- All Saints Records
All Saints Records is a British
independent record label . It was established in1991 byDominic Norman-Taylor . They have publishedambient music from the likes ofBrian Eno or Biosphere.History
All Saints Records was founded in 1991, named after a street in West London. The first releases were from
Opal Records /Land Records which had closed that year as Opal (Brian Eno 's management company) wanted to concentrate on artist management rather than being a label. All Saints continued to build upon those initial releases with new acts as well as with artists already associated with the label.All Saints generally explores the areas where
ambient music embraces other genres of music, but its recent policy of branching out does not seem to have excluded its established artists. Much of the earlier catalogue however is pure ambient. Many of the albums are almost iconic in their stature, such as Biosphere's 1997 "Substrata".Originally, the label was distributed by
Vital Records and later moved toPinnacle Records . All Saints Records was almost silent from2001 to2004 , but it was relaunched after Norman-Taylor returned from a period with theUN and aNGO in a deal withRykodisc andHannibal Records .The artwork of the label's releases plays an important part in its general culture and its interest in the visual as well as the musical is very apparent.
Artists
Current artists, alphabetically:
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Harold Budd
*John Cale
*Brian Eno
*Roger Eno
*Djivan Gasparyan
*Jon Hassell
*Marconi Union
*Vacabou Former artists have included, alphabetically:
Biosphere,
Michael Brook ,Channel Light Vessel ,Daniel Lanois ,Laraaji ,Hugo Largo ,Roedelius ,Kate St John ,Jah Wobble .ee also
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List of record labels External links
* [http://www.allsaintsrecords.com Official site]
* [http://www.discogs.com/label/All+Saints Discography of All Saints] atDiscogs
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