Amy Winehouse, Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor launch their own labels
Amy Winehouse and Grizzly Bear multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor are probably two names you never thought you’d see together in the same article. But thanks to similar recent career moves, that very article, the one which you’re reading, now exists.
You see, both Winehouse and Taylor are now proud founders of independent record labels.
As TwentyFourBit reports, Winehouse recently launched Lioness Records after being inspired by Berry Gordy’s Motown, and The Specials’ 2Tone label. Her first signing is Dionne Bromfield, a 13-year-old singer from London who happens to be her goddaughter. Awww.
Taylor’s label is called Terrible Records (we kid you not) and so far looks to be serving as outlet for the musician to release both solo material (see: Ryan Adams) and music he personally produced. According to Pitchfork, on October 13, the label will make its grand debut with a 7″ single that will include “Ghosts”, Taylor’s first solo song, under the moniker CANT. Then, three weeks later (Oct. 28), the label will release All of the Fire, a five-song 10″ EP created by Acrylics and produced by Taylor.
Oct 13th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
[...] on Terrible Records. The five piece have been working on the EP with Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear, who also is co-owner of the label. The EP was recorded at Terrible Studios, a converted church in Brooklyn, and is due out on October [...]
Oct 11th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
[...] month, we told you that Amy Winehouse recently launched a personal imprint called Lioness Records and made Dionne Bromfield, her 13-year-old God Daughter, [...]
Oct 9th, 2009 at 11:55 am
[...] her well-publicized legal and personal problems (and the launch of her own record label), Winehouse has recently been writing and recording with producer Salaam Remi while living on the [...]