Ignition Records

British record label

Ignition Records is a British, London based independent record company, owned by Marcus Russell ^[1] and Alec McKinlay^[2] of Ignition Management. The company has been releasing music on a regular basis since the late 1990s, although its inaugural release came in September 1984 with Latin Quarter's hit single, "Radio Africa".^[3] The label is distributed by The Orchard.^[4]

Throughout the last two decades it has signed and released music by both emerging and established artists e.g. Courteeners.

The company also provides comprehensive label services to various established artists to release on their own label imprints e.g. Stereophonics.

Ignition Records is also the primary label services and marketing operation for Big Brother Recordings (Oasis) and Sour Mash Records (Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds), which are also based at Ignition Records headquarters in Marylebone, London, England.

Artists released by Ignition Records

Baby Strange
Black Rivers
Band of Skulls
Chapel Club
Courteeners
Darlia
DSARDY
Dylan John Thomas
El Nino
Far from Saints
Folks
Foreign Born
Hard-Fi
Hello Operator
Humanist
In the Valley Below
Indigo Lo
Joe Strummer
Justin Currie
Kelly Jones
Kid Galahad
Latin Quarter

Make Friends
Milky Chance
Minuteman
Neon Waltz
Peace
Pretty Vicious
Primal Scream
Psychedelia Smith
Public Order
Pusherman
Rosborough
Stereophonics
Sun Industries
The Coral
The Pale White
Twisted Wheel
Wilderado
Young Rebel Set

Compilation albums

Fire & Skill: The Songs of the Jam

Affiliated labels

Sister companies

Ignition Music: Independent music publisher
Ignition Management

References

^ "Marcus Russell's profile". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
^ "Oasis gear up for release with new record deal | News | NME.COM". NME. 20 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-06-20. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
^ "Latin Quarter | Radio Africa". Latinquartermusic.com. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
^ "Oasis' label signs distribution deal with Sony's the Orchard".