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Kissy Sell Out launches label
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 16 March 2010
Presenter, DJ and producer Kissy Sell Out has announced that he his adding “record label boss” to his CV by launching his own record company, San City High, which will aim to offer “fair trade and freedom for artists” with 50/50 royalty splits on one-off record deals.
Kissy explains: “The ethos of the label is to be ‘fair trade and freedom for artists’, so I hope that this sets a precedent so we can all give something back to the music industry. My love of other people’s music has always motivated most things I do in life, so running my own record label where my job is basically to use that natural enthusiasm to help new artists develop their careers and rave on to other people about how good my team’s tunes are is a dream come true!”
He continued: “I’ve always believed record labels should be like clubs where you can hang out with friends who like the same things as you do – and that’s all San City High is really, you’ll never see the San City High logo heading an exclusive 360 multi-album deal contract, but you’re gonna see the logo fronting some hot music this year and maybe even some cool t-shirts, too!”
The first release, ‘Come On Over (This Could Be Love)’, a collaboration between Kissy himself and Tinashe is out now, with Hot Pink Delorean, The Squatters, Lazy Flow and Urchins all lined-up to add to the new label’s catalogue later this year.
A free mixtape featuring some of the label’s future releases will be available for free from Thursday at www.sancityhigh.com.
