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Wichita Recordings is an independent record label located in London, founded in 2000 by Mark Bowen and Dick Green. [1] Its most notable signees include Bloc Party, The Cribs, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Bright Eyes, My Morning Jacket, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Best Coast, Los Campesinos! and Peter Bjorn and John. The label signed Clap Your Hands Say Yeah ...
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Wichita Recordings is an independent record label located in London, founded in 2000 by Mark Bowen and Dick Green. Its most notable signees include Bloc Party, The Cribs, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Bright Eyes, My Morning Jacket, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Best Coast, Los Campesinos! and Peter Bjorn and John. The label signed Clap Your Hands Say Yeah for a UK distribution deal for the group's debut album ...
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Bright Eyes – Fevers and Mirrors I first met Conor Oberst when he was a Jack Daniel's-drinking teenager, seemingly dead set on destruction. At the time we were convinced he was already a big star in the US, but we recently discovered that he'd sold fewer than 900 records when we put this out. I still think this is a stunning album, Oberst remains a...
Her Space Holiday – Manic Expressive I really thought this was a turning point for the label and maybe it was, mentally. Marc Bianchi has been with us from the beginning and his melding of guitars and electronics was really groundbreaking, paving the way for artists such as the Postal Service. It's a beautiful and overlooked record.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Bang This was the first band we discovered on the internet. After hearing this song we got in touch with them, but were amazed they had no record deal. We flew to America and saw them play fourth on the bill to Arab On Radar; Karen O was already a superstar in every way. Months later Jo Whiley played the record at lunchtime on Rad...
The Cribs – Another Number A publisher played us the demo of this song and we thought it was great because it sounded a bit like Pavement and had a big hook. We went to see them at the Metro on Oxford Street and completely fell in love with them. They seemed like such an obvious pop band. Every song sounded like a single. Unfortunately, it took sev...
Bloc Party – So Here We Are It was hard to choose the breakthrough Bloc Partytrack. I could easily have picked Banquet or Helicopter, which changed both the label and the band, but So Here We Are proved to the world that this was a really special band capable of going beyond the boundaries that were already being placed around them.
First Aid Kit – The Big Black and the Blue Here's a great example of how the internet has changed what we do. We flew to Sweden at Christmas in 2006 and saw these two incredibly talented but (at the time) impossibly young girls playing at a hostel for alcoholics. They blew our minds but were too young to be in a record deal. Six months later, they ...
Simian Mobile Disco – Attack Decay Sustain Release We found it frustrating that electronic records from the likes of Wauvenfold and Kid 606 got great press but never sold in great numbers, so when we put out this brilliant SMD album it was gratifying that it was a hit around the world and we showed we could "do" electronic music.
Mariachi el Bronx – Mariachi el Bronx We always said that we wouldn't be driven by genre but rather by quality, and this to me is the record that sums that up. An unlikely offering from the Bronx, the world's best hardcore punk band, that nobody was expecting but has proven to be an amazing experience, taking us everywhere from the Barbican to Glas...
Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks Sent to us by a dear friend in Sweden, one listen and we were hooked. It is pure pop. The whistling song that conquered the world!
Kele – Tenderoni To bring us right up to date, this brilliant slice of electronic dance from Bloc Party's Kele Okerekeis from his amazing debut solo album, The Boxer. The guy moves heads, hearts and feet.
Always Read the Label: Wichita Recordings. If ever there was as an ethical record label, Wichita Recordings is surely its embodiment. Finbarr Bermingham talks measured A&R tactics with Mark Bowen. Rising from the ashes of Creation Records' demise in 2000, Wichita was the brainchild of Mark Bowen and Dick Green.
