Mother Tongue Records
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Mother Tongue Records is an independent record label
formed in the early 1990s that featured the 12 piece glam-orchestral Britpop
band My Life Story
, the label was resurrected in the early 2000s with The Barbs
, Nick Oliveri
and The Long Weekend amongst its acts. The label continues to release material and is based in Camden, North London.
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
formed in the early 1990s that featured the 12 piece glam-orchestral Britpop
Britpop
Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...
band My Life Story
My Life Story
My Life Story are a British indie pop group who peaked in the mid to late 1990s, when they were regarded as part of the Britpop movement. Fronted by singer/songwriter Jake Shillingford, the group was formed in London around 1991, and inherited their name from an earlier group in which Shillingford...
, the label was resurrected in the early 2000s with The Barbs
The Barbs
The Barbs were a band mostly from Medway, Kent, however, Amy was from outback NSW Australia. Beat and punk-pop influenceslthough they were never particularly successful in their home country, they reached #1 in the Philippines music chart in late 2004 with the single Massive Crush...
, Nick Oliveri
Nick Oliveri
Nick Steven Oliveri is an American musician from Palm Desert, California. He plays bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and is a vocalist...
and The Long Weekend amongst its acts. The label continues to release material and is based in Camden, North London.
Discography
- Airhead - "That's Enough" (1993) - Mother 1CD
- My Life Story - "Girl A, Girl B, Boy C" (1993) - Mother 2CD / Mother 2T (12")
- My Life Story - "Funny Ha Ha" (1994) - Mother 3CD / Mother 3T (12")
- My Life Story - "You Don't Sparkle (In My Eyes)" (1994) - Mother 4CD / Mother 4T
- My Life Story - "The Mornington Crescent Companion EP" (1995) - Mother 5CD
- My Life Story - "Mornington Crescent" (1995) - Mother CD1 / Mother LP1
- The Barbs - "Massive Crush" (2003) - Moth 1
- Boy Genius - "As Long As The Sun Shines" (2004) - Moth 2
- The Barbs - "The Importance of Being Evil" (2004) - Moth 3
- The Barbs - "Bury You" (2004) - Moth 4
- The Barbs - "Lupine Peroxide" (2004) - Moth 7
- The Barbs - "Massive Crush 2004" - Moth 8
- The Bleeding Hearts - "Knees" (2006) - Moth 9
- The Long Weekend - "Medway Is The Difference (Between My Town And Yours)" (2006) - Moth 12S
- Nick Oliveri And The Mondo Generator (2006) - Moth 13S
- The Bleeding Hearts - "HAPPY" (2006) - Moth 14
- Eyelash - "I Was Born The Year Punk Died" (2006) - Moth 15
- Nick Oliveri And The Mondo Generator - DEAD PLANET : SonicSlowMotionTrails (2006) - Moth 17 / Moth 17LP
- Letters & Colours - "Gaunt/Plan A" - Moth 18S (2007)
- The Long Weekend - "Record" - Moth 19S (2007)
- The Long Weekend - "20 Minutes 13 Stops" - Moth 20LP (2008/2009)
- The Long Weekend - "Falling In/Holiday" - Moth 21S/22S (2008)