This Is Music Ltd
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This Is Music Ltd is a record label and music management company based in London, UK. The company was set up by Oli Isaacs in 2007. This Is Music Ltd manages artists, producers and DJs including Simian Mobile Disco
Simian Mobile Disco
Simian Mobile Disco are a United Kingdom-based production and remix team formed in 2005 by James Ford and Jas Shaw of the band Simian. Musically, they are known for their analogue production...

, Little Boots
Little Boots
Victoria Christina Hesketh, also known by her stage name/pseudonym Little Boots, is an English electropop singer-songwriter. Her stage name comes from a nickname given to her by a friend, a reference to her unusually small feet...

, Findlay Brown
Findlay Brown
Findlay Brown is a British singer, songwriter and recording artist.His debut album "Separated By the Sea" was released in 2007 on Peacefrog Records, England. It was produced by former Simian singer, Simon Lord....

, A-Trak
A-Trak
A-Trak is a Montreal-born DJ, turntablist, and owner of the record label Fool's Gold.- Career :...

, Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan is a London-based electro DJ of Turkish Cypriot descent.-DJ and club promoter:In 1993, Erol Alkan started DJing in various Indie nightclubs in London....

 and Boy 8-Bit. This Is Music Ltd also oversees the Annie Mac
Annie Mac
Annie Mac is an Irish DJ and television presenter who hosts an eponymous electronic dance music show on BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom which airs at 7:00 pm on Friday evenings as well as a Sunday evening show alongside co-presenter Nick Grimshaw.-Personal life:Annie Mac was born in Dublin,...

 Presents events and runs an independent record label. Signings to the label include MOBO-nominated DJ Mujava
DJ Mujava
Elvis Maswanganyi, better known as DJ Mujava, is a South African DJ.-Early life and background:He was raised in the Pretorian town of Attridgeville, where local taxi drivers distributed CDs of his music to their fares.-Career:...

, London-based Metal band Invasion, singer-songwriter Findlay Brown
Findlay Brown
Findlay Brown is a British singer, songwriter and recording artist.His debut album "Separated By the Sea" was released in 2007 on Peacefrog Records, England. It was produced by former Simian singer, Simon Lord....

 and Manchester-based band Sisters of Transistors.

In 2009 This Is Music Ltd set up two sub-labels. More Music is a collaborative partnership with features editor Ralph Moore of dance music magazine Mixmag
Mixmag
Mixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...

. More Music concentrates on quality house and techno music.
More Music's first release will be a brand new track by producer Arthur Baker
Arthur Baker (musician)
Arthur Baker is an American record producer and DJ best known for his work with hip hop artists like Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Patrol, and the British group New Order.-Early career:...

 “Tear Down The Walls”.

The other sub label is Less Music which focuses on the more abstract and outre. Less Music will kick off with a 12” featuring remixes of Invasion by dubstep
Dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....

 innovator Shackelton.

Current Artists Managed By This Is Music Ltd

  • A-Trak
    A-Trak
    A-Trak is a Montreal-born DJ, turntablist, and owner of the record label Fool's Gold.- Career :...

  • The Black Ghosts
    The Black Ghosts
    The Black Ghosts are a United Kingdom-based electronic music duo composed of Theo Keating and Simon William Lord, formed in 2006. They are currently signed to Southern Fried Records in the UK and IAMSOUND Records in North America. Keating and Lord had previously been in the bands The Wiseguys and...

  • Findlay Brown
    Findlay Brown
    Findlay Brown is a British singer, songwriter and recording artist.His debut album "Separated By the Sea" was released in 2007 on Peacefrog Records, England. It was produced by former Simian singer, Simon Lord....

  • Little Boots
    Little Boots
    Victoria Christina Hesketh, also known by her stage name/pseudonym Little Boots, is an English electropop singer-songwriter. Her stage name comes from a nickname given to her by a friend, a reference to her unusually small feet...

  • Simian Mobile Disco
    Simian Mobile Disco
    Simian Mobile Disco are a United Kingdom-based production and remix team formed in 2005 by James Ford and Jas Shaw of the band Simian. Musically, they are known for their analogue production...

  • Erol Alkan
    Erol Alkan
    Erol Alkan is a London-based electro DJ of Turkish Cypriot descent.-DJ and club promoter:In 1993, Erol Alkan started DJing in various Indie nightclubs in London....

  • Boy 8 Bit
  • Princeton
  • Kisses
  • Annie Mac Presents

Current Artist with releases on This Is Music Ltd

  • Lord Skywave
  • Boy 8 Bit
  • Barringtone
  • Findlay Brown
    Findlay Brown
    Findlay Brown is a British singer, songwriter and recording artist.His debut album "Separated By the Sea" was released in 2007 on Peacefrog Records, England. It was produced by former Simian singer, Simon Lord....

  • DJ Mujava
    DJ Mujava
    Elvis Maswanganyi, better known as DJ Mujava, is a South African DJ.-Early life and background:He was raised in the Pretorian town of Attridgeville, where local taxi drivers distributed CDs of his music to their fares.-Career:...

  • Sisters Of Transistors
  • Alexander Robotnick
    Alexander Robotnick
    Alexander Robotnick is an Italian electronic musician. He made his debut on the Italian music scene as the founding member of Avida, a dance-cabaret band featuring Daniele Trambusti and Stefano Fuochi....

  • Invasion
  • Young Fathers
  • Monarchy

Current Artist with releases on More Music

  • Timo Maas
    Timo Maas
    Timo Maas is an electronic music DJ/producer and remixer.-Career:Maas bought his first set of turntables at the age of 17, and played his very first DJ set in 1982 at a party in his friend's home...

  • Arthur Baker
    Arthur Baker (musician)
    Arthur Baker is an American record producer and DJ best known for his work with hip hop artists like Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Patrol, and the British group New Order.-Early career:...

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