Remote Control Records was established in 2001 by Steve Cross and Harvey Saward.
It provides publicity, label management, distribution and marketing services to international and local artists and labels.
Remote Control's roster of international artists includes Adele, Queens of the Stone Age, The xx, FKA Twigs, Jungle, Vampire Weekend, Alabama Shakes, Radiohead, the National, Purity Ring and SBTRKT. The company represents various international record labels in the Australian and New Zealand markets, including 4AD, Matador Records, Rough Trade, True Panther, XL Recordings, and Young Turks. By October 2009
Andrew McMillen
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Early life and education
McMillen grew up in the southern Queensland, Australia city of Bundaberg, the son of two teachers. He relocated to ...
of ''Mess+Noise'' felt, "
trepresents a substantial roster of international artists in Australia and New Zealand."
In 2004 Remote Control established
Dot Dash Recordings with Inertia Distribution, exclusively for Australian acts. The Dot Dash roster includes Pearls,
Teeth & Tongue
Teeth & Tongue were an Australian indie rock band formed in 2007 by Jessica Claire Cornelius, a New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and musician. The project has included other members, such as James Harvey on drums, Marc Regueiro-McKelvie on g ...
, Client Liaison, Sunbeam Sound Machine, Total Giovanni, Dorsal Fins, Saskwatch,
Jeremy Neale, Methyl Ethel, and Velociraptor.
Remote Control also works in partnership with a number of independent Australian and New Zealand labels,
including Milk!, Flightless and Barely Dressed, providing support to such artists as
Courtney Barnett
Courtney Melba Barnett (born 3 November 1987) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician. Known for her deadpan singing style and witty, rambling lyrics, she attracted attention with the release of her debut EP ''I've Got a Friend Calle ...
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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are an Australian rock band formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria. The band's current lineup consists of Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Cook Craig, Joey Walker, Lucas Harwood and Michael Cavanagh. They are ...
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Fat Freddy's Drop
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Babe Rainbow
''Babe Rainbow'' is the third album by British alternative rock band The House of Love: it was critically acclaimed by both '' Select'' and ''Spin''.
Background
''Babe Rainbow'' is the only House of Love studio album to feature Simon Walker ...
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Kllo, and
Banoffee
Banoffee pie is a British dessert pie made from bananas, whipped cream and a thick caramel sauce (made from boiled condensed milk, or dulce de leche), combined either on a buttery biscuit base or one made from crumbled biscuits and butter. Some ...
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In 2013 Remote Control opened a new publicity and promotions department via Recon Music, an established, boutique PR agency specialising in strategic national media campaigns. Recon's list of past and present clients included Sharon Van Etten, Ty Segall, Josh Pyke, The Clean, Elizabeth Rose, Allday, DZ Deathrays, Say Lou Lou,
Loon Lake,
Sally Seltmann,
Sugar Mountain Festival, Saskwatch and Philadelphia Grand Jury.
The label celebrated its 15th birthday in June 2016 by a party with, "a wide range of dope beat pushers, from Jim Lawrie at the start to Teeth & Tongue in the middle to Milwaukee Banks at the end."
''theMusic.com.au''s reviewers described the company in February 2018, "one of the country’s leading record labels."
They observed, "they’ve opened up a completely different avenue of upcoming talent and assisted in building strong communities within the local scene" and determined that, "2017 saw the label have its strongest and most consistent year ever on the ARIA Album Chart."
Representation
Labels
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Beggars Group
Beggars Group is a British record company that owns or distributes several other labels, including 4AD, Rough Trade Records, Matador Records, XL Recordings and Young.
History
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**4AD
**Matador Records
**Rough Trade
**True Panther
**XL Recordings
**Young Turks
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Dot Dash Recordings
**Flightless
**Barely Dressed Records
*Omnian Music Group
**2MR
**Body Double Ltd
**Captured Tracks
**Couple Skate
**Fantasy Memory
**Honor Press
**Manufactured Recordings
**Sinderlyn
**Squirrel Thing
International acts
*AC Newman
*Adam Green
*Adele
*Alabama Shakes
*Alexander
*Algiers
*Atlas Sound
*Atoms For Peace
*BeeGeeDee
*Belle & Sebastian
*Basement Jaxx
*Bauhaus
*Beirut
*Benjamin Booker
*The Big Pink
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Blonde Redhead
Blonde Redhead is an American alternative rock band composed of Kazu Makino (vocals, keys/rhythm guitar) and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace (drums/keys and lead guitar/bass/keys/vocals, respectively) that formed in New York City in 1993. ...
*Body/Head
*Boulevards
*The Breeders
*British Sea Power
*Ceremony
*Camera Obscura
*Cat Power
*Civil Civic
*The Cave Singers
*The Cocteau Twins
*The Creases
*The Cult
*Daughter
*Delorean
*Deerhunter
*DIIV
*Dillinger Escape Plan
*East India Youth
*Efterklang
*Eddi Reader
*EMA
*Emiliana Torrini
*Elvis Perkins
*Esben & the Witch
*Eyedress
*Fat Freddy's Drop
*FKA Twigs
*Francoiz Breut
*Friendly Fires
*Fucked Up
*Future Islands
*Future of the Left
*Gang Gang Dance
*Giggs
*Glasser
*Grayson Gilmour
*Guerre
*Holy Fuck
*The Horrors
*Houndmouth
*Iceage
*Inc
*Indians
*Holly Herndon
*Howler
*Ibeyi
*Iron & Wine
*Jamie xx
*Jane Badler
*Jeffrey Lewis
*Jenny Lewis
*Jungle
*Kelly Dance
*King Krule
*Kirin J Callinan
*Kurt Vile
*Lapsley
*Lee Ranaldo & the Dust
*Le1f
*Lo Fang
* Love Migrate
*Lower
*Lucianblomkamp
*Majical Cloudz
*Merchandise
*Micachu
*Mike Turner
* The Mountain Goats
*The National
* Ned Collette
*New Gods
*The New Pornographers
*Palma Violets
*Panthu Du Prince
*Parquet Courts
*Pavement
*Paul Banks
*Peaches
*Pixies
*Prodigy
*Purity Ring
*QT
*Queens of the Stone Age
* Radiohead
*Ratking
*Ratatat
*SOAK
* Sagamore
*Sampha
*Savages
*SBTRKT
*Scott Walker
*Shamir
*SHLOHMO
*Sigur Ros
*SOAK
*Sohn
* Sonic Youth
*St. Vincent
*Stereolab
*Stornoway
*Super Wild Horses
*T54
*Thom Yorke
*Thurston Moore
*Tindersticks
*Tobias Jesso Jr.
*Tune-Yards
*Twin Shadow
* Vampire Weekend
* Velociraptor
*Warpaint
*Wild Nothing
*The White Stripes
*Willis Earl Beal
*Woods
*Yo La Tengo
*The xx
*Zomby
Australian acts
*Banoffee
*Client Liaison
*Courtney Barnett
*Dirty Three
*Dorsal Fins
*Jess Ribeiro
* Jim Lawrie
*King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
*Leah Senior
*Love Migrate
*Miami Horror
*Milwaukee Banks
*Methyl Ethel
*The Murlocs
*Oh Pep!
*Pearls
*Pipe-Eye
*Saskwatch
*Sui Zhen
*Sunbeam Sound Machine
*Teeth & Tongue
*Velociraptor
See also
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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 ...
References
External links
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"Remote Control"record label credits at
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
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Australian record labels
Record labels established in 2001
Alternative rock record labels
Indie rock record labels
Record labels based in Melbourne