Domino Recording Company or simply Domino 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 ...
based in London. There is also a wing of the label based in Brooklyn, New York that handles releases in the United States, as well as a German division called Domino Deutschland and a French division called Domino France. In addition,
Stephen Pastel
The Pastels are an indie rock group from Glasgow formed in 1981. They were a key act of the Scottish and British independent music scenes of the 1980s, and are specifically credited for the development of an independent and confident music scen ...
presides over the subsidiary label Geographic Music, which releases more 'unusual' music from Britain and
outside of the Western world. In 2011, the company announced that it was beginning a book publishing division, The Domino Press.
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History
Founded in 1993, by Laurence Bell and Jacqui Rice, the label's first release was the Sebadoh EP ''Rocking the Forest
''Rocking the Forest'' is an EP by Sebadoh, released in 1992. It was the first release on the label Domino Records, who released it in the United Kingdom via a licensing agreement with Sebadoh's American label Sub Pop.
Two songs (#1 & #2) had ...
'', licensed from Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. Sub Pop achieved fame in the early 1990s for signing Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the grunge movement. They are often ...
records for release in the UK. Many of the early releases were by American artists who in the US were signed to Drag City (Smog
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, Will Oldham, Royal Trux
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), 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 Anna Calvi, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, and The Kills
The Kills are an English-American rock duo formed by American singer Alison "VV" Mosshart and English guitarist Jamie "Hotel" Hince. They are signed to Domino Records. Their first four albums, '' Keep On Your Mean Side'', ''No Wow'', ''Midni ...
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 was the label's 10th anniversary. There were a number of new releases, as well as a compilation album
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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
''You Could Have It So Much Better'' is the second studio album by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was first released on 28 September 2005 in Japan, and later on 3 October in the UK, through the Domino Recording Company. Recorded i ...
'', and their first UK #1 single with Arctic Monkeys' " I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" later that same month.
In March 2021, it was announced that seminal shoegaze
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band My Bloody Valentine had signed with the label. This announcement was accompanied by the first ever official digital release of the band's discography to streaming platforms.
As well as new music, Domino have released compilations by British post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and non-roc ...
bands such as Orange Juice, Josef K, Fire Engines
The Fire Engines were a post-punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland.
The Fire Engines were an influence on many bands that followed, including Franz Ferdinand and The Rapture, with Meat Whiplash and The Candyskins both taking their names from Fire ...
and Young Marble Giants.
Roster
Domino UK
Current artists
* About Group
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* Alex G
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* Animal Collective
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* Anna Calvi
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* Arctic Monkeys
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* Bonnie Prince Billy
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* Buzzcocks
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* Clinic
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* The Count and Sinden
* Dan Deacon
* Dirty Projectors
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* Franz Ferdinand
* Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains
* Galaxie 500
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*Hard Feelings
* Hookworms
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* Hot Chip
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* Jon Hopkins
* Julia Holter
* Junior Boys
* The Kills
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* King Creosote
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* Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
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* Cass McCombs
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* Eugene McGuinness
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* My Bloody Valentine
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* Orange Juice
* Owen Pallett
* The Pastels
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* Pavement
* Pram
* Protomartyr
* Psapp
* Quasi
* Real Estate
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* Royal Trux
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* Bill Ryder-Jones
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* Sebadoh
* Sons and Daughters
* Sorry
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* Tricky
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* Villagers
* Patrick Watson
* Wet Leg
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* Matthew E. White
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* Robert Wyatt
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* Xenoula
* James Yorkston
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Former artists
* 10,000 Things
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* Adem
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* Aerial M
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* ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
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* The Blueskins
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* Bonde do Role
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* Bowlfish
* Chief
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* Come
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* Correcto
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* Cindy Dall
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* Deluxx Folk Implosion
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* Director Sound
* Ducktails
* Matt Elliott
* Elliott Smith
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* Benjy Ferree
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* Benjy Ferree
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* Fence Collective
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* Fire Engines
* Fizzarum
* Flipper
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* The Folk Implosion
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* The For Carnation
* Fridge
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* Ganger
* Gastr del Sol
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* God's Eye
* Gummo (soundtrack)
* Neil Michael Hagerty
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* HMS Ginafore
* Hood
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* Jason Loewenstein
* Lone Pigeon
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* Loose Fur
* The Magnetic Fields
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* Matt Sweeney & Bonnie Prince Billy
* Mazey Fade
* Midnight Funk Association
* Barbara Morgenstern
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* Mouse on Mars
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* Movietone
* Neutral Milk Hotel
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* Jim O'Rourke
* Will Oldham
* Pajo
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* Pavement (band)
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* Papa M
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* Schlammpeitziger
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* Tele:Funken
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* Telstar Ponies
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* Terry Funken
* Test Icicles
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* The Third Eye Foundation
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* The Triffids
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* These New Puritans
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* Von Südenfed
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* Weird War
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* Wild Beasts
* Yo Majesty
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* James Yorkston and The Athletes
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* Young Marble Giants
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* Adem
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* Alex G
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* Animal Collective
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* Benjy Ferree
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* Cass McCombs
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* Chief
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* Clearlake
* Clinic
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* Correcto
* Dirty Projectors
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* Four Tet
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* Franz Ferdinand
* Future Pilot AKA
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* Juana Molina
* Julia Holter
* Junior Boys
* Lightspeed Champion
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* Malachai
* Melody's Echo Chamber
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When Melody Prochet's previous project My Bee's Garden supported Tame Impala on their European tour in 2010, Prochet collaborated with Kevin Parker to produ ...
* Middle Kids
Middle Kids are an alternative indie rock band from Sydney, Australia. The band consists of Hannah Joy (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Tim Fitz (bass, backing vocals, production) and Harry Day (drums, backing vocals). Since forming in 2016, the b ...
* Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel was an American band formed in Ruston, Louisiana, by musician Jeff Mangum. They were active from 1989 to 1998, and again from 2013 to 2015. The band's music featured a deliberately low-quality sound, influenced by indie rock ...
* Night Moves
* The Notwist
* Orange Juice
* Panda Bear
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* The Pastels
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* Porches Porches may refer to:
* Porch, an architectural element
* Porches (Lagoa), a civil parish (''freguesia'') in the municipality of Lagoa, Algarve, Portugal
* Porches Pottery (Olaria Algarve), producer of hand-painted pottery
* Porches (band)
Porch ...
* The Range
* Sasami
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* Sebadoh
* Sons and Daughters
* To Rococo Rot
To Rococo Rot were a Berlin-based band who combined electronic and analog elements to create instrumental post-rock music. Pitchfork described the band's sound as "unmistakably digital, yet 100% human." The group was composed of bassist Stefan Sc ...
* Twin Sister
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* Ulrich Schnauss
* White Lung
White Lung were a Canadian punk rock band. The band consisted of Mish Barber-Way (vocals), Kenneth William (guitars) and Anne-Marie Vassiliou (drums). They have released two albums on Deranged Records and their latest two on Domino Recording C ...
* Yo Majesty
Yo! Majesty is an American hip hop group consisting of singer Jwl B and rappers Shunda K and Shon B, produced by UK-based electro group HardfeelingsUK.
Yo! Majesty was mentioned as one of the 'Top 11 new bands of 2008' by ''NME'' magazine as ...
* James Yorkston and the Athletes
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* Your Friend
Domino imprints
Geographic Music
* Bill Wells Trio
* Empress
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* Future Pilot AKA
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* International Airport
* Kama Aina
* Lightships
* Maher Shalal Hash Baz
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Biblical accounts
The name is ment ...
* Nagisa ni te
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* September Collective
* Spinning Coin
''Spinning Coin'' is a studio album by the British bluesman John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers.
Track listing
All tracks composed by John Mayall; except where indicated
# "When the Devil Starts Crying" (Jim Lauderdale)
# "Spinning Coin"
# "Ai ...
* Teenage Fanclub
Teenage Fanclub are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Bellshill near Glasgow in 1989. The group were founded by Norman Blake (vocals, guitar), Raymond McGinley (vocals, lead guitar) and Gerard Love (vocals, bass), all of whom shared ...
& Jad Fair
Jad Fair (born June 9, 1954) is an American singer, guitarist, graphic artist, and founding member of lo-fi alternative rock group Half Japanese.
Biography
Fair was born in Coldwater, Michigan. In 1974, he and his brother David formed the lo-fi ...
* The Royal We
Double Six Records
*Bill Ryder-Jones
William Edward Ryder-Jones (born 10 August 1983) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, music producer and composer from West Kirby, Merseyside. He co-founded the band The Coral, together with James Skelly, Lee Southall, Paul Duffy, and Ian ...
* Jon Hopkins and King Creosote
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*Bill Wells
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Biography
Wells is completely self-taught, and began performing in clubs in ...
*The Child of Lov
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Career
The debut si ...
*John Cale
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* Spiritualized
* Steve Mason
*Petite Noir
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* She & Him
*Trailer Trash Tracys
Trailer Trash Tracys are an English experimental rock/dream pop band that originated in London, England.
Career
The band was founded in 2011 by songwriters Susanne Aztoria and Jimmy Lee. They were later joined by bassist Adam Jaffrey and drumm ...
*Twin Sister
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* George FitzGerald
Weird World
* How to Dress Well
* Peaking Lights
*Smith Westerns
Smith Westerns were an American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois, United States, composed of brothers Cullen and Cameron Omori as well as Max Kakacek, Julien Ehrlich and Hal James. Their musical influences included David Bowie, T. Rex and O ...
*Washed Out
Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr. (born October 3, 1982), known professionally as Washed Out, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Commonly associated with the chillwave genre in the 2010s, Pitchfork dubbed him "the godfather of chil ...
*Melody's Echo Chamber
Melody's Echo Chamber is the main project of French musician Melody Prochet.
History
When Melody Prochet's previous project My Bee's Garden supported Tame Impala on their European tour in 2010, Prochet collaborated with Kevin Parker to produ ...
* Richard Dawson
*Wilma Archer
Will Archer (born 1991), formerly better known by his stage names Slime, and now Wilma Archer, is an English record producer and multi-instrumentalist from Newcastle upon Tyne. He is based in London.
Early life
Will Archer was born in 1991 in New ...
* Silicon
*Jaakko Eino Kalevi
Jaakko Eino Kalevi (born 1984) is a Finnish musician.
Kalevi grew up in Jyväskylä. He started to release music in 2007. Kalevi used to work as a tram driver in Helsinki, Finland.
In 2015, he released ''Jaakko Eino Kalevi'' on Weird World. Th ...
Rekords Rekords
*Queens of the Stone Age
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*Mondo Generator
Mondo Generator (sometimes known as Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator) is an American rock band founded in 1997 by Nick Oliveri.
History
Formation and ''Cocaine Rodeo'' (1997–2002)
Nick Oliveri (under the moniker ''Rex Everything'') fo ...
* Alain Johannes
*Mini Mansions
Mini Mansions are an American band founded by Zach Dawes, Tyler Parkford, and Queens of the Stone Age bassist Michael Shuman. Mini Mansions' style has been compared to The Beatles, Elliott Smith, and Fountains of Wayne (though this comparison has ...
See also
* List of record labels
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Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, b ...
* List of independent UK record labels
References
External links
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