Houndstooth Records
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Houndstooth is a British artist-led record label. It was launched in London in February 2013 by Rob Butterworth and Leo Belchetz as an extension of the Fabric nightclub.[1] Butterworth and Belchetz had previously run fabric's record label arm with Kate Malcolm, responsible for releasing its fabric and FABRICLIVE mix compilations. Rob Booth was added to the label team in an A&R role to help develop the eclectic label roster, since Belchetz’s departure he now co-runs the label with Butterworth. Booth founded the podcast Electronic Explorations in November 2007. This podcast has been used as a platform for labels and promotion agencies to promote their music.[2] This site has introduced artists such as James Blake, Mount Kimbie, FaltyDl and Cosmin TRG to the world.
History[edit]
The Houndstooth label name is derived from the distinctive Houndstooth fabric pattern. The synergy of the name and the dynamic ‘H’ logo is a modification of fabric’s iconic logo.[3]
Houndstooth was a new venture, developed with a focus on creating a home for delivering new music from emerging artist-led projects via albums, EPs and singles.[4] The very first release, The Present Tense from Call Super, showed a new direction for the fabric group.[5] The label deliberately avoided marquee names giving up-and-comers such as Snow Ghosts, Aïsha Devi and 18+ (band) a platform creating music “beyond the dancefloor”.[6] It has since developed projects from more artists, including Dave Clarke (DJ)’s Unsubscribe and Paul Woolford (DJ)’s Special Request.[7]
In 2013, the label was chosen by XLR8R as their Best Label Of 2013. In December, the label came third in Resident Advisor's Top 20 Labels Of 2013.[8]
In 2014, Call Super's album 'Suzi Ecto' was selected as Juno Plus best album of the year.[9]
In February 2016, celebrating their third birthday, Houndstooth released a compilation titled Tessellation which was their 50th release.[10] This compilation contains exclusive tracks from the 14 artists on the label at the time.[11]
The label achieved 1st and 2nd place in DJ Mag’s top 100 albums for 2017 for their Call Super and Special Request releases.[12]
On the label’s fifth anniversary in 2018 it released the experimental TS Eliot-inspired compilation ‘In Death’s Dream Kingdom’, which features tracks by Hodge, Pan Daijing and Batu. It has also celebrated 5 years of absorbing electronic music with a compilation celebrating label classics next to rarities and unreleased discoveries.[13] Innovation has been the ethos at Houndstooth, Rob Booth stated on launch that “we felt like we were in a position where we can offer a great platform for artists, just like we have done for DJs over the years with the fabric label. There’s a real wealth of musical knowledge and enthusiasm that surrounds the people, and the day to day running of the club”.[3]
Alterity released in August 2020, a compilation of music from artists new to Houndstooth.[14] This compilation features experimental electronic sounds from AYA, Slikback, Deena, Abdelwahed, LYZZA, AMAZONDOTCOM, E-Saggila, Hyph11e, and 33EMYBW.[15]
The label is involved with sound design, music sync and licensing tracks. They have contributed to major soundtracks for X-Men: Apocalypse, Blade Runner 2049, Beast (2017 film), Lady Macbeth (film), The Guest (film), Korean movie Believer (2018 Korean film), Naked Singularity (film) and Empire V (film). Their tracks have been used on fashion show catwalks and online promotion by fashion brands including Chloé, Mulberry (company), Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty Puma (brand) collection and Mugler SS21 ad. TV trailers include Netflix features, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Valorant, Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu TV Series), The Widow (Amazon TV series), Climax and Bird Box. In addition, have contributed soundtracks to many TV shows and ads that include Adidas Supercourt ad, Lululemon ad, Miu Miu (Prada) ad, How To Get Away with Murder (episode scene) and The Rain (episode scene).
Save fabric (2016)[edit]
fabric closed on the 7th of September after the London Borough of Islington Council withdrew its licence, following a suspension because of two incidents at the venue. fabric and Houndstooth Records released #savefabric, a 111 track digital compilation as a protest campaign against the club’s closure.[16] The compilation consists of unreleased music from over 100 producers that are linked to the club.[17] The producers involved had a three-week deadline to donate a track to the project. The compilation had contributions from Shackleton, Rrose, Paula Temple, Coldcut, Planetary Assault Systems, Mumdance & Logos, Kuedo, Perc, Vex'd, Overmono, Vatican Shadow & Telefon Tel Aviv and many more.[18] In addition to the compilation, the petition had over 150,000 signatures in support and raised over £300,000 in donations for legal fees.[19]
Events[edit]
In 2015, Houndstooth was invited to showcase 3 live acts from their roster at Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). ADE is a five-day electronic music conference and festival that included performances from Throwing Snow, Aïsha Devi and Second Storey.[20][21][22]
Key releases[edit]
Houndstooth Records first release was by Call Super, The Present Tense EP.[23] In 2013, Special Request released his debut dance 12-track project Soul Music [24][25] and Akkord released their self titled album Akkord.[26] A Small Murmuration by Snow Ghosts was released in 2013.[27] The R&B duo 18+ single Trust was released in 2014 . [28] Lotic signed to Houndstooth Records in 2019, which coincided with the release of her single Burn a Print.[29] Aisha Devi's second album DNA Feelings was released in 2018.[30] Here From Where We Are by Pariah was released in 2018.[31] Throwing Snow released his third album Loma in 2018.[32]
In 2019, Abul Mogard shared an album consisting of remixes and reworks, And Were Passing Through Silently.[33] Sophia Loizou released her first album on Houndstooth Records in September 2020 called Untold.[34] Katie Gately's second album Loom was released in 2020.[35][36]
Artists[edit]
- 18+
- Abul Mogard
- Akkord
- Aisha Devi
- Anastasia Kristensen
- AQXDM
- Call Super
- Guy Andrews
- House of Black Lanterns
- Hodge
- jj18
- Katie Gately
- LYZZA
- Lotic
- Mark Hawkins
- Pariah
- Penelope Trappes
- Scalping
- Scintii
- Snow Ghosts
- Soft As Snow
- Sophia Loizou
- Second Storey
- Special Request
- [[|Shift Work (band)|Shift Work]]
- Throwing Snow
- The Keep
- _Unsubscribe_
- Vester Koza
- Wordcolour
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Introducing Houndstooth, Our Brand New Record Label - fabric blog". fabric london. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ "About Rob Booth's Electronic Explorations". Electronic Explorations. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "10 releases that make Houndstooth an eyebrow-raising imprint". Mixmag. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ "Houndstooth artists & music download - Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ↑ "Label of the month: Houndstooth". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ "Label of the Month: Houndstooth". self-titled. 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ "Special Request to release four new albums on Houndstooth". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ↑ "RA Poll: Top 20 labels of 2013 · Feature ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ↑ "Review: Call Super - Suzi Ecto". Juno Daily. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ↑ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben; Coletta, Sophie; Thorp, Gwyn Thomas de Chroustchoff & John (2016-02-19). "Clubs picks of the week". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ "Tessellations, by Various Artists". Houndstooth. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ "Top 50 albums of 2017". DJMag.com. 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ "Why Houndstooth is releasing a compilation of experimental electronic tracks inspired by a T.S. Eliot poem". FACT Magazine. 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ↑ "Various Artists – 'Alterity'". Crack Magazine. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ↑ "The Quietus | News | AYA & More Feature On New Houndstooth Compilation". The Quietus. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ "Fabric & Houndstooth to release 111 track appeal record - The Wire". The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- ↑ "Houndstooth and Fabric Announce Colossal 111 Track Long 'Save Fabric' Compilation". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ "The Quietus | News | Fabric Announces Campaign Compilation". The Quietus. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- ↑ Voice, Ibiza (2016-10-26). "fabric Records & Houndstooth Announce a 111 Track #savefabric Compilation". Ibiza Voice. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- ↑ "ADE: Aether X Houndstooth". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- ↑ "Throwing Snow". ADE. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ↑ "Aïsha Devi". ADE. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ↑ "London club Fabric announces new label Houndstooth: full details and forthcoming releases inside". FACT Magazine. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ "Special Request: Soul Music". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ↑ "Special Request – 'Soul Music' album review". Time Out London. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ↑ Carroll, Jim. "Akkord Akkord". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ↑ "Album Review: Snow Ghosts - A Small Murmuration". DrownedInSound. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ↑ Fox, Killian (2014-11-09). "18+: Trust review – inscrutable R&B duo not quite as subversive as they think". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ↑ Torres, Eric. "Lotic Signs to Houndstooth, Shares New Song "Burn a Print"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ "Aïsha Devi: DNA Feelings". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ↑ "Album of the Day: Pariah, "Here From Where We Are"". Bandcamp Daily. 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ↑ "Throwing Snow's Loma is one of the electronic albums of the year". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ↑ "Album Review: Abul Mogard - And We Are Passing Through Silently | Gigwise". www.gigwise.com. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ↑ "The Quietus | News | Sophia Loizou Signs To Houndstooth For New Album". The Quietus. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ↑ "Gmail". accounts.google.com. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ↑ Loom - Katie Gately | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-11-23
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