Below Par Records
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Below Par Records | |
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Founded | 2000 |
Distributing label | Virgin/EMI |
Genre | various |
Country of origin | Australia |
Location | Darlinghurst, New South Wales |
Official website | Below Par Records website |
Below Par Records is an Australian independent record label established in 2000 by three sixteen year old Sydney high school students, Jai Al-Attas, Mark Catanzariti and Steven Chalker. In 2001, Matt Hawkes replaced Steven Chalker as the third partner.
In 2002 Below Par Records won the Nescafe Big Break competition[1] and in 2003 Below Par Records went into a label development deal with Eleven owned by John Watson and Melissa Chenery.
In 2005 Below Par Records started an imprint called OK!Relax in which they released records by The Scare and Die!Die!Die!.
Today Below Par Records is home to gold selling artist Kisschasy as well as Something With Numbers, The Scare and Soft Tigers. Below Par Records is distributed by Virgin/EMI in Australia and New Zealand.
Contents |
[edit] Current and former signings
- Brand New
- The Colour
- Die!Die!Die!
- In The Grey
- Jim Ward
- Kisschasy
- Last Years Hero
- MC Lars
- The Scare
- Soft Tigers
- Something With Numbers
- Vaux
- Yellowcard