Domino Records

Infobox record label
name = Domino Records


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founded = 1993
founder = Laurence Bell Jacqui Rice
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genre = Indie rock
Indie pop
country = United Kingdom
location = London, England
url = http://www.dominorecordco.com

Domino Recording Company, generally known as Domino Records, is an independent record label based in London. There is also a wing of the label based in United States, releasing Domino artists' music from the label's Brooklyn offices and run by Kris Gillespie. In addition, Stephen Pastel presides over the subsidiary label Geographic Music, which releases more unusual British and World music.

Founded in 1993, by Laurence Bell and his partner Jacqui Rice, the label's first release was a Sebadoh single, licensed from Sub Pop records for release in the UK. Many of the early releases were by American artists who in the USA were signed to Drag City (Smog, Will Oldham, Royal Trux), a relationship which continues to this day. Success was not immediate, as labels such as Domino, who were releasing more established American rock and unusual British music, were marginalised during the Britpop era, but a steady stream of new signings gave the label increasing credibility. Recent high profile releases from Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, and The Kills have only acted as a catalyst to this, and Domino is now one of the longest running and most successful independent record labels in the UK.

2003 saw the label's 10th anniversary - there were a number of new releases, as well as a compilation album and a series of gigs in London under the "Worlds of Possibility" banner, to celebrate the label's first decade in October of that year.

Domino celebrated their first UK #1 album in October 2005 with Franz Ferdinand's "You Could Have It So Much Better", and their first UK #1 single with Arctic Monkeys' "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" later that same month.

As well as new music, Domino have released lavishly produced compilations by British post-punk bands such as Orange Juice, Josef K, Fire Engines and Young Marble Giants.

Roster

Domino Records UK

* Adem
* Archie Bronson Outfit
* Arctic Monkeys
* Lou Barlow
* Bonde do Role
* The Blueskins
* Clearlake
* Clinic
* Farrah
* Flying Saucer Attack
* Four Tet
* Franz Ferdinand
* Get Dexter
* Hood
* Jason Loewenstein
* The Kills
* The Last Shadow Puppets
* Lightspeed Champion
* The Magnetic Fields
* Stephen Malkmus
* Max Tundra
* Juana Molina
* Movietone
* Will Oldham (also "sub nom" Palace, Palace Brothers, Palace Music, Palace Songs, Bonny Billy, and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
* Jim O'Rourke
* Orange Juice
* David Pajo (Aerial M, Papa M, and Pajo)
* The Pastels
* Pavement
* Psapp
* Pram
* Quasi
* Royal Trux
* Sebadoh
* Silver Jews
* Elliott Smith
* Smog
* Sons and Daughters
* Television Personalities
* These New Puritans
* The Third Eye Foundation
* Tricky
* u.n.p.o.c.
* Wild Beasts
* Yo Majesty
* James Yorkston and The Athletes

Domino Records USA

* Adem
* Animal Collective
* Benjy Ferree
* Caribou
* Clearlake
* Clinic
* Corecto
* Dirty Projectors
* Farrah
* Four Tet
* Franz Ferdinand
* Future Pilot AKA
* Juana Molina
* Junior Boys
* The Notwist
* Orange Juice
* The Pastels
* Sons and Daughters
* To Rococo Rot
* Ulrich Schnauss
* Yo Majesty
* James Yorkston and the Athletes

Geographic music

* Bill Wells Trio
* Empress
* Future Pilot AKA
* International Airport
* Kama Aina
* Maher Shalal Hash Baz
* Nagisa ni te
* September Collective
* Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair
* The Royal We (Band)

See also

* List of record labels
* List of independent UK record labels

External links

* [http://www.dominorecordco.com Official Domino Records website (UK)]
* [http://www.dominorecordco.us/ Official Domino Records website (USA)]
* [http://feeds.feedburner.com/Dominocast Official Domino Records Podcast - MP3s, Videos, Interviews, Previews]
* [http://www.geographicmusic.com/ Official Geographic website]