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{{Short description|British independent record label}}
[[Image:Domin_p1.jpg|right|Domino Records logo]]
{{about|the UK based "Domino Recording Company" founded in 1993|earlier companies of a similar name|Domino Records (disambiguation){{!}}Domino Records}}
'''Domino Records''' is an [[independent record label]] based in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]. There is also a wing of the label based in the [[United States]], releasing Domino artists' music from the label's [[Brooklyn]] offices. In addition, [[The Pastels|Stephen Pastel]] presides over the subsidiary label '''Geographic Records''', which releases more unusual British and [[World music]].
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{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name = Domino Recording Company
| image = Domino Records logo.png
| founded = {{start date|1993}}
| founder = {{hlist|Laurence Bell|Jacqui Rice}}
| distributor = [[Redeye Distribution|Redeye]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Stassen |first=Murray |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/beggars-leaves-ada-to-join-redeye-alongside-domino-for-physical-distribution-in-the-us |title=Beggars leaves ADA to join Redeye, alongside Domino, for physical distribution in the US |publisher=Music Business Worldwide |date=2020-01-06 |access-date=2020-05-02}}</ref> (US)<br />[[PIAS Group]] (UK & Ireland)<br />[[Outside Music]] (Canada)<br />[[Hostess Entertainment|Hostess]]/[[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|Sony]] (Japan) | genre = {{hlist|[[Post-punk revival]]|[[indie rock]]|[[rock music|rock]]|[[electronic music|electronic]]|[[art pop]]|[[experimental music|experimental]]|[[folk music|folk]]}}
| country = United Kingdom
| location = London, England
| url = {{URL|dominomusic.com}}
| image_alt = Domino Recording Company
}}


'''Domino Recording Company''', or simply '''Domino''', is a British [[independent record label]] 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, [[The Pastels|Stephen Pastel]] presides over the subsidiary label '''Geographic Music''', which releases more 'unusual' music from Britain and [[World music|outside of the Western world]]. In 2011, the company announced that it was beginning a book publishing division, The Domino Press.<ref name=domino/>
Founded in [[1993]], by Laurence Bell and his partner Jacqui Rice, the label's first release was a [[Sebadoh]] single, licensed from [[Sub Pop]] records for release in the UK. Many of the early releases were by American artists who in the [[USA]] were signed to [[Drag City]] ([[Smog (band)|Smog]], [[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 [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]], [[The Kills]] and [[Arctic Monkeys]] 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.


==History==
2003 saw the label's 10th anniversary - there were a number of new releases, as well as a compliation 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.
Founded in 1993, by Laurence Bell and Jacqui Rice, the label's first release was the [[Sebadoh]] EP ''[[Rocking the Forest]]'', licensed from [[Sub Pop]] records for release in the UK. Many of the early releases were by American artists who in the US were signed to [[Drag City (record label)|Drag City]] ([[Smog (band)|Smog]], [[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]]"'' in October 2005.


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.
==Roster==

===Domino Records UK===
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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-31|title=My Bloody Valentine sign with Domino Records and release back catalogue on streaming services|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/my-bloody-valentine-sign-with-domino-records-and-release-back-catalogue-on-streaming-services-2911457|access-date=2021-04-07|website=NME|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Smog (band)|(Smog)]]

* [[Adem]]
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]].

==Notable artists==
===Domino UK===
====Current====
{{div col|colwidth=28em}}
* [[About Group (band)|About Group]]
* [[Alex G]]
* [[Alexis Taylor]]
* [[Alex Turner (musician)|Alex Turner]]
* [[Animal Collective]]
* [[Anna Calvi]]
* [[Archie Bronson Outfit]]
* [[Arctic Monkeys]]
* [[Arctic Monkeys]]
* [[Austra (band)|Austra]]
* [[Lou Barlow]]
* [[Lou Barlow]]
* [[Dev Hynes|Blood Orange]] / [[Dev Hynes|Lightspeed Champion]]
* [[The Blueskins]]
* [[Bob Moses (band)|Bob Moses]]
* [[Clearlake]]
* [[Bonnie Prince Billy]]
* [[Buzzcocks]]
* [[Clinic (band)|Clinic]]
* [[Clinic (band)|Clinic]]
* [[Dan Deacon]]
* [[Dirty Projectors]]
* [[Fat Dog (band)|Fat Dog]]
* [[Fat White Family]]
* [[FFS (band)|FFS]]
* [[Seamus Fogarty]]
* [[Four Tet]]
* [[Four Tet]]
* [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]
* [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]
* [[Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains]]
* [[Galaxie 500]]
* [[Georgia (musician)|Georgia]]
* [[Hookworms (band)|Hookworms]]
* [[Hot Chip]]
* [[Jon Hopkins]]
* [[Julia Holter]]
* [[Junior Boys]]
* [[The Kills]]
* [[The Kills]]
* [[Jason Loewenstein]]
* [[King Creosote]]
* [[The Magnetic Fields]]
* [[The Last Shadow Puppets]]
* [[Stephen Malkmus]]
* [[Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks]]
* [[Malachai (band)|Malachai]]
* [[Max Tundra]]
* [[Max Tundra]]
* [[Movietone (band)|Movietone]]
* [[Cass McCombs]]
* [[Eugene McGuinness]]
* [[Will Oldham]] (also ''sub nom'' [[Palace]], [[Palace Brothers]], [[Palace Music]], [[Palace Songs]], [[Bonny Billy]], and [[Bonnie "Prince" Billy]])
* [[Jim O'Rourke]]
* [[Middle Kids]]
* [[Orange Juice]]
* [[Juana Molina]]
* [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]]
* [[David Pajo]] ([[Aerial M]], [[Papa M]], and [[Pajo]])
* [[Orange Juice (band)|Orange Juice]]
* [[Owen Pallett]]
* [[The Pastels]]
* [[The Pastels]]
* [[Pavement]]
* [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]]
* [[Pram (band)|Pram]]
* [[Pram (band)|Pram]]
* [[Protomartyr (band)|Protomartyr]]
* [[Psapp]]
* [[Quasi (band)|Quasi]]
* [[Real Estate (band)|Real Estate]]
* [[Royal Trux]]
* [[Royal Trux]]
* [[Bill Ryder-Jones]]
* [[Sebadoh]]
* [[Sebadoh]]
* [[Sons and Daughters (band)|Sons and Daughters]]
* [[Silver Jews]]
* [[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]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/19373615.quirky-debut-ensures-splash-isle-wight-band-wet-leg/|title=Quirky debut release ensures splash for Isle of Wight band Wet Leg|website=Isle of Wight County Press|date=15 June 2021 }}</ref>
* [[Matthew E. White]]
* [[Robert Wyatt]]
* [[Robert Wyatt|Wyatt, Atzmon & Stephen]]
* [[James Yorkston]]
{{div col end}}

====Former artists====
{{div col|colwidth=28em}}
* [[10,000 Things]]
* [[Adem Ilhan|Adem]]
* [[Aerial M]]
* [[...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead]]
* [[The Blueskins]]
* [[Bonde do Role]]
* [[Chief (band)|Chief]]
* [[Clearlake (band)|Clearlake]]
* [[Thalia Zedek|Come]]
* [[Correcto]]
* [[Crescent (band)|Crescent]]
* [[Cindy Dall]]
* [[Deluxx Folk Implosion]]
* [[Ducktails (band)|Ducktails]]
* [[Matt Elliott (musician)|Matt Elliott]]
* [[Elliott Smith]]
* [[Elliott Smith]]
* [[Sons and Daughters]]
* [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]
* [[The Feelies]]
* [[Benjy Ferree]]* [[Benjy Ferree]]
* [[Fence Collective]]
* [[Flipper (band)|Flipper]]
* [[Flying Saucer Attack]]
* [[The Folk Implosion]]
* [[Fridge (band)|Fridge]]
* [[Ganger (band)|Ganger]]
* [[Gastr del Sol]]
* [[Neil Michael Hagerty]]
* [[Hood (band)|Hood]]
* [[James Yorkston|James Yorkston & The Big Fancy Players]]
* [[Josef K (band)|Josef K]]
* [[Juana Molina]]
* [[Kieran Hebden]] & [[Steve Reid]]
* [[Leatherface (band)|Leatherface]]
* [[Jason Loewenstein]]
* [[Lone Pigeon]]
* [[Loose Fur]]
* [[The Magnetic Fields]]
* [[Will Oldham|Matt Sweeney & Bonnie Prince Billy]]
* [[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]])
* [[David Pajo|Papa M]]
* [[Preston School of Industry (band)|Preston School of Industry]]
* [[The Pyramids (band)|The Pyramids]]
* [[Quickspace]]
* [[Quickspace|Quickspace Supersport]]
* [[Scarce (band)|Scarce]]
* [[Lou Barlow|Sentridoh]]
* [[Silver Jews]]
* [[Smudge (band)|Smudge]]
* [[Steve Reid|Steve Reid Ensemble]]
* [[Superchunk]]
* [[The Television Personalities]]
* [[Telstar Ponies]]
* [[Test Icicles]]
* [[The Third Eye Foundation]]
* [[The Triffids]]
* [[These New Puritans]]
* [[U.N.P.O.C. (musician)|u.n.p.o.c.]]
* [[Townes Van Zandt]]
* [[Von Südenfed]]
* [[Weird War]]
* [[Wild Beasts]]
* [[Yo Majesty]]
* [[James Yorkston and The Athletes]]
* [[James Yorkston and The Athletes]]
* [[Young Marble Giants]]
{{div col end}}


===Domino Records USA===
===Domino US===
{{div col|colwidth=28em}}
* [[Adem]]
* [[Adem Ilhan|Adem]]
* [[Alex G]]
* [[Animal Collective]]
* [[Benjy Ferree]]
* [[Caribou (musician)|Caribou]]
* [[Caribou (musician)|Caribou]]
* [[Clearlake]]
* [[Cass McCombs]]
* [[Chief (band)|Chief]]
* [[Clearlake (band)|Clearlake]]
* [[Clinic (band)|Clinic]]
* [[Clinic (band)|Clinic]]
* [[Correcto]]
* [[Dirty Projectors]]
* [[Four Tet]]
* [[Four Tet]]
* [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]
* [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]
* [[Future Pilot AKA]]
* [[Future Pilot AKA]]
* [[Hood (band)|Hood]]
* [[Juana Molina]]
* [[Julia Holter]]
* [[Junior Boys]]
* [[Junior Boys]]
* [[Lightspeed Champion]]
* [[Malachai (band)|Malachai]]
* [[Melody's Echo Chamber]]
* [[Middle Kids]]
* [[Neutral Milk Hotel]]
* [[Night Moves (band)|Night Moves]]
* [[The Notwist]]
* [[The Notwist]]
* [[Orange Juice]]
* [[Orange Juice (band)|Orange Juice]]
* [[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]]
* [[The Pastels]]
* [[The Pastels]]
* [[Sons and Daughters]]
* [[Porches (band)|Porches]]
* [[The Range (musician)|The Range]]
* [[Sasami]]
* [[Sebadoh]]
* [[Sons and Daughters (band)|Sons and Daughters]]
* [[To Rococo Rot]]
* [[To Rococo Rot]]
* [[Twin Sister]]
* [[Ulrich Schnauss]]
* [[Ulrich Schnauss]]
* [[White Lung]]
* [[Yo Majesty]]
* [[James Yorkston and the Athletes]]
* [[James Yorkston and the Athletes]]
* [[Your Friend (band)|Your Friend]]
{{div col end}}


==Imprints==
===Geographic Records===
===Geographic Music===
* [[Bill Wells]]
{{div col|colwidth=28em}}
* [[Empress]]
*[[Bill Wells|Bill Wells Trio]]
* Empress
* [[Future Pilot AKA]]
* [[Future Pilot AKA]]
* [[International Airport]]
* International Airport
* Kama Aina
* [[Maher Shalal Hash Baz]]
* Lightships
* [[Nagisa Ni te]]
* [[Maher Shalal Hash Baz (band)|Maher Shalal Hash Baz]]
* [[Nagisa ni te]]
* September Collective
* [[Spinning Coin (band)|Spinning Coin]]
* [[Teenage Fanclub]] & [[Jad Fair]]
* [[Teenage Fanclub]] & [[Jad Fair]]
* The Royal We
{{div col end}}


== See also ==
===Double Six Records===
{{div col|colwidth=28em}}
*[[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]]
{{div col end}}

===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]]

==See also==
* [[List of record labels]]
* [[List of record labels]]
* [[List of independent record labels]]
* [[List of independent UK record labels]]
* [[List of independent UK record labels]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=domino>{{cite web
| url = http://dominorecordco.com/artists/the-domino-press/
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121025092351/http://dominorecordco.com/artists/the-domino-press/
| archive-date = 2012-10-25
| title = Domino &#124; Artists &#124; The Domino Press
| website = Dominorecordco.com
| date = 2011-02-03
| access-date = 2012-05-28}}
</ref>
}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.dominomusic.com}}
*[http://www.dominorecordco.com Official Domino Records website (UK)]

*[http://www.dominorecordco.com/usa/ Official Domino Records website (USA)]
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*[http://www.geographicmusic.com/ Official Geographic website]

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[[Category:Indie rock record labels]]

Latest revision as of 20:00, 22 February 2024

This article is about the UK based "Domino Recording Company" founded in 1993. For earlier companies of a similar name, see Domino Records.

Domino Recording Company
Domino Recording Company
Founded1993 (1993)
Founder
  • Laurence Bell
  • Jacqui Rice
Distributor(s)Redeye[1] (US)
PIAS Group (UK & Ireland)
Outside Music (Canada)
Hostess/Sony (Japan)
Genre
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationLondon, England
Official websitedominomusic.com

Domino Recording Company, or simply Domino, is a British independent record label 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 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.[2]

History

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Founded in 1993, by Laurence Bell and Jacqui Rice, the label's first release was the Sebadoh EP Rocking the Forest, licensed from Sub Pop 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, 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, 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'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 had signed with the label. This announcement was accompanied by the first ever official digital release of the band's discography to streaming platforms.[3]

As well as new music, Domino have released compilations by British post-punk bands such as Orange Juice, Josef K, Fire Engines and Young Marble Giants.

Notable artists

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Domino UK

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Current

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Former artists

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Domino US

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Imprints

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Geographic Music

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Double Six Records

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Weird World

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Rekords Rekords

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Stassen, Murray (6 January 2020). "Beggars leaves ADA to join Redeye, alongside Domino, for physical distribution in the US". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Domino | Artists | The Domino Press". Dominorecordco.com. 3 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  3. ^ "My Bloody Valentine sign with Domino Records and release back catalogue on streaming services". NME. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Quirky debut release ensures splash for Isle of Wight band Wet Leg". Isle of Wight County Press. 15 June 2021.
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