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Wilco launch own record label

By | Published on Friday 28 January 2011

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Wilco have launched their own label, dBpm Records, to put out the band’s future releases. Run by the band’s manager, Tony Margherita, distribution and label services will be provided by Epitaph’s Anti- division.

Margherita told CMU: “Wilco’s independent streak is well documented and nothing new, and this is the culmination of what we’ve been working towards for the last fifteen years. As we reached the end of our last deal, it felt like it was time for a change and the one thing we were certain we did NOT want to do was to sign another traditional recording agreement. Our discussions with Anti-, coming on the back of a great experience working with them on the Mavis Staples record, led us to thinking we might be able to come up with something quite different from the norm that could potentially be better for us and, frankly, a lot more interesting. And that’s exactly what happened….”

Frontman Jeff Tweedy added: “This is an idea we’ve discussed for years. We really like doing things ourselves, so having our own label feels pretty natural to me. And, to be working with Anti- – a label that has its roots in a label that was started by a punk rock guy to sell his own records – seems like a perfect fit for us”.

The band are currently working on the follow-up to their 2009 LP, ‘Wilco (The Album)’.



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