Audio Antihero

Audio Antihero
Founded 2009
Founder Jamie Halliday
Distributor(s) Proper/Horus
Genre Various
Country of origin United Kingdom
Location London, England
Official Website http://www.audioantihero.com

Audio Antihero is an independent record label formed in October 2009[1] and based in South East London. The label gained immediate attention with their first two releases Nosferatu D2's "We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The Noise" and Benjamin Shaw's "I Got the Pox, the Pox is what I Got" proving popular with alternative press like Drowned In Sound,[2] The Skinny[3][4] and Pitchfork[5] and radio stations such as BBC 6 Music, Triple R, Resonance FM and NME Radio. They also gained notable supporters in Gareth of Los Campesinos![6] and Nic Dalton formerly of The Lemonheads.[7]

In 2011 the label began a series of EPs which brought about releases from Ex-Hefner man Jack Hayter, Broken Shoulder, Wartgore Hellsnicker, Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences and Fighting Kites.

The label also put together a well received[8][9][10][11] charity compilation to raise money for Japan entitled "Bob Hope would." which they followed up with a charity busk for Japan in Greenwich, London from Jack Hayter.[12]

2011 saw the label's profile slowly begin to rise. Label founder Jamie Halliday has been interviewed by Tom Robinson on BBC 6 Music[13] and wrote a "DO & DON'T" guide to running an independent label for the BBC site[14] while the label was featured in a short list of recommended labels on the Johnny Foreigner blog[15] and described as "possibly the greatest one man label in the world"[16] by the Another Form Of Relief blog.

Contents

Artists who released material on Audio Antihero

Discography

Nosferatu D2 - We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The Noise (2009)

Benjamin Shaw - I Got The Pox, The Pox Is What I Got EP (2009)

Jack Hayter - Sucky Tart EP (2011) - 2011 EP SERIES

Various Artists - Bob Hope would. (2011) - digital only charity compilation for Japan

Broken Shoulder - Broken Shoulderrr (2011) - 2011 EP SERIES

Wartgore Hellsnicker - Moderate Rock EP (2011) - 2011 EP SERIES

Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences - The Wrong Life EP (2011) - 2011 EP SERIES

Fighting Kites & Broken Shoulder - Split (2011) - 2011 EP SERIES

Benjamin Shaw - There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet (2011)

References

  1. ^ http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/interviews/audio-antihero-walking-the-line-between-diy-and-rubbish
  2. ^ http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15025
  3. ^ http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/100835-nosferatu-d2-were-gonna-walk-around-this-city-with-our-headphones-on-to-block-out-the-noise
  4. ^ http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/98278-benjamin-shaw---i-got-the-pox-the-pox-is-what-i-got
  5. ^ http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/7740-guest-list-best-of-2009/2/
  6. ^ http://www.loscampesinos.com/chaff/were-gonna-walk-around-this-city-with-our-headphones-on-to-block-out-the-noise/
  7. ^ http://www.halfacow.com.au/demos.php?page=demoitem&demoid=66
  8. ^ http://www.beardedmagazine.com/news/article/japan-benefit-compilation-from-audio-antihero
  9. ^ http://thefourohfive.com/articles/5757
  10. ^ http://resonanceuk.com/news/audio-antihero-presents-bob-hope-would/
  11. ^ http://newnoise.libsyn.com/new-noise-24-03-11
  12. ^ http://onlineantihero.blogspot.com/2011/04/jack-hayter-busking-live-at-cutty-sark.html
  13. ^ http://onlineantihero.blogspot.com/2011/01/audio-antihero-nosferatu-d2-meet-tom.html
  14. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tomrobinson/2011/02/how-the-make-the-best.shtml
  15. ^ http://bloggyforeigner.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-main-objective-is-to-be-more.html
  16. ^ http://www.anotherformofrelief.com/2011/03/30/audio-antihero-presents-bob-hope-would/

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