IASUK Distribution is the distribution arm of the
IASEntertainment Group and is the
United Kingdom
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's largest independent sales, marketing and distribution company. Founded in March 1994 as Vital Distribution, Ltd., and renamed in January 2008,
IASUK represents over 100 record labels from around the world. With offices in
London
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and
Dublin
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, Ireland,
IASUK has played a significant role in the European and worldwide successes of some of the most well-known independent artists, including
Oasis
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,
The Strokes
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,
Moby
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, and others.
To aid in the distribution and management of various smaller labels,
IASUK created two distinct units. Established in 2004 as Vital-PIAS Digital, the PIAS Digital Distribution,
IASDigital unit manages over 200 labels from the U.K. through widespread digital distribution. In 2006,
IASUK developed and launched Integral (record marketing), Integral, a label development company that provides the marketing structure and backing for smaller labels and rights holders to introduce, establish and promote acts on their own.
Labels
* INVADA Records
* Beggars Group/XL Recordings
* Big Brother Recordings
* Brownswood Recordings
* Defected Records
* Domino Recording Company, Domino Records
* Ninja Tune Records
* Wall of Sound (record label), Wall of Sound
* Warp Records
References
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British record labels
Record label distributors
Record labels established in 1993