Dharma Records is a British

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

. Dharma Records was established in 2002 to run alongside its sister company Instant Karma. Dharma's first release was the top 5 hit single, "Mundian To Bach Ke", by Bhangra artist Panjabi MC.

Artists

Dharma Records' artists include the Mercury-Prize-nominated

Helicopter Girl Helicopter Girl (born 15 August 1963) is the stage name of Jacqueline Margaret “Jackie” Joyce, a musician from Perth, Scotland. She was born to a Scottish mother and Ghanaian father. She was previously a member of the groups Mouth Music an ...

, electronic acts

I Monster I Monster are an English electronic music duo, composed of the Sheffield based record producers Dean Honer and Jarrod Gosling. I Monster and its label Twins of Evil are both named after horror films starring Peter Cushing (i.e., ''I, Monster ...

(from Sheffield, best known for hit single ''Daydream in Blue'') and Eberg (from Iceland) both of whose work has featured in many hit films, TV shows and TV ads, including the opening theme of Shaun of the Dead and the TV ad which launched the iPhone in the US, plus modern classical artists such as Ghostland,

Caroline Dale Caroline Dale (born 1965) is a widely recorded British cellist who currently plays principal cello for the English Chamber Orchestra and London Metropolitan Orchestra. She has also performed music for numerous films and played with a wide range ...

Donna McKevitt Donna McKevitt (born 1970) is an English composer based in London. She studied viola with Gustav Clarkson and voice with Linda Hirst and gained a BA Hons in music at Kingston Polytechnic. She was a member of Miranda Sex Garden between 1991 and 1 ...

and

OperaBabes The Opera Babes are an English crossover classical music duo, consisting of Karen England, mezzo-soprano, and Rebecca Knight, soprano. The duo came to wide attention when they sang "Un bel dì vedremo" (from the opera ''Madame Butterfly'') on ...

. Other artists include

Amy Belle Amy Belle (born 1981) is a Scottish singer. She is best known for her duet with Rod Stewart on "I Don't Want To Talk About It" during his concert at the Albert Hall in October 2004. The official Rod Stewart video of the performance has received ...

and the singer-songwriter, Alexander Wolfe, from London whose debut album ''Morning Brings A Flood'' garnered significant critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic following its release in 2009. The follow-up album by Wolfe, ''Skeletons'', was released in 2012. In 2011, Dharma released BBC Young Folk Award winner Megan Henwood's debut album ''Making Waves''. Her second album, ''Head Heart Hand'', was released on Dharma in July 2015. Subsequent signings include Sheffield's one-off dreampop project Blossomer, whose debut self-titled album was released in 2016, South East London collective GentleFolk plus their spin-off ensemble Cunning Folk whose album ''Ritual Land, Uncommon Ground'', was released in March 2017, and more recently Essex-based singer songwriter Kevin Pearce, whose first album for Dharma, ''So On'', was released in December 2017. The third album by Megan Henwood was released to widespread critical acclaim in October 2017 ahead of a sold-out UK tour.

References

External links

Dharma Records – Boutique UK music company – Artists include I Monster, Megan Henwood, Alexander Wolfe, Ghostland, Caroline Dale and many more – SYNC
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