteallsaintsrecords.bandcamp.com

All Saints Records is a British independent record label specialising in Post-Rock, Downtempo and Ambient music.

History

[edit]

All Saints Records was established on 1 November 1991 by Dominic Norman-Taylor (formerly of Opal Records).[1] Originally formed as an independent record label with distribution through Pinnacle, All Saints licensed the label through Hannibal Records until Warner Bros bought Hannibal in 2006 and closed it down. It is now closely associated with Warp Records for international marketing and distribution.

Its initial releases closely followed those of Opal Records which had ceased as a label in 1990, its first being ‘Flow Goes The Universe’ by New York artist Laraaji. Other artists followed including Biosphere, Marconi Union and Dallas Acid.[2]

The label has released three artworks by Brian Eno, Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan, Thursday Afternoon (on a single DVD) [3] and 77 Million Paintings

The label is named after All Saints Road in West London [4] despite being established on All Saints Day.

Roster

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ More Dark Than Shark
  2. ^ RA Magazine
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ RA Magazine
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=All_Saints_Records&oldid=1263039882"