Houndstooth (record label)
History[edit]
Houndstooth is an independent record label based in Farringdon, London. Houndstooth is the artist-led label from the London nightclub Fabric, and was started in February 2013 by label manager Leo Belchetz, A&R Rob Booth and managing director Rob Butterworth.[1] The label is home to artists such as Special Request, Akkord, Call Super, Snow Ghosts, Throwing Snow, Second Storey, Soft as Snow, Shift Work and 18+.[2]
In November 2013, Houndstooth was chosen by XLR8R as its Best Label Of 2013.[3] In December 2013, Houndstooth came third in Resident Advisor's poll of its Top 20 Labels Of 2013,[4] and was included in Dazed & Confused's Top Ten Labels Of 2013.[5]
In December 2014, Juno Plus selected a Houndstooth album, Call Super's 'Suzi Ecto', as their best album of 2014.[6] 'Suzi Ecto' and the debut album from fellow Houndstooth artist 18+, 'Trust', were also named in Dummy Magazine's 20 Best Albums Of 2014.[7] Houndstooth was voted one of Tiny Mix Tapes' 15 Favourite Labels of 2014,[8] and made it into the Best Labels, Best Releases and Best Tracks of XLR8R's 'Best of 2014' readers' poll.[9]
Artists[edit]
- Snow Ghosts
- 18+
- Shift Work
- Call Super
- Aisha Devi
- Vester Koza
- Special Request
References[edit]
- ↑ "Label of the month: Houndstooth". 2013-10-30.
- ↑ "Houndstooth on Beatport".
- ↑ "XLR8R's Best of 2013: Labels". 11 December 2013.
- ↑ "RA Poll: Top 20 Labels of 2013". 2013-12-13.
- ↑ "Top Ten Labels of 2013".
- ↑ "Best Of 2014: Top 30 Albums".
- ↑ "The 20 best albums of 2014".
- ↑ "2014: Favorite 15 Labels of 2014".
- ↑ "XLR8R's Best of 2014: Readers Poll".
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