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Major Labels and Fake
Indies
"Big
companies now want to own all forms of art and music that can be used for commerce."
-- Iain Macintyre, Woozy Magazine
-- Iain Macintyre, Woozy Magazine
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SONY
MUSIC
Et tu
Adorable, Bad Brains, Bad Religion, The Boo Radleys, Died Pretty, Echobelly, Godflesh,
Indigo Girls, Mercury Rev, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Oasis, Primal Scream, Rage Against The
Machine, Saint Etienne, Suede, Suicidal Tendencies, The The |
Columbia, Epic, Chaos, et al. |
Creation
Alan McGee's erstwhile
bastion of UK indiedom is now owned and distributed by SONY. |
Relativity
Large indie distributor
owned by SONY |
SpinArt
Solely distributed by Relativity.
SONY also has a financial interest in the label |
Volition,
Thirsty Ear, Raw, Survival
Owned by SONY |
TIME
WARNER
American Music Club, Laurie
Anderson, Grant Lee Buffalo, The Cult, Dinosaur Jr, REM, The Cure; (thru Elektra)
Luna, Stereolab |
WEA, Warners, Sire, Reprise, Elektra, Atlantic, et al. |
Mammoth
Distribution deal with
Atlantic |
Epitath
Owned by Bad Religion, who are signed to Atlantic;
high-level corporate strategic alliance with Atlantic contributed to
success of Offspring and Rancid |
Matador
Distribution deal with Atlantic |
Merge
Owned by Superchunk, whose records on Matador and a
song on the Atlantic "Jerky Boys" soundtrack were distributed by Atlantic |
Subpop
Now owned by Warners,
their prices have rocketed well out of the range of small distributors (Source: Sick'n'Tired
indie list). Mudhoney, Nirvana, Supersnazz, Creep, Afghan Whigs, Thee Headcoats,
Supersuckers, Pigeonhed, Dwarves, Sister Double Happiness, Eric's Trip, Six Finger
Satellite, Velocity Girl, Love Battery, Chris and Carla, Big Chief, Stereolab, Hazel, The
Spinanes. |
Seed
Appropriatedly enough, an indie seed label for Atlantic. |
K
Records
believe it or not, have an exclusive deal with Warners' wholly owned
distributor ADA. |
Massive
(Australia)
Distro thru Warners since
July '97 src PhillipMarks@access.net.au PhillipMarks@access.net.au |
CEMA
Mazzy Star, American
Music Club, Gang Of Four |
Capitol, EMI, Chrysalis, SBK, Virgin PLC |
World Domination
Formed by ex-members of Gang
Of Four, owned by Capitol |
Caroline
Major "indie"
distributor owned by Virgin |
Positiva Records
Ambient techno label
owned by EMI |
MATSUSHITA/GEFFEN
Sonic Youth,
Weezer, Hole, Cell, Sloan.Geffen also have a site at IUMA |
MCA, Geffen/DGC, Radioactive, et al. |
Minty Fresh
An imprint of Geffen run by Jim
Powers. Post-Verucca Salt, also distributed by Geffen. |
PHILIPS/POLYGRAM
Bjork, Siouxsie And The
Banshees |
Polydor (Australian subsidiary of Polygram), Mercury, Island, A&M |
Id
owned by Polydor |
Red Eye
owned by Polydor |
London Records
owned by Polygram UK |
FESTIVAL
Although not normally considered
a major label, Australia's Festival Records is owned by one Rupert
Murdoch, Esq. |
Mushroom Distribution
Services, Regular
Records |
Aurora
Half A Cow (owned by Regular)
White Label
Larrikin
MXL Music
Temptation |
Mr Bernard Langham :: Perth, Western
Ashtraylia
"It's only their lives and the lives of their next of kin that they are
losing" Stereolab
"Ping Pong"
Last updated
04 January, 2003
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