Jump to content

Partisan Records

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Partisan Records
Founded2007 (2007)
FounderTim Putnam
Ian Wheeler
Distributor(s)Virgin Music Group
Genre
Country of originU.S.
LocationBrooklyn, New York
Official websitewww.partisanrecords.com

Partisan Records is an independent record label with offices in London, Berlin, and Los Angeles, as well as in New York City, where the company was co-founded in 2007 by Tim Putnam and Ian Wheeler. The label, initially run out of Putnam's South Brooklyn apartment, relocated in 2009 to Williamsburg.[1]

Miscellaneous

[edit]

Holy Sons (Decline of the West) was the first release on the label, and early success followed shortly thereafter with the signing of the band Deer Tick (War Elephant).[2]

In 2008, while working as the night manager for the Knitting Factory venue at their Leonard Street location in Manhattan, Putnam was approached by Knitting Factory Entertainment CEO Morgan Margolis to form a strategic partnership with Partisan.[3] Together, they reissued the Fela Kuti catalogue and revived their label, Knitting Factory Records, which also includes Grammy Award-nominated members of the Kuti family, Femi Kuti, and Seun Kuti.[4]

Partisan has since cultivated a wide variety of genres, prioritizing an artist-friendly philosophy, and achieving international acclaim. In 2019, they earned their first-ever Grammy nomination for Deran by Bombino[5] followed by three more nominations between 2020 and 2023, for A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C., Song for Our Daughter by Laura Marling, and I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey.[6][7] In 2020, they achieved a #1 UK album for Ultra Mono by Idles, followed up by further #1 UK albums for Fontaines D.C.'s Skinty Fia and Idles's Tangk.[8][9][10] They also won their first Mercury Prize in 2023 for Ezra Collective's Where I'm Meant to Be. [11]

Music Week's International Woman of the Year award went to Partisan's managing director, Zena White, in 2019.[12]

Putnam now serves as President of Partisan, and Wheeler manages Talkhouse, a digital media outlet and online magazine which he founded in 2015 and shares an office with Partisan.[13]

Today, Partisan also releases music on behalf of sister labels Knitting Factory Records, Section1, and Desert Daze Sound, all of which operate under strategic partnerships with Partisan.[14][15][16]

Roster

[edit]

Current

[edit]

Alumni

[edit]

Discography

[edit]
Year Artist Release Notes
2008 Deer Tick War Elephant
Holy Sons Decline of the West
Deer Tick Born on Flag Day
2010 Deer Tick The Black Dirt Sessions
Mountain Man Made The Harbor
Holy Sons Survivalists Tales!
Paleo A View of the Sky
Deer Tick / Johnny Corndawg Water Friends For
2011 Dolorean The Unfazed
Ages and Ages Alright, You Restless
Warm Ghost Uncut Diamond (EP)
Bobby Bobby
Lumerians Transmalinnia
Middle Brother Middle Brother
Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside Dirty Radio
Paleo Fruit of the Spirit
Warm Ghost Narrows
Virgin Forest Joy Atrophy
Deer Tick Divine Providence
2012 Virgin Forest Easy Way Out
Heartless Bastards Arrow
Deer Tick Tim (EP)
Emily Wells Mama
Diamond Rugs Diamond Rugs
Freeman Marvelous Clouds
The Amazing Gentle Stream
Field Report Field Report
Callers Reviver
Lumerians Horizon Structures
2013 Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside Untamed Beast
John Grant Pale Green Ghosts
Emily Wells Mama Acoustic Recordings
Treetop Flyers The Mountain Moves
Pure Bathing Culture Moon Tides
Lumerians The High Frontier
Deer Tick Negativity
The Dismemberment Plan Uncanney Valley
Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside Summer (EP)
2014 Eagulls Eagulls
Ages and Ages Divisionary
Sylvan Esso Sylvan Esso
Phox Phox
Freeman Freeman
Christopher Denny If the Roses Don't Kill Us
The Wytches Annabel Dream Reader
Field Report Marigolden
The Dismemberment Plan Change
2015 The Amazing Picture You
Torres Sprinter
Heartless Bastards Restless Ones
Sylvan Esso H.S.K.T.
Craig Finn Faith In The Future
Dilly Dally Sore
John Grant Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
Pure Bathing Culture Pray for Rain
Made of Oak Penumbra
Sylvan Esso / Flock of Dimes Split single
Holy Sons Decline Of The West Vol I.& II. (Deluxe Reissue)
Nico Yaryan Just Tell Me
2016 Lontalius I'll Forget 17
Bombino Azel
Baby In Vain For the Kids
John Grant Queen of Denmark
Eagulls Ullages
Nico Yaryan What a Tease
The Amazing Ambulance
Ages and Ages Something to Ruin
Flock of Dimes If You See Me, Say Yes
Dilly Dally FKKT (EP)
Holy Sons In the Garden
Tender EP III
2017 Idles Brutalism
Emel Ensen
Craig Finn We All Want the Same Things
The Black Angels Death Song
Violents & Monica Martin Awake and Pretty Much Sober
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
Baby In Vain More Nothing
Tender Modern Addiction
Deer Tick Deer Tick Vol. 1
Deer Tick Deer Tick Vol. 2
2018 Emel Ensenity
Erika Wennerstrom Sweet Unknown
The Amazing In Transit
Bombino Deran
Goon Dusk of Punk - Happy Omen
Idles Joy as an Act of Resistance
Dilly Dally Heaven
John Grant Love Is Magic
Idles with Heavy Lungs Split 7" Single
Cigarettes After Sex Crush 7"
2019 Deer Tick Mayonnaise
Tender Fear of Falling Asleep
Mercury Rev Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisted
Craig Finn I Need a New War
John Grant Remixes Are Also Magic
Fontaines D.C. Dogrel
Body Type Body Type EP & EP2
Pottery No.1 EP
Goon Heaven is Humming
Idles Mercedes Marxist 7 inch
Spike Fuck Smackwave EP
Molly Sarlé Karaoke Angel
Emel Mathlouthi Everywhere We Looked Was Burning
Cigarettes After Sex Cry
Idles A Beautiful Thing: Idles Live at Le Bataclan
2020 Ultraísta Sister
Laura Marling Song for Our Daughter
Westerman Your Hero is Not Dead
Pottery Welcome to Bobby's Motel
Fontaines D.C. A Hero's Death
Craig Finn All These Perfect Crosses
Idles Ultra Mono UK #1
Emel The Tunis Diaries
Ultraìsta Ordinary Boy - The Remixes
Chubby and The Gang Speed Kills
Bombino Live in Amsterdam
2021 Femi Kuti & Made Kuti Legacy +
Aerial East Try Harder
Ultraìsta Sister - The Remixes
John Grant Boy from Michigan
Maple Glider To Enjoy Is the Only Thing
Lump Animal
Chubby and the Gang The Mutt's Nuts
2022 Fontaines D.C. Skinty Fia IE #1;[17] UK #1[17]
Just Mustard Heart Under
NoSo Stay Proud of Me
Léa Sen You of Now Pt. 1
The Black Angels Wilderness of Mirrors
Beth Orton Weather Alive
Aoife Nessa Frances Protector
Ezra Collective Where I'm Meant to Be Mercury Prize
Idles Five Years of Brutalism
Cymande Cymande (Reissue)
2023 Blondshell Blondshell
Skinny Pelembe Hardly the Same Snake
Westerman An Inbuilt Fault
Witch Zango
Léa Sen You of Now Pt.2
Geese 3D Country
Grian Chatten Chaos for the Fly
PJ Harvey I Inside the Old Year Dying Grammy-nominated
Sam Burton Dear Departed
Sun's Signature Sun's Signature (Extended)
Bombino Sahel
Maple Glider I Get Into Trouble
Geese 4D Country
DJ Rashad Double Cup (Reissue)
Cymande Second Time Round (Reissue)
2024 Idles Tangk UK #1

Grammy-nominated

Ezra Collective Where I'm Meant to Be (Deluxe)
Honesty Box (mixtape)
Lip Critic Hex Dealer
Cymande Promised Heights (Reissue)
Angélica Garcia Gemelo
Cigarettes After Sex X's
Body Meat Starchris
Fela Kuti Alagbon Close (Reissue)
Ezra Collective Dance, No One's Watching
Laura Marling Patterns In Repeat

[18]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Plug In Music News Story: Partisan Records Give Home To Deer Tick, The Standard, Holy Sons". Archived from the original on 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
  2. ^ Brooklyn Vegan: Deer Tick Album Re-Release
  3. ^ WMG News: Renowned Indie Labels Partisan and Knitting Factory Records Partner With ADA
  4. ^ Music Business Worldwide: Zena White Named MD of Partisan Records + KFR
  5. ^ Billboard: Bombino Reacts to Grammy Nomination
  6. ^ "2021 Grammy Award Nominations: The Full List".
  7. ^ "2024 GRAMMYs: See The Full Winners & Nominees List". grammy.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  8. ^ "Idles Blast to Big Lead on Midweek U.K. Chart".
  9. ^ "Fontaines D.C. celebrate their first-ever UK Number 1 album with Skinty Fia: "We're touched by everyone's response"". Official Charts. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  10. ^ "Idles secure second Number 1 album with TANGK". Official Charts. 2024-02-23. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  11. ^ "Mercury Prize 2023 winner announced as Ezra Collective". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  12. ^ Music Week: Partisan Records - The Music Week Interview
  13. ^ Talkhouse: Ian Wheeler
  14. ^ Alternative Distribution Alliance (2013-08-29). "Renowned Indie Labels Partisan and Knitting Factory Records Partner With Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA)". Warner Music Group. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  15. ^ Stassen, Murray (2021-03-04). "Partisan Records launches new joint venture label section1". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  16. ^ Pearis, Bill Pearis. "Zamrock legends W.I.T.C.H. announce first album in 39 years, share "Avalanche of Love" ft. Sampa the Great". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  17. ^ a b "Fontaines D.C. score first No.1 album in UK and Ireland". RTÉ.
  18. ^ "Partisan Records". Partisan Records. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partisan_Records&oldid=1258594793"