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Switchflicker Records is an independent British record label based in Manchester, England.
The company was established in 2000 by Jayne Compton.1 Performers signed to the label include Divine David, Chloe Poems, Magic Arm and formerly The Ting Tings, who launched their career at the label.
2 History Switchflicker Records has a long history which began out of the after-hours party scene in Hulme, Manchester, England.3 In 1999, Compton co-founded Club Brenda, with performance poet Gerry Potter at The Star and Garter, Manchester.3 A ‘genuinely uncompromising underground art happening’, which blended live music, art and performance in Manchester, Salford and Berlin.4 Out of this synthesis of music, clubbing, theatre and performance acts Switchflicker Records emerged to capture these moments on 7” vinyl.
During the 2000s Compton worked in and around the city of Manchester and Salford, dedicating her time to organising and promoting the music and performance scene and co-founding post-industrial DIY spaces. 6 In 2006, Compton moved into the Islington Mill, a semi-derelict work space in Salford, England and shared a makeshift flat with mill owner and friend Bill Campbell, setting up the arts club in the basement the same year.
Shortly afterwards Katie White, Jules de Martino and DJ Simon Templeman of the band Dear Eskiimo moved into the Engine House at Islington Mill.During their time at Islington Mill the Dear Eskiimo band members evolved into indie pop duo The Ting Tings.The new English pop band comprised of White (vocals, guitar, bass drums, bass guitar, cowbells) and De Martino (drums, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, vocals). It was during this time at Islington Mill that they met Compton.
In 2017, Compton produced and dramaturged David Hoyle’s seminal show Diamond exploring LGBTQIA+ history on the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality.8 “The show is a celebration of survival against overwhelming odds. We have a LGBT history we are proud of.”8
In 2020, Compton produced and dramaturged David Hoyle’s queer cult lockdown broadcast A Grand Auction of My Life13.
In 2020, during Covid, Compton produced as british as a watermelon by mandla a moving image piece seen across four continents, and toure
https://www.nme.com/news/music/elbow-74-1318287
12 https://www.piccadillyrecords.com/imgsite/2007bookletlow.pdf
13 https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/a-grand-auction-of-my-life
14 https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-queer-performance-9781350431492/
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