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,

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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.

History

Founded in 1993, by Laurence Bell and Jacqui Rice, the label's first release was the Sebadoh EP ''

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'', licensed from

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records for release in the UK. Many of the early releases were by American artists who in the US were signed to Drag City (

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, 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 Anna Calvi, Franz Ferdinand (band), 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 was 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 (band), 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. In March 2021, it was announced that seminal shoegaze band My Bloody Valentine (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 bands such as Orange Juice (band), Orange Juice, Josef K (band), Josef K, The Fire Engines, Fire Engines and Young Marble Giants.

Roster

Domino UK

Current artists

* About Group (band), About Group * Alex G * Alexis Taylor * Alex Turner (musician), Alex Turner * Animal Collective * Anna Calvi * Archie Bronson Outfit * Arctic Monkeys * Austra (band), Austra * Lou Barlow * Dev Hynes, Blood Orange / Dev Hynes, Lightspeed Champion * Bob Moses (band), Bob Moses * Bonnie Prince Billy * Buzzcocks * Clinic (band), Clinic * The Count and Sinden * Dan Deacon * Dirty Projectors * Ela Minus * Fat White Family * FFS (band), FFS * Seamus Fogarty * Four Tet * Franz Ferdinand (band), Franz Ferdinand * Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains * Galaxie 500 * Georgia (musician), Georgia *Hard Feelings * Hookworms (band), Hookworms * Hot Chip * Jon Hopkins * Julia Holter * Junior Boys * The Kills * King Creosote * The Last Shadow Puppets * Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks * Malachai (band), Malachai * Max Tundra * Cass McCombs * Eugene McGuinness * Middle Kids * Juana Molina * My Bloody Valentine (band), My Bloody Valentine * Nérija * One True Pairing * Orange Juice (band), Orange Juice * Owen Pallett * The Pastels * Pavement (band), Pavement * Pram (band), Pram * Protomartyr (band), Protomartyr * Psapp * Quasi * Real Estate (band), Real Estate * Royal Trux * Bill Ryder-Jones * Sebadoh * Sons and Daughters (band), Sons and Daughters * Sorry (band), Sorry * Spiral Stairs * Superorganism (band), Superorganism * Hayden Thorpe * Tirzah (musician), Tirzah * To Rococo Rot * Tricky (musician), Tricky * Mr Twin Sister * Villagers (band), Villagers * Patrick Watson (musician), Patrick Watson * Wet Leg * Matthew E. White * Robert Wyatt * Robert Wyatt, Wyatt, Atzmon & Stephen * Xenoula * James Yorkston

Former artists

* 10,000 Things * Adem Ilhan, Adem * Aerial M * ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead * The Beautiful New Born Children * The Blueskins * Bonde do Role * Bowlfish * Chief (band), Chief * Cinema * Clearlake (band), Clearlake * Thalia Zedek, Come * Correcto * Crescent (band), Crescent * Cindy Dall * Deluxx Folk Implosion * Director Sound * Ducktails (band), Ducktails * Matt Elliott (musician), Matt Elliott * Elliott Smith * The Fall (band), The Fall * The Feelies * Benjy Ferree* Benjy Ferree * Fence Collective * Fire Engines * Fizzarum * Flipper (band), Flipper * Flying Saucer Attack * The Folk Implosion * The For Carnation * Fridge (band), Fridge * Ganger (band), Ganger * Gastr del Sol * God's Eye * Gummo (soundtrack) * Neil Michael Hagerty * HMS Ginafore * Hood (band), Hood * James Yorkston, James Yorkston & The Big Fancy Players * Josef K (band), Josef K * Juana Molina * Kieran Hebden, Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid * Leatherface (band), Leatherface * Jason Loewenstein * Lone Pigeon * Loose Fur * The Magnetic Fields * Will Oldham, Matt Sweeney & Bonnie Prince Billy * Mazey Fade * Midnight Funk Association * Barbara Morgenstern * Mouse on Mars * Movietone (band), Movietone * Neutral Milk Hotel * Jim O'Rourke (musician), Jim O'Rourke * Will Oldham * David Pajo, Pajo * Palace / Palace Brothers / Palace Music / Palace Songs (Will Oldham, AKA Bonnie "Prince" Billy) * Pavement (band) * David Pajo, Papa M * The Pictish Trail * Plush * Policecat * Preston School of Industry (band), Preston School of Industry * The Pyramids (band), The Pyramids * Quickspace * Quickspace, Quickspace Supersport * Sandy Dirt * Scarce (band), Scarce * Schlammpeitziger * Lou Barlow, Sentridoh * Silver Jews * Smudge (band), Smudge * Steve Reid, Steve Reid Ensemble * Superchunk * Tele:Funken * The Television Personalities * Telstar Ponies * Terry Funken * Test Icicles * The Third Eye Foundation * The Triffids * These New Puritans * U.N.P.O.C. (musician), u.n.p.o.c. * V-Twin * Townes Van Zandt * Von Südenfed * Weird War * Wild Beasts * Yo Majesty * James Yorkston and The Athletes * Young Marble Giants

Domino USA

* Adem Ilhan, Adem * Alex G * Animal Collective * Benjy Ferree * Caribou (musician), Caribou * Cass McCombs * Chief (band), Chief * Clearlake (band), Clearlake * Clinic (band), Clinic * Correcto * Dirty Projectors * Four Tet * Franz Ferdinand (band), Franz Ferdinand * Future Pilot AKA * Juana Molina * Julia Holter * Junior Boys * Lightspeed Champion * Malachai (band), Malachai * Melody's Echo Chamber * Middle Kids * Neutral Milk Hotel * Night Moves (band), Night Moves * The Notwist * Orange Juice (band), Orange Juice * Panda Bear (musician), Panda Bear * The Pastels * Porches (band), Porches * The Range (musician), The Range * Sasami * Sebadoh * Sons and Daughters (band), Sons and Daughters * To Rococo Rot * Twin Sister * Ulrich Schnauss * White Lung * Yo Majesty * James Yorkston and the Athletes * Your Friend (band), Your Friend

Domino imprints

Geographic Music

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

Double Six Records

*Bill Ryder-Jones *Jon Hopkins and King Creosote *Bill Wells *The Child of Lov *John Cale *Spiritualized *Steve Mason (musician), Steve Mason *Petite Noir *She & Him *Trailer Trash Tracys *Twin Sister *George FitzGerald (musician), George FitzGerald

Weird World

*How to Dress Well *Peaking Lights *Smith Westerns *Washed Out *Melody's Echo Chamber *Richard Dawson (musician), Richard Dawson *Wilma Archer * Silicon *Jaakko Eino Kalevi

Rekords Rekords

*Queens of the Stone Age *Mondo Generator *Alain Johannes *Mini Mansions

References

External links

* {{Authority control British independent record labels Record labels established in 1993 Indie rock record labels