Liberation Music is an Australian

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and

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, started in 1999 by

Michael Gudinski Michael Solomon Gudinski AM (22 August 1952 – 2 March 2021) was an Australian record executive and promoter who was a leading figure in the Australian music industry. Born and raised in Melbourne to Jewish Russian immigrants, Gudinski formed ...

and Warren Costello, based in

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. Its stated aim is to find, nurture and then to develop new talent for a world market while remaining independent in the process. Liberation has a sub-label called Liberator Music, which is a distributor for foreign artists and labels such as

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, and

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History

Following the 1998 sale of Gudinski's

Mushroom Records Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival Mu ...

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, Liberation Music was formed to continue to satisfy

's desire to promote and develop Australian Music. Effective September 2008, Liberation is distributed by

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after leaving Warner Music Australia. In September 2017, Liberation Music re-branded as Liberation Records. The Mushroom Group's newest imprint,

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, is now home to several artists previously signed to Liberation Music.

Artists

Current label artists

* Adalita *

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Dan Sultan Daniel Leo Sultan (born 1983) is an Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, actor and author. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2010 he won ARIA Award for Best Male Artist, Best Male Artist and ARIA Award for Best Blues and Root ...

Emma Louise Emma Louise Lobb (born 16 July 1991), who performs as Emma Louise, is an Australian indie pop singer-songwriter from Cairns. She is best known for her 2011 debut single "Jungle". Two studio albums, '' Vs Head vs Heart'' (March 2013) and '' Supe ...

* Gordi *

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* R.W. Grace *

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* Vance Joy

Past label artists

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* Little Red *

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* World's End Press

References

Australian record labels Labels distributed by Universal Music Group Record labels established in 1999 1999 establishments in Australia Record labels based in Melbourne {{Australia-company-stub