Houndstooth (record label)
History
Houndstooth is an independent record label based in Farringdon, London. Houndstooth is the artist-led label from the London nightclub Fabric, and was started in February 2013 by label manager Leo Belchetz, A&R Rob Booth and managing director Rob Butterworth.[1] The label is home to artists such as Special Request, Akkord, Call Super, Snow Ghosts, Throwing Snow, Second Storey, Soft as Snow and 18+.[2]
In November 2013, Houndstooth was chosen by XLR8R as its Best Label Of 2013.[3] In December 2013, Houndstooth came third in Resident Advisor's poll of its Top 20 Labels Of 2013,[4] and was included in Dazed & Confused's Top Ten Labels Of 2013.[5]
In December 2014, Juno Plus selected a Houndstooth album, Call Super's 'Suzi Ecto', as their best album of 2014.[6] 'Suzi Ecto' and the debut album from fellow Houndstooth artist 18+, 'Trust', were also named in Dummy Magazine's 20 Best Albums Of 2014.[7] Houndstooth was voted one of Tinymixtapes' 15 Favourite Labels of 2014,[8] and made it into the Best Labels, Best Releases and Best Tracks of XLR8R's 'Best of 2014' readers' poll.[9]
Artists
- Call Super
- House of Black Lanterns
- _Unsubscribe_
- Akkord
- Snow Ghosts
- Second Storey
- Special Request
- Throwing Snow
- Soft as Snow
- 18+
- Marquis Hawkes
- Aisha Devi
- Guy Andrews
- Shift Work
Discography
- HTH001: Call Super - The Present Tense (2013)
- HTH002: House of Black Lanterns - Truth & Loss (2013)
- HTH003: House of Black Lanterns - Kill The Lights (2013)
- HTH004: _Unsubscribe_ - Spek Hondje (2013)
- HTH005: Akkord - Navigate EP (2013)
- HTH006: Snow Ghosts - A Small Murmuration (2013)
- HTH007: Snow Ghosts - Murder Cries (2013)
- HTH008: House of Black Lanterns - You, Me, Metropolis (2013)
- HTH009: Second Storey - Margosa Heights EP (2013)
- HTH010: Special Request - Hardcore EP (2013)
- HTH011: Snow Ghosts - And The World Was Gone (2013)
- HTH012: Special Request - Soul Music (2013)
- HTH013: Call Super - Black Octagons (2013)
- HTH014: Snow Ghosts - Secret Garden (2013)
- HTH015: Akkord - Akkord (2013)
- HTH016: Various - Special Request vs Akkord (2013)
- HTH016D: Various Artists – HTH vs HTH
- HTH017: Throwing Snow - Pathfinder EP (2014)
- HTH018: Throwing Snow - Mosaic VIPs (2014)
- HTH019: Throwing Snow - Mosaic (2014)
- HTH020: Akkord - HTH020 (2014)
- HTH021: Call Super - Depicta / Acephale II (2014)
- HTH022: Soft as Snow - Glass Body (2014)
- HTH023: 18+ - Crow / Horn (2014)
- HTH024: Second Storey - Shaman Champagne (2014)
- HTH025: Throwing Snow - Avarice (2015)
- HTH026: 18+ - Trust (2014)
- HTH027: Call Super - Sulu Sekou / Coney Storm Drain (2014)
- HTH028: Marquis Hawkes - Fifty Fathoms Deep (2014)
- HTH029: Call Super - Suzi Ecto (2014)
- HTH030: Akkord - HTH030 (2014)
- HTH031: Second Storey - Double Divide (2014)
- HTH032: Soft as Snow - Glass Body Remixed (2014)
- HTH033: Second Storey - One Sound / Layer Lock (2015)
- HTH034: Snow Ghosts - A Wrecking (2015)
- HTH035: Akkord - HTH035 (2015)
- HTH036: 18+ - Dry (2015)
- HTH037: Marquis Hawkes - Raw Materials (2015)
- HTH038: Snow Ghosts - The Fleet (2015)
- HTH039: Soft as Snow - Chrysalis (2015)
- HTH040: Akkord - HTH040 (2015)
- HTH041: Call Super - Migrant (2015)
- HTH042: Throwing Snow - Lumen (2015)
- HTH043: Aisha Devi - Conscious Cunt (2015)
- HTH044: Throwing Snow - Glower (2015)
- HTH045: Akkord - Obelisk (2015)
- HTH046: 18+ - They Remixes (2015)
- HTH047: Aisha Devi - Of Matter And Spirit (2015)
- HTH048: Marquis Hawkes - Sweet (2015)
- HTH049: Guy Andrews - In Autumn Arms (2015)
- HTH050: Various Artists - Tessellations (2016)
- HTH051: Shift Work - Document II (2015)
- HTH052: Throwing Snow - Xema (2015)
- HTH053: Snow Ghosts - The Hunted (2015)
- HTH054: Throwing Snow - Axioms (2016)
- HTH055: Guy Andrews - Our Spaces (2016)
- HTH056: Aisha Devi - Of Matter And Spirit Remixes (2016)
References
- ↑ "Label of the month: Houndstooth". 2013-10-30.
- ↑ "Houndstooth on Beatport".
- ↑ "XLR8R's Best of 2013: Labels". 11 December 2013.
- ↑ "RA Poll: Top 20 Labels of 2013". 2013-12-13.
- ↑ "Top Ten Labels of 2013".
- ↑ "Best Of 2014: Top 30 Albums".
- ↑ "The 20 best albums of 2014".
- ↑ "2014: Favorite 15 Labels of 2014".
- ↑ "XLR8R's Best of 2014: Readers Poll".