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Blow Up Records

Blow Up Records
Founded4 May 1994 (1994-05-04)
FounderPaul Tunkin
Distributor(s)Cargo Records (UK), Red Eye Distribution, Differ-Ant, Cargo Records GmbH, Goodfellas Distributions
GenreVarious
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationLondon, England
Official websitewww.blowuprecords.com

Blow Up Records (or Blow Up) is a British independent record label, that was established in London in May 1994, by Blow Up club founder and DJ Paul Tunkin.[1] There is also an affiliated music publishing company Blow Up Songs.

Music genres of releases from the label include new wave, pop/rock and electronic music.[1]

Notable releases include one of the first commercially available series of music library compilations[2][3] 'Blow Up presents Exclusive Blend' (libraries featured include KPM, De Wolfe, Amphonic and Telemusic), 'Blow Up A-Go-Go: Dancefloor Classics' (Blow Up club compilation in conjunction with V2) and several series of limited seven inches featuring bands from across Europe and the UK. Blow Up also released the debut Add N to X album 'Vero Electronics' (1996). Current acts on the label roster include Big Boss Man, Baltic Fleet, The Bongolian, David Woodcock, Daiquiri Fantomas, Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck and Silvery.

Recent releases include 'Towers' (2012), the second album from Baltic Fleet which led to the artist winning the annual Liverpool Echo 'GIT Award'[4][5] and a performance at Yoko Ono's Meltdown in 2013 which Bloomberg's Robert Heller described as "the psychedelic mid-point between Joy Division and Daft Punk".[6]

  1. ^ a b "Blow Up Records : About Us". Blowup.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Various : Blow Up - Exclusive Blend 1 (LP, Vinyl record album) - Dusty Groove is Chicago's Online Record Store". Dustygroove.com. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Blow Up! The London cottage industry that pretty much kick-started the Euro-Library movement" (2000). Reviews: Exclusive Blend 3. Big Daddy Magazine.
  4. ^ Clayton, Richard. (4 May 2013). Scene That Wants To Be Heard. Financial Times, p. 14.
  5. ^ "Homepage - Getintothis". Peterguy.merseyblogs.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Yoko Ono Melts Down With Naked Bottoms, Punk Princesses". Bloomberg.com. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2016.

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