Tru Thoughts

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Tru Thoughts

Founded	1999
Founder(s)	Robert Luis
Genre(s)	Electronic
Country of origin	UK
Location	Brighton
Official Website	http://www.tru-thoughts.co.uk/

Tru Thoughts is an independent record label. It was formed in Brighton, UK in 1999 by Robert Luis of Deeds Plus Thoughts.

The label's earliest album releases included Bonobo’s Animal Magic (July 2000), Quantic's The 5th Exotic (June 2001) and Jon Kennedy’s debut album We’re Just Waiting For You Now (July 2001).

A number of artists who released their earliest material on Tru Thoughts went on to sign for other record labels. Bonobo and Treva Whateva signed to Ninja Tune, Chris Clark signed to Warp Records, Jon Kennedy to Grand Central Records, Chroma to LTJ Bukem’s Good Lookin Records and The Capoeira Twins signed to Timo Maas' Hope Recordings. Crossing in the other direction, Hint left Ninja Tune to join Tru Thoughts.

Three related record labels have grew from Tru Thoughts - Tru Thoughts 7Sevens releasing funk / soul records, the compilation album label Unfold and Zebra Traffic, a label dedicated to UK hip hop.

The label is also involved in club nights (phonic:hoop and Etch in Brighton) and they have regular radio shows Unfold and Dugout on Brighton’s Juice 107.2 radio station and its web equivalent, totallyradio.com.

1 Artist Roster
2 Compilation Albums
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Artist Roster

Alice Russell
Amalgamation of Soundz
Deeds Plus Thoughts
Diesler
Flevans
Galaxian
Hint
Humble Munk
Jumbonics
Jung Collective
Kinny & Horne
Maga Bo
Mangataot
Mawglee
Natural Self
Nirobi & Barakas
Nostalgia 77
Quantic / Quantic Soul Orchestra
Steady
The Limp Twins
TM Juke
Unitone

[edit] Compilation Albums

When Shapes Join Together (25 October 1999, Cat. no: TRU002)
When Shapes Join Together 2 (28 January 2002, Cat. no: TRU026)
Heavyweight Rib Ticklers (Compiled by Mr. Scruff) (11 February 2002, Cat no: UNFOLDCD001)
Phonic Hoop (Compiled by Robert Luis) (18 July 2002, Cat. no: UNFOLDCD002)
When Shapes Join Together 3 (21 October 2002, Cat. no: TRUCD035)
Vocalise (Compiled by Robert Luis) (11 November 2002, Cat. no: UNFOLDCD003)
Mono - When Shapes Join Together Mix (Compiled by Quantic) (5 April 2003, Cat. no: TRUCD044)
Shapes One Horizontal & Vertical CD (1 September]] 2003, Cat. no: TRUCD045)
Shapes Yellow (2 November 2004, Cat. no: TRU/ZEB 002)
Shapes Red (6 June 2005, Cat. no: TRUCD 091)