Mother West
Appearance
Mother West | |
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Founded | 1990 |
Founder | Charles Newman & Paul Casanova |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | New York City |
Official website | http://motherwest.com/ |
Mother West is a record label based in New York City. It was founded in 1990 by Charles Newman and Paul Casanova as a vehicle to release the first record, Noreally Thanks, for their band Please.[1] Since then and under the helm of Newman, Mother West has grown from a small label and recording studio to a full-service organization offering music licensing, publicity and promotions, customized distribution, online sales and state of the art recording facilities.[2] The company now works with artists including The Magnetic Fields, Flare,[3] AM, Gospel Music, Kris Gruen,[4] The Davenports,[5] and Dylan Trees.[6]
Artists
[edit]- Aarktica
- Aloud
- Aluminum Babe
- AM
- Austin Hartley-Leonard
- Bela
- Bob Sharkey
- Bryan Fenkart
- Ceramic
- Charles Newman
- Codachrome
- Cold Blood Club
- Dead Leaves Rising
- Dylan Trees
- Earlymay
- Electric Ladybugs
- Escapade
- Flare
- Growch
- Industrial Tepee
- James Marks
- JC Milo
- Jon DeRosa
- Jubei
- Kelly Snyder
- Kris Gruen
- Lauren Molina
- Litvar
- Lost Tricks
- M-16
- Outta Luck
- Pale Horse and Rider
- Peter Fand
- Please
- Plexus
- Radio America
- Red Radio
- Sam Barron
- Scott Conners
- Shannon Corey [7]
- Speed Dial
- Stuart Hart
- The Bowmans
- The Davenports
- The Domestics
- Teddy Grey
- The Old Nationals
- The Sound of Monday
- The Ton-Ups
- The Walkup
- Tom Shaner
- Transmissions From The Speaker Zone
- Tremulous Monk
- Vidi Vitties
- VJS Productions
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rivera, M. Alberto (November 2011), "Nature vs. The Nature of the Major Record Labels: The Mother West Records Story", Thrust Magazine, 7 (11): 18–20, archived from the original on 2012-04-25, retrieved 2011-12-19
- ^ Rivera, M. Alberto (November 2011), "Nature vs. The Nature of the Major Record Labels: The Mother West Records Story", Thrust Magazine, 7 (11): 18–20, archived from the original on 2012-04-25, retrieved 2011-12-19
- ^ Reighley, Kurt B. (27 May 2003), "Flare for the Dramatic", The Advocate (890): 58, ISSN 0001-8996
- ^ "Kris Gruen "Part of It All" (Mother West Records 2010)", Beat Surrender, 19 January 2011
- ^ Diaz, Julio, "Speaking of the Davenports Mother West", Ink 19
- ^ Putnam, Jenna (Winter 2011), "Best of L.A. 2011 #21 Dylan Trees" (PDF), The Deli Magazine, 3 (8)
- ^ "Shannon Corey | Yamaha Artists".