Butterfly Recordings
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Butterfly Recordings is the name used by two record label
s formed by the artist and electronic dance music
producer Martin Glover
(commonly known as Youth).
, often in conjunction with Big Life
. It is sometimes cited as Butterfly Records.
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Youth, together with Simon Tong
, formed the second incarnation to focus on folk and acoustic music. The label's first release is What the Folk (12 February 2007) .
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
s formed by the artist and electronic dance music
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
producer Martin Glover
Martin Glover
Martin Glover, also known as Youth, is a record producer and a founding member and bassist of the UK band Killing Joke. He is a member of The Fireman along with Paul McCartney. Glover was born in Africa.-Early career:...
(commonly known as Youth).
1990s
Youth set up the first incarnation in the 1990s, before setting up Dragonfly Records. It released many electronic dance albums by such bands as System 7System 7 (band)
System 7 are a British ambient dance band. Due to the existence of another band called System Seven, they were initially marketed as 777 in North America...
, often in conjunction with Big Life
Big Life
Big Life was a record label established in 1987 by Jazz Summers and Tim Parry. It featured hundreds of releases from artists such as The Orb, Stare, Yazz, Junior Reid, Coldcut, and De La Soul....
. It is sometimes cited as Butterfly Records.
2007
Simon Tong
Simon Tong is a guitarist and keyboardist who was a member of The Verve between 1996 and 1999 and is currently a member of Erland and the Carnival and Transmission. He has also played on tour with Blur, Gorillaz and the unnamed supergroup responsible for The Good, the Bad & the Queen...
, formed the second incarnation to focus on folk and acoustic music. The label's first release is What the Folk (12 February 2007) .
See also
- List of record labels
- List of electronic music record labels
- List of independent UK record labels