| Bella Union | |
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| Founded | 1997 |
| Country of origin | UK |
| Official website | http://www.bellaunion.com/ |
Bella Union is an independent record label that was started up by Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde in 1997. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located An independent record label (or indie record label) is a Record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the Major record labels Robin Guthrie (born 4 January 1962, in Grangemouth Sterlingshire just outside Falkirk Scotland is a musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau Simon Raymonde (born Simon Philip Raymonde 3 April 1962, in Tottenham, London) is an English Musician and Record Events January January 9 - David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert
After releasing records with 4AD for a large part of their career, Cocteau Twins decided to take a step towards independence and started up the Bella Union record label, through which they could release their own work as well as any collaborative efforts. 4AD is a British Independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still Cocteau Twins were a Scottish Alternative rock band active from 1979 to 1997 Unfortunately, not long after this, Cocteau Twins split up, but instead of letting the newly formed label go under, Robin Guthrie, Cocteau Twins' founder and lead guitarist and Simon Raymonde, the band's bassist since 1984, decided to take charge of it. Robin Guthrie (born 4 January 1962, in Grangemouth Sterlingshire just outside Falkirk Scotland is a musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau Simon Raymonde (born Simon Philip Raymonde 3 April 1962, in Tottenham, London) is an English Musician and Record Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) One of the earliest bands to sign on was the Australian post-rock trio, Dirty Three, who continue to release under Bella Union to this day. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Post-rock is a genre of Alternative rock characterized by the use of Musical instruments commonly associated with Rock music, but using Rhythms Dirty Three are an instrumental trio consisting of Warren Ellis (violin Mick Turner (electric guitar and Jim White (drums originating from Melbourne Other early signees include Françoiz Breut and The Czars. Françoiz Breut (born 10 December 1969 in Cherbourg) is the stage name of Françoise Breut a French Illustrator and Chanteuse The Czars is an Alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Denver by John Grant and Chris Pearson The label fosters bands from a variety of musical genres and is notable for the amount of freedom given to its artists. Since 2000, when Guthrie moved to France to concentrate on his own music and Raymonde took the reigns at Bella Union, the label has signed more extraordinary artists like Laura Veirs, Lift To Experience, Explosions In The Sky etc. Explosions in the Sky is an American instrumental Post-rock band from Texas. In 2006 the label had their best year to date with Midlake, The Dears, Howling Bells, Fionn Regan all having great success, and in 2007 as the 10th Anniversary celebrations saw them host two nights at the Royal Festival Hall, with special guests Paul Weller, Romeo and Tom from Editors, the year was capped off by Fionn Regan being nominated for a Mercury Prize Best Album Of The Year. The Dears are a Canadian Indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec. With latest signings, Beach House, Paul Marshall, Our Broken Garden and the heavily-tipped Fleet Foxes to be released in June 2008, the future is still very bright for this unique artist-run label. Paul Marshall is the name of several people Paul Marshall (financier (born 1959 British financier and philanthropist Fleet Foxes is a five-piece Seattle based band signed to the labels Sub Pop and Bella Union.
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