Razor & Tie

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Razor & Tie is a New York based corporation founded in 1990 by Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam. The company encompasses a record label with major label distribution, a home video company, a media buying company, a music publishing business, a marketing, promotion and sales team, and a direct marketing operation.[1]

Early in their existence, the label concentrated on "greatest hits" compilations by otherwise unanthologized artists (Ivory Joe Hunter, Jules Shear, et al.). Razor & Tie now represents musicians producing music in Folk, Dance, Metal, Pop, Rock, Soul and World genres. Current Razor & Tie artists include Angelique Kidjo, Dar Williams, All That Remains, Dave Barnes, EndeverafteR, Kelly Sweet, Semi Precious Weapons, Ryan Shaw, Tina Sugandh, Simon Collins, and Dead Confederate.

Razor & Tie is perhaps best known for its Kidz Bop compilations, which take the latest pop hits and rework them as sung by children.[2] Other products include albums by Corey Smith, The Clarks, Danko Jones, 40 Below Summer, Brand New, Donnie Iris, Steve Hofstetter, Seven Nations, Sonia Dada, John Lithgow, and Twisted Sister, and videos such as the Sweating in the Spirit workout series and various DVD reincarnations of the For Dummies series.

Most recently, the company released the soundtrack for the film Alvin and the Chipmunks.

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  1. ^ Label Profile at Allaboutjazz.com. Accessed October 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Kidz Bop Kicks off 80 City Concert Tour. New York Post, October 5, 2007. Accessed October 23, 2007.

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