Blow Up Records

Blow Up Records
Founded 1994 (1994)
Founder Paul Tunkin
Distributor(s) Cargo Records (UK), Red Eye Distribution, Differ-Ant, Cargo Records GmbH, Goodfellas Distributions
Genre Various
Country of origin  UK
Location London
Official website www.blowuprecords.com

Blow Up Records (or Blow Up) is a British independent record label, that was established in London in May 1994, by Blow Up club founder and DJ Paul Tunkin.[1] There is also an affiliated music publishing company Blow Up Songs.

Music genres of releases from the label include new wave, pop/rock and electronica[1]

Notable releases include one of the first commercially available series of music library compilations[2][3] 'Blow Up presents Exclusive Blend' (libraries featured include KPM, De Wolfe, Amphonic and Telemusic), 'Blow Up A-Go-Go: Dancefloor Classics' (Blow Up club compilation in conjunction with V2) and several series of limited seven inches featuring bands from across Europe and the UK. Blow Up also released the debut Add N to X album 'Vero Electronics' (1996). Current acts on the label roster include Big Boss Man, Baltic Fleet, The Bongolian, David Woodcock, Daiquiri Fantomas, Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck and Silvery.

Recent releases include 'Towers' (2012), the second album from Baltic Fleet which led to the artist winning the annual Liverpool Echo 'GIT Award'[4][5] and a performance at Yoko Ono's Meltdown in 2013 which Bloomberg's Robert Heller described as "the psychedelic mid-point between Joy Division and Daft Punk".[6]

Artists

List of artists that have released material under Blow Up Records:

Discography

List of Blow Up Records releases (incomplete):

Albums

Singles

References

  1. 1 2 www.blowup.co.uk/records/info/about-us. Accessed 28 October 2008.
  2. www.dustygroove.com. Accessed 2 July 2007.
  3. "Blow Up! The London cottage industry that pretty much kick-started the Euro-Library movement" (2000). Reviews: Exclusive Blend 3. Big Daddy Magazine.
  4. Clayton, Richard. (4 May 2013). Scene That Wants To Be Heard. Financial Times, p. 14.
  5. Guy, Peter. (25 April 2013). GIT Award winner Baltic Fleet to play opening night of Yoko Ono's Meltdown. www.peterguy.merseyblogs.co.uk. Accessed 10 April 2014.
  6. Heller, Robert. (18 June 2013). Yoko Ono Melts Down With Naked Bottoms, Punk Princesses. www.bloomberg.com. Accessed 10 April 2014.

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